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Show ABOL'T out m m. Attructloiiii Tli itt Should Induce Many Good Sutller Here. Box Elder County has: A population of S.OOU industrious people. The greatest canal in Utah, the Bear Itiver Canal, which cost Jr'2,-000,000 Jr'2,-000,000 and brings 100,000 acres of rich laud near Corinne under cultivation. cul-tivation. The canal is 70 miles in length, with 150 miles of laterals. An easily traceable mica ledge of several miles in extent, as yet unclaimed un-claimed and untouched. Located in central Box Elder. Promising gold, silver and lead mines within twenty minutes' drive of the county seat. Vast grazing lands where 100,-000 100,-000 to 200,000 sheep winter annually. annu-ally. Mountains of almost pure iron ore near Willard. Valuable silver and lead mines in the western part. Great ledges of slate rock near Honey ville. Invaluable onyx and marble , quarries on Promontory hill, near the railroad. Extensive salt fields on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. Best hunting grounds in Utah, at the mouth of Beat Hiver. Myriads Myr-iads of the feathery tribe, from the goose down to the snipe are found here during the hunting season. Hot springs of wonderful medicinal medic-inal properties: the Utah Hot Springs near Willard and undeveloped undevel-oped warm springs near Dewey -v il Ie, Corinne and Plymouth. Washakee: a village of civilized Indians near Portage. Sufficient rich farm lands lying west of Bear River Citv to sustain 1,000 more families. Streams which afford good wafer power. Natural gas Pubis on the western and northern outskirts of Brigham City. Brick and lime kilns have been successfully burnt with this gus as fuel. It has also been used for domestic purposes. Peaches, strawberries, raspbi r-ries, r-ries, grapes, etc . unexcelled in both size and flavor. 30,000 acres of land under cultivation, cul-tivation, 12,000 of which are irrigated. ir-rigated. Farmes which raise 50 bushels of grain and eight tons of alfalfa to the acre. The honor of surpassing all other counties in the matter of average yield of oats, producing 50 bushels to the acre. Real estate valued at $1,500,000. Railways valued at $2,250,000. Horses, sheep and mules valued at $700,000. Room lor 100,000 more people. A health fid climate; fish and game in abundance; delightful mountain retreats with cord water and beautiful scenery. I'm-: Bi tii Kit, the Pioneer Paper of the county. Land that produces 12o bushels of excellent potatoes lo the acre, and V.) tons of onions to the acre. |