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Show IN BOX0M COIN IT. Attractions Thut Slioiihl Intlucw Mtmy 1 Co oil St-ttlrj 11 ore. Boxehler County hap: Railways valued at $2,250,000. Room tor 100,000 more people. Real eslato valued at $1,500,000. Streams which a fiord good water power. A population of 8,000 industrious people. Cireat ledges of slate rock near Honey ville. Horses, sheep and mules valued at $700,000. Tmc Buuucit, the Pioneer Paper of the, county. Mountains of almost pure iron ore near Willard. Valuable silver and lead mines in the western part. Washakee. a village of civilized Indians near Portage. Extensive salt fields on the shores of the Cireat Salt Lake. Vast grazing lands where 100,-000 100,-000 to 200.000 sheen winter annu- ally. 30,000 acres of land under cultivation, cul-tivation, 12,000 of which are irrigated, ir-rigated, Farines which raise 50 bushels uf grain and eight Ions of alfalfa to the acre. Invaluable onyx and marble quarries on Promontory hill, near tho i-ull a. Peaches, strawberries, raspbf r-ries, r-ries, grapes, etc, unexcelled in both size and flavor, Promising gold, silver and lead mines within twenty minutea' drive of the county scat. Suflicient rich farm lands lying west of Bear River City to sustain 1,000 more families. Land that produces 423 bushels of excellent potatoes to the acre, and 10;l tons of onions to the acre. The honor of surpassing all other counties in the matter of average yield of onts, producing 50 bushels to the acre. An easily traceable mica ledge of several miles in extent, as yet unclaimed un-claimed and untouched. Located in central Boxekler. A healthful climate; fish and game in abundance; delightful mountain retreats with cool water and beautiful scenery. Hot springs of wonderful medicinal medic-inal properties: the Utah Hot Springs near Willard and undeveloped undevel-oped warm springs near Dewey-ville, Dewey-ville, Corinne and Plymouth. Best hunting grounds in Utah, at the mouth of Bear Piver. Myriads Myr-iads of the feathery tribe, from the goose down to the snipe are found here during tho hunting season. Natural gas fields 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. The greatest canal in Utah, the Bear River Canal, which cost $2,-000.000 $2,-000.000 and brings 100,000 acres of rich land near Corinno under cultivation. cul-tivation. The canal is 70 miles in length, with 150 miles of laterals |