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Show IN BOXELill COUNTY. Altrticllima That Should Induce Many Good Sottlcr Here. Boxelder County bus: Railways valued at $'2,250,000. Koom tor lUt',UUU more people. Real estate valued at $1,500,000. Streams which nfibrd good water power. A population of 8,000 industrious . people. Great ledges of slate rock near Iloneyville. Horses, sheep and mules valued at $700,000. The Bugler, the Pioneer Paper of the county. Mountains of almost pure iron ore near "Vyillard. Valuable silver and lead mines in me western part. AVashakee, a village of civilized Indians near Portage. Extensive Bait fields on the shores of the Great Snlt Lak. Vast grazing lands where 100,-000 100,-000 to 200,000 sheep winter annually. annu-ally. 30,000 acres of land under cultivation, cul-tivation, 12,000 oC which are irrigated. ir-rigated. Farmes which raise 50 bushels of grain and eight tons of alfalfa to the acre. Invaluable onyx and marble quarries on Promontory hill, near the railroad. Peaches strawberries, raspberries, raspber-ries, grapes, etc, unexcelled in both size and flavor. Promising gold, silver and lead mines within twenty minutes' drive of the county seat. Sufficient rich farm lands lying west of Bear River City to sustain 1,000 more families. Land that produces 423 bushels i of excellent potatoes to the acre, and 19 tons of onions to the acre. The honor of surpassing all other counties io the matter of average yield of oats, producing 50 bushels-to bushels-to the acre. An easily traceable mica ledge of : several miles in extent, as yet un-I un-I claimed and untouched. Located : in central Boxelder. 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 undevel- oped warm springs near Dewey-I Dewey-I ville, Coriivne and Plymouth. Best hunting grounds in Utah, at the mouth of Bear River. Myr-: Myr-: iads of the feathery tribe, from the ; Roose down to the snipe are found ; here during the hunting season. Natural gas fields on the western and northern outskirts of Brigham City. Brick and lime kilns haye been successfully burnt with this gas as fuel. It has also heen used for domestic purposes. The greatest canal in Utah, the , Bear River Canal, whir:h cost ; ! 000.000 and brings 100,000 acres of; rich land near Corinue under cultivation. cul-tivation. The canal is 70 miles j in length, with 150 mules oWaterala. |