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Show the acre. Invaluable onyx and marble quarries on Promontory hill, near the railroad. Peaches, strawberries, rasplx r-ries, r-ries, grapes, etc., unexcelled in both Bize 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 famili. Land that produces 423 bushels of excellent potatoes to the acre, and lO tons of onions to the acre. The honor of surpassing all oilier counties in the matter of average yield of oats, producing 50 bushels to the acre. An easily traceable mica ledge of several miles in extent, as yet un-1 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 undeveloped undevel-oped warm Rpiings near Dewey-ville, Dewey-ville, Corinne and Plymouth. Best hunting grounds in Utah, at the mouth of Beat Piver. Myriads Myr-iads of the feathery tribe, from the goose 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 have been successfully burnt with this ., .... f 1 Ti l 1 1 IN BOXELlli COUNTY. Attractions That Should Induce Many Gnori Settlors Ocrc. Boxelder County has: Kaihvays valued at $2,250,000, Room tor 100,000 more people. Real estate valued at $1,500,000. Streams which afford good water power. A population of 8,000 industrious people. Great ledges of slate rock near IToneyvillc. Horses, sheep and mules valued at $700,000. The Bpglkh, the Pioneer Paper of the county. Mountains of almost pure iron nrp ripiir Villurrl fi.iB .ia nn:i. ii iias ai.o ucen used for domestic purposes. The greatest canal in Utah, the Bear River Canal, which cost $2,-j 000.000 and brings 100,000 acres of! rich land near Corinne under cul- ' tivation. The canal is 70 miles ! in length, with loOmiles of laterals I Valuable silver and lead mines: in the western part. 'ashnkee; a village of civilized ; Indians near Portage. Extensive salt fields on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. I Vast grazing lands where 100,- ! 000 to 200,000 sheep winter annu- ' allv. I ' 30,000 acres of land under cultivation, cul-tivation, 12,000 of which are ir-t ir-t rigated. FarnKs which raUe 50 bushel of grain and eight tons of alfalfa to j |