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Show Dignitaries Visit , 1 Military Reservation I Declare t'ountrj Ideal nnd That Pro-Jcct Pro-Jcct MII Itcuelll Local Stockmciu . dipt E. A. Wedgewood, with u ukt dozen members ot his olllclal Blaff. enmo down In a big automobile Saturday Satur-day nnd with Israel Evans vlsltcdn-parl vlsltcdn-parl ot tho new military reservation recently laid out tor stuto and national na-tional maneuver purposes. J They mndo an Inspection ot tho land In tho vicinity of Cedar Point nnd Tlckvillo and then wont up to tho mouth of West Canyon, tho site whoro Johnson's army first encamped whpit It camo to Utah. Thoy wero delighted with tho general lay of tho country nnd declared it to bo Ideal for military mili-tary maneuver purposes, Thoy Bald thnt thcro wns enough wntcr In Tick-vlllc Tick-vlllc spring for nn nrmy K properly conserved, nnd an abundance In Onk Bprlng, three miles further west. In the West canyon tho stnto ownu an entire Bcctlon right In tho bottom of, tho canyon, which Is Ideal for camp-, lng purposes, so that fakcu nil In all no selection In the entire state could' have been better. It Is not the Intention of tho stnto and government ofllclnls to intorfcro with any rights already acquired by-settlors by-settlors or stockmen, but tho coining ot tho mllltlu nnd soldlcrti will, help tiicm. 'incir intention is io put u cement watering troughs In nil or tho' BprlngB for watering tho stock and tnnks for culllnnry purposes. Most of, tho ground doslred for military purposes pur-poses Is now used by tho local stock-, men Tor spring grazing pnly. Tho army men will only want to uso It. niter tho sheep have been tnkcu to their summer ranges and the cnttlo have gone to tho summer feed hlghon up In thc mountains, bo thnt tho coming com-ing of tho mllltlu will in no wlso In tcrrcro with tho present uso ot tho big nrcn. ' . In tho visit Snturdny tho visitors wore not nblo to mnko u very closo Inspection becnuso of not being nblo to cover tho ground In an nuto. Thoy, will return tho latter part ot this wqck and mnko a tour of tho country, on horseback, so us to inoro definitely lnyi plans Tor thc summer's program. )? |