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Show WHAT MEADOW CAN OFFER Interesting Sketch of Early History Offers Many Advantages Early Settlement. In lS.'.S five sturdy pioneer families were called to leave Fillmore and make settlement on a small stream eight miles south, then called Meadow Creek f i out the fact of the great meadow of blue and meadow grasses with a small mountain stream running through It. It was a meadow in its truest seiiHo and was named accordingly. ac-cordingly. lira tii II. Ilennett, James Duncan, Abraham Oreenhalgh, John Hushneil and Ralph Rowley with their families were the first to make settlement settle-ment at this place. They remained here from the spring of 1859 until winter, when they were called back to Fillmore on account of the hostilities of the Indians. They again returned In the spring of lSliO. A number of other families soon Joined the little band. Win. II. Stott presided over the small colony and acted as presiding elder from l.NG.'l until 1X77 when Hiram H. Ilennett was sustained as bishop with James Duncan and James Fisher as his counselors. The first public building was erected In 1804, a small log house, where the present tithing yard now stands. This small house was their ward house, dancing hall, for the Y. L. and Y. M. was organized n year or so later. Agriculture. Agriculture Is the chief Industry. The little settlement of Meadow cultivates cul-tivates thousands of acres of land lying ly-ing in a most fertile part of tho valley. Alfalfa being tho chief crop on account ac-count of Its feeding value for cattle, horses, sheep and swiue. Many tons are now being fed to horses and dairy cattle. If swine can h ive free access to an alfalfa stack or field very littlu other feed Is necessary to keep then In good condition. Many tons are Uf by Hushneil Pros, to their sheep dm ing lambing time. The yield durin an ordinary season Is about eight tons per acre produced In three crops, Many acres aro cropped once, then ;t lowed to seed, which is a very valuab' crop. Also thousands of bushels c wheat, oats, barley, rye and potatoes are raised annually. A very material Increase since the first settlement of this place. Much of tho Increase no doubt Is due to tho more modern system sys-tem of agriculture Instead of the ox or pony team drawing a very small crude looking plow. There can be seen many disc plows drawn by fine looking heavy draft horses. Instead of reaping tho grain with cradle the Relf hinder does tho cutting and piling of the grain. Instead of tho pony thresher they can bo seen running run-ning with twelve fine draft horses. Many farms now have nearly all the modern Implements of agriculture . adapted to small farms. A number of Improvements can he seen in the way of better homes fr man and beast. During tho present year there has been a number of homes made belter and more comfortable by the erection of new buildings. Hundreds of head of cattle are taken to the mountains to summer, and are wintered In the valley. Many live upon the grazing lands' tho year round. Many are fed the year round for the production of ifiilk, besides many common com-mon cattle. There are a number or pure bred cattle, Holsteln, Jersey, Durham Dur-ham ami llerford. The Knglish Shlro and French Coach horses seem to be the most favorite horses for this country. coun-try. We have stock In the French Coac h and Knglish Shire Stallions. In IVMI a co-operative, creamery started business. On account, of some unfavorable conditions, met with very little success, and was unable to pay off Its Indebtedness, until C. R. Cull took charge, and through his business ability the creamery has paid off all Indebtedness In-debtedness and the people are now receiving re-ceiving a dividend. Meadow is situated In a spot where nature puis on a majestic touch. About six miles to the northwest stands the great Crater Hill from which in ages past has come great masses of lav.i, which now forms many miles of great rough black cinder rock. At the foot of one great mass of black cinder can be found a small pool or spring which is covered with Ice the year round; some distance south are a number of wonderful caves which h is the appearance of many large rooms, totallvjeured from nil n itural light; ,,rr s . !st 1 beautiful mountain of B"ln'ip'eisand! which cm be seen for n" at the foot of this " jj-qruT-ru-u "Me on the ea nnd on - .est side, and still fa, th'er to . .ih Is a spring of very cold w;Af , about one and n half miles : to theVTuth and within fftiir miles of Mendow Is a spring of warm wuter, Just right for pleasant bathing, also ' affords good bathing room for thousands thou-sands of people each year. In winter clouds of steam can be seen rising from this spring and a number of other small ones In the same locality. A peculiar leature of this spring Is its formation; nt the southeast and the mirth west are tables or ledges of limestone lime-stone formation, one covered by about five feet of water, the other by about four feet; under these are small tables for a number of feet down Into the bowels of the earth. Out from these tables Is ample room for many bathers, bath-ers, even should they desire to descend for thirty leet or more. At the bottom bot-tom Is an opening nearly large enough to admit a man. Ai the south Is a nice outlet, so the water Is always pure and fresh. No bath house Is erected as yet. Meadow's Future. When the new high lino canal is ompleled, thousands of acres of fertile land will be proudly waving fields of grain and alfalfa, with most beautiful vineyards and orchards of the highest riuality of fruit the world produces. Thousands of acres of land have been entered and are now being brought under un-der cultivation, thus providing suf-Helen suf-Helen t room for many more beautiful homes. Hundreds of tons of creamery products, also beef cattle, swine and mutton, together with many varieties if fresh Iruifniid that which shall be canned at our large canning factory, will be taken to the various markets iver the new railway line which Is now being surveyed through our county. Hold, silver mid copper are taken froiu the Copper King mine, situated east of town, will give employment to many killed engineers and miners. The city with her thousands of people, will be rurnlsheditii beautiful pure spring water pirli'd from the cedar camp ami Fishers springs, which affords Hitf-liclent Hitf-liclent power to supply electric lights lor the homes. The city is already tionded for the Installing of tho above named water system. AI.KF.RT K. CULL |