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Show which covered the ground for a fen-hoars fen-hoars and then disappeared. "St. George is apparently located In a hole. I have approached It from all directions and have gone down hill every ev-ery time. Some day I am going to take a trip down the Virgin river which passes in that vicinity and seo if it doesvnot run up hill for a distance dis-tance in order to empty Into the Colorado Colo-rado river some distance to the southwest. south-west. "Thoy '. raise everything at St. George; the nvEt delicious figs, grapes, pomagranites and melons von ever tasted. Thev grow almonds, too, nnd every other variety of fruit which Is known to Utah. "That is tho most isolated region I know of in this country. You can go farther without seeing a settler than In any section 1 have ever visited- It Is sixty miles from a railroad and it takes a two-day trip to reach St. George. They 'have struck oil there recently and a number of wells are in operation some thirty miles east of St. I George, one of which supplies about fourteen barrels per day. Farther in the same direction is the Kalbab forest for-est and national game preserve of which you have heard considerable during the past year. "The scenic grandeur-of that country coun-try is beyond description and in a few I years, following the Introduction of railroad facilities, the district, will rival the Grand Canyon of the Colorado Colo-rado and Yellowstone park, as tourist points. . "There aro some very extraordinary geological formations to be found in that portion of UtAh, one of the most striking of which is known as tho 'Hurricane Fault. This Is simply ? slip in the earth's surface, but jt amounts to a perpendicular bluff 1,500 i feet high which extents straight north, and south for a distance of 75 miles or I mere between the Colorado river amt St. George. Utah. "Over in an easterly direction from St. George is -a district knowu as Zi6n, a wonderfully scenic stretch of mountainous country. There are a couple of brothers there by the nam of Petty, who have a saw 'mill on top I of a bluff 2.700 feet in height. I do not mean, a gentle slope, but a perpendicular per-pendicular cliff which actually overhangs over-hangs at places. The Pettys transport their lumber from their mill to tho country below the cliff by means of a cable 6,000 feet long that ir., double of course, nr 3,000 feet from the edge of the cliff to the station below, as it descends at an incline. They send down on an average of 10,000 feet of lumber per day, often counterbalancing counterbalanc-ing the load on the cable by hauling up baled hay and camp supplies. Some day the moneyed men . of Salt Lake will take 'a tumble to themselves and put a railroad Into that section ot the state, which open' up the section" to civilization. "There is no water for irrigation, but there are thousands of acres for Tiry fanning." AN UNKNOWN SECTION OF UTAH WHERE PEOPLE IN WINTER WEAR SUMMER GARMENTS. C. I. Huddle Returns From the St. George Country and Describe the Scenic Wonders of That Section. C. I. Huddle, supervisor of the j Dlxey forest in southern Utah, is In ' the fity conferring with District For- ! I ester Leavitt, prior to his departure ; ; for Mackev, Idaho, where he lias been ' 1 transferred to take charge of the Lem- j j hi National forest. ' ' Mr. Huddlo has been dwn in the J Dixey district, which Is in tho extreme i southwestern corner of Utah, and is 1 well posted on that section of tho ; state and Us latent resources. Com-1 blned with the Dlxey forest, n the Arizona Ari-zona addition, a forest lying in the latter state, to the north of the Colorado Colo-rado river. . "People of this section." said Mr. Huddle, "do not realize tho remarks' remark-s' able weather which that portion of j the state offers to the health-seeker or to those who would escape the win- ; j tor's cold by going to southern Call- , ; fornla at this time of tho year. Why, ; the people of St. Gcorgo aro eating spring radishes and lettuce from their gardens, and the ladles are wearing thin dresses and short sleeves abuit town. You cannot realize how perfect the weather la down there. There has . been but one snow storm this winter, - |