Show NORTHERN northera NORT HERi TOWNS VI t v fj tip f T 0 t J EDITOR HERALD S snowhill Snow vill is id a settlement of about sixty famili iu curlew ur y valley a 11 L twenty m ml cs north west a w aber herd 1 t for tr y u Th theres ereis butone housa o 0 ilithe iu the ie 40 distance located on a stream of fresh water the ig g country countr is hilly bill aud froni the tb t rp ns ut the at blaw a it thrown up u p in in the remote pi past by tho iho abnormal thrombin throb bings 9 of great heart of nature 1 from a low pass we go down gentl yinto snowville Snow ville through the sagebrush the place ji is wanting in thrift and epen sd pro toi grese gress thestil The soil sual lolY is 13 heavily with alkali the crops are poor and the rabbits are also there seems to be one or two to ewry sage bush and the country produces bago sage better than anything log else except rabbits there is is a r struggle for existence going on between the people and an d it and it seems to be of the survival of the fittest A leaving th its low log houses whose whoso tops seem covered with arthew the shines lint abe sun we ve pass the of deep creek and several other small creeks that gravitate to this point hit and are lost then on to pilot springs and nd pass ass the didd dibee low by t the mountain buntain torrents and on to clear cleaf C creek beek a beautiful sparkling stream from ibo ahe mountain 6 then alter a hasty meal atthe boule of a mr chase we hurry on to raft River 10 miles distant t here is located s tj large la rge ranch and herd of cattler cattle bb belonging longing I 1 to governor emery I 1 f formerly erml aly ko governor vernor of utah from here herer on the country is much changed there are meadows and wil willows loyva and ranches at short intervals iun til wo we reach aimo almo the first settlement on our way where the mor mons have left to them the simple privileges privileges to pay taxes and die it t was at this place at the very base of the mountains that there occurred in 1864 the u massacre azre of 0 S company sf df emigrants bound for balij california bornia they were surrounded and slaughtered after aj a heroic defense during 4 one man nian too Loo woul women en and a babe vae el escaped under cover of bf the willows willo wo secreting the women the th man man hur bur ried back to utah for before it came the deed was wis done and there remained only tho black blackened ined fragments of ane lagois and the hastily coia constructed works some of th the e people here are ars enthusiastic thusia over the discovery of ore in the vicinity some specimens of aili which ia averd wre ehorn ine ver andare and are said lo 10 assay high iw 1600 to the ther ton il fc from almo to elba eldamore anore com conly known as cassia creek is 10 miles elba a iv settlement of 60 50 famili esTar the 04 paradiso of cassia county Loca n a little valley about three miles across and suri sur i rounded round edt by high moun mountain taiO on fresh w elid pod and 0 laden wilh with the fragrance fra granco of meadows and flowers this little set clemen tree in exco and plenty the rich black soil yield yields in abend a ance ope there is no limit to th supply of water and beir their t ample range is well stocked with cattle albion the county seat village of political suckers and official prostitutes I 1 ie v abill 16 miles noi corll ab here the festive tax tar gatherer gar ners his ducats into the capacious pockets of the bossee bosses whose 1 V brait impatiently this county has increased very rapidly in wealth and population in the past two or three years ten years tars ago aba th population ian I 1 of the county oun fy wo than n 40 famines families aal now the population is seven years ago the tax valuation was only this year it will ap a besides a poll p tax of ma 3 and a it road tax of a like aum 6 in ahe ahe usual tax a 25 on oil the hundred the county daf ose obe year s t said to have been increased to about or than 10 foe for every man woman and child the last term of court at A albion coet coat the county and there ibero was but ono criminal convicted i he waa was sent up for tiro two months and it is eaid id was pardoned before hie his term expired political tc onomy aiom is one of tho the chief studie pf ake the idaho statesmen the people are looking anxiously fo forward for ar the decision of ijedge hayea ayes on uie the canis constitutionality of the be idaho teet oath vath chickis td le gevea in july if it is sustained the Kos can dan f pay somei bore taxes and d die a soo me it ie id expected that it will be 40 AP in the tho coming november elos elcio some two mouths ago a jabo cratic club was organized 14 n 1 al all bion this club is supposed fo 0 o be the exponent of the more liberal views in ou to aitho the cormons mormons Mor mons ns but when their subcommittee sub committee on P denouncing noun cing aa as unfair un taxation ath on ou jit it was promptly quashed because it would shield abarge portion of the wealth of the county held bj by X cormons mormons Mor r none mons politics is a deep study sauly qute bea yond the comprehension the aver baian the crops at oa are better than last year and t tha Q people 0 eill till undismayed pd und erthe clinging cli ugin to the aebi oriee ories and cherishing tho the gallant galli alt deede of odthe the fathers of our country are preparing for a patriotic celebration of the glorious lor lous fourth vu youre ra T truly HOMER |