The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-29
THROUGH THE SOUTH.
Heber J. Grants Trip to Cellar
and Vicinity.
PICTURESQUE PINE VALLEY.
Visits to Santa ara-Pinto-Luxnry of Mil
ford Sleeper WhOle-Souled Hospital
ity of the People.

On the 18th inst, L wrote you from St.
George and promised to write again from
Cedar city, Iron county, but ! was delayed
in reaching the last named place until late
Saturday evening; and as the regular
quarterly conference meetings were he'd
on Sunday and Monday, l had no oppor-
tunity to fulfill my promise The con
ference meetings were very well attended,
and inasmuch as the attendance on Monday
was about equal to that of Sunday, the sup
position is that the instructions given were
appreciated. President John d. T. Nc
Allister, of the st. George temple, was
present at the conference and addressed the
people a number of times. may here men
ton, that at the conference John Z. Daley,
who is absent from the territory, was
honorably released from the position of
first counselor to Thomas J. Jones, presi-
dent of the ParOwan stake, and Morgan
Richards, Jr., was chosen in his stead
| Francis Webster was selected for second
counselor to fill the vacancy caused by tho
promotion OF Elder Richards
CEDAR CITY
IS having a steady and satisfactory growth
In fact. it is about the most progressive
| place between Milford and St. George
| The new meeting-house which is nearly
completed-only lacking the tower-is a
very creditable structure. The people of
Cedar are largely interested in the raising
of cattle and sheep, and they have some ex-
tensive diaries situated ON the mountains
east and south of the city.
H7On the Eth instant in oonnan,- with Dra
sident d. ID. Macarthur and his counselor,
E. b. Snow, / visited the little ward of
Santa Clara This settlement is situated
about five miles west of St. George. and is
named after the Santa Clara river, from
which 1t obtains its water supply. The
river, however, at this season of the year,
is more worthy of the name of a creek
Nearly all the Santa Clara ward are Swiss,
! and they are very frugal and Industrious
people. Their main support is from the
dried fruit which they raise, some families
drying several thousand pounds each year
On the morning of the 18th, shortly
after O'Clock, we left for Pine Valley
ward, which is situated about twenty miles
almost due north of ST. George, but as
there Is IA large range of mountains separ-
| ating the two places, one is obliged to travel
ABOUT thirty-tive miles over a very rough
road indeed. The difference in heclimate
between Pine valley and st. George is
simply immense While st. George abounds
in almonds, grapes and all kinds of fruits
raised in warm climate, in Pine valley,
only twenty miles distant, it is impossible
to raise peaches or grapes, and even the
apple crop Is very uncertain; the trees
grow pretty well, but there is no certainty,
of yield.
PINE VALLEY WARD
is one of the prettiest little places that I
have ever seen, being almost surrounded by
mountains. I hose on the south and east
are very high and covered with scanty
growth of pine timber. The mountains on
the north are low, while those on the west
could very properly be called hills The
name, Pine valley, was originally given to
the pace because the upper end of it was
one solid mass of pine trees. and in the
days when Phoebe was flourishing mining
camp, there were five saw mills and three
shing.e mills running at full blast and the
owners found a ready market, mainly in
Phoebe, fer their entire output. To-day
there is but single shingle mill in the
valley on account of the timber on the
mountains being almost wholly used up
Robert Gardner was the pioneer of this |
valley and to-day it might very appropri- |
atelY be called Gardnerville, as William |
Gardner is the bishop and from onefourth |
to onetl ird of the inhabitants are children |
and grandchildren of Robert Gardner.
The farming land is about SIX hundred |
and forty acres, and the valley is about |
t 70 by six miles in extent. am |
Convinced that there are few more pic
Guresque spots to be found in the noun |
tains than this little place The high noun !
talnS on the south and east are beautifully |
ii tied at this season of the year and Ger |
tainly must rival the far-famed autumnal
tintS of Switzerland. There are some very |
nice bllck houses in the place, and the !
people there have good frame building of |
two stories used as meeting and school |
house. Considering the size of the ward. |
there only being about three hundred souls |
all told, the building is certainly very |
creditable one ! should Judge that Pine
valley is from 600 to ,20Ofee higher than |
Salt Lake city and fully $500 feet above |
St. George. At 40 p. IN. we held meet |
ing with the people, and after President !
Macarthur, his counselor, A. w. WINS and |
myself had addressed them, programme |
was carried out, consisting of songs, lines |
OF welcome, speeches. etc, in honor of |
Brother H. j. Burgess, who had just re- !
turned from an extended mission to New |
Zealand. At the close of the exercises |
refreshments We're passed around; a dance |
for the children followed, and in the even |
ing the members of the ward assembled |
and engaged in a social gatherin . |
in whole-souled manner. The u Ter
lack OF formahty of the country dance is, !
to my mind, its chief attraction; this occa-
sion was one of thorough enjoyment !
throughout. My first trip to Pine valley |
will always be associated with pleasant |
rccollectiOus.
On the morning of the 18th we
LEFT FOR PINTO,
a little settlement located about twelve
miles north from Pine valley. There are
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