Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-10

East Canyon creek, ~ a tributary from
the south. The town Is divided into
two wards, all that on Ia south side OF
the river being organized Into the
South Morgan watl, with Charles
Tufnoras Bishop; aud all on the north
side of the river constitutes the North
Morgan ward, over which Olug u.
Anderson presldcs A. Bishop. The |
stake house. very pla In but substau-
tial rock building, sOki1, feet is Ia
south Morgan. where also Rich
ard Fry sud Samuel Francis, i
C'ounselors ia the stake presi. |
dencv. reside, while President willard |
a. Smith himself lives In littieton, |
two apd a half milos west u Morgan |
CITY, BROTHER Smith ~ one " the sur. |
ylyoru Of the Hams MIN massacre, |
and his father and one ~ his brothers |
were among the nineteen brethren |
uartyred at that memorable place, !
| October 30, 1888. | held meetings with !
tine Saints " North Morgan on the |
| evening " the Goth and nj South Nor
| gan ON the 2lst.
Two and half miles southwest Of
South Morgan centre, on the west side
/ 81 East canyon crecs, lies the village Of
| Rlchville, which constitutes u ward,
pre-ldcd over by Albert y. Dickson as
Blshop. Here twenty .iout families Of
/ Saints reside, aud a meeting was held
on the evening Of the a2nd.
| SUNDAY, the 23rd ! spent at West
and Eatt rortorvllle, speaking 10 the
saint. IN both places. West Porter.
\ willie ward embraces nearly all the set
tiers residing Ou the west side and
East PoneTvllle those living on Mo
east side Of last Canyon creek. samuel
Carter H. the Bishoplof West Porter
villc, consisting Of thiriy'onc families
of Saints, nearly all ut Lngllsh eN-
traction, and Joseph u. Porter Pre-.
sides a. Bi.hop over the twunty.one
families residing In the East Porter.
willie war,l, nearly all American born.
The creek IL Jocularly called the
boundary between the British aud
the Americans. At Que time there
was little friendly Jcaluu'y existing
between tho Two Villages, but
time aud better judgment have
worn this OF, aud the people Of both
wards are now anxious 20 amalgamatc
into one ward, as the two are ~ close
together and the Inhabitants ~ few
that the people would make more
headway aud DO better by being united
under one head. The distance between
thr school house IN Fast Portcrville
and that in West Porturyllle II only
half a mile In n straight line, or one
mile ny the roundabout road The tHO
Villages are about four mllrs and half
south Of Morgan, hut there are farms
aud settlers several miles further up
the creek.
Milton ward embraces the villages
OF I.lttlrton aud Milton. Tho former
h the Oldest settlement In Weber Vail
lev, dating back ~ 1856, but the latter
IL the largest village, nud Is situated
four miles northwest Of Morgan CITY,
3 un the south side of the river. | lee
> lufcd To the people here on the divine
? mls,lon Of Joseph Smith on the even
, Ing Of the 2ith.
Peterson ward embraces the villages
0f Peterson ON the southwe.t anu
MOuulain Green on tho northeast side
OF the Weber, or all the settlers rcaid-
= ing In the lower end Of Weber Valley.
T, The ward contains about dozen iunii.
u lice. " whom eight reside Ia the VII
: lagc Of Peterson, which Is pleasantly
Z located on bench nine mllCH
!, southwest OF Morgan. Mountain
! Green, once thriving settlement, bal
= now occupied by only u few families, II
four miles southwest Of Petersen, OF
three miles east Of that noted mouutail
= gorge, widely known as the Devil
: Gate, Ia the lower Weber canyon
John A. Waite, young man residing
u Mt Mountain Green, is the Bishop o
l. the Peterson ward.
I Entrrpriseis thrifty little villng,
!. whose Inhabitants have Just open
IL | = 4tFsfg al lIi
webera distance VI seven miles on {
Z their farming lands, Although onl!
,, containing eleven families, this plac
has ward organization and II prcsid
= cd over by bishop John X. Hall
u formerly Of the Fifteenth ward, Sui
!, Lake CITY.
From the foregoing II win be sect
+" that Morgan stake VI Zion consists o
niuU Bi.h0Ie' wards, which tOgcthe
= have a total mvmhcuhip Of 1851 souls
' or 9b3 mmilius. II Il one Of the small
y ct Stakes OF the Church, hut has
Is good name. The majority NJ IA
= Saints arc alive 10 their dutlos, az
:, willing 10 follow the advice Of thcl
u "wlso men," aud are thrifty, iudustrI
VI ous and economical In their habits as
rule. Generally Speaking the poopl
T. occupy good aud comfortable home'
=, aud own some OF the best AMI mo-
u productive land in the Rocky Mour
:. tains. The climate here n also goo,
81 although little colder In the wint,
H., than many would call comfortable
~ but the summers are pleasant an
u dolighlsome, the Thermometer scldol
reaching eighty degrees. The altitud
OF III, railway station at North Mo
IA gan II 1850 feet above the level OF III
ne sea, which Il the approximate altituc
Of the entire valley.
n. The Weber Valley, inclu ding 4
ik extension up East Canyon creek,
1t, about sixteon miles In length, with u
n, average width Of about two mile
a, Lengthwise II extends from s0uthea
A. 10 northwest. II is well watercd, an
D.. the streams abound In FISH, notably Il
Of mountain trout. The Weber river an
OF IT, tributaries are fringei with cOttol
"a; wood timber aud willows. The slop,
Is. OF the surrounding mountains al
IL, dotted with groves Of pine aud mr..
n. ANDREW JENsoS.
X. MORGAN CRY, Morgan county
CO Utah, August %, 1901.
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