Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-16

Dnd cast their lots with them aud hell
them 10 develop the resources " the
country, for which purpose land
committee, having representative IN
every settlement, have been appointed,
whose special duty Il IL 10 wait
upon NIL newcomers aud give
10 them all the Information nee.
essaTy concerning tlt country aud
IL advantages. Politically the valley
h part Of UintAh County, Wyoming,
the seat Of which IA ai Evanston, aud n
very friendly feeling aud mutual good
understanding exists between the
county officials and The Saints IN star
valley. BE 1t said 10 her credit that
Wyoming has always treated Our pcJ.
Pile iairly and justly, while her neigh.
Dor Idaho has exhibited q hatred aud
| vindictlvenoss towards some Of hur
test c!tizeus that would be- more Ia
keeping with the spirit oithu dark mild.
die ages than that u the nineteenth
century. A few m0nths ago some VI
the county officials from Evanston
visited star valley and couficd
the acquaintance OF our people
there, aud they were highly pleased
with the thrift and industry visible on
every hand, aud the wonderful pro.
gfess which had been made In 10 short
time.
Star valley now contains i've organ.
lied wards Of the Church, AN belonging
10 the Bear Lake Stake 81 I'on with n
total membership Of 90i, distributed
among ia families.
Alton Ward, the largest ward u the
valley, has 81 families Of Shiuu or 500
members. IL includes the town " Al
ton and the settlers living On their
farms aud ranches Tor miles around.
The townsite Is one of the finest In
the mountains, aud h icing built up
as fast ~ the people secure the titles 10
their land. This town was fret settled
In 1856, and has the only iiouring mill
Ia the valley; also saw mill aud
| planning mill, owned aud operated
/ by Archibald Gardner. There arr
nlao two stores dealing IN general
merchandise aud one furniture store.
Charles ID. CATER prusiius ~ Bishop
| Of the want, with Archibald Gardner,
late Of salt Lake county, Utah, a.. his
| Couusplur. Brother Clzicr was tho
! flnt presiding Elder In tue valley aud
until two year ago, when four new
wards were Organizrd, he presided ~
Bishop over all the 5nints In Star
| Valley. The town " Alton h. about
o. miles northeast II Montpelier.
Grover ward embraces the north end
/ Of Star Valley on the east side Of SAT-
river. IL has thirty families, or 21i
members, a part VI whom reside la the
village VI Grover tthus panied In honor
Of President Grover Clvyvland) which
lies near the loot Of thu mountains,
four aud a half miles north OF Alton.
Ole Jensen prcsidrs here ~ Bishop
with Edmund Epgurth and Edward
Thurman NJ his C1unsulor.
Auburn ward lies on the opposite
side Of the river from Grover, ami con.
sists NJ forty families or 1873 memtcrs,
presided over by Joseph II. llolbr10k
~ Bishop. This II the oldest settle.
mont In the valley, dating back TO
1879, whom the first settlers came Ia on
pack animals and male the flrst per-
manvnt location. stock raising Ia .ho
chief industry OF the people here, and
no grain has been produced until the
present season, when "a Mt. Kingston
raised n crop Of Hiuall grain on town
lot. Auburn can boast of having the
only rock meeting house IN the valley,
any kind here, all the dwell.
Z
ing the primitive pioneer cabins,
and a Few lumber and sawed log build.
ings. The town Of Auburn II situated
on n level tract Of country on stump
creek, two anu one.half miles east Of
the boundary line between Wyoming
and Idaho, tire" aud One.hali miles
east Of Grover and eight aud One-hali
] miles 10y road northwest VI Atom.
~ sol N.
I families, or III members, embraces n
ilnc tract NJ country irrigated by tho
/ water Of Grow creek, on the wctt side
| " the valley. Tho tOwusite of Fair.
vicw,On which only few houses have
bceu built ~ far, Il pleasantly situated
on Crow creek, near the mouth Of
] Crow Greek canyon, five miles south
| west Of Alton aud forty miles north
| east Of Montpelier, John G.. Dewey,
Jr., pro-ldos here as Bishop,
Cottonwood ward, having fourteen
| families, or elghty.nine mombeTs, en-.
! braces the south end " Star Valley and
| consists OF the scattered settlers lvlnn
on Cottonwood creek aud salt river,
| Principally Oh the east side Of the lat.
Ter stream. This end Of the valley Is
! considered warmer than the north
\ fHh hllN kfpb kAANn ~ IAlNfls
! The Saints here have nearly
completed their first meeting house,
n small log building Standing
near the coutre oIithe ward, at u point
seven and half miles south Of Alton
and about three miles from the south
end u the valley. William Parsons il
the Bishop u Cottonwood ward, and
! Thomas Walton Ia his only Counselor
MI a.
In the night between the 3llh of
September aud LIST OF October, the val.
Icy was visited by heavy snow storm
/ the ffst OF the season. II was quite
/ n curious sight In the morning of the
lst to see the shocks of grain
Standing uugathered la the fields
covered with six inches of snow;
hut the farmers here don't seem 10 be
alarmed over the prospects ON this nc.
count, a. they have experienced slml.
| lar things before. Throughout the
entire valley y better crop has been
raised this year thau ever before, and
| during the last few years the cllma,e
/ hns become milder and better every
season, and the prospects are that Star
/ Valley, In the near future, will stand
second to none n the valleys Of slmila +
/ altitude ami latitude. Shade trees m,
already being set Out In Alton and
other places, which In due COURSE Of
/ time viii he followed by the harder
kinds Of fruit trees, And tho valley
thus changed from IL present some
what naked and hlrnk uuleAmuce