Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-30

fhuoiuuurNi lvtAteu huUut Two anu
half miica northwest OF Hamptou's
bridge, or four miles from Collinston
station.
North 81 Portage, In Idaho, Il the
Wopdruil ward, recently organized, the
centre OF which is a little hamlet,
situated on Muddy creek on the east
side o. the Malad river, five miles
northeast Of West Portage. This ward
has twen,y.Oue fnmilles or one hundred
aud ihir,y.iour souls, presided over by
Bishop Joseph Il. Harris. In this
place, aud In fact throughout
tue Malad Valley, dry farming
Us tho rule, aud II only ie-
qulres the fgrcaipht Of nm ord mary
mortal 10 predict that In few
ycara every foot. Of land in this
beautiful valley, clear ny TO
the baso Of tho stopper mountains
will bu reclaimed.
Two milss north Of Muddy Creek
" GleuJouon creek aud two miles stili
further CHEEKY creek. The sVttleis
rulding In a scattered condition on
thee two small -tfeams, together " tn o
few othors residing opposite, on The west
side Of the Mnlld river, ooEiposr the
CHEEKY Creek branch, Of which John
ID. Jones has charge as presiding III.
der. Fen families, or sixty-nnc souls
constitute lie "Aiormou" o ula TO-.
Malad ward embraces Malad CITY,
and the Saints living Of Two hille
creek anu -Four Mile creek, south, ana
up Deep creek, northeast, etc. Malad
city, the county seat OF Oneida count y 4,
Idaho, n pleasantly situated ON Deep
creek in the east side Of Mnnd
valley, on high rolling gfound,
overlooking the valley south and
west. IL IN thir.y-two miles north.
west Of CollInsion, Utah, aud TWEEN.
ty-seveu m les southwest OF Oneida,
In Marsh valley, the two nearest rail-
way stations. The population OF
Mnlad Il about evenly balanced 10.
tween "Motmons" and Gontilos, but
peace and withal good understand
Ing prevails among them, the former
spirit Uf hatred and bitterness having
gradually died away. Tho Saints here
are building fine and commodious
meeting house Ia tho west part Of
town, away from the business part OF
tho place. they have already expended
about 5000 In Ia erection but II will
require about $1,000 more 10 finish III;
Il II, however, 70 far completed now
that meetings are being hold In H..
Tho bulldog l, lumber one, eighty
foot long ifOm north ~ south, and
forly.fivo feet wide. The centre tower
l. eighty-nyp feet high, besides which
there are six other smaller ornamental
towers. When finished IN Ito details,
II will be- Onu OF the finest meeting
houses in our northern settlements.
Joukin Jones e. the Bishop u the Malad
ward, which has n total memheship
OF 800, divided into 10 familics; II is
the largest ward IN the Malnd stake,
Northeast Of MAlad CITY, along the
main or longest bmpch OF tho MAlal
river, lies an extensive farming dis.
tfict, Inhabited by upwards OF one
hundred families, but most OF these
are not members OF the Church. What
lew Saints there are, have been organ.
lied into ward under tho name Of st.
John, over which James II. Harrison
psrsidrs NJ Bishop; the membt rship IL
10, or % families. The school house
Ia which the Saiuis hold their meet
lngs Is situated ON Devil creek, about
taO ana half miles northeast OF Mulo j
CITY.
5amaria, the second largost ward IN
tue stake, Is situated ON tho west side
u the Msl9d Valley, seven nnd hall
miles southwest OF Mslad City, aud
twelve miles northwest Of Portage.
Unlike scdp,ural Samaria, v hitch stood
on lill, this modern Samariu lies on
leg~Lirdot OF country, surrounded by
good farming land. The majority OF
the SainJs here AS well "a AZ Malad
City arc Welsh or Of Welsh descent,
anu are Ms rule very punctuhl In
attending TO their duties a. Saints and
citizens FdTty-six families, or 800
souls, constitute tho population Of
IS amafia, aud Jonah Evans, pTosldei
over them.
The RoeklRnd ward embraces th,
Saints resiuidgo on Rock creek, n lgibu
/ tgry VI the Snake river. To reach thi,
| place from Sanaria, distance u
/ nearly nfty'nye miles bias 10 hu trav
/ eled over mountain and dale In 0
! nJrlhweslerly direction, ana finally
| after crusslug the rim OF tho baniu ii
tn extreme uppor end VI Curlew val
] Low, the hoA VI Rock creek u reached
! On this stream, IN n scattered con
! dillon, live about thirty families O
| saints, numbering 223 FOULS, together
/ with quite q number " lao are not nom
bcrs ol the Church. The low lands along
| the main stream measure only abOu
nall n mile IN width on the average
| hut back OF this, on either slide OF The
creek, there IS an undulating uplgnC
reaching Tor miles toward the noun
lnlns, wnsrg dry farming Ia carried of
very successfully, and good grain II
| raised. Isaac Thorn IN Bishop OF tn,
1 Rocklsnd ward. Tho frat settlement
vi the place dates back TO 1875.
A journey OF twelve miles In o
northerly direction brings tho traveller
to little settlement on Warm creek
near the banks VI Snake river, calleL
Neeleyville. II consists OF 10 familje
or sovenly'six souls, presided over b,
| Biehop VIM. Medley, who was the frs
settler here In ISL, aud after whom
The village has boon named. Tn,
country around this place Is somewha
broken anu rolling, out there is room
for quite u number Of more aettlers
Nteiey villeis four miles southwest o
the American Falls on Snake river
and ON the Oregon Short La. wheru
az well NJ In pocatellu, thirty hliles 81.
tant, the people tan readily dispose o
their grain and vegetables. Medley
Vile Ia the most distant settlement
from the Stake headquarters, beiu
about eighty miles northwest Of Yves
Portage.
After CONFLICTING my labors IN III,
Malad Stake, | returned to this city OF
the .lth ult, ANDREW JENsON.