Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-02
IN BEAR LAKE VALVE.
An Encouraging COmmunlcailon from
a Familiar Correspondent.

Correspondence Of the DrsSnur NEws.l
The weather In the southern end Of
our lovely Bcnr Lake valley has been
remarkably propltious for the farmer
aud his inter osts during the past
spring. Our grain was put In early,
aud Ms result Of frequent soft storms,
everything IL green and glorious 10
behold. one IL driven TO the conclu.
sion that the bencneent hand Of Provi.
dcnce has certainly been over our PEG.
pie for good, NO far, this "spring."
From material standpoint | may
remark that times have been quite dull.
20 far ~ ready cash Ia concerned. The
prices Of cattle have been quits 10y
ami the demand not extrayagant, AID
"a a result, We have all, more or lees,
suffered from an intolefablc super.
abundance Of space In our money
purses. The cattle industry IL ho cash
Industry heroabout. When II prorpcrs,
NIL IL well; when II languishes, we all
focl II, anu droop too. But .we hope
for better things soon In this line.
Grain prices have been low likewise,
with no stirring demand, while pota.
toes, usually a considerable resource Of
the people, have been worse than
"dTug" In the market. Scarcely
enough Il given for them delivered In
Evanston to pay n respectable price
for freight.
Butter, chickens, eggs, ttc., have
been Ia fair demand, iair pficss pre-
vailng. But Tor the egg Industry,
what could many OF our good house
wives DO TO make both ends mee2
Talks OF mines, ETC., have been
freely INDUCED In hereabouts lately,
ane several lucrative finds are reported;
but whether they will "pan out" Ne
reported, no man knoweth.
bear Lake ward conferences are con.
secutively on the boards now every
Sabbath day.
Meaiowville, four miles from here,
had its conference a week ago. Presi.
dents VIM. Bulge snd james II. Hart
aud special missionaries IL. M. Hodges
and Jos. Gibbons, also Bishop Calder
aud others from the surrounding
towns, were there aud Joined In wor-
ship with the local Saints. A good
time was had.
On Sunday, the Goth, conference.
were held respectively nj Woodruff
and Lake Town. In the former ward
Stake President Bulge and other
leaders attended and had an excellent
time.
One sad feature connected with this
was that diphtherla had found Its way
into the home OF ono OF the families
wing about two miles out OF Wood.
run town, and had carried oil one and
LEFT four sick. The latter, however,
were recovering, II was believed.
Naturally this, though 30 far from
| town, caused considerable concern
among the people, aud, OF course, while
safely able 10 hold meetings they were
not 10 largely attended M they would
otherwise have been. Measures are
being taken to prevent, II possible, the
spread OF the dire disease.
| Here In Lake Town our conference
convened under very favorable cireum.
stances. The morning was warm,
bright and bracing. A slight shower
had laid the dust and enhanced greatly
tho pleasure OF going to meeting. Coun.
selor James IL. Hart represented the
Stake Presidency, aud, besides him,
we had Patriarch Hugh Findlay, all
OF tho biBhoprlc and several OF the
leolle OF Meadow willie ward visiting.
Addresses were delivered by the breth.
rem lust named, also by Bishop Joseph
Kimball, Elder II. NJ. Hodges and
Eugene 3. Hart. Reports rendered by
the representative OF the authorities
and societies OF the ward indicated
that scarcely any sicknest-no apps.
tscy--n NO want-no complaints land
while some, anu perhaps all, fell short
Of being as good a- all would desire TO
be, no great wickedness abounds In
any OF the hahitRtiona OF the Latter
day Saints Of Lake Town. The meet.
inss were well attended, aud the 70.
marks admirably adapted TO the wants
OF the people,
Joseph Irwin, at his request, and
agreeable TO tn. bishop and fellow
counselor was honorably released from
acting as sunday school superintend.
ent, aud Elder Joseph Gibbons unani.
mouAly sustained as his successor.
President Hart announced that
Brother Gibbons was honorsbly re-
leased from his calling M one OF the
Stake home missionary corps In order
that he may he unirnmmeled In the
pursuance Of his Sunday school dut-
les, etc.
In recent months our population
has been increased by twelve births
ten females and two males.
Randolph aud Lake Town, have
recently 6ean having some ball contests
with each other In their respective
public squares.
The boys u the county seat, "got
thete,n by u small MAJORITY, both
times. First whom our boys went
there our brass baud accompanied, aud
the Randolph lads, treated them with
the utmost courtesy aud consideration,
and gave them a nice send of In tho
way OF social ball at night.
Our boys, though Democratic, but
believing in "reciprocity," did like
wise TO their fellow base ballists from
over the hill on Saturday last, and all
passed of lovely.
Meredith Mediterranean year old
son Of our county assessor and collector,
while his parents were going to meet
Ing here on SUNDAY, fell down two or
three cellar steps In the house OF Mr..
Johu Shelby aud broke his left arm,
| hatuaan Tho elbuw and w flst