Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-01

lies. IL aitlnied under the bluff about
one and n half miles below the mouth
VI the Beaver Dams wash. WINE
their houses stand on the north side o.
! the river, most OF their farming lana
l. on tn. south side. The settlers irri'
CAT. from springs which issue forth
| irom the bluns ON both sides OF the
river. This little settlement IL on the
extreme northwes corner OF Ari1ons
Territory. Elder DIdley Leavi1i, the
wcil-knOwu Indian missionary ana IN.
ternreter, lives about mile below anu
another family resides nj the mouth oil
the Beaver Dams wash. The village
II about rs miles by nearest road from
st. George.
Above the Beaver Dams wash, on
the north side Of the Rlu Nirgen, aud
on top OF the mess previously men.
toned, lies very extensive tract of
level, fertile country, with every facil'
lty fir u lrrge settlement. The only
question involved IL whether the ex-
rense Of bringing out the river water
would not be too great u warrant the
undertaking.
Having STOPPED over night with
Brother Albert Frehnet, q sWiss
brother who presides over the little
branch Mt Beaver Dams tbelonging TO
the Bunkerville wnfdl we continued
our Journey tne next morning to Bunk
ervillc, In Lincoln county, Nevada,
where we arrived after travelling -
miles, and after having crossed the Rio
Nireou ~ times below the mouth OF
Beaver Dams wash.
Bunkefvill, T. pleasantly situated on
the southeast side Of the RiONirgen,Ou n
narrow stretch Of low lands skifting the
river, and bounded by the bluffs On
the other side. This fiat extends up
and down the river for distance OF
shout rix miles, and including the so
called Mesquite Hat, which lies on the
opposite side Of the river, but further
up. This opening between the blulu In
nearly ten miles long, tue upper sni
extending into Arlxona; II has an aver
age width OF pelpaps tribe Tess than
mile aud half. Most o. the land II
very rich and productive, but the set
tiers have had ~ bcstDw a great deal OF
labor iIilcvcling down the ridges and
sand mounds and filling up the lower
places before irrigation could b. sue.
cessfully introduced. The river is tapped
about two miles anu a quarter above
the settlement, and although the people
have had considerable trouble with
controlling the waters Of that turbu.
| lent steam, AMI had lost n mum.
/ her Of temporary dams, they have
had better success In this regard than
most Of the other towns ON the Rio
| Virgen. Bunkoryillo has NJ present
nearly thirty families, and besides the
staple. produced in the more northern
settlements Of the Saints, cotton, figs,
grapes, almonds, sweet potatoes, etc.,
are raised very successfully, and II II
claimed that Bunkorville could DO Gs
independent as any settlement Of the
Saints In the Rocky Mountains, as
nearly all this necessaries 0f life In the
shape Of food and clothing can be pro-
duced here. The altitude OF the town
h las | was tolj), only 1900 feet above
the level Of the sea, which Il more than
1900 feet lower than 81. George, the
altitude Of which Il 36ll feet. Owing
to this difference In altitude every
thing " two or three weeks earlier here
than In 81. George. Snow hardly ever
falls.
Bunkervilfe was iirst settled In 1877
by Father Edward Bunker, Of Mormon
Battalion fame, and his family and re-
lstiver, and number OF 0therss For
several years the settlers worked very
successfully In the United Order,
and was assured by several
OF the early residents that the place
could not have been success had It's
location been attempted by u conf
munity less united. This belief IL
strengthened by the fact that about
three years after Bunkerville (this
name In honor Of Father Edward
Bunkerl was settled an unsuccessful
| al mi paaAts "a falanH "a .sn1anu
on the Mesquite Hat, on the opposite
side Of the river. The facilities ut that
point were very similar to those pre-
sented ut Bunkervillc, but which the
founders Of the last-named place
through their united efforts, a wise or
ganization OF labor aud undivided in
terests, made ilOurishing settlement.
Mesquite proved total failure, after
several years. labor, and today only n
few ruins and sand.iilled bitches m lrk
the place where the village once stood.
The present Bishop Of Bunkerville
Ia Edward Bunker, Jr, and his
Counselora are Myron Abbott and
Joseph l. Earl.
More settlers are wanted at Bunker.
VILE, which will accommodate about
fity families, and an invitation Ia ex-
tended TO LAtter.day Saints seeking
for homes In healthy, sunny cline
10 come here AMI help to further devel.
op the resources ola perfect oasis In the
desert, aud make themselves homes
where they may enjoy the often covet.
ed privilege Of sitting uuder their own
fig trees and vines, with none TO mo.
lest and mike afraid. Although this
il within the limits OF high taxed
Nevada, the people who are here lind
no reason for complaint ON this nc.
count, IA they receive back In school
funds considerably more money than
they pay out In taxes; and besides,
both the State and county officers ara
very kind and considerate to our PEG.
pie, and exhibit no luminosity what.
ever ward them on account Of thcii
religious belief.
ANDREW JENsoS.
BuSHERvILLE, Nevada, March "a,
IsQu