Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-08

trlvt occupying the upper end
Of the valley, Mountain Dell,
ON Dry Fork, and Riverdale ex.
tending down towards AMI along Green
River. samuel II. Bcnnion, tho Pre-.
sident Of the STAGE, Ia a man Of inilu.
ence and integrity; his first Counselor,
.rothor Reuben :. Colleti, IL the
same Elder who IN connection with
Apostle John Henry Smith dened the
Jarmsn mob In Sheffield, England, In
1855, and the Second Counselor ia
Brother James Hacking, whose good
reputation reached my ears before
reached the valley. OF the Church
veterans, who dwell IN this part Of the
country, may be mentioned jeremiah
Hatch, who formerly presided as Bishop
here, Israel J.Clark, Indian missionary,
Geo. Wardle, one ofthc Pioneers OF 1917,
aud several members OF the Mormon
battalion, including James II. Giines,
Matthew Caldwell, Dennis w. Winn,
ana three or four others. The whole
Stake has total membership Of 1881
eouls, or 32b families. There ARE 9
Pntrinrchs, % Seventies, 50 High
Ptieste, lis Elders, 10 Pfiests,
~ Teachers, 20 Doacons, $40 lay
members, and 65l children under
NAhhh sNfiH W ave. ipttlut1 AHt Muts
mon population there are quite mum
Der OF non .MOrmOns In the valley, but
aRood understanding seems 10 prevail
among the different classes. ana some
have Joined the Church.
Ashley ward ~ tho principal ward
In the Stake; II consists OF as souls,
OF IS families, presided over by Bishop
George freestone. The village, locally
Il fHN 81 ma L N ls..fg ..
office name--is the centre Of Ashley
ward, but only small portion OF the
people live In the village, tho rest re-.
eide on their farms IN the surrounding
region or country. NUfnal IL beguti.
fully situated on level bench ON the
west eide OF Ashley's Fork. ltisabout
% miles northwest Of Fort Duchesne,
100 miles from Price. 100 miles from
Hcber City,Hnd about 10 miles south
Of Carter, the nearest rnilway citation
on the Union Pacific Railway; but o.
tho road leading 10 this point 10 very
rough and mountainous, nearly all the
.teiEhiing TO and from the valley Is
done by way Of Price. There il
respectable ward hou.c Ia Ashley,
several school houses, u number Of
stofes, etc. There Is also small
weekly Newspaper Published, called
IerHdt EiprcSs, edited by w. NJ.
Schick, anu owned by J. NJ. Barker.
A woman started the lirst paper in
Ashley valley, the Ulntah PdDOOtc.
edited and published by Kate Jean
Hoau. The initial number bears date
Of January ., 1901, aud the paper was
continued iii February, 1902, when it
changed name TO the lcTHll Hrgrcss,
the nrst number Of which N dated
February llth, 1899.
The MERRILL ward, thus named I'm
honor OF Carter w. Merrill, the first
PRECEDING Elder In that part OF the
valley, comprises that portion OF Ash.
ley valley which Joins the Ashley
ward on the southeast. Thu member.
ship OF this ward Is i15, divided Into !
sovouty-two families, who nll live Ia a
scattered condition on thrig honesiaads !
and farms. Bishop James VI. Shaler, |
n young man. prrsides over this ward, |
with Joseph II. Gardiner aud George |
A. Slaugh ~ Counselors.
The Glings ward embraces that part |
OF Ashley valley lylng northwest
OF and Joining the Ashley
ward; forty-seven families or 500
sOula constitute the numerical
strength OF the ward, over which
Peter Abplanaip presijes rs Bishop.
This " the first ward which the
traveller reaches Ia visiting Abbey
Valley. The Glines ward meeting
house Is situated two miles northwest
VI Nernal; the Merrill ward school
house, where the meetings Prc held,
Is three miles southeast Of VERBAL.
The NH ward, thus named because
the only two mile In the valley are
located within It's borders, comprises the
upper end Of Ashley Valley pruppr
and Joins the Aehley ward on The
northwest The meeting h0ute is
situated IN the midst OF a fine
district three miles north.
west VI Nerual. There are 52
Iamilies,or l4l souls( Lnttcr.day Saintsl
10 this ward, presided over by Bishop
VIM. Shaffer. The Mil ward con.
iains some OF the very best farming
land In the valley, and the people are
'ully ~ prosperous and well TO do gs
hose Of any Of the adjoining towns.
Mountain Dsll Is situated on Dry
Fork, n tributary OF Ashley's Fork. IL
ID called Dry Fork because the water 10
he creek disappears entirely In the
after part OF tho summer, leaving tho
ieople to depend upon some springs,
which gush forth at the point where
he little cluster Of houses called
Mountain Dell neslles Ia beautiful
little valley, and this valley extends
'bovo Dry Fork for a distance OF six
miles, and has an average width
u loss than mile. To reach this dell
n the mountains the traveller has 10
laks over sandy road nad through n
ong canyon, at the mouth OF which
lands n romantic rocky formation
onsisting OF high and perpendicular
liiir, which form what IL locally
lnown us the Silver Gate, Immediately
bOve where Old Fort rhornburQ once
TODD. The distance from Ashley
'entre,or Vernal, to Mountain Deli h
fteen miles Ia "a inoIthwesterly dlrec-
lon, This ward consists Of 20 families, ,
1853 souls some Of whom reslde In :
,ecp Creek, a tributary Of the Uintah,
GROSS the mountains lsouthwast.
he present Bishop Of Mountain Dell
Calvin p. Bingham.
The Rivordale ward consists OF 10
'milies or 100 souls, who live ina
ALTERED condition along Ashley'a j
ork and Green River. The EARNS ex. 4
md about eight miles up the former
nj about ak miles up the latter
ream. There are three school huuses .
! this ward, the upper one situated on q
shley's Fork, being about sever /
lilies, and the lower one, located nsnr 4,
ensen'a ferry, on Green River, about
'irteen miles southeast Of VernnI.
lder Nathan Hunting pTesides ns
iehOp over the ward, and George y.
filings has special chaTre OF I'm. u