Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-07

| very extensive forests OF cedar and pine.
| Coming ND from the lower lands along
/ the La Plata toward the su.cliIed Parrot
| Mountains. near the west base OF which
ar. situated the settlements ou the
I Nlucus. we encountered o. severe snow
storm. Zoo Cherry Creek canyon. where
We .ncamrad for the night the snow
icl' about .v inches deep. and ihc wind
blowing through au opening boo the
mountains, made the night one of the
coolest that have ever experienced Boo
camping out Had % not been for The
friendship 40 tWo Young men, lDLEufs,
who lived BOO o. ten, pitched near O. .Hw
m.lI. who invited us iu such shelter aH
iH,.riWI canvas could afford, tuc elects
upon our NOT overly tough systems
mi.ut have proven very serious, 90. We
were not provided WITH suIucIcni hei'
clothing tn Keep u vanm. bot hy
keeping up O. ifc aI. night and huEaiuE
% very closely 40 least 70 part oI ihe
time, we mfN1EeI t1 keep ahNe uI
morning. WHEN we continued o1r louf'
neF tu Nlucus where. Dy ihe hull.''
OF friends. vu succeeded 30 ih1wnE nl''
yes out boo Nn" io attend lhn "'ltr.
noon wocinH. D. U.int lhr 7aiup.il'
llo saints residing ON lhe NlAne.a
number about 'u.iy families, oI 2,o
souls. They 1I 'iNa 900 o. scattered con.
d'iinn on theIf farms ana are nearly aIl
doing wei. financially. ln al my travels
among Que oanlh 900 lhiH inter mountain
region have never seen such " goun-
lIf u.s. ilN, Inc whole valley ANA 900.
rounding hi'is aud mountains arc cove
'I'N WIN ''ile.i thNIc'f forests OF trIIf
anl pine, o. is mostly cedar 900 ihe
valleys ln uIlci To make llfH' ihe
settlers have t1 cut down the timber
hlI No9l, Almost hn same US lnc p.u-
pie Boo tlc eastern states and Canada
nave lu clear IHimH in Tue NWUcn hN'
NJ. u1d on llr mlHcll extensive wheat
HlIdH Mh.Ie ihe lumber hl. heru Gee
moved, WINE ON INe inlefNr u'uE lIEn'
ule ''Nlih ianl unihiufpcd in all their
F'lm''lNe ueiulN irnuinE interest ana
I.n"nlc l' u' 4ndseape' poo some
p.a'el a.so n9ueed younE orchard. beg
on, ln he cIEc OF native groves pl
,cdAil Wh.eh served 20 protect iHc YOUNG
Us,a rom 'l, e',d Nlnl' OF 'le nli'h.
M9'' OF tle saints ON lhe M1nco'
i'ellc ~ q h'lc N''lel g.. ll.f own
lulnihp"i} known ai the " ''n.I mus
named iof tl' man VINO Dos. located
h.te' hN NAlley eklen'' .'fll Hnl
H'Nuh "uuul nine mue. "nl hH' An
average "lqth OF NO miles, hr uain
M'hlls Niilg}, "hieh extends DO sou
ol gI'ae,n, shape rom northeast To
southwest following me man course of
We stream, s mostly inhabited lN uon'
M2i'aons. some OF whom .c',lel t1cre
before uui people began lp locate ln
!.n country ln 1850. me town vi
Minso', containing perhaps UPWARDS oi
one hundred lhni1ilihl', % situated on
iie HN'r, % h'. one large business
mousse hu' MHNuti OF Hil'Ntf on'.i
pc" Np,aN,H me .l4F'g,l tHH.N is also
pun, 'nld Ncie' inc Ll'lei'dil Saints
nl,lNhE mouse ls situated oh we west
A'ae ol hiiI ABOUT y milo SCUM west
OF the town Of Mancoa. lhe railway
Depot on me Denver and kio Hnndc |
southern railway, H . mile northwest |
ui the town. hui lHe people do not /
pau2nfe the road very much, as the |
iafc, 10 cents a mile, BIS considered .cx' |
ioHionate, aud whtn iteomcs 10 hauling
ifc'ghI o. can DC taken cheaper hy |
teams than by 'ah, according to The |
present rates. Hence most OF The peo- |
PIE VINO VISIT Durango which ia lofiy ]
miles distant hy ail and only thirty
ulll.' Ny wagon l"aui EtulIhIG ltdNel
DO their old'il'nioncd way. Our people
IN the Weber have lately built school.
house OF their own, and the lady teacher
engaged iot TINS winter Is a member of
a.. church.
The facilities for more settlers here
are most excellent ana the good saints,
many OF whom possess much more land
lhan lhley can cultivate, extend q hearty
invitation 10 come boo and share the
'htncss' OF the soil and the grand
natural advantages OF the Mancus cuuu-
Try with them' We ought TO hayca much
more numerous community here than
we have 40 present; ana / would not
hesitate 10 use my personal influence
with those Of my co-fclIgiInists who arc
in search of good homes 10 east their
eyes upon thc fertile ccdlrcoyrrcd