Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-26

southern Headquarters of the Indian
Territory Mission.

csrrsrondsHe. Darsi Nerh
SULPHUR srRiNos, Chiokssav M.
ton, Indian Territory. Dec. 10, lssS'-
Just a, the sun was bldiog behind tho
western prairie the Santa re Train via
Oklahoma to TeXas, pulled up at DAVIS,
a small railroad town ten miles rom
Sulphur Syringe, Chichasaw Na.lon'
Indian Territory. Among the crowd
on ths platform were Eldcrs J. IL
Holmes aud Frank Collect Their
genial couutcuuncts b.pp.Lc Kind
welcome Ter their Salt Lake visitor 90
the touthcfn bca.qnotiets Of the lu'
dian Territory mission. a ten miles
ride In the darknoss followed, iuailg
our way two or three times. H'aef
Holmes realizing cur rCfiulu aud
being 20 well acquainted with this
peculiar rolling, uu.urycyeIi viii
county, walked ahead Of ,hu toan,
which seemed 90 want to gl auy way
EXCEPT TIC right ROAD, ana pilyiol us
10 our Indian home,
In the hoffcslUr bend uu Rock
N.NNNMH NNNNN NNNN q. AlhNA 100 n.
patch or clrninucp, In The tOrCai uu
iit.le rto of ground Do log house about
IBxlG feet with q lumber rael uu TIE
west for cooking Iurp0a,s, WhlI' on
tue south isn logging fOIu Oh at'ut
the samr kind nuI Illc. Severn i.AlH
pf rock piled up ON thu north ond o.
gable OF the main structure SEQ hs
chimney 20 convey the rm1ke rom
toe huge fireplace, where "a 1910 W 'aa
Iorp arc burning, is runIll " lim.u
cheering the inmate within. La thn
Eluuit' room, The Hhnuiy 90 thn Hauihi
can be- heard tho beautiful 1'riiuH oi
music uf two ruitars, uH the mrlUlitb
ACCOMPANY the Hiuging Of hymns hui
sacred eongn by Euom Colluu ANA
Davis. Elder Holmb8 lB busy making
prelafa,i0uH f1r nu Uyouing mccting'
Elder jos. Lowe 10 studying, while
Brother X. ~ collecting items %
interest fut the loved Intends nj nome.
Near the fireplace siis rooi 1Id
"uncle Jop," us We call lm-Broihrr
J. J. Fry, formerly Bautiat prgachrt
born In Mimouri, lived In Arkansas
aha California, spent some OF hls TINT
ia our mountain home AMI huully
settled down 81 sulphur Springs, Init
IN Territory, here iu Am VI THIS
year Elder Il. ~. Woodbury. baptized
him and "Aunty,n HE vic. ULClu
Joe is rondiy built little man Of 61
YEAR; he wrats cane, having partly
lost the use o, onu Of his lugsi ne IN ouc
OF those OuiHp1kcu, good, honest souls,
who take no much delight In coniounl-
ing tho LEARNED clergy VI the day with
literal quotations from the BiuiV, aud
in administering 10 the comfort ol cur
Mormon boys. Auniy, OF Iutau
luaily nsflgtiuy her assistant Sister
Hul, preparing tho good things u the
earth Tor tine inner man, igouu oithoso
happy, good.uututui nome persons
like many Of our good mDihufly ifivudu
10 our Eldoa IN taU world, who 20
kindly no for EJine other mOlhcts'
boys, aud claim them an hur own, The
childish life q our homo IL little Elf5y,
an adopted child Of our friends.
a hundred yards from the front
door, ana hubbiing up on the bank
anu iItne bed VI the creek, aud Ia
this vicinity, arc the cool sulphur
waters flowing from tho renowned
v hite sulphur springs, 10 famous all
the way from Kansas TO Texas Tor
their hValth.Xlviug properties. Tho
trees In tbs ucnse forest Immediately
surrounding this health resort arc COM
HNENu VI WI hAAhNf YAM ANAAf hAAAAt RAaf
The beautiful sycamore, inturpurrd
with n great variety OF umucrs native
OF the sunny South, while hero nud
there, climbing a hundred feet high 10
the tops u the matsnve Uakr, are the
bramble, the hOneysucklo, Wild ivy
and grape vines, hanging Ike the
rigging OF ship, having ioll9wn the
trunk OF tho tree az, aud limb cut
became separated nom tue main tree
aud hang out like ladder from the
earth 10 tho hky. Tho rough,
broken, rolling, unduAung prairie
and tlmbufud county, IKE that
which surrounds tho hill Cue
moral, or that which our choir wit
nessed when they visited iudcpuu'
denco, No., makes this one OF tht
pgeliirst camping places on earth
During the entire summer anu eNIUnl'
ing well into the tall Of tho year
people come from All parts OF III,
surrounding country und camp uy Oh,
hundreds. Ia later yogus religion
Fevlyal6 have boon held among thcs'
trees unUl last summer When Oli
Elders held the fort. While thcHl
people OF lplfuto were willing uwnl
their time psTtaklug OF tho health
giving iiu.d u the spfiugs, aui iesunO
ANNAl NllN AAAAn " hANAhNNH NAh AANHA
iUus HE, lettering among the sha. !
tfetr, ia tun,s AMI wagon, they au
only too pleased % DO outyttaiugl by
the guitnr, tuo mOu,h'UTgau anu Ia
hymns OF Zion, ald during their lria
ure moments carefully lnvtsugats tnl
truths Of the everlasting Gospel nB the.
take thum from no lips Of the servant
Of COO, our Mormon ElIeIs, La thi
way hundreds OF people, VINO UtArl
witu would OK C0uil never have uvhllu
themselves VI the opportunities OF ih
Gospel, take 10 their homes iu "a
various paris VI tue country tho iU
FpiTuu truths uttered by the fIupAt
Joseph smith from the pens OF H9L'
many writers.
Besides tho not and sullry days q
summer apuut 40 the fpriuYS the %
maindur VI The ye.b except short Int
walls o. Headquarters Tor q change O
cl1thtr, bath, lItllp rot anu TgClu,
tlou, our Elders are ont among ta
people Of tubs nation, They are dll
gent in spreading the ruth, ll
Gospel has now been given 20 wv
thirds OF the inhabitants OF this l
ton Of the glvIliEl1 tribyu. The
are littlu over four tuguauu
ChlGkglaw luulaut, forty igu thou
and white people uuu a great man
nrgrOps. They have large nui bUg
tliul country covering over four aud
hali million uCfvs. The land is he
in common by tho ludiuuB aud negro
UFt.H F..H.FstI las Fft.t ssH NtIFa f..FN.