Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-13

samoa. Their plantations, three in
number, are said 10 be amongst th
largest In the world. while uassing
along We converssI upon various euh'
Ieots, aud also chatted with our nauve
Ifie ida, one OF whom helongs 10 The
Church. President ID remarked:
"WhAt a great benefit Il would be 10 the
wotk here u We owned a large tract VI
land hke this on which 1, gather the
native Saints" aud was not IN It's
least contrary IN my opinion o. the
matter, for / have often thought 10
would be n splendid thing 10 have our
feoplo here gathered Into one pllos.
Thus we c0avefsed together ~ we
W. kcd along tie green, uhady road.
was reminded Of the iIrest roads VI
our own sunny Sluth, except that here
c0cJanut PALM, Dreat fuit, ami orange
trrrs grow along the roadside insttai VI
stately pines.
Coming to where y cluster Of young
c0coanuis hat ALLEN down, We sonu m-
suagod our thirst W dfiusing "uiu"
OF two each, alter which We cOntiuuvi
30 ascend tho gIaIuAl mountain slope
unit we had fesched our dtuiiuatiln--
Utumapu. The latter part Of this worn,
which h a union of twu samoan wntls,
means "tD rest, - unI we we're not long
putting IT. meaning Into practical use,
fr we did fest. Tue young mans
Swede hy hifth--ghD has charge uf
the plantation, anu his native VIE,
received W. very kindly, ana After IN.
Toying few mnmvnh' tOcihl Chal, We
were Invited 10 ttke diuner, Our most
and hostese would tust W. should
have n cup oi tea, but We declined "ma
le faaietat, "and R.cup OF mix was Hi'-
en- us instead ~ this We dfanA
with a relish, fof it's not every dny
that We get drink Of milk here ~
! Ssmoh-this being my SECOND one
since coming here something over one
year ago. ! was purp1stiy net very
huugfy, however, 81 thia particular
/ time, because know Whnt wac
/ coming later on. Dinner over, We
| spent some time IN conversation anu
looking through the tc,cscopc down
on the "FathsT OF Watrrs" which lny
stretched out bufif W AZ iar ~ tue
eye cnn see. 40 Ba'bos had ~ iiur BE-
view Of the wide expantu o The Pacific
ocean, which he afsi behrli from tnr
summit Of the Anits In 1918, AZ We
now onloyei, | dom. winner at HE
being filled with ave nj the grandeur
" the scene aud the tranquility 81 to-
mighty waters that lay spread cut be-
fore him.
The altitude Of Utumapu ia said TO
/ be- alb Ut QUO thousand feet above sea
level, aud from this commanding pos.-
/ ton We ghzei down over the tops of
about four miles Vt thiekly growing
| cocoauut tree. and out over the vast
ekpanss of water tl sea aud Ky
,eemed 10 melt Into one. Alter gazing
and wondering upou the beauties OF
mother earth and the mauy blessings
which she has IN store 81 pnd dOtn
bcstow upon her children, the just anu
the unjust alike, the proprietor Of the
! plantation inviiod US u go out aud look
at tho various things growing thereon.
We had tins privilege OF assiug ior tho
ftst time coffee, teh, oiunsmon nud
coca growing. Our guide informed
"a mat tho coffee crop TOT inst year was
20, 900 lbs. This yield alone, 1t 25
cents per 10, would bring the German
firm about $500. But that Ia "a very In.
significant amount when compared with
tue thousands OF dOllafa which their
! cOcoanut plantations nfe bringing tnein
! IN every year. | am Informed that tue
Germans have lost considerable money
IN getting their plantations started
here, but N they have lost
mon y In the past they are surely
getting II back now, with good big
Interest, for everything hiss the appeal
anco Of prosperity. Besides seeing the
things mentioned above, were oIttou,
castOr-Oil trees, aud the nneAt patch ut
| plne-apples that 1 have ever seen.
| they werO all young, however, ~ W.
| got but one small Ripe one 20 cAL Tho
cotton plant grove very luxurlanuy In
this country, but does not appear g.
yield ~ we'll as that grown In the
southern SiAirs. The downy substance
OF the cotton raised here does not have
that same beautiful whltonesi about IL
which IL Characteristic VI the cotton
produced down iB the south.
After rambling about over the plan.
tation for an hour or 20, We returned 70
the house again and PRECEDENT rs,
having his little "kodak" along, took Il
number Of pictures Of the fanny aud
house, ami alec Of some "black boys"
natives Of the Solomon IslandE-thAt
have como here 10 work Tor tue Ger
mRua.
The object Of our visit being over,
We turned our iaCca eea.watd anu Ia
much less time than We hhi been Ia
/ going up We were at the bottom VI thu
| long slope again and soon found our
| way " NhN hAlFHlNh hNNhfs AAN BUT
| prise had worked like charm, aud We
had returned utt IN time TO fnd tive
/ good.sized tables loaded with isuch
iuxuIies NJ We Mormon Elders on
Samoa can seldom afford To enjoy.
There was bread, potatoes, puddinR,
chicken, oio., spread out before u.
Immediately Ia front OF President u,
nice cake was placed, bearing ON IT.
top, IN pure, white ifostlug, his name
and birthday. After parlakiug OF this
delightful topasi, aongr, music ON the
hafmOnlcn, etc., were INDUCED la Tor
short time. On retiring, each eX.
pressed himself as we'll pleased witt
the days fucecdings, II IN the wit.
ef's humble opinion that muiV
genial 60 many Of young folks than
that 80 the ) moan Mission home last
evening would he difficult 10 HAD. Ia
lacl, II has been subject 0i consider,
able conversation among ourselves how
/ nicely We always yet aluHg together.
Tue Elders here are all quite young,
| and, IN many inrtant es, have had tut
] Vary liItlp fNNs FlHnH4s la HTNuNhNuts ma.