Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-02

the Stake IA composed Ave are ~
Ogden CITY, and fifeen, namely,
Mount Fort, Lynne, Msrfioits, Slater
Vile, H,rtisvilie, Far West, North
Ogden, Pleasant View, PiaiU City,
Wilson, West Weber, ksDesvil!t,
Hooper, Riverdsle ami Uintah co M
prise together one OF the most fertile
aud productive farming districts In the
Rocky Mountains, ami ths farthest
them are within distance OF ton miles
Of Ogden. The three remaining wards
namely Huntsville, Eden ani Lib
erty-arc situated IN Ogden valley,
lying Immediately east OF Ogien, and
within easy reach Of that city by
means OF one Of the best canyon roads
male In the west. This road Leads
through one Of the most romantic anu
picturesque canyons In the wasatch
range OF mountains. TIE distance
from Ogden TO Huntsville, the largest
sett cmcnt In Ogden valley, Is thirteen
miles.
The boundaries OF the Weber Stake
Of Zion are co-extenslve with those Of
Weber county, which In one vi the
mot populous and wealthy counties
In Utah. Nearly everything produced
on the farm, ranch, and ia the orchard
nnds a ready market at Ogden, which
city great number OF the wide.
awake and progressive business men
In this section OF country looks upon as
tbs great "hub," around which
everything else la the Territory (Snlt
Lake City not excepted) "rcvolves" In
humble obeisance. And sure
enough everything Ia Ogden partakes
OF a cosmopolitan air; II possesses per.
hats everything In the shape o:
natural advantages aud modern i'm.
provemen,s that the capital Of Utan
can boast OF includi x oven hot springs
lin the vicinity. IT. electric railway
-ysicmi It's watorwOrks, lite magnificent
business buildings, it- well stocked
stores, fine residences, extensive
parks, etc., are enough to make the
Osdenitc proud OF hls nome.
while Ogden II also tho greatest rail-
way center In Utah, II 10 Tar behind
salt Lake City In IT. journalistic en-
terpriscs. Tho Standard (RepublicsD)
and tue Post tLiberal or DemocraticJ
both daily papers, are the only news.
papers published In Weber county NO
far NJ | have learned yet, anu the
number OF "ems" In each OF thssB
have been considerably cut down
since the latt election.
Politically this county would, I
think, bo somewhat evenly divided
between the two great national parties,
II the Liberal faction was ruled out
Of existence, which undoubtedly Will
be the case ere another cainpaign will
DO opened In our fair Territory.
five include the mountaiBc,r Good.
year Weber county was settled by
width men Ia isii md by the Nor
mons, In the PERSONS OF James Brown
and family, In 1888. one year
after the founding Of salt Lake CITY, by
President Brigham Young anu The
brave band OF Pioneers who ACC M.
panied him. The frat ecrlesiasli sal
organization In that district OF cjuutry
now Included In Weber county dat y
back 10 March. 1851, when the nov
nRed Pioneer Lorin Farf was appoint
ed by tue authorities OF tue Church 10
preside over the "Saints on the
Weber," and tho first Stake orsaDza.
ton was effected January Goth, 1851,
with Lorin Farr NJ president, anu
Charles X. Dana and David Is. Ollie
as his counselors. On the same occa-
zion James Lake, Geo. Pitkin, Sen,
Samuel Mallory, David Birch, Joseph
Grover, William Earls, David Moore,
Edward Bunker, Phillip Garner,
Samuel Suckney, Horace L.. RawsoD,
anu Joseph l.. Fish were appoint,u
members OF the High Council. II Is
quite an undertaking 10 trace all the
changes that have occurred In ihtl
organic ition alone between the years
1851 anu 1893.
This afternoon I start for Ogden
valley, 10 I'LL appOintmenla. np1 b I.