Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-14
FROM NEW MEXICO.
yt,lt1 Of Travels Round About by
Elder Andrew Jensen.
su,sr rity Described-A Journey from
mat Piacs 90 DtminR -.son"'"
ana Luus VALLEY.

WalAh 80 A"Dfs
n, Friday morning.. the 10Th inst,
T., .,mpany with Elder William +.
p,,,yn who was called on special
,,,..ion TO take me to Silver City, 1 left
lima Valley travelling in heavy lum'
~, wagon. bound for Mexico For
.h,ut 5 miles our road led up a steep
,oety canyon until the summit OF the
g., Francisco mountains was reached.
rb.nee we travelled down grade over
ARROW. rocky dugways, steep hills aud
,broush rocky gorges, where the road
81, az near no road at all as anything
tbaye ever seen. Finally, after travel
,,g during the day IS miles, we found
ourselves encamped for the night a, the
ss,d Of a canyon. which Bro. Brown
,,lied Geleece. The next morning we
climbed a hill which was as near per-
,spdicuar as any part OF the earth could
possibly be aud be climbed by a team,
sBd on reaching the top we had the
,suslse,ion to know that, although
climbing only distance Of something
IKE halt mile. we were advanced on
our Journey about six miles, besides
escaping about htty crossings OF the san
Francisco river; for We had taken 9 So
called "cuton" About 20 miles from
OUT camping ground Of the previous
ni.ht We reached the little mining town
Of Alma, situated at the point where
Mineral Creek puts Into the San Fran.
cleo river; and ten miles further down
tte last named stream we reached the
so.ealled Williams Valley, where the
Mormon settlement known as Pleas
anton stood from 1852 to about 1855,
when Il was broken up, partly because
OF the prosecutions which nj that time
were inauguratcd against our people
who had married beyond what the
Edmunds law allowed, and partly be.
cause a Mr Wheeler who had entered
The t0wnsitc IN behalf OF the people,
proved untrue TO his trust and disposed
Of the site, ON which a number Of good
and substantial buildings had already
been erected, 10 a non.Mormon, which
made vacation preferable. Al one time
iaefc were about twenty families OF the
saints residing here, ami complete
ward organization with VIM. {. Nc
C.ellun as Bishop was effected In Octo.
Der. 1889. II was also here that Jacob
Himbhn, he famous Indian missionary,
died On August a., 1885, after nearly al
thr Saints had vacated the place. Hts
remains were cNhumcd three years later
and fe.intcrrcd at Alpine, Arizona, In
lu.y, 1889. Williams Valley was named
IN honor OF Geo. {. Williams. also
known AS "parson Williams who en-
baced the iulncss Of the Gospel at this
place. and afterwards presided as
Bishop OF the Heber Ward, IN Luna
Valley. lie Is now engaged In founding
colony OF Saints In Sonora, Mexico.
This Is very desirable locality. The
valley, which is penetratediby the San
Francisco river, IS about 5 miles long
With an average width OF I mile. II Is
about 90 miles from Luna Valley, about
the same distance from Silver City and
nearly 90 miles from the nearest settle.
mcnls VI the Saints on the ella, In the
ST. Joseph Stake oi Llon. Williams
Valley Is now occupied by six families,
Of which only one claims any interest IN
the Church. There has been no Church
organization here since 1855, when the
Bishop aud others Of the leading men
took their departure into old Mexico.
GA Sunday morning the 18th inst we
were again ON our way and made a
Sabbath Journey OF 80 miles to the ella
river, where we encamped for the night,
This Hyer,aiter the treaty Of Guadalupe
Hidalgo, Feb. ,. iSlS. became the buun
dairy between the United States aud
Mexico. but through the Gadsden pur.
chase Ia 1884 the present boundary was
established. On Monday we travelled
So miles. crossing the continental divide
rom the head waters OF the Mancos,
q tributary OF the ella into what b
known as the Mimbres basin, from
which the streams have no outlet into
the ocean, but sink into the ground OF
disappear IN lakes like those rising IN
the basin OF the Great Salt Lake. Artiy'
lng at Silver City In the evening, we
lound ourselves in one Of the principal
mining camps OF New Mexico.
Silver City is situated In narrow
valley or canyon south OF the Pinos
Altos mountains; Il Is the county seat Of
Grant County, New Mexico, and con
ialns several thousand inhabitants. BY
special invitation Elders Jesse n. Smith
Ira Hatch aud Geo. {. Williams Wis
tied this city early In 1884 aud
delivered four lectures on the prin'
clplei OF the Gospel, which were listen
cd To with marked attention and seemed
TO give general satisfaction, though II
was at first anticipated that violence
would be used against the Elders II
lLty attempted TO preach. II IS hoped
mat the seed sown ON this occasion will
bear fruit at some future day.
From Silver City TO Deming, a dis
lance OF IS miles, came yesterday by
TAIL. Deming is situated IN an open lal
country on the Southern Pacific and the
Atehson, Topeka and Santa Fe Rail
Ways. Il Is sometimes called the city
OF mind mills owing TO the great mum
per ol wind mills which OF late have
Deem introduced and built In order Il
raise the vast underilow OF water o.
leet under ground to the surface, then
TO be used Tor culinary purposes; and
Tor watering gardens Tor there Is no living
surface stream where the town h built
II b. from Demng that the railroad
projected by the Hon. John w. Young
Is To start southwark into Mexico. Aitel
ghgounleung almost insurmounlabl,
ulilsulues, the projectors OF this road
which IS known in New Mexico as the
great Mormon Railway" are nov
confident that the enterprise viii
malerlalize, and that work will be re
seumel IN little while. Fewsot
anllh, Esq, Mt. Noung's agent, /.
Stationed hero - R...,..'.- "a. y. -.