Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-23

ule ieadqu1ftcfs Of the Marc1Dl gi,tc
VI con, whete T. der George passev
hauc me comfortable IN DOS H1.1it3bis
"9ile'
SINCE my arrival i1 This Bart of the
| country have been bHsIt rrgagsd
WIrIilng NE history OF the Naf.c9p1
SAKE oi ZION, which comprises five or.
| canned wards with total mtmbership
! on 2'lio sous OItlIs number t-r8 are
lhulan', VINO lg.uu. 90 tln panayo
ware ana NE Southern Mission.
Inc principal Mormon .auIemcnt op
9ilt kiycr d. Mesa. which .s situated on
/ lcyel bench ur mesa. thar is about III
/ i.et higher than the river bottom below
Mt'a b 2 regularly laid out town con.
lalnlnE beautiful orchards. lovely vino.
! yaIds, me brick residences and a thrifty
! population The strength of the Nes4
| ward IS " families or 6t- g8uit. bpt
besides these there arc quite "a number
| oI n9n.AIormung. The pride OF Mesa Is
| lHe Iluus co operative mercantile in.ti-
| tuition, which was run very surca,.n..ly
lpr many years by Elder GEORGE paessy.
| 10 bias always paid ts shareholders "a
good dividend. and been gfea. holm 10
ihs Saints i1 thB locality. Ne.l wIs
hr1i settled Zoo 1871. prn..p1iiy by Saints
from NcHr Lake County Idaho
LEM ward is sta ,ied about d mile
nuIiGclst OF Mesa; % comprises 10 fam.
ilica, ur tgS souls. OF Saints who live
scattered oi their respective home.
staadt. Ih1s D. Jones BIS the Bishop.
aud Elders Edward T.. ZONES aud Thbs.
J.. Bggs are hi8 Counsc'ors This h.
The oldest settlement OF the Saints un
salt River. it was founded by Dan W
Jones and company iu 1872. Some of
ihg Hrl settlers sul live lore. amogg
whom Elder Henry G.. Rogers. Hrt
Counselor Zoo the Stake Precedence.
PaniEo ward lies Immediately north
OF The lcII ward. ID c1mpr's.s nd MOS.
cui $50 Indians. mostly pmls. ana
iHmi Dos. 0r 10 souls. of white people.
among whom George 4. Tiffany. HE
bi.h5u ii only Csunsc.oI is linear
uttip \HltnElciI. one Of the most intel.
ligcui Indians thai have ever met. lie
peaks Spanish nucutly. beside. ibs
lapl.D and Mlugopl language. he
also understands Enrlsh. but docs moi
Ike Go speak b. Beside. the Indians
belonging f1 The Wlfd directly. there
ave 0ly baptized Indians WHO roam over
the Gaaef. ln the south. EIler Henry c.
Rogers bias iumed.1t. cHafgr Of these
and visits them, in connection with
Elder Naieu.lcIa, o.. odan "a. cireum.
stances Wl permit sunday schools
and mcc,1ss are held regularly in the
laulgo wand school house. which was
built @ few Yeas asp ON Che corner OF "a
school section one mile north of the
L,hl ward house. The indians farm
and fuss stock. sum. u. ,arm live in
pretty good houses. aud are learning
many ul tag mHfe civilized habits and
ways OF fHgIf white Mormon u.igHh1rs.
who have been their UgUds rom ilg
beginning
Alma ward embraces a tract Ut c1un.
igy lying Immediately west of Mesa: 10
cuulllUs It families. uf .gi souls. and BIS
presided over Do, ushul Alexander
Hun, lkgr, whose Guuusyllrs ATE Io.rph
a. SjcWar. aud Amos Hawkes.. The
Alma meeting house. fine LiHs brick
building. and the best mgeln. house in
the Stake, is situated about D.. miles
southwest OF Mesa. Alma s au out.
growth OF Mesa. Toe hrt settlers came
here in January. 1851. and die ward Als
b'st organized June i5. 1854
West OF Alma is the Neph ward. CON.
tanning o., families OF Saint. OK no souls.
Samuel Dlcusaaw is Bishop. With B.
Portland Johnson and Nu5h Bf.mlaIl as
Counselor. Daniel g.. Johnson is ward
clerk. The Nuph ward embraces
tract OF country one mile wide aud eN.
tending north and south three miles,
The scuoul house, loo which meetings me-
held. is about three miles southwest ui
Mesa. The Ncphi ward may properly
be- termed o. continuation ol the Tempe
ward, which was discontinued DO IS5.
aud a large proportion OF the members
OF that Wa,d sutt.sd DO that district Of
county which Is now embraced boz the
Nepm ward The Ncpni ward WAS ore
ganisgd in September. 1855
From the foregoing 10 will be seen
that the Saints comprising ,hc Nlricopl
Stake of ZION reside hi one nsi.hl6f.
hood. and thlt the distance from the
papagu meeting house on the northeast
10 Nephi ON the southwest BIS only about
miles. An the settlements are situated
on the south side of the river and in
Township @ north of Rang- east; Salt
River and ella meridian The lands are
irrigated from number Of canals which
TAP the river nt different points above
the settlement.
The valley oil the Salt River contains
one OF the largest bodies OF irrgablc
land In the United Siates--oyer ono
million acres rs surface 10 almost "a,
level as "a table and the soil Us one OF
the richest within the confines OF the
Union. Near the river, IL Is. IN places
a dark alluvial mold, well adapted Tor
the production Of cereals aud grasses.