Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-05
STAR VALLEY AND BEAR LAKE.
visit Of ELDERS Goddaid and Reynold.
In Ihuso takes.
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Editor Dssorct News.
Ga trip to Star Valley and Bear
Lake, | left home on the .: 20 train on
Friday afternoon, June .2ud, Ia com.
pany with Eluor George Reynolds. The
Salt Lake Temple workora were on
the same train on their way {, Brig.
ham City,and with whom We had the
pleasure Of mingliug as far ~ Ogden.
Here we stayed Tor few hours la COM
pany with upUIintondent Il. Ballan.
tyne converting on Sunday school
matters. We lott Ogden at 1925 .. m.
and arrived At McCammOn At 1850
O'Clock am. on Saturday. Mccain.
mon 10 / Is miles from SAT- Lake City,
aud there are no accommodations Tor
travellers 10 Montpelier, VINO are DC.
tainod here for about four hpufs. Near.
~ twenty passengers had 10 amusu
Themselves that length Of time as beat
they could, there Loiug no
chance VI houzouthlizIug, except
on the bare door without %
blanket. A universal complaint T.
freely expressed against the railroad
company Tor the absence OF any pru-
visions Tor the comfort OF the travelling
public thus detained.
We loft McCammon nj 5.25 and
soon passed through Soda npriusf,
reaching Montpelier at $500. Here a
team was Ia waiting % take Us to
Brother BurgOynu's, at whose house
we had the pleasure OF meeting our
friends, Sisters Ilmina =. Taylor aud
Sarah Eddinglon. Thny were on the
way 10 star Valley 60 hold "a conference
Of tho Young Ladies' M. /. a, After
breakfast We ull four Travelled together
on n Journey OF iifiy miles, conducted
by stake SUI etlntendent Of SUNDAY
Schools Edward Mcliaichie over n
mountainous country, where chuck
holes aud sileliug places abouuubd
more or loas. But having such uu-
looked for good company We measur.
ably forgot the rOughutsa % the rOaus,
only when our heads came tuldeuly
In contact anu not knowing Which
Ii was that hit the other.
We reached Alton, Star Valley, at 8
o'clOck y. m. Our travelling cOmpau.
ions were wolCOmeu AZ tho house Of
Sister Roberts anu our home was under
the root OF A. V. Call OF the presidency
OF the Stake. Our visit here was for
the purpose OF holding Sunday
school conference. lts meetings com.
mencel at 10 o'clock u. m. aud at .
p. m, ON SUNDAY, besides u teachers'
anu a sevoutiea' meeting, Gao OF the
most Interesting exercises We ever
listened TO was from the Auburn
second intermediate class, whose
teacher wHs one Of our returned normal
SUNDAY school students from the -.
I. Academy vt Provo. fhe chief
poiula OF excellence were their thor.
ough acquaintance with their lesson,
anu every question ana answer was 20
loudly aud distinctly rendered that all
the congregation could near.
On Munuay, June 70, q conference
Of the Yuung Ladies' association was
held at 10 d. IN. anu D.. IA. On inyi.
ution Of Sister Taylor we attended
both meetings anu much on j0yod the
Instructions there impaired,
Tuesday, Give Lett Alton at $3.50
for Glencoe 60 Iailes), at which place
we held meeting At2 .. M, and re-.
turned egain 10 Alton same day, In
time ior supper, after which We bade
adieu IN Alton, ana proceeded 10 Fair.
Wow Is miltsl whore e,iOuud con,
gregatiOn presided over by 5iater Tny.
Tor. Here our iabon In star valley
ended. President George OsmOnd aud
his counselor, a. V. CAL, extended
every courtesy aud were present Rt all
our meetingB.
Alton Is the largest settlement In
6ter Valley, containing 40 families, or
$40 persons. IL Is ITO miles rom
Evanston, the county seat, Wyoming;
Gjv n,ilyl ngrth " wvsI lgo "a Chey-