Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-10
SNOWFLAKE STAKES.
NIT IN SETTLEMENT
A Icrrbl Storm Luclunltrrd.-Quir
terry t'n'erenc of the SNOW.
atke stake.

Eti0, Dessert NolG
Tho su1t hlSo stake % Zon en-.
braces the Saints residing In tao wes,.
err haf OF Apache county, Arlzi.a,
q d also oHe war; now c,tcI ruua
Cry bul i1fmerig known nl ~ IHu
Copy, Situated Boz CscJuilo county.
There are alf0 low 5linu on Pine
creeF, in the s3.callei ronto Bs7in,
stout 100 miles wtst Of su.Wlsae.
But the bu.. OF tue Saints compiling
ths Stake reside Boo sediments situAlej
on the Lille Colorado rvef, aud W.
tributaries The Stake consists OF
seven ward, ntmcly, 5nlRhtar,
lay lUf, PInu ale, suDwiuw, woodruff,
30, JYsrpI auu uha City. Iur tIl
m,m or.hipoi the 5iak December
hst vas hH iOuuWs3 $40 Pa rurCua,
iitl. OUT Hbvontiu-, hityasycu hign
lucfls, tguiy.six ElItts, fifteen
Putstr, twelve iuarhsrs, cishty.fIur
DuacJus, $50 lay memuors auj 5lb
children uudura yeafe OF age, making
O. t1lsl % ] i52 souls, which fspruiuuts
-iS iamiliut. Jesse y. $ uith, cousin
Ui the Prophet isfuih Smith aud a.
man widely aud uyOrauly known from
hi8 lhbOr Ia the Interest Uf GU4s
cause, hDih 90 home aud abroad, pre-.
sides over tho stake; hr resides No
Snow fake. LIIuuE1 n. Hatch, for.
merry Biihop OF fMnkilu, Idaho, o.
hmt counselor iu the b.atu pfoslitucy
he also Unlulaps ~ the senior PAtu-
arch In tho 5luRe and rcsidrs In Wood.
fun. Elder Joseph II. Richards,
whose place Of frsideuco Is 81. Joseph
anu " has recently returned ifom a
mi sion ~ Scotland, is ulc1ud cguu.
oul0r Ia the 5taHu presidency.
The town Of 5nowil AXE, thus NAMED
In honor Of tho late Apostle Eras.us
Snow AMI the founder VI tho town,
Elder WIN. J. Flake (shO eth Resides
herel u p.rasautly situated in Opuuil.
iul little valley about two mllus loug
from north 10 south AMI something
over mile wide at 10 widest place.
Silver Greek, a tributary vi tue Little
Colorado tiver, cuts Though the valley
from south to north aud puts Into
tho Iivur named at "a point
about twenty miles north of sn W..
lake. Ihis stream supplies the
town with wafer for culinary and
irrignting purposes and tue ret lrmtn
II on the wet side OF the stItam.
snowflake 10 % miles west oil 5,.
Johns, tho county seat ~ Aplunu
county, 90 miits north Of Fort Apache,
- miles by nearest wagon r1aI south.
west Uf iUlbrUOk, the nearest railway
station, and Is miles north Of tho main
body OF timber which covers the more
elevated heights OF the Aog0llon
mountains.
tn oonceivlng OF this little oatis In
the desert ns valley, tue Utah fcadefs
.! the NEWS must not imnglno that n
~ surrounded by mOuntainsi taule are
no mouniains-auch nB We would cal
mountains In Utah-in signt from
Snowflake, but that VIII ch surrounds
the place nud suggests the llta VI
valley are uodar.cOverrd bluils Or roll
lug hills which perhaps nowhere IA
tbs immediate vicinity VI tGe settle.
mbnt exceeds one hundred feut In
actual height. A the traveller az,
pIoaches b 0Wnake On the Woodruff
ROAD from the north he h. apt ~ DO
iav0tably Impressed with the appear
nncu Of the settlement. Clustered
around the stake house 1.-THE spifB o'
which, though not very lofty, points
gracefully toward heAvoul d the stranger
al once notices number Oi
ino brick dwellings aud business
houses standing Ia the midst OF
young, thirdly orchards, while tuu town
i,soli h. surrounded BY we'll cultivated
fields, properly fenced aud sya,omatic-
ally lall out ~ tue respective owners
l1r Irrigation purposes. Tho town also
h accurately laid out la bllckf - rods
square aud with streets ola rods wide.
lac Dimensions Of tho stake hguau,
which is not yet completed inside, nru
6jKaj iurt Ia length ami breadth aud
q itet nigh FROM tlnlr 10 ceiling.
There 10 alec a gallery; the stand Is Ia
tho west end.
limit aud industry Ia seen on every
hand, anu the good saints U. snowflake
are hopeful Tor the future, though the
building up OF their settlement haf
butn ir0ught with many difficulties
aul hntdahtps. but the worst seems
now 10 ue over; the prospect OF making
large reservoirs IA the iiumsdlat
vicinity OF The town viii undoubtedly
greatly increase the population ~ tue
luat iulutu. john Hunt, u son Of tho
ateCapIsiu Jefferson Hunt, Oi Mo mon
battalion fame, rs tho Bishop Of the
place. Wa. }, Flake, tue counter OF the
settlement, anu John RaTtohuof axe
bic CuunselOu; 81 families hud iij
souls u0ustilut, tue memUership VI tue
ward.
woodruff, thus named In honor Of
PRECEDENT WCoifli, o. duslrabiy Do.
Gated Ia y little valley about mile
rquhIO o. the right bank OF tho Lttlr
Colorado river, at an altitude " $500
ttrl. IwVuiy'eiG McfmOn iamilus,
numbering 1893 souls, nui small
AIIiuEhnr VI uuu.mumburs C0uallutp
tue population, Tue suttlumuut "a "a
milrs uOrtn OF SNOW flake, anu ] . mile.
southeast OF Nu.bg1Oh. There Is ab1u.
900 aer,H Ii good land Ia the vicinity
OF Woodruff, OF which about 800 acres
are carefully cultivated aud ifTiga,e 4
by ailchts which head n dam c0u-
HlucJvu uulyss the river at GA
| enormous expense, Just above the toWu.
| Dam alter dam has been built
ny The settlers, all ui which, save tho
/ present one, have hueu washed away
iI regular succession. The Ufvsost
dam, which bils fair 10 TNpalu, aa 10
i7 bult IA very substantial mauuer,
Mirly-llyr irut high aud about 700 feet
lunE, Is throws tuu river entirely uut
I OF its natural channel onto q ledge OF
solid rock on the east side, luus i0Tm.
/ iIg a beautiful cataract, aud Grand
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