Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-10

c uro an nearly all the rock v q
ana cuiu news 0f tue niDneePs house
arc still standing, hut ever thing BE-
dfHriatp, tho whole land pe lo.k
drrary and i1fblidiur; ami the lonely
tf.v ward on the hIl'siIe Only, re-.
m uIH one Ola population which was
%. co but ia no more. The brethren
VINO were with mo UK Igstgrd lhCtf
lonesome feeling; fjr here they Egd
H ten lIstrue 80 iur f1us8 U. h Fn uf
they were sung by dcvout D. op O aul
here iu hy one years they had enjoyed
tlr Inspiration uf heaven as the wuiu
.f GIi hnl bgru dispensed 10 tl'
multitude WIN assembled 10 wpfshi
Il. ilfa Cod, -Auhtu after sabbath
when this place was tl" lies uuaftefH
OF the Little C0oNIu Stalks uI ZION,
The ruins 90 sold" Bdghrm Guy,
u " occupied by only one lamiIy, arr
seen ncr ~ the fivrf about Urc mile
sHuthwuat o' the Sunset cite. We
preached 10 within nty rods Of ii, bui
we're uustlo 90 co s8 thv river nt the
O.i Until site, hence, nitor making or
90 lcuatl0us AMI getting our .u rrhphl'
csl urnrings, IN or 10 write more D..
q ligoutly nUoul tHo place, when ihr
hr tory Of those Two duiuuct settle
mcuis Of tho Saints oil
uo wilton, we returned 20
llr good auI warmhenriui irIenil iu
~. Joseph, thankful O. nus shelter
from tiu fear al orm which had male
cur Journey 20 dislgfcrnblu.
Taylor j. a settlement ptr.idcd over
by Bshop Z,cnaiiah Il. Decker auu
.ituatUi On both siues OF Silver Greet,
Three and malt miles above SNOW.
Nake. A "m1Iernn suspension loot
bridge, 900 feet long, connects tho Two
sections NJ the town. This bridge NJ 20
strongly built that even the "hrnyiysh
lazy IN the settlement can cross over
lu uaigty, provided tho wind dOu't
blow too hard. IL Il claimed by tie
good people Of Taylor that theif briigc
will compare very iRvoAbly with tue
| great btld % which uJunucis tho two
| cities New York nul Brooklyn, when
tho didcfenc' In population IL duly
! considered, Tho Taylor ward cuu-
| sisls Of forly.six inmilies (Of 1913
61ull OF Hhuts. This iuoludts also
! thn Little village Of ahuuway, which
l. situaitd On silver creek, iour miles
above Taylor Tho natural advantages
| OF rty'0f are very similar b those Of
Snow lKr. Au Incorporated ifflga.
tl0u company cOltf0ls tho irrigation
intgroats Of both settlements.
Situated away up Ia tins pine timbefs
nrag ihe t0poi tho M0gDlloa mountains
is tho little settlement OF pin,dale,
whore tho people raise grain without
Irrigation AMI obtain water i0rculluaGy
purposes from wells. This Is "a most
r0maltic place, ani though the settlers
haya struggled hnfi 10 make n living
in umes past, the prospects ahvli nov
seem 10 be better, nud TIE people ne.
dutcm ned 10 slioA 10 II. Twruiy-Ont
families, or ] 10 souls, preiidel over by
Bishop Nlels Peterson, constituted tue
msmberlhip Of the ward.
SHOW Low ward cJmprisol all the
scattered settlers on the Show Low
creek, n tributary VI Silver creek.
There ute hv0 Villages within the
limits Of this ward, namely, Juniper,
AFFAIR, EllswOrih, Fairviuw or Wood.
land aud Pine Top. From Uniper,
the settlement further west, TO Pine
Top eastward the distance 10 - mile.
fhu Bishop (BrOihsr Hinsol) Resides
at Woodland. Except OF Ellsworth
whore tue people irrigate their lands
from the Show Low, dry farming IA
the heavy pins forests 10 tho pfodomi.
ncnt feature IN the Show Low war;,
the atrOngth Of which Is % iamilIts
Or 2J2 souls. Accom- auied by Pftst.
Jesse n. smith 1 have visitei all tho
settlements In the Snowflake stake
ami have preached % tho Saints
In their different localities. l have
also gathered thj historical infouma.
ton that 10 wanted. found The Stake
records Ia IA llrt.clasH condition, ElIet
Joseph Fish, who until quite recently,
ncioI NJ stake clerk aul historian, has
done excellent wJrk. Beetles keeping
tue general stake books anu recording
the ordinary minutts up 10 the date he
lpit the Stake, hs has writteI ngenpfal
history u tho Church Ia eastern All.
zina, incluiing historical sketches Of
the different wars aud settlements In
tnis region OF country.
The quarterly conference has lust
closed IN Snow flake aud am about to
start Tor the ~. Johns stake. shall
long remember the good SAINTS here,
whose appreciation OF my labor, in
their miIBi made 1t n pleasure 10 al.
minister 10 Them.
ANDREW JENslN.