Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-10
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Levi II. Savage, .l1 o.. Levi savage.
~, togurfvillp, Can, .s tho Buhop Of
woodruff.
HDlUro. ", situated 1n tue Atlantic
anl Pacific failruaI aui 1u The L.tilr
/ colorado diver, o. 900 uUiiuie I o.rf-
Get, i tho shipping point i1r most o'
llo Mormon se.l.n,I'. o." 7u'W-
maze STAKE. Tho UHU', men 90 Iaisi-
OF ew business % usr'. AHi limiicd
humner Of Ir waite dHu.i f', nhuiy
/ Hituhitd on unr sifc0t running parallel
/ win thu railway uact -15 miIls
west Of AluuqusWup New Mexico
! lne most iup rant uUfrh lNIp "tlh
/ lshmrnt q H0Ihu1E is the ArikIuh
! Cn'1peritve Nurluui" l'eiiud'".
Owned principally uy olf brethren "a
/ snpgriuteuduI uy Elder John X.
! huleii o. Sn1wilsta. iuis uusiuc,r
house r. anu hos been ever since u
| commenced bufiuUs,u gr % hclp %
! our people, and on more 'HIu nnH 1rca'
sion, wien disaster hAs 1ycrn6cn one
| or more o. uur settle uHuis, urucililly
] through the wnshIny away Of ilr
dams, this Institution has cIms 10 thu
] rescue Of tho suffering cor muuiiy, slu
] h1s advanced zoos nII means 20 the
! prople, WHO. perhaps oibrrwiHr would
have bgou Obliged tu aUau .ul their
| location ani sock roliei e's-whsfr.
| llollrnJk being tho Ceu.uf OF 70 district
% cJuuify largely devoted 90 Efnking,
the stock meu got their supplies there
and mainly rom the business house
mcutlonoa; this brings iu ready means
] which through tue many shareholders
/ Is disiributci In thfUu 100 che several
! settlements. SuppllrniUf Fort Apache,
| ninoiy'lhfcc miles distaui,ufc ifti ah,Ol
/ ny teams from the railway at Hli.
| brook g. the amount Of NIB ut . OlO,UUO
! iouuis annually. There atu u0 3aiuiU
nt ltlibfO0t, except Brother HIlei,
hud tne brethren who assist him Ia the
/ elore.
81. Joseph, the only one Of the four
I original Arizona settlements planted
by tho Saints in 1910 on tho Little
! C0lofaio river now Ia existence, D.
situated on the right OF North bank OF
said river, twelve miles west of Hll.
brook. The 10 famlius,or iOT souls, 0i
Latier-day SNnta who cJnBtitute tue
] population Of this place sustain among
their noighbofs tho well deserved dis.
iincllOn " being the leading com.
munity In point 81 determination auI
untiinChipg courage iu battling with
the Gle uCn's around th,m. while
/ Coed, Brgh ,m CITY aud sunset auc.
I Clmlcd succcsslvely 70 what suamoi
% tu uuavlidably, the people VI 81.
Joseph have held thu tort in tue midst
OF all "Odds," losses nIi dithpplint.
muuts. The llsses IA dams alone
would perhaps foot up 70 nearly s5D,.
nDl, but tue prospects sfo nov
quito favorable. Like tho peU.
plu Of Woodruff, the Saints Of
80. JOcph have succeeded IN damming
up the natural chabuel OF the Teacher.
Gus Colo ado, au1 forcing the water
out upon the solid rock on that 6iie Ut
tho rlyOrwnere tue settlement stands
tx miles be on. But before this vic.
tory was achieved scores Of former
settlers got discouraged and lb.t Tor
other parts OF the country leaving only
a few VI the harder and most deter.
miuud pioneers % cone with tue still
existing difficulties. Elder jour
BuHhman, q MAJ Of sietliug worth and
long experience, presides AZ Blsh % OF
the 81. Joseph Ward. lit nrs. o1uu.
solor l. Joseph q. Hansen, sou II
| JUns Hansen OF Spanish Fork, Utah;
ho has charge u TIE WORK on tue dam
Tho second counselor Is Horny NJ.
| Tanner.
on tho 0th Inst. I visited tho de.
deiuuct settlement OF Obed ioundo by
our people in 1876, but vacated Ia 1871
because Of tue gOlug out Oi tho dam, AM
also, because OF the unhealthy location,
/ a being Ia Close Proximity ~ an exten.
| sivt swamp. The Old fort walls 6till
stand uui most OF thcm arc vol pre-
rcrvuJ, ~ well AS tue gable ends anu
| rock ChimuUys OF quito number Of the
| houses. some OF tno founders Of Oled
Afterwards became some OF the II % sr' .
| ilufs Of SuIWiii AXE. OJod was 81 ultud
on the a0uth aidB Of tue Li,tle Colorado
DIVER, opposite ~. Joteph, aud Ab0ut
three miles sout east OF that place.
On the 10Th Inst, In company with
/ Presidents Jesse n, smith AMI Joseph
ii. RiuhAris, ylslIgI tho Old site, Of
Supuet and Brigham Guy, abjut
| twenty-five miles below or northwest
OF 81. Joseph. Tho state OF the weather
was sucu ~ 10 initiate me quite thor.
oughly int the realities Of a gonuinl
| Arizona desert biiz1 rd. In thS
forenoon II was wind and sand
In this afternoon wind and snow.
have seldom regretted tho leaving
nthumo OF q heavy ovefcOnt more than
| AlA NAhk NY NAA lhN " nhh httN TOT
the wise i0lvlnJught Of tho Bishop who
prevailed upon mo 10 suit my person
10 his 0vurcJai, AMI some quilts which
We brought along, 1t might have fallen
10 the lot %. someone cleo 10 write the
history OF the st,t nonts OF Agizlug.
IL was truly oj.d day; anu 1 nave
afterwards lraruul ifom tho papers
thnt the sum8 storm tue following Jay
iu It's tfave. eastward swept over the
states OF Colorado aud Indian Terri.
tory anu that several persons perishod
nom it boo ONIahamA. Winds arc very
frequent IN AIzlua, In fact that Il Out
VI tue most unpleasant features OF some
Ot our ArzIua settlements. The
Winds, particularly m the spring OF the
year VIII blow, uGd blow hard, nut
seldom no nuTi as ON the DAY when We
visited old Sunset.
Sunsct was founded by Lot Smith
and company ia 1875; tie settlement
consisted OF plcNo, Tort ABOUT twelve
rods square, situated on the river hat
about iour miles from the present town
OF Wiuslow, on tho Atlantic ami pagi.
iu railway, but on the opposite Side OF
the river Sections Of the poset 10.
Awarded Highest H
WA Ed Fa EEy