Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-16

rot duty on tho part oi some WHO
"couldO but "would not"
The ~. Joseph Sake Of Zion COM
pfses uight settlements Of tne salufs
on the CHA river, and One ward l7L
DAVID on Tho san Pedro river far Un 'H
tue south " est. Tho numerical streuftI
VI tho 5taBe cousista " so families, Hf
2,gst 1juls. There are one Patriar1'
! (ruiemon @. Nefflll), ~ 5oventirs.
81 High Pfiusis, i35 Eiiefs, - Pnco t
10 Teachers, l4j Donoons, l,l06 u.
members ana 90 children under els
| years OF age. Christopher Layton
] formerly Biehop OF Klysville, DAvIs
county, Utah, IL the 81 osident u the
Stake. VIM. ID. johnson, formerly
Bishop OF ST. DAVID, Arizona, 10 nrsti
aud VI. N. Merrill, a sou VI Patriarch
PA upu g. Merrill, IL sec nj c0uu'
sei0f .le Stake presidency. Among
tue members Of tno Hign C1ulcii D.
Elder Henry q. Boyle, famous Tor his
sucuussiul missionary lablB IN the
Southern Eia,os anu "a other parts VI
| the word.
The valley Of the upper dils, 90
whluh most Of the saints Compiising
| the ~. J01epu stake live, Is ABOUT %
miles long, extending from southeast
" northwest, inc lover valley or rlvcf
bottom varies in wi1tn from Unu.bsli
to nvs milct; but iaAing Ia the mtHlu
aud highIAuja-thnt b., reckoning from
tue base VI the snow capped Graham
m IuutaIn ON the south % the loot %
tho lofty range on tne u1flh--lne val.
10y IL oil the way from ten 10 twenty
miles wide. ihu altitude Oi that parl
ul the valley where our people reside ls
about 3 $40 feel, hence the climate ls
warm auI pleasant. Tho ella valley
10 one Of the leading farming distfiuts
u Arizona; IL contains something
like 1900 acres VI land, some Of when
10 10 iuriilu and rich o. any In the
United Siatoa, 10 certainly hHs
charming situation. 10 the southwest
from Thatcher the towering Graham
peak rssfa IL LOFTY lead, Rud directly
west are seen tho dark aud Hombru OUT.
lines Of Mt Irumbuli, $500 feet above
tidt-w atcr. Ihis 10 not the ssme
SIT. frumbuil from which the
Lumber iOg gnu b. George Temple was
obtained. North AMI cast hru tho ella
auI fcl0ncillD ranges, while 10 the
south aud d0utheafl stretches the wide
plain OF tho San Simon. "Liko M
emerald lake, tue lovely valley rits
surrounded by giant mountain seuti.
nols, a picture OF perfect rsposu aud
prosperity" At prusout when the
snow capped ptaks OF tho Graham
range hAsn IN the spring suu-tlde, tue
noldB near ~ feet are a masa Of ggOuu,
with here aud thoro the bright blossoms
vi the orchard nud garden. Tue val.
10y especially adapted 10 fruits Of oil
varieties, suvu ns applta, pluma, cher.
fies, aprioJls, peaches, otc; grapes also
DO we'll, being large, Juicy anu OF hne
1av0t. There 10 perhaps no better
locality In Arizona for strawberries,
currAnts, blncaberrleH, g0osnOuffiel aud
other small fruit. Wheat, corn, bar.
10y, oats and other grains, give a yield
" from thirty 10 sixty bushels 10 tue
acre. Wheat and barley are town ia
January aud harvested la June. Corn
IA then planted on the same land, anu
IL Tipo IN October. Two crops VI
potatoes are also raised In ono season.
snow seldom falls IA the valley, aud
then only In very small quantities., to
disappear again before the neat Days
sun.
Alfalfa does exceedingly well on the
6ila, tho yield being nearly ns large
nud quality as good as that OF tho Salt
River valley. Four ana five crops
Rru raised. ON the 29nl ult. w visited
a held Of alfalfa ut Thatcher, belonging
| 10 Brother VIM. ID. Johnson, Ia which
We measuftd stems that were over
three feet long.
The Saints occupy the central
anu most deslrablB part OF this
lovely valley; all their settlements
are adjacent 10 ogun other aud
extend up ami down tho river for a
distance OF about % miles. There are
only few non.Murm1us Ia that mar.
ticulAr locality. Five Of the settle.
meats arc on the south aud three ON
the north side Of tho river. On the
south side they irrigRto from seven
principal ditches, named respectively
the Monte yuma, Uniop, Coutrai, Dam.
ron, Mormon, Dodge aud Matthew'S
bitches. On tue north siIe IL tue Ora.
ham canal, tho old Oregon ditch, tho
Bryce ditch, aud two bitches supply.
ing Curtis with water, These bitches
vary In length nom four 10 fifteen
miles and tap the river At different
plints, one above the other. The giiE
river Possesses q number OF peculiafitiss;
one OF them 10 this, that Ia times OF
low water when II 10 tapped dry at .
certain point, water rises In II a gain, 10
that another large ditch can be sup.
piled with sufficient stream mile
or two below any dry dam. o. an the
localities iuhabitei by the Latler.day
Saints IN tins Rocky Mountains there
aru but few, n any, places that are
more deslrnble 10 live In than In the
valleys Of the upper ella,
Thatcher, thus named in honor M
Elder Moses Phsjcner, Is tho mead.
quarters Of the 81. Joseph Stake OF
Zion. 10 Is situated on the south lido
Of the CHA river The Thatcher ward
embraces u strip Of country three miles
Wide extending from the river on the
north ~ the Graham mountains on tho
south, but only the lower part Of this |
Tract 10 under the canals aud Inhabited. !
The tuwuslte embraces tho south half |
" section Of land anu H. regularly /
all out but come Of the streets have |
not YET boon opened. The center Of /