Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-30
SAN PEDRO VALLEY.
Tie Bhbcp Of ST. David SPEAK, Of
n, Advantages,

ArrI l3rI, 1876.
Edtor DSisT,t hcgE
dosrc 10 iaf1rm the readers Of
your prycIo4s pspcT ,ua, tAo Ban
Pedro vslIry iu which We are living
can b. made Co "h'os.otu Or tlo fos."
by Ga, mHElc usI.i tho uuc Ll,l0T.
ley flin. Ihr people al DIS wH.s
have ln0lloi hcf..calIg i5r % number
1i years 20 Tuluum ,lIa Iand nom its
barren condition, hut they have
IslorcI under diB'7ant los ca &C.
gouui 0l the SAN Pedro river irou
which We have bad 90 obtain Uur cup.
ply Of wator nawlugIu worry dour
channel and being therefore difficult
10 cUutfaI a.. lrs, We took the waite.
out boy building canal along the river
bank aud tapping the riycr with o.
small HHu, uut when the stream
would l.sH from tho rains 10 would
wash away our canal uud leave UuI
crops o. die before We could uniu get
thr water turuoI iu. After expert.
m sutiug thus Tor ulgnt or nine year
we concluded o. put q big dam iu thu
river aud take ,ur canal away from
the uAuk sl VIC would not have .I be-
building canals all the time. Az
first We clustrucluI dam OF
piles, rock aud brush NJ o.
cgst OF 5000. 10 lasted but one year;
aud We once MORO went nt it ami UYn-
| btTuCtul another dam 90 rock AuI
/ brush, which tombluud IN tho river
/ fDr two FtaUuF. The cost Ui 10 wac
] $4,000. Finally this Jam u'su was
carried down into the Gulf OF CnliiOf.
mia. Once more we attempted 9 turn
tho mighty torrent rs putting in a
/ dam Ut nfEO n0ttuuwOOdA and rock,
/ hut 70 met with tue same fate, tho cost
ui tue last dem exceeding either Of
tho Others by tJll
Slll northumberland with faith % the
promises ui the Apostles VINO hul
/ ylritgd this land, we struggled ON.
some went 10 work glukIUg 10 urtuslnu
| wutuT, anu were h4cgtssiul 900 obtain.
ing 10 at Uuulh 90 100 f.Jt Two
wells were aHrE about uaH gHlT HEO by
! tho Nultr r. (IasHHu ., ana John
~ auH O. sE' wells Fl. NOW irflgAtius
guIut iuIf y. .H aesu8 ui aH. Olhrs
rEugvliuu o. uggu canal 90 1p tho
river, hu. taxing 10 sway tflm iur
! uaukal Hp no I|DJa would noe lleut
It lII 90 4 Iuu Htu e.st Ol 1000.
Oacrut In canal wac uvnr uali %
milo iuls q and u,ahturu iust 4uc D
ht tHH UI..t cad. lic work wa
not completed Doe time 10 put iu
rTaiu tHlH trJiug, but soon enough 20
save our irult .r.ua AMI luceru. We
are satisfied thu canal is now estab-
ush.I sg IAt with bu' very little work
each aa1ou We can have the water
| when wa noed No.
ono mlto gTlpsll1 well was struck
| yesterday tlTvg-IAT. uf a mile
SCUM u tho Utst- wyllf; this was
tus. y ssr'y l., H.u.4aI ne Ial @.
| stead; and iIdi 'su1 5000 that SIC uhy
have De anywhere On this valley;
nut tH'y wiz l4cgeasu Ia now bygy.uE
lgurUE
We nbg1 good country and room
! Tor many 90 aui'lfGs . como would
come villa ualiisl aUIluisht o. DyIr
develop tho country. We nave Lava
! Ia abundance that can be tagen a.,
now uei0 ing 10 tho government, bat
aTteHian wolls anu storage rgsaty IT,
! Hrn the only nope iHr TUdeeIaiu. iF.
! People win small capital could mgrr
| q VI homes, trr according 90 tKpr'l.
mraIs and tho beet judgment OF exc
/ ports, this county iB we'll adapted igr
iW.t culture, especially apples, peas
| and plumH-fIut that 10 IA great de.
mAnd gud eau be shipped any dis
| tsucc,
We are located nix miles south cast
| 10 Benson, d station on tho 3, A.. rail.
| al, Two other TnllrOHUv have
/ their terminus ut Benson aud run.
ming south, ono 20 Blshee, a
/ large mlni1g town, igrty.hye
miles south from our place, the other
| 20 Guaymas, sonora, ON thu Gulf OF
| California, 69 u can DO seen that our
| chipping nC.lill.BNte good,
| Several gigl gHIi RuI silver m'nHl
have been di.rlNcTet lately iu our im'
mediate ylclnuy; AMI prospects are
GOOD Tor Hs.uIass local market tor
! IN that may DO produced IN this valley
! fora long time 10 come.
| Our wari CJu1lsts OF DDS souls, and
We nave Hll the organizations In good
| running UgIor usual In settlements Of
| Llurr.tNy AainW,
We have heretofore Tetraiued from
! nvlN4r fCitlers here on account OF
| enc a'lleultirs We have hai 10 GU.
counter, uut having now surmGunteG
| num. We can with all confidence say
10 the g01i Laltuf-Iuy Saints who are
! l4YUug Tor nomcs0r change NJ Cllmaio.
! come aud roo us And u you are not
sta'd % labor, you Will find you can
mako good ami m,Hr,able homes In
mo SIN PEDRO valley, II Tenet very
| uut Iu this valley -lau theTmgme.eT
seldom exceeds 100 degrees FAhrenhsil
In tho GUNNER, uud tue nights are al.
ways cool and pleasant ~ ono can
alupp comfortably under a quilt or
.wO, Tie Wiuts1 ago not 90 very