Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-12
srEvENsOS's TRAVELS
Through New Mexico Tn Route 10 Old
Mexico.

To tho Editors
DruNa, n. NJ, Deo. 2. lse5,-Re'
tracing OUT Journey from HolofooE,
nothing new is observed except snoW
which has fallen, and that gets lighter
until We arrive 81 Albuquerque, Vhefe
itsno more. There we change cars
and climate too. We arrived at b'2J
nm. and our car for Riuosn,l75 nils,
left at 2.45 pm, next dsy, Nov. 30.
Our hotel, the urges, frosted US very
comfortably, atousiug us lust on Time
ami by daybreak the surroundings eE'
plained that wnsro yesterday We were
I'm ten inches Of snow before breakfast,
on this morning we were In IN
parativeiy fair land. The change from
VI 10 degrees In the midst Of snow
AID frost to land Of cactus AMI rose,
and spring times, To 90 sheft time,
does seem like ~ fairy dream. At a
station called Nut, where IL bf0au
plateau cDvetud with grass, roar, ETC.,
and with beautiful climate put no
wator, the altitude 10 about biOOO
feet.
Passing Florida some billy country
ptostnts Itself 0coAeiOualy, but theie
are millions OF acres with scarcely
nabitation except stations. On tue
RIO Gfande river, whicn we have lclti
s1me Il 1t roolud Mexican huts, corn
fields, aud alipehOI surrounding eA'
isi, and It seems good u sec them he'
tween these long and uniuhaDileI
stretches.
We 2Aased nstr Silver city, 10 whiah
place branch road runs from Domtug
"A very large ranch 10 nOt Tar AWnJj
wster being pipod 10 1t from n epring ~
the mountains. To md fauch along
here IL really noteworthy.
Al 1880 q. IN. Deming, y. NJ our
x tlng place was reached. Here We
oct lied fora Journey Of ons hundred
mIs. ovtTlauu iut0 Old heEiog. Lock
iug over what should call town Of
wind mills, ali " which has large
taHEa into which IL pumped, by tue
wind mill process, a good supply Of
what seems 10 be o very ine qlaiity Of
pure, cid water, which IL ufawn up
sky isot by those useful anu numef.
tus wind mills.
We learned from Elder Etnest lay.
iOr, VINO IL here from the Mexican
colonies 10 the stock busintss, shippinE
tDem by rail, that on Mouuay, p
Dso, m 'or, transportation will he pro-
viutd iot Elder Lyman anu company,
10 the Mexican colonies, where We
expect 10 spend three weeks whiting
Elder Taylor generously took us 10 his
hOms TOT refreshments anu made at
fAngemrnis Tor = meeting on tue clOs.
ing evening Of tue last November
beiore UIAh becomes n staW; twenty.
tutUe members Of tue Church, old anu
young, assembled In the eveniu x.
Only Two Of that number bad ever
seen the Prophet Joseph Smith, anu
thittesn out VI that NUMBER nau never
tesn the Prophet Bnghum HuuHg.
Elder Lyman claims ~ De tho youn-
est member Ia the Church who eau
remember seeing the Prophet Joseph.
Our little meeting Of the evening was
40 much tolishsd, being addressed by
Elders Lyman aud Stevenson, that ~
nrfaugemsnl was made for u BAofa.
menl meeting on SUNDAY, Dec. 4, was
made anu enjoyed by an incfeaie1
number Of sixteen males and twenty.
three females. Many Of the lattar are
working out ana HTe from tue colonies
NtthlA NY NhN uhAy WY W h'iH AhNhA
selves financially. There IL no organ
iEvd branch mere, And II was SAID by
Elder Taylor that no had never know
10 many TO bs present ~ the SAINT
lime.
The Sacrament was Administered By
Elders Lyman and Stevenson; sever
testimonies were borne ana tear Of jsy
was tho Tssult oil the outpgufing OF thl
SPIRIT OF the Lord. This WAS the frsl
Sacrament meeting In Deming by the
Iiattet.day Saints. Good advice wal
given 10 the young girls who are work
Ing out, some getting NJ high "a $50 pei
month.
A tor meeting was warm hand-shRk
ing which 10 only known 10 tfuo heart
ed Lalter-day Saints, who arc born OIL
God. During all Gay not ono drunk
was TO be seen on tbs streets Of Demlug
nor was there any more quiet ouifitiing
point than this. Apples are sold nj 81
per pound, onions Sc anu potatoes .,
per pounu; every thing Ia cold here By
the pound.
In Shout two hours We arc on 10
Mexico, the land OF flowers. Elder A
w. Ivins Joined us yesterday and 1
well, and was sustained By the meetinl
yesterday as Prcsiient OF the NJ, xioai
Stake. EDwAKD sTEvESBOS.
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