Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-15
20 d. Nights are cool; days have
MaY.like WeaLher.

May.like weather.
Saturday the 23ih In due time the
scream OF he sttpm whittle annOnnc, q
tive afngat of Ola Valley, Giobs a
n HhtTn X. II. nam. IL h about dity
fuilrs 10 IN Ichsf. In Tue tin p, We
glide 10 5olomonylllr, where the GilH
,ui,y opsus uut from tnrco ~ four
miles In Width aLu about Unity mil's
Of Mormon settlements, between Solo.
m jusvils nj FItt rhomW, o1 bo.h
fi1ts ~ the fivtr. rnero are elglt
wards on the fivnf, aud one, ~. Di.
vid, on thu San Pedro river, 100 milts
up the b.ulhcfn Pacific rAilfOaI.
Pfes.dent g. Layton informed me
that there Ia foJm on his beautiful
liver and IN tnls mild climgto Tor
f.any mare settlers; h0 saya 900.
Above The MUunJn colonies Ia the
home o the nstive,, who are Moxicsrf,
on bJtb fidrs VI thu Oh, river. Pfcsi.
Dent Layton livss n rhatc1ef, about
10 miles above 5jlomOnsville. bsnIh
IL alsD Il station anu tpfiyiug town cl0sr
W. LHy.ou, winch 10 Olly about 3
~ 4 miles from Thatcher. Ccn'er Ia
little town between TuEchor anu
Pima, o miles down tho Ola river.
BrotAyr Layton has bong tnouHanit
Of aef,s OF isn1s between Bjlomons.
VILE, ana bcugh. oul several o. me
Mexicans en as " lot his inund' have
homes together. There sfe many very
desirable homes IN this valley. Tue
soil l. very productive; climate mlij,
although the Oyld snap now on IL said
81 be- ono VI the collect known Tor
many years. The nights are cold but
tics days are fine, more Ike May than
DeosmJsL Biz Oiups u luoetn are
cut sHch sthsut-l was shown one
piece which was soWn this year AMI
hai been cut three times the ssmo
yrsf. Two crops OF gfain are harry.
esied In Que yUsL / nun Informed
that there arc eighty miles Of
canals running tut from tho river 10
different points. II is marvellous to zee
WAIST has been accomplished In clear.
lux on. tbs M0skelp motqi iio brush,
fencing up fields, building up many
nue. Ted cJllfed brick houses, la the
space u nino years. | looked over
Brother CfisIophot Layton'a ten acres
Of orchard anu vineyArd-sOme fig
trees which he gathered two c'ups from
last year. We measured some branches
u pear, plum anu pfune trees, that
measured VI this past years. growth
eighl, ten and eleven feet long. Onions
afo now ut; lettuce 10 green and next
month (Januafy) lucrrn aud other
tniogs will show very nicely. A
creamery, cheese factory ana Ice ma.
chine are close by anu on Pftsident
i4AytOn's premises his nah 10 Il hesays
loomes up with thou,anJs VI carp
Some cut 200 10 800 tons VI hay year
mostly lucefn. Ons man said that he
had cut over g0D cords " wood fsvm
his farm Of hlH own growing.
Notwithstanding these many iAv0f-
able circumstance, flnd thOrns on
even the beautlful rose tfee--but cef.
tainly anyone Of usual energy oaufiiH ,
aud build up n home In Ati.o D., m h
easier than In Homs cold. i34g ,i.tsi
countries. Thatcher Will be.
come a fus place orc long. An enter.
pfiaiDg steam planning mill OF small
dcmenslonA TO begin with, would hnd
some assistance, Ia the place OF freight.
ing all into the oountfy a lot 10. II IN
much needed here.
Since my visi. and holding eight
meetings | have found many old &C.
quaintanoet-One OF my old neigh.
bOTa anu one one W no crossed the plains
In my cOmpany In 1886. Sister VIII.
marth Easl Il living In Pima aud wa,
glad 10 meet hos old captain. Her
health 10 moor, age Ia creeping over her,
but thn feels happy In the good cause
la which she enlisted la Texas. Many
~ her old Salt Lake friends will be
pleased 10 learn VI her fidelity 10 the
cause Of Truth. She sends Happy
New Year TO all her old friends. Bhe
IL Stake president OF the Relief Society.
Philemon Merrill, OF Mormon Batlal.
ton fame, slsO IL one OF the ssttlers.
Moses Curtis, Of Michigan, who Joined
the Church IN 1888, Marshal Fiis, VI
Ogden; Lorenzo Johnson, OF bpring.
vile, Utah county; william Boyle, u
Payson, Of Old Missouri fame, anu
many Old tlmtrs reside In these settle
menia anu II lurish with good homes.
Tue mines iufnish an excellent mar
kot for butter, cheese, fowls, elc.
Plums bring l0cts per pound green,
butter 30 10 90 cuuts. some little differ.
enco prevails In some parts. la Lay.
ton President Christopher Layton anl
family drove noe apHn OF hOrstA
with which he ioIk us through tue
settlsments, Lastly on New YeAt,s day
~ Layton where We held twn crowded
meetings thus spending our htppy
New Years day. On tho 2nd We 10 K
train at 1880 to Bowie where We a..
nyed safely and soon will DO Oh iuf
Benson nuu 81. David,