Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-14
THE WORK IN MONTANA.
Eiltr Edward Stevenson visits lin
sud lr.nch y ih' G0,p l.

LIMA - ANetntAl NNst VI 1N.NNNs
june 80. 1880
To tho Eil,or
Alter our Exc silent conference in
Blnrhsn S'str auI parting with
Elders 4. % Richards aud %. B,
Young, Auui II no ID. Young, Sister
4. n. RuhuIuH aud Sittur MoucH,
Elder N. n. C1wlcy ana / took the
lfain for Lime, Montana, While our
near iriengs took the lrsin for bali
Lake. THIS parting viii not ul0n DO
forgotten bv CO... Our field lies OPEN
before ". New scenes and untn1wn
friends arc Ia TIN distance Tar away.
But We have many timua before pui
our trust IN duu anu faced a lfuwuiug
world, pToCluIming n Gospel now, yet
old, anu our success In tue ~, gave
us removed courage.
At ldahO Falls the Snrke river De-
high gud widespread, ANA awlitly
ionming, pressing 10 way ever tue
falls, rapidly rushing through the two
bridges which rest on high aaiutal
nbutmons 90 u provided by design Tor
both the railroad anu wagon ROAD
bridges, capable Of withdrawing the
mighty tofruu, fUtmingly iur agus.
Tue sttssm 10 fs4iug ~ this season
| Oi the year " hun tht muiiiug SHOWS OF
tho mountains ultlH OvgIhJw Joe
bnnk0 bIth above nud below tngaB nal.
row falls. Whai makes thCto falls sll
the more wonderful ~ the great dupih
pl the water No one has ever been
nOlo 90 AtCor.a lts ugpiu,
Before passing over un the train We
went over ito bridge 10 U ,luss the
/ fHfH Lea
mhduOta lenplug through % .u twI
deep chnsmu below tho IUmUIiur, yui
substantial iron bIiJgci. Many came
10 Wow tho wild, furious nuI nImpsf
awful scene. We giidUd fwlf-
ly over and away, io.yins
the roar o. tue ihls which uiI
be heard miles away, anu soon pass1J
Matgct Like, when Upfcads our milCB
In width, anu up 10 tho railroad track.
This 10 the same Snake liver which
contracts Itself into, anu over The roar.
ing Idaho Falls.
soon we uped on past Market Lake,
leaving Snake river, nd over an open
county 10 Beaver canyon, .6S miles
out from Salt Lake, nud at nu rluya,
ton OF 0,0-8 feet. From Beaver eau.
yon We enter a narrow gorge with
aore small timber climbing AZ tHir.
teen miles b MOniin, where We nul
ourselves nj an altitude " G,sO7 feet,
OF 7si feet higher than Wo were tull.
teen miles back, anu the higu.
ult punt between SIT Lake
nud Hrloun, or Great Falls.
Our train from M0nida uu1cpniui ak.
teen milgh over tho Idaho line Into
Liiuu, Montana, aud We found that
We had dropped down 2lB ieot ifOm
| the divide, anu that We were l,U05 'tct
higher than salt Lake Cltg, Utah.
Tbs chain 90 m0uutglna capped with
| snow, which divide Idaho hul Mon.
taua, although su high, look much
lower Than they really are, 10y rtasol
OF our altitude, which u o., .0l iuci.
Tho 8uuuvty hero 10 Lima 10 lovely;
and what mnkos % g. me al the msle
| attractive, IL that nero htU the heat.
waters OF tho great Missouri river
These small streams from ihUso mout.
lainb run into Wisdom Tiyor, which
tmpllps into the jefferson, thence Into
tho Madison tiyes, which forms juno.
ton with thu mighty Mis- outi river.
while q cling uIOu thteB mountains
anu ntteama, the valley and email rail-
ROAD tJwu, 1 fancy myself In my teens
at the Junction OF lh0 two great
rivers - Mlb.isaippi anu MIlalurl
- and In 1887, helping TO bull
up Fort beggguWUuh on tue
banks OF the great MisauH liver. /
am almost lest In thought while re.
viewing my chtckeied Nor.
mon lie Of % year. Indeed II n a
"mRrvoluuH work aud wOndtr"--
Isaiab, 20ih chapter MoimOn mis-.
siOnarlts on tue hcadwnturs Of lhlB
al "a a.
Spirit, IL u work igr you, Elders ~. Il.
CoWley and Il. Stevenson, TO uU.
Then, ss n remembrance, We take pic
tufo OF this ramauiiC plHct-iho found
house aud varigg tod tlfoa h. Of bu WI
earth aud snow iguk lovely.
W. now have our satcheA Ia our
hands and MO 90 tho ttatJu, p,Tflo.
STRANGERS, Tie train cleans away aud
we are luit alone. However We soon
found "a Brother william 4. Hopkins
and wife, who received u5 with uYuu
hearts and a room Ieplled .Ur cur
c0miUIt ana Ttsi.
in the evening We held our Grt
meeting Will about hNeen tuuls o..
ont, and on the iollnwing ov inF, u. o
l0.h OF June, We Aelu Gus sgCUau H.tl-
Ing ia a lwO.siUly brick district school
h0u7p. Tue l.lilng bell brought about
ms prIa0ns cut 10 Tear what tie
sfrnnpUfs had 90 say. We continued
our meet 80 every cvcnilg aud visit
iug Jay By day,
President q. T. Rols OF Banrrck
Stake, ldgbo, last Inl. nHl organized a
branch Il iha ChuJoh her
But the uausiuni T. lpr vino
wan pfoAIing Elder u the
Lima lraach bad moved aH.H.
In our mcgOingb We odef. d tho new /.