Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-28
SNAKE RIVER REGION.



TO the Editor:
Since leaving Pocatello I have visit
ed Blaclxfoot. Moreland, GosheS Basa't
shelley, Idaho Falls and this ward
which is headquarters Of the BannoeE
stake OF zion. and as far as my poor
mcneil Is able I viii endeavor TO
describe this wonderful country Tor
the benefit Of the readers OF the
"Deserct News
The lava beds are wonder TO hu
who come here. Their peculiar form'-
ton. and the cracks and deep assures .
In them make 1t dangerous TO traNG, /
over them after dark on their sinu"vll
faces the patent medicine man M
utilized his brush, and you can Va ~.
from these blue rocks the Dhlih i"'
every III in human life. I'D
Thau Won have the largest anu ]
s,vIftest river that It has been my ~ /
20 see since l left the missouri IN l'oSS
the wonderful Snake river thut ls ui
n pale green, deep, yea, very deep, anu
treacherousi and while many Nv
canals have been taken out Tor lrl'Sul-
ing purposes 1t Is ~ marvel 70 ny
Tint there Is water enough ~ tIIN ~
seagun of the year flowing 20 w
cific ocean to irrigate the ullll"IH U
arres OF land that are TO-DAY lSihs l
mo and II cultivated would iuInl"H /
bread for the whole United states NE
NAV seem Il broad statement put tilv'S
ia mile upon mile Of the hhes' l hi"
waiting for the man Adam 20 Cpuus
and till the land MS hundrels VI ,i,hy
have done, and are becoming Wea.tng,
would advise all that can 70 YAK
ont their avn canals. There are peo-
ple's canals here and those VWh,u NS
corporations. aud you pay w"
high price for water; they plyeu ~
int
neople have taken out the Whteu IL -
atstributed among them at very rea,
sonnhie rates, All water Is measured
bere nv the square inch; say a rancner
has an Sx10 box in his division 81 ~
canal or lateral thereof. rms 81 su"" ,.,e
t,,aI,ss az water is his and ne can Use
n nil the time during the summer ~
man hos to run after watermaat"r
or wonder when his turn come ;;
canals of Idaho, or rather souI ,h ,,,S,,,
ern Idaho. are rivers VIDE anu I'LL ~,
md there are many Such tahvh
out Of the Snake river YET 70
stand on the banks Of the river anu
~. a stream 500 feet wide, AtTHhEN'
could hardly believe that any NNtcl
Ind been taken out. Allow me ohug
more to impress the imp9ftang' ul 1I
neonle utilizing this land ana water
hcfnre II is too late. OF course II WIN
- Ntortnon cnpital--h0ue and sineW
vvlth genuine Mormon pluck anu
homes and farms viii spring up I'M
magic. The dude aud kid-gloNcu gen
tleinan they have no use lor nvIs. ~ w
Tor The Young man that is WILING 10
work md do ms the balance have done
,bera is in store health. comfort anu
wealth rs the years come ana 80:
III YOU will allow me l would like TO
describe the towns | passed thIouEh
go that those coming 20 me SUN nun
river country may see that men nav
und are doing to develop this country
AS YOU travel you meet team aiter
team with the dusty family and the
the patient cows tied nj the back OF the
wagon tired but rlodding on You asn
the teemster, where are you lip'a
"NToutana Salmon river, etc am
going back to my home in southern
Utah" There is still the restless
man who Is nearly always on Whetis,
and like the old Western man VINO salu
he had moved so often that every time
n covered wagon came by the enlohe',s
turned on their backs, putting up tntlI
legs ready to be tied up ana so on
These are not the clnss of men Una
should come TO Snake river IL they WISH
to succeed. ,,,
arrived at BlaclSfoot and found
only q railroad town with apout u M ,
dozen families belonging ia our people
In the evening the Bishop took me
over TO Moreland through Riverside
We crossed the river spaud with fVe
spans each one hundred feet lona
and seven miles from Blnckiout we
came to. n new town as nance apoAe
The people are moving ON to tn town
site and I am very foVorably impressed
with this idea. President brigham
Young always counselcd the people e
live IN towns. Bishop II. +. Christian
son was from home working ON a gov
eminent canal the J. NJ, NJ l. n hi '
nm ice cream festival and party so
had an opportunity to meet most ~ tn
pepple. AS thus far ON my journey,
find the wards largely composed o
young married people just starting on
in life. Talk about missionary hele
Here among these scattered brhnche
is one of the best fields ! know OF, am
am satisfied some Of our ola mission
nries who have passed the useful MAI
for going abroad could revive thelr oil
love. wear off the rust and While me
would bring many souls to CHRIST the
could enhance the income in tthes, etc
that would more than fifty fold eNcee
the outlay, and the people would SUI
port them as they did the travelln
Elders in the British aud other COZ
ferences in the long ago, In my traVe
among them from house
house they seem to 49, No, Ne
only seem but thcy do hung,
for the bread of life and are ms VII
ing to sit up TIL midnight ns they we
In old lands to hear the Elders talk
the things of God and the building l
Of Zion.
although the latter place IS FIVE mil
distant. Here are fertile farms al
fields for miles In extent; here are
score OF my old neighhors and pup
when | taught In primary work
long time ago The people We're n
yembled in "a surprise party given
Elder George Nionsen, son of Me
Mousen, who II going ON mission