Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-23


April &c. 1897.
To the Editors:
We nave had very remarksbl e
winter-mOre rain and snow, than
ever known during any previous win
ter oil ce the settlement OF this county
in 1850. Last September We hRi u
very severe flood. which did a great
deal of damage here at Buff. Toe
water came rushing down the Cotton
wood wash, just at the western edge
Of our town, in a seething, boiling
mass, some twenty fest deep sud one
hundred Get wide. Just few fee.
Yellow my house, and near half a mile
from where the wash emptles Into the
san Juan, the passage was not wide
enough for the nJpd to pas, so 1t was
.oiced out aud over the eastern BANK,
and fer several hours g.oi slzsI
river rusheI over our orcnatds and
fields wnich lie below the town.
Greer cottonwood logs sixty 10 eighty
Get Ioug anu oue to two feet In dla-
meter were lett in great piles upon our
iands, besides vast amount OF sand,
mud anu roots, leaving upon some Of
our gardens anu orchards two anu
three feet OF this debris.
Some lew OF our orchards seems to
have BEEN injured, az sJme OF the
leach trees nave die Ito much
water, mui anu eand has seemed to
nave smOtneTeI the trees. l nave not
heard oi any apple trees being dam
aged,
IL ere hAe been a small stream Of
goOI, clear, sweet water iunning dow u
CottUDWOUu Wash ever eipCe tnat
great II 10 AM should IL continue per.
nanAIt II can be maize u great UIess-
ing to Bun, Tor II can be utiIzeJ for
irrigation at mucn legs cost tuan our
resent ditch, which ueDenJs On tue
river for wafer, anu OF an enor IN GUS
expense every year. The SeptemD,
IL JoI destroyed much Ut our uitcb 4,
niling IL pun full VI mud anu break.
ing 1t In many places. But our good ,
old Bisn0p, Jens Nelson, VINO Is full
vi faith in Bluff failed the brethren
anu went to wUIg about "a month ago,
aud now has the dIlcI about ready Tor
ust; estlm ated cost about $4,000.
We are sonewnst III ear of high
water as the weather gets warmer, for
there was never Known go mucu snow
accumulated on the mDu tame, from
which come the streams tuat feed the
5au JuSu river.
Our cattle and sheep interest is
looking up. Stock has winlered well.
There III good demand Tor cattle, anu
at fair price,; ANA since Mex nley Is
elected, OF course we expect sheep anu
wool u boom, boom.
Our mining prOspt cts are coDsi dered
goOu. Some quite heavy companies
are operating IN the placer golu min, B.,
Icated IN number OF places all the
way from lew miles below Bluff
down to the Junction OF San Juan
WIN the CJlUrado river. SJms heavy
machinery has been snipped IoWn to
mines located at q BILE camp, anu
IN re is expected.
Qlite a uoom is expected when the
su~w rscedes frJm tie Blue mum.
tsins. Prospecting will be pushed IN all
that region as never before. Some
very ron leads have been located
there, and IL Is the opinion OF some
old expert miners that n sec nd q To-
RADIO Creed, or Cripple Greek will be
developed and located In the Blue
mountains.
hJbbA - phA EtoplO tbAhluk u
going Into the dairy business and
others are laying out big garlen or
truck patches, to DO ready to supply
the miner with good fresh butter AMI
cheese and ali the garden "sass" and
vegetables ne may want. L know OF
no country where finer cheese and
sweeter butter can be- produced than
about those same Blue mOuutains.
The same can DO said in regard to
vegetabies--as good as can be raIsed
la the temperate climate any where,
eau be raised in those r!cn little val.
leys found on all sides of thUse noun
taine.
Educational matters are improving.
Our district schools has been ably and
successfully taught the past winter.
Foe eighth grade or gramm ,r dsparl-
meDt by Miss w. lisa Wrighi, a
charming young lady, p ,llshed in
manners anu education, wnO taught
q government schUol In New ZEALAND
SIX years, wbefe she received the
Gospel anu with 1t the spirit OF gather.
ing to ZlJn, where sue arrived little
over year ago. Our primary Craze
also has been very successfully taught
by Miss Lettie Stephens, n Buff raIseu
siTl-hum prOuuctiOD, spent Two or
three terms at The Brigham Young
acauemy, Provo, ami seems To be
blessed W tn happy tact or GIFT Ia
teaching and engA sing the atteatiou
anu interest Of the little ones.
shuuld say that Miss Wright also
aIteuue the Brigham Y, ung academy,
anu came to us we'll recommended oy
the very abe teacher and professor
George IL. Is imhsll. The Bngha II
Young academy Is uoing great WORK
n pfepitiug ,ufown oJys q ID girls ior
Il achers. Thee Is no m re hsn ,rsble
lrOfsssIOn on earth. Nay 1t continue
~ prosper anu I'LL It's no lie mission IN
teaching toe sons an daughters OF
Z.On, not only the knowledge and
seisece of the worm, bI. L. a ditioa
10 all tLat teach luem and train them
In the snowie ge me q spell OF
esus Christ, true KIN Wedge
mon Is ,uG undA.iOD u all ruth.
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