Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-15
IN THE TOWNS OF IDAHO.



To the Editor:
Since my last ! have been through
the northwest part In Cache valley
and also through Marsh valley.
Among the ranchers scattered up and
down everw creek of small stream.
They live miles apart and in order to
reach them 1 took advantage Of
fruit peddler's conveyance and while
he gave them the lucrious fruit at
tended to the improvement of their
mental faculties. We found people
who name their towns after the old
world. And Wien l passed through
such classified towns as oxford and
Cambridge, I missed the students
three cornered caps and gowns.
don't know whether or not l am en-
titled 10 any degree by visiting such
cities, but on second thought and re-
memberlng that every pill vender and
pedagogue IL either an NJ. ID. or ID. b..
/ am still content to he plain Amer
lean citizen especially as tine late
Judge Mexican in admitting me to
citizenship said | was entitled TO
everything in America except the
presidency and while l am striving
to obtain 1t l must draw the line
somewhere so 1 shall leave all the
LIDS to some other fellow who
likes title better than I do.
oxford Is n quiet village and before
reaching IT we passed through Trenton,
a string town ten miles long, here are
found thrifty, well-to-do people all
busy harvesting their grain l should
here state that Mr., Chanterill II Alto
has n couple of flowing wells. one for
family use and one that not only gives
o., % httt furnishes him
natural gas that he conveys to his
kitchen range and does all his cook
ing and warns the house all the year
round and will in the near future
furnish him light just as soon as the
pipes ca nbe put in, Others on these
bottom lands not only have water
| but gas and they heat and light their
homes and barns, thus saving fuel
and coal oil with money ! am salts
fled much better results could be OBJ
| tanned
clifton. Card. Thatcher. Downey,
| March Center, MsCammon and Nine
Mile or Cambridge are all small ham
let's. but around them for miles are the
rnnchers. You see a small bunch OF
houses and neat church or school
house, and you ask where are your
people. The, answer is. o, they live
for miles up and down the creek
Garden creek is a nice ward. Bishop
JDgtIH ls ININil ithfN u my ~ -
Onelda forms part of II. Here l met
| many old friends from South stafford
| shire. England, and the friendship
formed in the early tifties when
travelled as n missionary We're renewed
The cold north wind OF "Wednesday
brought a heavy frost and potato
vines and unripe oats suffered. we
| then passed through the Indian reser'
vution and while my friend the irull
| dealer. done land Office business,
had to look on, but az my motto Is
nil disperandum., l looked forward &c
| civilization for better results and
have not been disappointed.
| pocatelln was reached Saturda.
| morning at o'clock, and after camp
| ing In Port Neuf canyon and sleeplnl
! three or four nights on the soft sid
of some of the immense hay stacks
| the comforts of home and heart!
| welcome made everything pleasan
| again. In pucatello ! expected to fine
| a small town surrounded by laTg
| railroad terminus, but here IL n larg
city that within the past Ave year
has grown TO a beautiful place.
The Lattcr-day Saints have one o
tho largest Bishops wards In tn
oneida Stake of Zion, Elder C. j
| Cannon. formerly OF liyrum, each
county, Is the Bishop. He has a FIN
people to preside over, They are most
! ~ young people numbering SUI VI .
families, They have built nen
church elegantly fitted up at cost o
81. 800.
on Saturday evening attended
lawn party at the residence OF Brothe
and Sister Dram in honor of Eide
Daniel Clark. who is leaving for
mission TO England, This beautiful
home was illuminated with Chimes
lanterns and sumptuous feast wa
sprend by u committee, Sisters Hop
Eins. stone, Walton and Davidson
Elder Ciark's pocket book wan large
before he left, on Sunday Elder An
drew Kimboll and myself ATTENDED
sabbath school and meeting at pm
occupied the pulpit IN the Afternoon
and Elder Kimball preached to
| packed audience OF Saints and strang
crg IN the evening. Prof Todd Of tn
| n. Y. College. Logan, who had missel
train connections ON his way TO ldah
Fails conference, also spoke and mucl
| good will result on Monday eveninl
am To- lecture 70 the Elders quorum
who have Invited the public.
Pocutcllo iH in a very happy fran
of mind Just az this time as there i
every prospect Of tine Indian rcserva
ton being thrown open, The chief
have signed the agreement and 1t /
believed that Congress will pass tn
act next session. Then Por1tcllo vii
boom and become large center. no
only for business, but a large popula
ton VIII settle here aG there ar
many thousand acres Of very ricl
farming and grazing lands Will b
occupied.
The change from the U. Y. r. r. I
the oregon Short Line which is dom