Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-23

their settlement many years ago. The
ranchers meet you with bright smile
and say in a very cheerful voice.
Good morning, sir. and supplement
saying, Eyes, our country never looked
better. Take the 'Deseret NewsY
Certainly"
And as pass from farm to farm, the
some cheerful and happy greeting
meets me these beautiful May days
with their copious showers and merry
sunshine. Then a walk of three miles
brings one to Garland, where l rest for
the night at the hospitable home of
Brother Gleason This Is a part of Bear
River City ward and w, l.. Grover Is
the presiding Elder. Then a walk
among the beautiful homes and farms
of Garland for some four miles, after
which l return over the same ground
The Bear river canal has
done and is doing wonders
for this part of the coun-
ty 1t is so feet wide and two branches
thereof fork in two directions and irri-
gate many thousands Of acres that was
once desert As you travel on the Oregon
Short Line through Bear river canyon,
1t looks small affair; but when you
follow in its meHnderings you VIII
! come to the same conclusion that DID
| that 1t is a gigantic as well as a very
useful work. The price of the
| water is one dollar per acre.
! 10 us IdtHt dlANs iNtf'N N'|
| our own water this seems very high
but our friends under this canal say
| they find no fault. Then three-mie
walk to Riverside, small cluster OF
| houses where Bishop Myron Richarus
presides. Then the same day seven
| mile walk to the lovely hamlet Oh
| Fielding. Bishop James II. Hess pre-
sides over this garden spot. They
moved here few years ago, built a
$3.50 brick school house, modern In
all its appointments. These people are
baling hay to ship to California, ano
here is an idea that will benefit all OF
northern Utah So look out for the
california hay trade. Plymouth is tbs
next place. eight miles, and the ode
trips to the farms would make 1t soin'
more. As I had walked about nal
way, the stage came along ana
thought II was time to ride. Here u
a small group OF houses with a neh
school house, presided over by Bishol
Archibald Vulgar people call TIM
place Squaretown.
, The next town is West Portage,
, distance of about fourteen miles int
, the Malad valley. Here / found
resting place, but little water. But
oh my; the dry farmsl No pen or ia
Der can do them justice. Here pros
perity is surely coming to the farmer
A beautiful two-story school nous
J costing 81 goo has been built. Here !
an opening for n good country black
smith as there is none here.
Fourteen miles through rich farm
j ing district brings us to Samara,
: town we'll built with good and 'substan
:. tial brick residences, stores ana publ
:, buildings. The next was eight mile
to Malad, which is an incorporate
: village of about 1900 souls, and is nice
!, ly situated.
d This is the county seat of Oneid
= county, has many very neat busine'
g houses and private residences,
y fine tabernacle has been course of cor
8 structlon for some time; about so
n has been spent upon it; between tv
/ and three thousand more VIII con
/ plete It, Malad does a large trat
y with ranchers.
II Wales has given Malad her populi
e tion, and one young man said 10 II
IS there Is between twenty-five and thir
% families of the name OF Jones in al
II around Malad,and should letter cor
lie here addressed to Mr.. Jones, the pos
le master would need a dispensation
u Providence to know to whom to d
80 liver it.
Mr.. +. +. Jones, our agent NJ
deputy assessor of Oneida count
says there Is not one delinquent tn
payer in the Malad valley for the We
le 1897.
rs And once more let me state that
Of return over these vast miles of era
n, and lucern fields now drenched with
to steady fourty hours rain should nothi
In further happen. our farmers VIII sc
III "Nyhere, oh where shalt we husba
- what the Lord has given u.s." A
rs the same is said through northe
Utah and Idaho.
Peace and good will are found
all places and none have time or d
u. po-.,.1 W sALOP