Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-27
The Mouonrahcia valley.
Roscoe. Washington Co.
Pa, Aug. 1898


no the Editor.
one year In juno last ] Ion my
lomc In Harrsvlue. Utah. 90 labor a1
meanensor Of riad tdIngH 90 the
Eastern siuios. was appointed Co.
ah0r with Elder ~ T.. Thomas loo
Huntingdon county. ia. tW canFrr-
nee. after which returned with
Elder }. h fsgrocn, and laborci DO thH
amo county Much abuse was hurled
against ihe Mounons at shat time and
place. The newspapers denounced us
ud advised the people t. run us OUT
Eiih a cuat Of tar and feathers. We
wen met people who seemed willing
.o Take such advice. Al one tim, $50
were ordered to leave the town within
.usnty-fnur hours. undur penalty 1f
being severely dealt with. Tho docu-
mont was aru,d By white caps We
gnor'd the notice and loft 10 with the
Lord, Who ls able to destroy or save.
tni remained 900 We got ready 90 go.
Wg were not lntorfrOd with.
Failing 10 So any public buildings
10 preach in during th. HIut.L $50
sent over Into Juut. county and
were thr nrst messengers 90 Rar our
yOsccH in ihW lIoaiiy M piVHIalmiug
.hg everlasting Gospel
AZ conference, which WuH held iu
Washington county, Elt another
companion, W y. Heller. whom ll-
.lrcl with until new companions are
lived. afinr which A.phuua RoCk-
.I|i aud myself wore assigned q. ll-
I.. .n ihc Monungnheln valley AMI adj
a,.nt territory allt 20 D. h' Richest
valley ln the world. We have two
Iaurhca ut saints on The river and
lhHir tIuHuHHs Geo tho Elders ll time
Df need viii long D. remembered
4 number OF the Saints cni-
grated frum thlH valley 81 Utah ltrt
spring. so doubt Elders uf years gone
by viii remember th.H valley. GOO uF ,hn
rHyins D.. we atlu uud tucvH ul their
fUotprlntn ln tHU auud. We hHv"
preached boo Hch0U. houses where ..W
years HFu thc Elders were STONED out
in thIa locality prejudice IH uratlug nuI
h spirit uf Indifference hna taken poo.
session of che people.
Acting upon advice from Elder KeF-
lur. We have held o. number ~ maot-
inRH uu the street corners iu the towns
ana cities where W. could ret before a
large number ~ people. thus fur We
have had respect shown uH uy good
order. With the exception of one place
whore The IuHrphitra tried Co disturb
ui with their dcnunciutunH uf the
Utah Mom0ns."
while travelling In tho country some
times faint heart might Tut dis
cuurngcd after getting refused lodging
time after time. but the Lord always
provides na long aH We put our trust
In HIM aud has "a place prepared Tor
az ahead
In our travels In Washington county
We have passed over some historic
rrnund, such W the HON" NJ Sidney
iilgdon and solomon spauIdinr. The
home N the latter siill stands where
the people claim the groundwork OF
the iinuk Of Mormon wis written.
The urrHHnt owner very courtruuHly
showed NJ the room whore the manu-.
script was supposed 90 have been writ
ton. Tho people stlll claim that the
manuscript was copied by R.rdun. nud
an article appeared ln one NJ tha Pitts.
burg papers recently uphuldlng ami rr.
itrrutiuT tn stale old theory. which
article We replied Co, but nt this writ
ms Il has not been published.
We made % special whit Go the village
Of Amity wh,r, spnuldluT died, tn Hs-
certain how deep seated the Old CftOi
has on the people In that vicinity. We
failed Co Hot "a house 60 preach in aud
concluded a. visit every family end
have IL talk with them and leave them
tracts a. INST We mot opposition.
our tracts were refused aud Uur teHti-
monies rejected. one man advised ~
not 10 rrmaln ln town very long n we
wished O. know what was Tor our best
good. told him the Constitution glNu
a. rlghtH that had Go b. respected.
Tho adversary did not dHguur1gf uH,
Tor We found u number Of friends who
ala not believe the SptuldIuF story.
aud we think In O few wears The old
theory will b. rrlluquiHhrd altogether
right az the fountain source.
We visited Spauldlnr'n grave whore
h. was buried ln 1916 The tomb
stones hnyr disappeared below ~" SUR
face ~ the ground hy relic hunters.
His house. which n said 10 have been
built In iiil. ls Htill hahitnhle
The people have no account NJ any
of our Elders ever being there hgfore.
our field ~ labor Includes PltHhurr
and vicinity. and n anyone have
friends IN this locality whom they do
ain. us 20 witt Wc win gladly do DO. 10
thoy viii send Us their names and adj
dresses
The News" 20 The Elders IN no indis-
pcufnble uH meal 90 o. hungry fuul.
Yours respectfully
l. g. HARRIS