Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-08-08

nobody anything.
The traveller goes several miles
m MpntpelIer canyon, on the star val
IN road th.u he turns TO the tight and
iroas,s n mountain ridge, from The top
~ which he follows raylne W canyon
maj ouens into Thomas Fork TINS
valley q about II miles Ions ana rom
one TO four miles widei il ~ loNtg
VALLEY I'm the summer ahsul hdli lH
area consisting Of natural meadow
lard
IN the upper end Of Thomas Fork
wiley lies Geneva. a scattered settle-
ncHt consisting chiefly OF SWISS Salhts'
who nearly AN are dairy people max
ing the production 81 cheese a speclal.
M. Arnold d. Hlrschi vs. the Bishop OF
Geneva ward, which has membership
OF li0
Raymond IL The name Of me ward
located In the lower end OF Thomas
Fork valley. Here samuel w. Hart
nets as presiding Elder the former
Blshop CNics Peter Larsen having re-
Gently removed to the Bis Horn coun-
iry The present membership OF Ray
mond ward Is ~.
From Raymond | returned TO Bear
Lake valley, aud aftr travelling
about Is miles by way Of sheep
creek. where there g. q small branch
of Tie Chrch belonging to WARDROBE
ward. reached Dlnge i0ace called
plnkle De.D after recruHlng Bear nv
en- Tho pretty little settlement ~ SIT
liated Oh Bear rlger about seven miles
east of Paris and the same distance
iDuth OF MONTPELIER II has q member
shlp OF 3s8 and Bishop Samuel Hum
phrtya presldes
Three nlles north Of Dingle, across
sear river, lies Marlboro formerly
called prestou) Here Charles G. keelch
nrasld,s over the ward which has lii
members Within the limltsOf this ward
is the celebrated peg Les Island on
which the notorious trapper and noun
talntrr Peg Leg smith resided Tor
many years previous TO the time that
the valley WAS settled by lAtter-day
Saints
After spending a pleasant Sunday at
Paris and attending 70 historical work
ON me Monday. assisted by President
William Bulge. John T. sWchl ana
others resumed my journey,
going 70 Bloomin ton, one or
the finest settlements In Bear
Lake valley and one Of the Oldest
towns. It's beautiful rows Of shade and
fruit trees give the town an attractive
appearance. Ind the green fields sur
rounding 4 ahounllug With ripenlng
rheat, harley and oats testified OF TIE
rf0snerity Of the place. Bloomington
ward has a membership OF COS tDtinB
TIE serond largest ward In tie stake),
md Alma Fmdlay II the Bishop.
About six miles south Of Blooming
ton, near the north end OF the lake
tBcar lake) lies 81 Charles another
ono az Pear Lake valleys most pros
porous settlements Bishop Elijah G.,
i<eetch rresidee here over $50 members
OF the Church, In this ward sweden
has many representatives, but Ike the
Dares IN Ovid and the NorWeglans OF
Montpelier. they have nearly oil be-
come thoroughly Amerlcanlzed
Ten miles south OF ST. Charles, closc-
Is huggine the west shore Of Bear
lake, lies the beautiful little town Of
Fish Haven. where John W. r. Stock
Is the presiding llldar and the Church
membership Is 2O5. Of an the. settle
merits Of the Saints in the Rocky Noun
tains there is none like Fish Haven
r. appearance and location. II iS ldst
becoming popular summer resort
hy people from the lower valleys. and
there are az the present time a num-
Der 81 campers lliyng In tents pitch
ed N the lake shore who spent mu't
Of their time bathing swimming and
fishing in the lake.
Leaving Fish Haven. golng south, the
traveller soon crosses the boundary line
between Idaho and Utah, and about
nine miles south Of Fish Haven he
reaches Garden City. q fine little settle
mcnt dating back TO 1871 and is water
ed by means OF canal tapping swan
creek. many miles away Garden city,
like Fish Haven, lies close to the lake.
and nearly an the Inhabitants live on
one long street running nort1 and
south parallel with the lake, and beau
tlfully shaded with trees. Samuel
Weston Is Bishop and the membership
OF the ward IS 2l5
a drive OF about 10 miles southwark,
first along the lake ahore and then over
low mountain ridge brings the tray-
eler TO Meadowyille. situated IN the
north end or aound valley but owing
to series OF dlsappclntments
AMI hardshlps the Meadowville ward
has become defunct and It's last bishop
Elder Joseph Gibbons OF Lake Town
has moved away together with most OF
the people.
la the south end Of Round Valley the
settlers. who formerly belonged Ia
Lake Town were In 1898 organized into a
separate ward with Isaac T. Price as
Righop. lie Etill presdes here over 50
Saints.
Lake Town. situated in the eastern
south end Of Rear Lake valley, and
| ab0ue one and a half miles from the
south end " The lake, is one ot these old
towns which have Kept its own for up
wards OF S0years owing TO scarcity of
water. u has not grown much nor are
there prospects Of material future
growth lra Nebeker faithful
Church veteran. Is the Bishop, and the
present membership of Lake Town Is
2ll
I have Thoroughly enjoyed my travels
and labors lu the Bear Lake stake Of
Zion the cool inylgoratng nights and
tho purp air IN this high altitude has
been q source OF great enjoyment To me
and my companions Through the kind
ness ana attention Of the Bishop and
others who have sent their carriages 90
convey me from place 90 place, l have
been able a. follow my itinerary TO the
last detail and by this means | have
been able 20 visit two settlements every
DAY and glher the historical Informal
lion / am searching for
ANDREW JENSON