Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

IRON tile Muddy Mission now
IL known as the fruitful Moapa.
country, to Salt Lake Is a long long
M way. This section, once afia anu anu
forbidding, where the May sun set il'
the thermometer two-stepping up rom ON
so degrees at midnight to Sat noon
where eggs are cooked IN tue sahu n t.i
where melons grow to the size - "A, 4
kitehenttable and grapes, ngs aHu ~
3monds grow III luXuriant abunuance-
that is where men went away back IN
the COS fight with the treacherotls,
yetafrultful soil, Mt the call of Presldeit
Young, and when success seemed ABOUT
to crown their efforts anu rlches
seemed within their grasp. Congress III y,
1870 sliced off that bitof utah SOL a ',,,l
annexed { to- poor old NeVaoh, w VIZ.
her one-story houses and l0-slory ta va;
es. The heroes of that expedition Shtn-
cred this week at the residence OF MIS-.
A.srW. McCune fora reunion, ana the
stirring times were lived over q sails
Sthrougtaone delightful evening spent N
#rerlVing Old memories of that ilieliio '9l
able time. .
In the year 1866 the first col,
ony passed through Dixie ana
tlailed on through the almost torllu
heat of that sun-baked wilderness ul
red hills and volcanic washes Whlcn
dip down from the lSallarr;t basin 10
the sands of the Colorado river. f'resl
dent Joseph f. Smith, who ATTENDED,
the reunion, told how President Young
called tupon the hardy settlers OF the
northern wales to go south and settle
the southcrn2portionS of the state. lie 4
said the northern, valleys required no
coaxing to bring them out but the
valleys OF the south were hot ana Tor
bidding and required splrltuat ioIce
. si,ll
velop them from their sterile featufes.6
Hundreds of miles from supplies. these
hardy pioneers toiled on, during tine
years from 1865 to 1871. 'rhey suffered
greatly, their only resources being their
cattle and the scant returns fro'nnthe +
first harvest on virgin soil They toilet
and hoped until 1859, when the strip ol
land was surveyed into Nevada and
their taxes were placed 50 high that
they could not raise sufficient To cal
and pay taXes too. when the word
came from President Young that MI 4
We're released to return 10 thelr@homeS
or to go to the other valleys He re-
commended that they go TO the Long
valley, In Kane county. ana many OF
them found homes there. Some went
to Arizona and Others came back 10
their old homes in the north.
HELD AT McCuNE RESIDENCE.
The people who took part in that
movement werc delighted with the an
llounccment that there would be re-
union of the Muddy mission survivors,
to be held at the residence of Mrs.
McCune, WHO was herself one OF the
party making that memorable Pilgrim
age. She was but q girl at the time,
but her memories of the struggles ana
sacrifices shared with her parents, are
fresh and vivid. Her father, now
so years old, was present at the reun-
ion and he enjoyed the recitation OF
the trials and joys of the trip
thoroughly.
The assembled guests We're shown
through the palatial home nf the host
and hostess, after which they regis
tered their names and addresses IN u
book for that purpose. A short pro-
gram was carried out, beginning with
an address by President Joseph p.
Smith, who was Oh the Muddy IN 1854,
and closing With Il letter from Mrs. K.
C. EastohMnf New York, who related
an amusing incident connected with
the mission: Patriarch Samuel Clar-
idge, white-haired but hale and hearty,
gave an account of many interesting
experiences on the Muddy, and MILFORD
woodruff, Jr., told storyigof
unique courtship; Elders William Seeg-
miller and Gillespie made short talks.
and Mrs. McCune told some of her eX-
sp3EleiiCeSs.a r.
Tho company sang Hard Times.
Come Again No More.' and the bene-
dlction was pronounced by Elder A. w.
WINS.
SURVIVORS PRESENT.
There were present Of the Muddy
pioneers. Prast, Joseph f. Smith. Salt
Lake City. 1854; Samuel Claridge, That
cher. Arizona, 1858; Elizabeth Claridge
McCune., salt Lake City. 1868; John
Gillespie, Tooele, 1858; Alma I. Hale,
Glartsvile, 1858; Thomas Chamber
lain, Kauai, 1868; Hannah r. Hoyt,
city: 1858; Louie Is. Felt. city, 1857;
Lucy Woodruff Smith, city, city 1868.
born in the mission: Rebecca Claridge
Thatcher, Arizona, 1868; Solomon Hale,
Grantsville, 1865; Ebenezer Farnes,
1868; William Henry Streeper, Center
vile, 1865; Mary Amelia Streeper, Cen
terville, 1867; Eliza E. Frost, city, 1868;
Annie Robinson, Farmington, 1885,; $.
A. kenner. who started for the Muddy
in 1859, but was stopped by the presi-
dency in st. George, to start II paper
in tina. growing city. Maria Hoyt Por-
ter, city, 1885, w. Fl. Clayton. Garland,
Utah, 1858; MILFORD Woodruff. J'r.,
city, 1857; Hyrum b. Folsom, city, 1867
10; Mary A, *. Van Fleet, Farmington;
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