Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-17
Saints ii White River alley.

The Ely Record OF July 2. contains
Saints located in White Rdver valley.
Nevada. This colony was established
| about ten years ago, when the Nichols
and Parsons ranch was purchased and
two toWnsites, the Lund and the Pres
ton, laid out. about six miles apart.
The land was subdivided into iive ana
ten-acre tracts and offered for sale at
$3.50 and $500 an acre. The ELY tie
cord says:
AT that time the colony was on.3
hundred and seventy miles from rail-
road, and there was no local market
for farm supplies at Ely and the. mines
as there now is. The conditions, there
fore, confronting these pioneer settlers,
who have since reclaimed a wilderness:
and caused the desert to blossom as a
rose, was by no means ideal. Neither
did the colony reach its present state
privations and discoura gements on the
part of Individual members But the
Mormon people as a class are agricul-5
turists. and the Church itself has laid
the foundation OF its great prosperity
upon the soil. AS the years pass tile
wisdom of the Mormon Church in ns-
tablishing its colonies and settlements
in towns has been fully demonstrated,
In this manner not only is commun-
ity of interest formed. but it was also
possible to maintain schools. and have
the usual social functions, such as
dances and parties, without which life
soon becomes most nlonotonous.
At first the settlers were slow to arr
rive in the new colonies, and many
l.. u
brown and muscle they have builded
homes and prospered as has no other5
agricultural section of this county. and
1t can be said that hut very few of the
original colonists gave UP their hold
sings to return to their former hones.$
They nearly all stuck It out and made
good Todayit is doubtful IL there is a
more thrifty, prosperous and contented
community in the entire state, or one
that has accomplished more in the way
of home building. 355,
at was big task for people OF
limited means to build homes, fence
the land, dig bitches ard prepare the
soil for irrigation, but. so well has this
colonization scheme been carried out
that all Of the land has been paid for
and now has a value of from SIS to
500 per acre. Every family has from
Twenty-Five to several hundred head
OF cattle on the range, while their
pastures are full of sleek milk cows
and well bred horses. All have com
Portable homes, and many are residing
in handsome stone brick and frame
residences that would be credit to
any CITY in the state. Many keep car
riage teams as well as work stock,
while all have moving machines and
ample tools for cultivation
s'tBoth towns are clean and well: kept.
having broad streets lined. with trees.
irrigated by constantly flowing streams.
while houses have neat lawns and
gardens
While these people have been busy
in opening UP thei] farms and build-s
ing homes, they fiind time to build
churches and school houses. The
Mormons Of Utah have developed one
of the best school systems in the
United States. and they brought their
thirst for knowledge with them to the
White river valley, where they have
maintained good schools ever since
the colony was establs,hed. At Lund
they are now completing a new ce-
ment block school blildinG 30 by 126
feet, which was built largely by pri-
vate subscriptions. 1t will long stand