Show I HEADED FOR THE BIG r IC HORN BASINI p Expedition of One Hundred Mormon Families to Establish a Colony in Northern 11 Build a Canal and New Homes Ri B f fare le Snow Plies When Governor Richards of 01 Wyoming wu was II fa Salt kit Lake this week le 14 a glowing tribute of 01 respect to tM the Mor mo moo colonists 0 of lbs hod added that tbt while Wyoming M W had i read many IOIA of them It wanted IMN I This declaration is II New of I the be tact fact that ont one ell art are artno arenow no now os their wa way W II Nt In and found new home In tM the Iii Ilan Hot oln win I Ibe be welcome III news to these tuta future HIlI ot of that The prell preliminary nal work of af establishing a 1 Mormon n In III th the S Big Horn coun count country t try has bees going pili on for IlIr several ral months under tM the direction of Apostle Woodruff who was a appointed d by dent Snow Illow for or that specific pet purpose Apostle Woo Woodruff h has visited man many parts part of DC tb the Sate t t the Internet of the project with the result that tut be has ha secured a sturdy band of l settlers well to undergo the aad v tans Ilona I days UI nl probably nover mare O stain from Salt III Ulry Olty I s about b t tan an non live five band a as near Mar MarI u uI I esa Sr By t we reach nae our destination n J I will sly I what It ItI its I s a as I have hat had lee put can my wagon 0 the route OC Ira n q city e a point will h ce bit Ity l cha t this was the other Ing plan sUeS M Was tows to lest t al soy Mier point M Os the river to P kui tie shout mile above nil then hi hilow low it to Pact h pass via Sweet Water and IC Sty just over tbs up Burnt and a to Lander the county seat o 1 ant county a town of oeta and the ta expect also to bays t them helloes stow flies A of a 1 school house must musty y follow very quickly alter aNI aNIt t s II well under t waY T I lair br Md fad din ding pu purposes l caR an 1 be I badat bad badat at a of about thirty miles It There Then Ix II a plentiful supply of gnat 1041 stone ItOlle on the ground COAL country abounds with cal dt deposit There will be tak taken in III hand a In proper man manner Ind after a at t will furnish at t a low p D o a amps mple MI At present cottonwood be used for lor thAt tbt pU purpose It I Is fou tonal lk abd ft Oft on the river bottoms bottom near nta 1 by Fill AND GAME Ib Rig horn lor country abounds witha WIth a plentiful supply of doh at game Elk and deer roam the hills In great numbers the plains are re covered with and the streams are an 1111 with man many kinds of II Ash U It will therefore b be lean that Chit th the men who Iho knows know how to use till his hi rifle In true tru we western tun style tle and I ROUTE OF THE TItE BIG BIG IAN EXPEDITION EXPEDITION t MON NA s YO re N Ii i Y T 11 Gus o e s err I r Heap 10 x Q sa n I K I y A t 8 t Rt j o Rt R tK tOol UI forst I Ih IF oar h a lea N e tP 0 t F 1 1 u ee Q Or b t If r J I 11 dC e to a f I f r i ATLANTIC c i o CITY e y I u 0 ou r r o Iv hP H e ed k e C of d cNe rd e P OM I N G Ge 1 e 2 i p c O OV OO f l R V O i t F Coy V G ar f U t d fl i r d o i iSALT Mfr a v vo S SALT LT y I IL L f U T A H C ott ado The above aboe map shows the route of the lug lite Horn Ix expedition the lilt line llna of tra travel belal belag obaed b by cross crOll marks mark beginning with Salt Lake Lak City a td ending 4 with wilh the proposed ro M new Mormon colo colony The Tb will leave leav wr on the Ith lust hll und under r Apostle and pressed at t on otea to 0 Ita he tb the old Mormon ormon trail for tor more than a h hundred mu miles Burlington town ol of a population of tour four hundred and Lovell the P present lIt post POl office ot of the coI r are an also shown ho flue colonists principally from though Idaho Idabo and WyomIng each contributes its QUota perform the arduous labors labore IncIdent to establishing a town In the wild ot of an unsettled country President t Snow In with witha a of the Nw News stated that h he had haa no doubt that success would crown the eltoN efforts of the men In and women who wn were wending W way thither lie He said Mid that thal Apostle hid had been bien very careful In the selection of Intending settlers and nd that there wu was no apparent reason relOn why the scheme should not succeed In III all regards WOODRUFF DEPARTS Apostle Woodruff left Salt Lake this morning over the Oregon Short Line and Union to where he will 1111 meet his hll tam tum which was sent lent lenton on ahead Prom From there bore he will proceed pr t tto to Bridge which s II the gathering place and point of general geraJ outfitting and anI rh he ore Oat hundred bundred families will be divided ins companies ot of tn ten families each and Ad start tatt on their journey over tit the prairies up the creek end nd canyon and acres the riV river rI and mounta mountains of Ih the grill great part jart of Wyoming before arriving at their destination It s not an uninteresting coincidence to know that this little band and of will 1111 follow for tor more mure than a miles th the old Mormon Pioneer trill trail of llin 1147 which wu was blazed blaHd by the rug rugged ged get that laid the founds lions upon which the commonwealth ot of Utah b his Mn been rEared Neither I Is It un nn Interesting to note that while lh the neen had bad their faces turned towards toward the setting sun lun that their will tend for tor a great part or of the way In ex ex exactly the r direction The old Pioneer trail will lie be fOllow towed over the theare are and up Ute the Dig DIe and acid Utile Muddles a I far I as Atlantic CIty when hen they wilt turn lurn almost due north via vs Lander Fort hallie WineS Wind river anal other olber well n known knowD points I A GOOD COUNTRY Apostle Woodruff Will was interviewed by bya a News man to 10 III his departure H lie toOk a v very conservative vI view of 01 the Ole undertaking slid and talked interestingly of et what h he expected would be secom pitched Said laid he heAt heAt At Kemmerer bridge w we shall Ihan gather and organise The organization will 1111 be tf In all respect rl and will III be pat patterned Ined after that followed by the Utah An AI told Wt we will have one onehundred hundred Th These le will II be divided Into ten tall ot of ten lea families each eark and Bark will have hav It Is own Of course travel will be b by team W We fl tu leave on the tt bye Int and mak t the Journy by Ma May which will be a little more mOM than two to weeks Just hu haw far we will travel tn In one me day will depend on condi Prom Irom Lander We will pro coed to Hirt arall from there thereto to OJ lt river rI r through Ute the r reservation Jut just above the lM big ble ranch of Colonel Torr Torrey of Rough Rob tame fame tID io POUR D test ur f Importance w we ar arn roo n ye at NIL bt be a al l G town with 1111 a pop of Mt It lOul Our people drifting In there thre aboUt six Ix or sight lIaM ais lu en 11 way lIMI augmentation a lawn et w there tar It h sue a general dice ales which I is thing a good 1004 bwl 1 a Un bouee good school and numerous other evidences of p son Mon OF WORK I II upon our at our destined which will be within litres muss frost Level our Present poet ot of Ace we will without dela delay Ute the eo Or or the rant canal that le II to ats A our lands landl We have a liven thousand acre tract et t geed It firm tag round ground he lead Jut was waa leans Irom th the hate which owned ned It under u the term or of the Cart Carey art The Mae settler littler obtains It b hs YI cent an acre for it Il Hilt when lIe he locates upon apon It land and th the cente nt the end of three years elra when hI he Anal proof proof spas poll II it The Th or turn a title are that he h shall nl th ti of the three years b be all ahl o hue that he h hs hl of him hi land nnA r cultivation and Irrigation Tit et of r getting ft tin wa water a ter upon the ground and ee a pee right therin will he be abut or six Ix dollar p pet t sere Th The I h Mill easily broken ac II I th h largest lart growth up upon Oft on It b clover llover enu TilE Dili CAN CAS tl FIRST The canal trill lop be miles In length II a s point from the r rn r mule mil below belu E S Is 11 1111 b he fifteen feet wide at al the t bottom sad lad feel f t at th the lop with a now flow of water ater and a four and a half feel fell for its Ita entire Prom From this it II will willIse Ise he readily seen that thal It wilt will carry a large volume f water lIt r fur Irrigation HOME TI LATER The rk k t t i i l ig home will not be undertaken until an after tits tile anal NUJ I la completed Theoa The rossos for that I la Till The tact fact M III that t the u or of the h whale undertaken d depends upon getting the canal out till this And thai w ac expert to do with without out UI great grat tally When la II done don we Will commence building homes for far his bit rod and nd line with skill will be able abl to tG ply to a great d degree at t last leut his table with the choicest aRd lib fish MUCH lUCK WILD HD FRUIT Apostle AtI Woodruff says MI that tb the thun Iun try gives promise of producing a of at atthe tM the bini hardy varieties ot of fruIt such luch as aa apples Pt pears pia plums and prunes pruDe There la Ia much wild fruit on the rivers and tributaries The Th count country I IMil Is well Mil watered I is covered with grass and the climate climates s II apparently somewhat milder than that of Cache county count The snow tail lall being less Jill though the sud u II lea extremes ot of temperature ate are great greater reat er r These are not so severe vert however U aa to militate tet t tb the successful of crop U a chart hort distance below be below low at al Burlington wheal as barley earn potatoes and water wlter melon t grow row abundantly COMPANY ORGANIZED border In order that the enterprise m nay be anted out as contemplated a strong tron 1 has been organised This company b has entered t r Into a contract with a State of et Wyoming to lb colony colon under certain well de lined It 11 le II known as the BIt linen Company A O 0 Woodruff I is 1 Byron Set SenI ot of high county Ice president art general manager Char Charles XIII Kings Kingston ton of tile the United States land lant alike at lh secretary Linn Bon Charlea A AWelch Welch of Morgan treasurer director ar are J Jesse W Crosby Jr John Peterson Moe pre 1111 county X K North MITI re reek Jill Batt IAk William B 0 BUraham n Idaho Idabo Brigham I Tt TIppett urn m place placeIt It will thus thu be seen n that the gentle gentlemen U Um m men comprising the of the company end nd w ho will mk make their home In the ills It I II Born Jom Basin come from widely apa operated ra Wd All Allare at are well known n rill fn sturdiness of char ester nod all 1111 w III lither lehor with a will 11 for lor forth th III cu u e p t r 1 h whom th they tel fl Th r an II which they like the r other settlers are areto areto to found I Is yet unnamed and nd their post poat om address I le Lovell Dig non hose cotta Oun try tIT Wyo 0 |