Show BEAR LAKE VALLEY A few days ago in traveling from and to my home to attend bear lake stake conference on ference held at paris parie I 1 noticed that the people are fairly prospering pro g in ia the stake at paris the tabernacle is the object of interest considering that 9 during u rl the time of the construction construct Ao I 1 t 1 mes 11 ave leen been a little hard frow it a standpoint the saints to in tb t histake have bave done very well in assisting to get it so near completion as it is the ceiling is finished andia and to very pretty and durable the plastering of the walls w alls is now in progress ajro rew land and there remains I 1 think thin a about ut of funds to be collected ta finish fl the work the total cost 0 which will be about or U up af pf wards at the conference the people were kindly urged to try to have bavo it completed and paid for before the fb august conference so that we wax have some of our highly estee esteemed meu friends from headquarters come and aad visit and dedicate it to the worship of god glod parts paris also possesses a very nest neat little bittle church round the corner iw where here the arev mr boyd in bis 1110 presbyterian way dispenses ws spiritual bill of f fare to au W who hunger and thirst the county courthouse is also fl good commodious creo creditable pub publow io building quite a large number lumber of 01 well ell appearing private dwellI dwelling DV abound and a spirit of building up mid and beautifying the country is pleasantly apparent two large mercantile establishments ply their eions daily sabbaths Sab baths excepted 00 loyal are they to the coming universal religion that although ny hundreds of visitors poured jwo paris both stores closed during eOll inference ference on mormon merchants tee where gu yo ye and do likewise wise what we say of paris may also 06 be said of the other towns along the liya ade so far as material progress goes pea each town to its ita inhabitants 18 S best iu in their eyes and it is well to be de so BO of course in the towns of and st charles the anber is much more handy and plenteous than in the southern settlements of lake town and garden city water is ia very plentiful na trally in the former places nd scarce in the latter places ex apt garden city and the former wc are large communities while the latter atter are small settlements but they are all doing very well for pretty ural tural surroundings shaven Fi is ia about bout the leader avery A very neat and meeting house has abben cen erected there and the private fellings dwellings are quite nice the old g cabin in the lane is fast becom obsolete in this locality garden UI ty Y is getting to be quite attractive nowadays they tell me that last year abr the excursionists were double ln 0 number of those who came the yar previous and they expect a proportionate increase this year people are beginning to discover that we have one ot of the abst beautiful lakes on the earth alad ad a very salubrious summer clite garden city is on the high road roa from southern idaho to cache valley y hence their citizens claim they th ey have excellent opportunities in the we way of entertaining and being entertained b by travelers meadow ville where joseph kim ball datu presides as bishop is truly sed beautiful meadows indeed sf ua canals have been tt antly constructed and an era em of prosperity is anticipated by the good ga hopeful citizens there the op is nicely situated in the new n north of the old town from whence h tle e had ad his hib large g residence m i tacked va u by means of one of these Il kee r inventions and planted on 4 are inore sure foundation up on the and dy dry land others have built bi aitt on the same lo location ration and in time 1 there will be a very nice town UP Pt there here the old site is too wet le of the people down there have been with chills and fever ki jk I 1 think they will soon get to be of the bishop x over 61 the creek four miles from lowville ow ville lies lake town situ ate w at the down mouth of lake town canyon anyon A hustling bustling population lives w there have they a good ting ng house with a larger and ler hall hali the smaller room is eged wu by the trustees as a school roeln ona it if is well seated with new ks KS and furnished with charts W teacher etcy they say y they hey have a of acher second to none in this part fall the country had last term a of 78 scholars employed two teachers and everybody is well pleased with the school have taught four terms this year and purpose teaching forty weeks every year there are two saw mills recently started here one grist gristmill mill with burrs etc which the proprietor is now going to convert into a roller mill and a successful cooper co oper active store the weather has been I 1 think very favorable for the country during the past month A great deal of rain min has fallen and it seems to be the salvation of the newly sown crops we had scarcely any snow during the winter and the prospect for cr crops and grass were very gloomy up till april just as most of our people had their crops in down came about 12 or 14 inches of snow which melted into the ground free from subsequent frost it was worth thousands of dollars to the citizens since then rains have been frequent and although may has so far been quite cool the general opinion is that the advantages of the moisture greatly discounts the disadvantage of the cold weather the grass on the hills is doing finely and all nature dons its best apparel and bear lake valley appears better than ever the dreaded drouth will not be as disastrous as many thought it would JOSEPH LAKETOWN bear lake valley idaho may 1889 |