Show maw waw PF OF TRAVEL rR avei AVEr PROGRESS OF YOUNG AND COMPANY y J apra 23 1863 antt edit or NEWS bews the snow storm mentioned t of my communication of continued until about noon today today to day iw idich keeps keels us aeri h ere until tomorrow to morrow at 12 W c 11 P t another meeting was held and 1 r d ion ton given of much practical at utility by lugt sc brannam baj young eilders elders G D watt 2 y anaw an JW young on the subjects of 0 a agricula kicul t tiye gei rep 4 manufacture home indus i t g e economy co education etc which WAS 11 listened t nd t to owl with ith deep attention burrig Dur mig rig t the he afternoon a few hours were ve tey tei ivy F abb hg jig round through the edwn toi tol he the improvements which have been rec recently nily hily made we first visited the meeting h b e litch is in proe progress ress fess tess of erection ats its 1 na ar are aie e 44 by 64 feet its iti height from it u td to the top of the steeple is to be 8 mt et it is well roofed rooted but the tower has v y ed been erected A wall which serves a aaa aba bup sup por for the weight of the ai tower tig big s on it 11 II feet of the main room which an fn g saih s sih sip uter outer court the floor is 13 laid the a ia is in the east aud is finished substantially 14 lit lally ly with good design and ani the singers ae d eaks aie are re being constructed in the west end edthe of ibe the room A considerable amount of lum lumber berbas belbas has been prepared and put together PT HA p liedts seat and ali all a 11 ll the work on the window caffi lag aag s aswell executed the whole super r ket met u i e rests upon a stone foundation rising J hoffe home tome tour four ngu r feet above the ground the cor 0 a not c completed but the design is to gult gilt president youngs youn lo counsel and eg m p re entire building d this season beason one blithe rock fo foundation ia bao rao las was jaad I 1 d aini one year a ago 0 o this spring they corn com mence pence d the akob acobes adobes ca a and nd laying the aft k yenest examined the sa vau nill nili which c ils lis r t ad an upright P saws baws hut but that Js is about to 4 beloved belov beLoi or ed when a circular saw will wiil supply I 1 ia aiace ilce p ace it t this mill mul ia ii a tari tati tannery nery berea er goo gaoa A busti busil Dus leas leps ia is done in the tanni vanni tanning tig ibb us i i J i W dext hext natt katt we ve egami i nad the fo foundation un dation which hagemi ha a as been beMi laid for a agrist gristmill mil mii which is in fjean fei be comp completed fetid telisse this acason ason by james y sem sew Nl AM willen 0 went to the nail factory owned by adems adams mim jones with which we were wel well P usra mr adams stated that they could apa cut ut from eight hundred to one rid pounds of nails per day success to ct r giness siness attached to their establish 2 iju ng e t a also a good shin shingle le machine ne nearly arly arty camas camAy cm plated ted we then examined a bet set of rollers liaina cane which would certainly not to me mechanics chanice of any coun country tryx i execution they were ere forged by ims ios adam ajam a hij hii jones and fitted up by charles kemp at a cost of about there is also althair factory here with turning lathes at tact a clied fed which we did not examine 1 I athe social hall ot which I 1 have before s 11 spoken pi in which we partook yesterday of such auch a bountiful repast has all been built eien epen even to getting the timber from the kanyon jl since arnce last december its dimensions dimen siona are 55 1 1 feet it is to be arched over head not 1 yet plastered it ia is a neat commodious little iet bet hall hali a and will be used for meetings until the meeting house bouse is completed ibbe ithe the new frame house ia is 18 19 by 40 Y feet beet a story and a halt half high two room roomi above i j an and 4 below with eight feet passage and anil a y ceil cell arunder the entire building it lvis is wei wel lighted and when painted will be a delightful residence reaid rabid ence it cost perhaps fifteen hundred dollars rather more than a dobe adobe but it will ve better t iVic kerb kera salsbury are manufacturing salts gait taken from the mountains six miles from here fi ia in salt creek kanyon lanyon it is blasted from the 5 I 1 Boid bold rock mixed with re red d clay it yields about seventy per cent it is pulverized 1 placed in boilers containing water and boiled about two hour bour then drawn ot off into vats and left to settle fettle when the brine is drawn s from the vatis vata into other boilers and boiled j I 1 down to salt its quality the manufacturer s informs me is superior to any manufactured g in in tha the territory and the th demand for it much v greater than can be supplied I 1 have been thus particular in noting the alffie different rent items of improvement here hoping it may may nay encourage the citizens of nephi stiff to 1 per pir persevere severe in all works of useful improvement j aridi andi anai need not disguise the hope that at least two settlements through which we have past jl much oder and more numerously settled than I 1 this will profit by their example at least in the matter of meeting houses and other public buildings I 1 need not name them here as it is ja a proverbial fact that two large larges old settle fe ments between this and salt lake city can 11 i not ot boast of a meetinghouse meeting house or any public f building now in the state of completion I 1 relieve Ii elleve however there are private companies A f p 0 o each of these places who hava have abtin tn enter ter rising enough halls which are acu actu 1 ally y rented for meetings it is so much better betten finance ering f for or a wealthy community corr abound I 1 1 ingin ing in catti horses and mules farms etc to rent ren than ta to build I 1 r berrain frow from saying more morea ill in the morning the weather dej Vey permitting wei go gornto to sanpete hanpt San pete where I 1 expect to write I 1 again again n MANTI SANPETE co f APRIL aprin 26 2082 1862 5 on friday ni orning morning the the weather being propitious we were once more in line and heading for the south bouth pa passi pass as j ing up through salt creek kanyon theroan the road w wab was as rather aap slippery ery try and hard for our animals but in very good time we ascended the kanyon and found 4 upon a hagbo dry road that commanded a view of the picturesque 1 valley of sanpete San pete rolling along down a descending sc road for a few miles we passed through 11 fountain green without being abia to observe anything worthy of especial note yet the settlement seemed to possess good na tural facilities and when it attains a greater age if there shall bhail then not be traceable to the eye of the traveler greater evidences of imi imi i prove provement pro ments thrift and order it will certainly be set down to the dir dueled elect inattention of the thet citizens from thence eight miles still further farther on we r came to the village of moroni here they were unfortunate in the first commencement by laying ogg off their beir and building on the low bottom which overflows in times of high water cassill causing c damage and creating sickness which rendered it necessary slee ebsary essary to pull down their buildings and krecl them upon higuer land adjacent this work they are now engage engaged end d in there has hap not been much done here by way of public improvement A rock foundation is 19 laid for a me meetinghouse meeting eting house boils 0 74 by 44 the walls I 1 intended to be constructed of brick they h bave have V ve a 10 log building which misused 13 used for tor the treble purpose ot dancing theatre and meetings i A meeting was wag be he d at which presidents youly metin ar ard aad kua kun ball bali a 1 etters eiders geo gea A smith and johi jobi john sohn 3 I 1 taylor gave much mitch valuable information after atter dinner president youngs carriage led off I 1 in a northeasterly north easterly direction for the northend Nort nore Bend to fairview settlement twelve mies miles distant where we arrived in good time holding a meeting at which presidents yun yung and kimball and elder john taylor addre addressed saed the saints teaching them many things which will prove for their benefit spiritually and temporally if it they will carry them out this ton settlement beit seit lement lemeni possesses many the soil is as good aa as can be ba found in the world etisa it is a good grazing district andl andi and I 1 was mas iti ih formed that if a man would apply himself industriously with one ono team he ha could bring into his yard four loads of wood per day from this place two yea a ago a new ner road was run out and worked so loaded teams were enabled to para pasa through the mountains to Spring springville ville cutting off trinity miles milea of the dist distance lice tice from this valley to salt lake olty city but owing to t the high waters last spring it was wa a thrown out of repair and add travel prevented I 1 am tol toi toll loll I 1 that an outlay of f om orn five to eight hundred would pice vice it llin luin in repair it so sol soi it ouid certainly be to the interest and convenience of the people in tois county to expend that amount in jabor labor upon it i from north bend on saturday our company moved mo ed in a southern direction for mount pleasant six miles distant where a halt bait was made mades and president young elders john ta tal lor for and lorenzo snow add dressed the people in the open air the meetinghouse meeting house being too small to convene them this is a sightly lo 10 0 o cation and very pleasant I 1 hey have an excellent stone fort and bome gome good houses bouses here is be residence of our old friend david candland whose neat home was certainly indicative of the man from mount pleasant we passed on seven miles to springtown Spring town where presidents young and kimball halted before the residence of elder orson orsan hyde whop whap who with his bis usual blandness ness of manner and a countenance which betokened a good heart received bis hia distinguished guts h t d gues guests to and welcomed t hein them to the hospitality tita vita pita fi lity ty of his bis home his ilia house howe is of bew hewn n togs oge one and a half halt stories with a stone ilone kitchen his corrals yards and sheds are substantial neat and orderly and I 1 discovered be he is making an effort to range ranke quite a variety of at fruit here presidents dents denta young and kimball E der ders john fohn taylor geo A smith and lorenzo snow spoke emoke to the people u under uder the bowery encouraging them to diligence in to every improvement for the comfort and nd happiness of themselves and families there are several good adebie buildings here after dinner we rolled rapidly along a descending road to manti eighteen miles distant passing through fort ephraim manti mantl is a pleasant location near the base of a range of mountains rising on the east covered on its sides with low cedars while along its ua summit a different variety of timber seems to abound here are some gome of the finest and ind largest buil bull buildings dirige we haye lave geen been generally built of stone atone of which there is anin exhaust able supply of ar excellent quality of easy access I 1 am told there is a small email sm ail all meetinghouse here but 1 I have not seen it yet at fort alibi ephrain raid raim hey have bave a large meetinghouse and d to today day aay dav day bring S sunday president young and a portion of the company will repair thither to meet the people who are expected ek to assemble from froen all ail parts of the ibe he valley although it ia H beven seven lifeson mit mif eson our b back act track this is a delightful valley p ue in its scenic order along its eastern limits are ranges of Q pw low tow hills of easy access by teams coperet co veree co ver within an abundance of cedar for firewood fire wood from the I 1 habitants inhabitants obtain their fuel during thie trie winget winter beason it ls is ri rather cold here heri arid and fruit trees do net not do very well yet it is supposed that apples pears para plums and cherrie cherries can be itil tiva tita rd d if pius pains were taken to preserve them from the aggred gibris of cattle currants and strawberries berries will wih do well this valley for the raising of grain brain and stock cannot be sur bur surpassed passed pissed in iri utah urah I 1 h have ave in my cog lations sever alother items intended anten ded for this communication but unexpectedly the express has il just u st reached us and for want to write I 1 mist m reserve them for the next in afew a few minutes we will be rolling off to F rt ephraim Ephr aini to meeting the morning is 13 delightful and this valley vailey now be decked decked with ip springs rings fresh and livid green en erl cased in a rim of ot cedar clad mountains variegated in grand ilja and majestic order fills the conleth con contemplative teti reth latt va mind wilh with new aspirations and reveren reverence c 1 e for fo we the divine creator Cri who weighs the mountains fh balances ana beas seas in the hand more mori anon abion VILLMORE olty CITY zt i wednesday april 29 1863 5 last sabbath af at ten a am presta preste youn young t and ana kimball kimball and arid a portion 0 bof of the therom conn corn ciany jew jep audo ando NM 4 fort ephraim Ep braim where in th the large a rge tae tre ing bayse hoyse v me e found bome some twelve 11 1 peole pebie egil egli rain fain all parts of the v villey i I 1 y I 1 it t was dvis ch einang to look upon lipon the smiling faces of the multitude whose hearts pid pulsated sated with untold boyto meet the leaders vt of iia lia ira fahd hd listen t to their the tort fort forenoon noon was occupied by Pr ile lle heher heber er C ind eld rs john john taylor george D watt ara ana 11 0 littlefield lutie LUire field ary arl ard and the afternoon by president brigham young and elders orbon orson or on hyde geo A smith sinith lorewzo Lo Lore reizo lizo snow and ideh jd eph W V young W we had a refresh refreshing g time and mut h valuable inato instruction ruction and counsel selgas was imparted which was received mith with joy and gladness b bv the saints after meeting we rolled back 0 to o mantl manti where another meeting was wag lild bild at which presidents exits youg your g and kimball spoke with much power ani add spirit gladdening the hearts of a large congregation counseling them to finish their council house and then build a large meeting house bouse and to make other improvements prove ments elder geo A smith and bisho bishop ha ra elgh afro argo addressed the people in an interesting te manner in the company comp any there are now of the first presidency Brig hain harn young and lieber heber C kimball of the quorum of the tw twelve eive elve orson orbon hyde john taylor george A smith and lorenzo sn sri w bishops A 11 II raleigh wm miller john stoker john B fairbanks william seeley archibald gardener and ana james N jones reporter geo D watt clerks J T caine came 11 K whitney Wb itney 11 11 Sc bettler hettler D 0 calder and jab jaa jack phocian Phy clan ician cian samuel L sprague official robert T burton peace commissioners andrew Burt albert Albeit dewey henry heath and wm wro calder caider barber john squires with his bis compact little portable sh ving saloon for the accommodation mo dation of the traveling public Theatric lans ians john T caine hiram B Claws clawson Claw boi soi oil and horace K whitney on monday morning we bade adieu to san pete and soon halted baited in fort gunnison eighteen mites miles d this place is situated hear near the jhn junction action of the San pitch and sevier rivers unfortunately the citizens selected the wrong location for their city at the start and they are now engaged in remo removing ting their buildings 1 to a hither and more appropriate site w which bich 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