Show latest from sau san bernardino Beruard ino SAN bernardino los angelus angelo co california july 20 52 2552 EDITOR OP OF THE DESERET NEWS dear sir air comm mity was e enlivened a few flays ago by the appearance in our midst of a small audle of the deseret news the tha information inform atio i of their arrival went from mouth to mouth with the speed of electricity it was but a few moments until our entire population lahon camo came together to pay their heir respects to the distinguished distin strangers it was not hear hear of their brethren in the valleys of th the e mountains surrounded him tile the cherif cheerful ul influence that at all times characterizes character i zes the columns of the news new waa soon visible in the be countenances of all present we feel to be encouraged at being 0 able to hear hea from you once a year the package it appears came by the isthmus route I 1 t assure you you from its travel worn appearance it has encountered many if riot not all the hard aps incidental inci denial to a journey across the plains anil and around the horn As the northern mail has arrived with bettels from the valley up to 1st ast of may I 1 have conclude there was a possibility that romeu rw ua might fare better than they did last year and reach you without biking a delay of more than one or two months on oil the way bo 1310 B o 0 charles C rich I 1 presume has give i you information of ofir location and labors up to the he time of his depart departure iane f om here in M arch Aft Att erthe departure of bro rich ric h we erected our Bow eror ar council hous which is an adebie building wilba a good shingle roof 60 feet lony iong by 30 feet wide in which we held our conference of A aarl p H it is occupied daring the week by ow day school of scholars under the supervision of 0 two well qualified teachers P abid rid on sunday sanday after the morn morning i ng service by our sabbati sabbath school and bible class tile tae desire of the saints here to get knowl knowledge elge appears to be as great reit as that of our neighbors in the not noi th to set get gold 0 ie of the fashions that is so prevalent in the ie valleys of the mountains has been to a very great extent adapted here that is the fashion of doing right and attending to our own business the go gold d fever and dancing fever are diseases only known in i r isolated cases and in this climate are not considered contagious contagions conta gions as after the completion of our bowery we went to work to b llila a road to the forests of j redwood edwood pine and hemlock that adorn the mountains adjacent this place this was ac accomplished with about 1000 days labor tile the distance dist a nce atom our location to the timber is 1 11 1 nilles miles oae of our citizens has an engine and machiner machinery and expects to have a steam sawmill saw mill at ii operation upon the mountains in ten days as soon as the hurry bour atour harvest is over there wilf will be another erected upon one of our mountain streams air grist niini is an adda acob e building bail ding with a good rock foundation 40 feet feel by 27 feet with two run of stone and when completed will be second to none in this state we expect to have one pair of the stones in operation 0 aeration this week alongside the gristmill grist mill we shall erect our alore house or granary which will be by 30 feet and will be finished next month our oar li harvest arvest which commenced in may and is likely to last until october 0 tober is an abundant one I 1 am not bot able to say at present what tile the yield wll be to the acre the ane indians have hae not troubled us since our arrival in this land though they last winter assumed a hostile attitude and committed some cepi depredations editions edat ions between here and th the e colorado river oil the 29 h of M ty ly a party of mo connlain monn milain lain indians drove a large band of horses f from roin the arincho 14 miles from here at al which place there yere were large bands of cattle and horses and but three or four men to protect them we were called upon and 29 26 of our men pursued the indians 75 they having a da dayd y Is start and plenty of anim 1 were not overtaken S sunday the at h of july was observed by us in a becoming manner at an early hour the R deiy was waa pres president ident lyman commenced the festivities by reading in an eloquent manner the 6 h chapter ch of llie writings of S luke and followed fallowed fall owed with I 1 very interesting sermon sermon to citizens arid and strangers fuere was quite a of strangers present americans and cil cal foro forn ians it having been erroneously reported we were to celebrate the day with a feast ana fandango at the close of the borni morning ng service it was agie A by b a show of hands to celebrate tile in place of the Y 4 ah h of july which was done the day worthy the occasion was ushered in by the sounding 11 of the bishops horn at which I 1 signil signal the entire strength of our camp came together at the bars of the B 6 field every evary man laan armed for the occasion after a short bat but patriotic patriotic appeal by the orator 0 of lie day it was concluded to commence immediately the festivities of the glorious eth with the ut of american citizens and brotherly love of utter day smuts saints burning within their hearts eomme commenced neeti a furious attack and the living thousands of heads that at sunrise bowed gently as a welcome to the zephyrs that floated over us measured their length upon their mother earth no accident happened to mar the festivities of the day arid and there was scarce a cessation in the somewhat rusty work until the anth e crop of gen bahs wheat w was 2 s c cut ua bound and put up thus ended the first bolday it if such it may be called we have had in san bernardino I 1 have nothing to wv say about the gold mines presuming that you hear moie moi e about abot t them than we do there could be a much larger company raised here to go to salt lake than llian to the gold mines were their j feelings consulted in m my next I 1 will give you a description of the burrou surrounding n eding yding country climate cli male productions ac we have surveyed and planted in vines 40 acre but with the indian war and a multiplicity of other bu bit siness on hand we were late in procuring them consequently they have not done as well as we had ani I 1 hicl paled we shall endeavor to increase the number of vines next spring there is now some growing vines in tile the uney aid j SAN bernardino |