Show TEMPLE 7 AND avi aaa the canadian colonizing Is 1 to be hopped the church entered into a contract to complete a P certain amount of at work on P mammoth canal in alberta receiving land in return and with the lt last call made for men to settle there the work can be finished president snow says ay there Is plenty of room it at home and Is I 1 riot not in favor of an outpouring of sa saints in Is to other coun countries tries president snow says that no fiction action will be ba taken in regard to tho the stories the tha mobbing of mis riona rise ne until the officials were advised hy by the bead of the southern missions that it was absolutely necessary th the a matter he h riat baij has been left enair entirely a ly in tho the bands of ben E rich president of the southern states state mission and the latest advises advices received from him are of a very encouraging nature elder rich states there is absolutely no truth in the statements published concerning rewards offered tor for the arrest of the crata cratL that there has been is a phenomenal increase in the tha tit liing rolls since the recent temple priesthood meeting and the prior and subsequent agitation of the doctrine of tithes throughout the th 6 state was implied by president snow in his remarks at logan recently he said eaid that the receipts tor for july 1699 were in advance of the same month for 1693 1898 the annual tithing income for 1898 is as follows cash produce total the estimated tithing income for 1899 Is cash produce pr duce total increase for 1899 ben E rich president of the southern states mission of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints with headquarters in chattanooga called on governor candler of jeorgia Ue orgia on the ath last in regard to the recent in mobbing ob of mormon elders in jasper county president rich was closeted with the governor for some time but did not isk ask for protection or an official investigation at present contenting himself with explaining the mission of the cormons mormons Mor in georgia and giving the doctrine of the church while talking L the matter over with the governor president rich said that there was much feeling against the members and teachers teacher of the mormon church because the people did not understand the mission of the elders and did not conceive conce iv of the great work that lay jay before them three years a ago 0 the mormon oh church purchased three ranches in white river valley and one ranch in steptoe valley near ely nevada comprising in all about 1000 acres of land capable of being irrigated besides several thousands of acres of grazing land when these thebe ran ranches clies were purchased they supported perhaps a dozen white people and Ns ai many indians except in haying baying time when the number was somewhat greater at the present time there are three towns well started sti arted on these reaches ranches with a total population of about souls divided as follows lund preston TS 75 and georgetown these people are all from utah where a few of them yet remain to close up their affairs before moving to their new dew homes though most of the people lid did not arrive till this spring about fifteen substantial and comfortable houses have already been built at lund and halt half as many at preston while the material is on the ground for several more the first hay crop Is already up aud and a good sized tack stands near each house each settler has a good garden ia a which is to be found nearly every variety of vegetables known to this climate shade and fruit trees are bi set let out and it will bo be a matter of only a short time when these towns will be the most attractive in the county at lund a brick kiln will soon be started to burn brick for a large building to serve an ae a church I 1 school and public hall while at preston foundations have been laid for a flour mill at georgetown conditions are similar to those at lund and preston aud and it likewise promises to become a prot pros berous community while the season is a little more backward its nearness to ely only two nailes miles affords it people a better market and better opportunities port unities to secure work than those of of its sister towns in white river the farms taken up by these abebe settlers average from twenty fire to forty acres with water ri gIlls rights the land is sold them at a low lov price and they have five years in which to pay for it about 2100 acres have been contracted for thus far about balf of the total which can be irrigated the land is watered by never failing springs rings winter whose hose flow does not vary summer or winter to the business ability of dishop thomas judd formerly of st george utah great credit Is due for the success thus far attained elder platt piatt D I 1 lyman president of the european mission last jast week cabled president snow of the death of elder joseph hogan jr brot of south davis county who left 0 OB a mission to the netherlands ou on april 23 1887 1997 elder czogan was drowned in ia the river rhine but no DO particulars were given deceased was the son of joseph hogan the well known son of joseph hogan of south bountiful and ws was about 24 years of age he was engaged to be worried married un on his return home borne to miss misa florence mcewen of salt SaIt lake at the conference of the lh cacho cache |