Show IOSEPA the kanaka colony li county INTERVIEW WITH II 11 11 CLUFF aniio the man all about the settlement on anday afternoon president II 11 II 11 caun waa besieged by the ENQUIRER man who plied him with interrogations concerning alic colony of hawaiian faints under his carein county from president cluff the folio wing in triestin tei estin particulars were obtained los cpa ia alio name of the tawn recently surveyed and now bein built ap on by the hawaiian people and is situated in what is known us skull val lev this lies directly west of thoele tooele valley and extends from salt lake south to near grass not fir from the juab county line the town is in an direct line west of thoele city and adjoins frold hooper ranch the distance from salt lake city to josepa is sixty five miles forty of which must be traveled by team the hooper banch has been purchased from J T rich by an incorporated company called the agricultural stock company the object of is to carry on the business of as and stock raising alie laying out of a town one mile square contiguous to alie ranch for the of the sandwich islanders will enable them to find employment in alie business of lie company and thus in time secure more comfortable homes tor themselves than it was possible to find in the cities and towns already built up A steam saw mill has been purchased and is now in operation about five miles from the ranch which furnishes the material or lumber antti anich alie people are no constructing their dwellings the migration of the natives from salt lake city commenced on the of august last president gowans of the thoele tooele take findly furnished teams sufficient to form quite a train much after the old plyle of crossing alie plains colony some seventy five souls wore led by president II 11 H cluff and G F A imitchell to place of destination ti the former person being called I 1 to take charge of alie colony since their arrival there alie to v n referred to has been surveyed and several dwellings erected A public square containing eleven acres has been laid out in tse center of the town and is des to be fenced this fall and planted out tu trees ahe four center streets eight rods wide extend from the outer limits of the town on the four sides of the square intersecting tho eight rod streets encircling the square it is de to plant a row of trees in the centre of each of these broad streets forming avenues extending from the centre of town to the outskirts all the other streets are four rods wide and the blocks twenty two rods square divided into four lots this making each lot a corner lot the colony now numbers including the white people about one hundred souls an elders quorum teachers quorum relief society sunday school young mens and young ladies associations and a primary association have been organized the company have nineteen hundred acres of farm and pasture lands en closed with the land all the growing crops were purchased consisting of hay wheat oats barley corn and potatoes sufficient to carry the colony through until another harvest the natives now there are employed in lumbering hauling building plowing and cleaning off land and looking after stock as also gathering the late crops A day school will be set in operation as soon as the people are properly located for alio winter alien such class in st ruction to the more advanced male and female population as will conduce to the improvement of the people socially religiously morally and in cleanliness will be given from time to time eacle head of a family will own a lot and vill be directed in the improvement of the same kj as to give credit to tho general appearance of the town the prospects of success are very flattering and although the natives are from a tropical clime yet the abundance of cedar wood near by and easy of access will enable the people to endure the moderate cold winters usually known in that valley |