| Show 1 Good Words CODEX Utah January 22 1690 I Correspondence of the DCSEUET JnsEn route to Ogden this momlng the following clipping was read with littered and n newspaper I news-paper correspondents have seldom a good word for the Latterday Saints this may be worth reproducing for I I the benefit of your many readers Alpha 1 correspondent of the 1 Denver Republican accompanying j Engineer Stantons exploring e jeditisa through the Grand Canyon In Arizona writes as follows from Lees 169a Ferry Arizona December We were nine days on the roadaml with heavy wheeling poor teams and lazy teamsters ansi 1 drizzling rain nearly all Ibo tlmeit wan anything bat an enjoyable part of oar anYing The only bright Hpot In it WM tho HtUe Mormon settlement of Grave Vallqy Ion the Dirty Devil Klrer about thlrty rive miles above its mouth where there arc some twelve or fifteen Mormon Mor-mon families seemingly prosperous prpru and IiMpv upon 1000 to 1500 acres of rich tillable land Hero we replen halted our supplies with beef mutton onions etc and were treated most kindly by the settlers Just here let mo say that nowhere can you r a more kindly and per fet gentleman than Mr Warren M Johnson the postmaster at Lees Ferry devonc Mormon and a nun who is honestly sincere and sincerely I honest and MrsJohnson a most kindly kind-ly and courteous lady I has been icy fortune 1 meet tons of the most perfect gentlemen and kindhearted men and women among the Mormons of northern rna and southern Utah and especially is oar whole party Indebted tho many kindnesses of Bishop L C Manger l Kanab Yours truly 1JICEXIX |
