Show In Bingham Connty TETOW Blngbam County Idaho Januarys 1690 Correspondence of the DESKRET EWSJJ Rome of your numerous readers would like to hear how we client t Christmas and New Years holidays here altO as to our prospects ass settlement On Christmas morning under the auspices of the Sunday School we assembled as usual at 1000 In our meeting home which was filled to overflowing Superintendent WD Wlllbim called the meeting to order Prayer was offered by Brother JA Gardiner The choir rendered some excellent selections A short address was given by Bishop Donaldson tubject Why do we celebrate Christmas Next came a duet hy Bitters James and I Anderson and a comic reading by Superintendent W D Williams This was followed bw a duet by I Thomas Elliott and wife No sir no and was amusingly rendered I A humorous dialogue by Misses HIggan and Donaldson pleaded greatly The choir next gave a pretty selectIon of music The distribution nf candles etc to tile Sunday scholars was tho succeedIng succeed-Ing feature The choir aftrrwaiun sung Pmle to our Redeeming Lord Benediction by First Assistant i As-sistant George Smith The children 1t dance took place at two oclock and teachers and parents par-ents nut together for a dance at 7pm It was a big success New Yeats day was spent In visiting and feasting and there was alo a dance A more enjoyable time was probably never spent In Teton Our prospects for the future are brighter than ever before Many who have visIted tills place would have liked to locate here If they had known that the CAnyon Creek caial would overcome Ollt They may now be clad toknow that the cannJ Is fully half cut and ttvelve feet wide on the bottom It is generally pronounced pro-nounced a great success and a most substantial piece of work An soon ns the weather will permit we shall continue our labor as We mean business We have another canal known as Slddoways That is also Intreami now to twelve feet on the ttottomanti Is advanced Owned completion These ianals are how Incat their utmwtcapaclty They I I will cover a large scope of country and offer great Inducement to those who have homes to make and families fami-lies to care for A word to those who have no home If you cannot find ono hen with the facilities which we van offer you will not anywhere We ore quarrying rock for a new meetingbouse and havo also two other improvements undercontem I platlon toward the building up of our settlement which 1 will say more about in a future communication communica-tion Lasttlmel wrote you we had only thirtyfive families now there are I fiftyfive with a prospect of a rapid Increase in our thriving settlement The weather is now very cold with plenty of snow It extremely I extreme-ly hard ou cattle R licK |