OCR Text |
Show FBOM SAN JCAN" COUNTY. X -OoauannUattoa Heplete Tilth Xcwiy Paragraph. Comiponstncs of Ue Uiiiut Xswi J ye hare had a Terj. fejr feason the past summer. Our sheep and cattle have done well and are In fine condition to move into winter quar-ters. quar-ters. We found sale for some 1500 mutton wethers at 32.50 per head, which for our class of sheep was a good price. No tile has been made of our beef steers, tbe great drouth which prevailed in Kansas, Nebraska Ne-braska and other border States ha v. ing greatly Injured the com crop, and doubtless kept back buyers who usually come out here and purchase our range steers for feeders. However, How-ever, we do not feel bad about it, believing that it we can carry our eteers through tbe winter we shall rwch a much better figure for them next June, which will more than pay us for waiting on the market. Crops have been very fair here. A good crop of cane was raised. A first-class quality of sorghum was made from it and sent up Into Colorado, Col-orado, whero it readily sells for eighty-five cents per gallon. With this money we purchase wheat, take it to tbe mill and flour it, and In this way can make our bread much better than -by growing! wheat here, ns tbo climate ir wr warm for us to raise wheat profitably. profit-ably. Our corn crop was injured considerably through want of water, wbicb went out of our ditch by tne falling of the river early In the ses-sou. ses-sou. This caused a partial failure or our fruit crop also; but a good sup- Ely was raised for home use. The afd frosts la-t February almost entirely en-tirely destroyed our early peaches. At Montlcello, some fifty odd miles ieafly due north cf ibis Glut, nnd situated at the eastern base of the Blue Mountains, tbe people raised full crops of wheat, oats, barley, and some corn, and as fine a quality of vegetables as can be raised, I believe, be-lieve, rnywbere. A few peachts ripened there for the first time this season. This is tbe more remarkable remark-able as tbe location is not less than C50J feet above sea level. The brethren have a steam saw mill in operation, about six miles distant, producing wry good lumber. At our last quarterly conference, held here a few weeks ago, a ward was organized under the direction of Apostle John Henry Smith, Frederick J. Jones as Bishop, with Cileries E. Walton and George Adams counselors. We bad a most excellent time, and some of tliov present came a distance of from filly to ninety miles. Apostle Smith was the chief speaker. Tbe young men and women's, Primary and Belief societies all held their conferences, end Apostle Smith addressed them, much to their edification. From here I accompanied Apostle Smith ninety miles over a beautiful valley country nearly due east, to Maneos, across tbe Utah lino into Colorado. Here we posted up notices no-tices to the effect that Brother Smith wouIJ preach in the Central Echoolhouse, a nice two story frame building granted for tbe occasion battle ba-ttle trustees. A large audience assembled, as-sembled, including resident Saints, Methodists, Presbyterians, and Catholics. Some of those who heard Apostle Smith preach remarked to me next morning, that "if that was Mormonlsm they wanted to bear some more or it." During the last tew mouths many accidents have occurred lu Bluff Ward and three deaths. Two littlu boys had each a leg broken and another an-other an arm. Father John Allen' little son also had bis leg broken by the caving In of a bank, where he nnd other children were placing. Judge Jos. F. Barton's son wis kicked by a horde while trying to drive the animal. Brother Hyrum Perkins' boy had bis arm broken by a kick from a horse while trying to drive the animal out of tbe lot. Joshua Stephens' little toy died very suddenly sud-denly from croup. Svl to relate, Father John Allen's child had only juvt recovered from his accident when he was taken sick with diphtheria diph-theria and died, his little sister Florence following blm soon afterwards. after-wards. This has beeu a most severe trial to Father A lien and his family, whe bavo the sympathy of the entire en-tire community. The infected districts dis-tricts have been quarantined and school and public meetings discontinued, discon-tinued, and we trust that the dread disease will not spread further. So far a; I have traveled among the Saints since our lato scml-an-uual conference, I find that tho manifesto if sued by President Woodruff, Wood-ruff, am the action of tbo conference confer-ence in approving tbe same, Is biartily endorsed by the people throughout this section. There was not a single vote cast hereabout at the recent election in opposition to Hob. John T. Caine for Delegate to Congress, all belle v-Ini; v-Ini; that be Is the right man fiT the place. Mons Petersen's store at Moab, Grand County, was broken into and robbed on tbe night of October 20tb. No clue to the robbers. About the simc time nine bucks were stolen from Hyde Bro's. buck herd at Montlcello, from tbe field where they were being jiastured. One of the brothers and a Mexican traced them for forty miles in tbe direction of Cortex, some eighty miles over the linelnto Colorado. They were driven by two men on small pony nortcs for tbe first few ml ei. After that they changed to large, well shod horses, and struck out directly across the country without reference to so much as an Indian trail to guide them. It is a very rough, broken country over which the. men took tbe sheep, which in some places were passed down rocky clltls by band. This is ono of the most notorious places in all the rocky mountains for horse thieves, cattle thieves, train robbers and bank robbers; and now sheep stealing steal-ing has commenced. One cause of this section being such a rendezvous for this class of men! J, I presume, its remoteness from railroad andtelcg aph ""nraunfratlnn. Prob ably If uur United btates Marshal would locate a couple or clllcers permanently in this region tay oneattbeliluo Mountains and the other at tho La Salle Mountains It woulJtend more to the safety of life and property. lu my iravels about the country I notice that wherever the Blshoi s and pe pie are In the habit of reading read-ing the Deseiutt News they are k-pt fully abreast or tbe times. May tie News centime its course of usefulness Is my earnest wish. F. A. Hajimon'I). Bcfs". San Jusn County, Utab, Nov. 6ti, 1S90. |