Show I ffl NILLARD STAKE I An Interesting I Descrlpllw I Sketch of he Various Wards 1 I t i 1TATEH10ltKS ASK 1 I lJIlIIIHlllt + The Side Home At llllmnre Hlf torlral l Jtmlnhrrnrt the Stale IWrrrni < l Yrrwfwtawi lowered VMM Hcinu Mlllard Co Utah JuneS 18910n Sunday and Monday May Hit and 2Sml I attended the MlllarJ Blak quarterly oontWeuee heM to I Hlnckley ward littler 1111 Itobwte was the only repre enlall IO of the 1 general authentic at the Church irrenl loud lotlructloni were glveu during conference mid the heart 01 the aombl Hlnl were made l to rejoice under the mellowing Ullucnce ortbellolyBplrlt which reeled UD both pcakem and hearer throughout all the meeting CotiilderlnK that the lllnckley ward I illuatrd on to one ildi 1 aud that corned f the local visitors hid to coma a distance of neatly lorlno miles to attend conference con-ference there WM a good attendance every ward In the Blake having several representatives pcitunt Tho bulk of the congregation however consisted of theBalntireildlng In the Hlncklty Detent and pasts wards Blticn conference I have visited nil the wvd In the HUkr and trace beta tpetlal meetlngi In 1mloKlolI l Oak Creek Hoi dm Hllmlv Kiuoih Meadow end dM lpltlll I li hate aim lion luccruful obtaining data and such other lulormallon u is I Beetled for Church history I TlieMlllirdHtikeof 1 f 7on coruprlitt all ol Mlllartl county Utah and cui > braces inott or the great ljruw ii valley which couliui chltlly of u barren desert uucUlinnd al yet by lire huibindmiin exrr > t a few iK > t > nOl the buo of Ube mouuUIni on lire east whrre molt of the itlllemenl am illu 0 ted on the mlll mountain stream which have been diverted from their natural cnurm onto the adjolnln l > nd > lakinuiby the settlers lIrlclillurll Iurl < > lIInIIImoulIIIMIIIrl t county ore duet in maul hues In the desert and at this time ot Ibo year who the trees appearance of the tureen and Rralu Held and the Ttte tntlon Kenerally In the l walerxd die told clad In spring rnulllul l attire pleae Ibo eye they mutt 1 > to the valor In a moil elliicilra manlier Ihv dltlennca botwren Hut part of our UUh which tine been redeemed from the desert and that putt Which li ym to Ixredeemitl The Mlllard HIke 01 Xloti conilili of Ion fully organurd wards with A total memlx < iihli ot MW souls turn bttedlu 601 fuinllltt There are one fatrlarch 131 HeTcnllo 112 HUn ttleslr017 fader 3J 1ilMti fiU Ttachnrr 100 Dracunr 1811 memleit aura IUOI children under IIhl years 01 ago Ira N lllncklrj of Illlimrv U I 1Hildeut of lire Hlakr and Daulul Tliompion of Hallo li hl > Oral and rcllllgrlI D II riteTenn ot llolJrn tds I iraonu oounielor the btakvclrrk Is I fader Jlirlttlan Antlettou who aUoprmldea owr the Jlluli 1rlriu quorum Jmer h U diulthfurmcily llllniiof liUmoif li I the titanic 1atrlarch Ullmore Oily lie flnt capital of Utah Territory and now the county tent of Allllerdcounty and huajciuar UI rM rDJ7 oh Hr ten of the Mlllard Htiko of Ion li pleasantly iltuateJ on Ulialk creek leer tho biuo of the niouu laliif which separate 1aiiTau valley from HeYlur ally lylnK ulward Of the principal public building ol Flllmoru may bemea tlolmU Ibo oloJ data house erected at the ezpetuie of the uorrtuiuent lu 1BJ245 and In which tho nitU annual ictilou of Hit Utah leKlilaluro 1 wu held In the winter of ISoSiO This U I n solid tw OHitory rook ilruiturp and ol late yean It hai been used for ichool purH ta The county court house I iltuatid tun toutheait corner of the tale homo icuar li a creditable building but the titt day Halut Dlllllt rouse talllllllll lIar the center of an adjoining block and which was erected lu lull when lire people for fear of Indian lived In a fort remlnda one of that Flllmore which ought to bars oliuppeaiti1 twenty yean ago Of course a new and a more modern huuia of worihlp li on the program of the good Saints of Klllmorr but until loch a building shall become a reality llolden will enjoy en-joy the pleailnic Ulilluotlon of having the f1niit meetlnic house In the county union Kanoih nhlch alto needialtn I anlliiuated building thou tbe one now used by lie Baliiti there should ruitlo up and cruet one tlrt Klllmora WM Milled by the lain Anton Call and many others In Ihu tall of IBM and IU long and eventful hlitory Inure than III pretunt Importance mucus It a piece of Uitllnctlou nnioliK the lon aid cllki of Utah Thomas U Uallliter II I the present Illihop of Kllmore and James A 1IIlIIu and Nebuu H lIUIiop am lilicounielon The warn Imiap pu lotto of UOS ouh or 121 lauiliira I which snakes It 1 thelirRvit I waid In lire Hlakn store Ua eret was divided up lutothrto wards Iteldoa the Church population I I there are quite it number i oft o Murrnoniln l Ullmure Me ilow ward ernbiai I all ftre Hulnl mldlnrr n Meadow I eik whirl li I about elYM I nillri mull lit immure Nearly all the t eoie 1 lire III n snug little Tlllme In which lire comfiMil and neat rmldrnie are mure or lane bid I III the IIIhlllt beautiful I orobanli wilt which the place alrrunds Thl ward rralitod over liy Jtlehep than 11 Ileuntti and oltHhu ell teleran conlalni n population Ni 170 toot eel finiiMe The plant wan lltat ralllej In Iet7 Ha mil wanl erolrieea Ihe town of Kaiioli and hire aly now known a I Ietenbuv loll fjrnnrly called Corn 1reek alter the creek u which boll placet are illuleij It was lkii tI1e ol i Iludla r J1 luilln cllf Kanrxli I hail mi tadabaUr heN II Hill a remnant of Ihe Man i uuniWflnK I about lit oiili encani don r on a e i 11u < near the li M of Hi mouotalninlmul two nil v ioitlieai o if tin luwii KHIIOII flu oft vim l hlmeelfdiem I I l eoyeeal ears eru this rrlee5t lllnhuu of lieu en to Jai I Ja-i n MUD nlrcoe + lml Un 1IIr A KlntiialilnlMO II The meulnnliii I of tin Kaiiorli want It I 4Bt reepeeaeuled In 01 I mlllt Time Mliieniiii star lack loIMB whom lie Hrt blte t 1 pie located ierniau ully on Cnrii Irrtk tine h feeeut town of JCnoli which It twiire in llm multi 01 Kill more was founded In 1863 I lloldeii formerly kuuwnai Coder I HiirlriKi liillualed h ten nillea noilli o Killuiore Tbla taller euterj IIIHK I Miitltment over whifh Anthony I 8trphene0 prnlln ui llirli ip U in lownrdforlli beaulllul luonnii lie I xceilentfruit Italian ruinwrtIUnot and ill lytlMii of wan work Taller T-aller worthy I if 1lOrld luentlon When the drought of I l > t < llliani bear UUcouraKlUK the Halutt f many other rettleoieuia lhsevpie of llolJen went to work wlln B will 1 an I ilid a niniib Iil 7i n lIr of imall a Huge hiiihlug iutof hue ground at dlirrreni > nt > aluug tIe lade I of the Mull 11 w wuliii the town li I looatrd and i y tub Meant floally brouuht water lulu I annul avery houie In Im > iilenii > ul wiiliuut Interierlng with lire tlietuii oripilngt formerly ulllltid or Irtixail Iurl tei There me no IM the n then dltleient ryilerui of till eacli of which lupiillri a nuiiitier ol fainlllei retldlrr 1 a ifacent lo aura below lIe re prctlcnsjbel > gellnlden r hlh I are nr1 letllwl III ISVinoW hal n uiiulitlu i ifSlluuIt ifiUfimlllii lure plata plat-a a ler tliu hole lihlth 1I it I loll < t in > mbrr ot the Mjrnnu lUulliun I who prrlilmJ In a itolm hetwenti hound Valley and llultlen lu the fall of IMS Hclllo a ittllemcnt nuniherlii ntxiui 000 rotil of which 6aj aoultor 66 famlllci aroHalul Iweeeeo lire > IU llncllou of 1lug l romantically otualeU In Itound Valley tucuiylHu milt north of Klllmora and twentythree mllta tonlhwcit 01 Juan In Juan county the nearest railroad li Hon Hound Valley h I abodt leii mile I IUHK rum uonti to iciiili with an oT ra o width of nearly Ito in ira Theiettltneot owe III exit thCu 10 n lull re > errolr lying In an upper valley about ulneonline louthol the ltlmol In this IMervuir all the small mounraln ilruimi lfulcu forth from the nun errus im ill otnyoi a and iprliiKi Ij I limo nelxliliorliiwd It gall red bull winter and minimer cod thereltlaslowed l until the lirlgt jnntaimi coiumencen when lij u moll J dloltui and lyiUmallc control con-trol II 1 male to water u large loop of country In the lower volley wheiu tlm town li limited lliund valley ors Hilt nettled In Hit tprlnit of 181 i the location of the tall meiit was changer 15i3 and the place iiiimtl Hclplo by rniJcni lUlnluru Vounu In 1614 llmraai Yale I I the present IIIhop and fete Melren and t9 1 Union am hi coumel it Ihlines Miruiniull ire ward clerk ha compiled nod written OliO ol the brat and hat complete Ward ilttorlri that I have had the plimuiu to examine tn all my tr vli III rue tttlemenf of the Hal nil amluKton then mined after an lnill > h town of Hut mine coulU ota ot-a callr lettlement lying along the Huvler river at the muulb of tine canyon can-yon through which the river enlarges hobo the bluad draert valley laro au below Tlmieltliuientcpuiirliei only about twenty ftnilllee of which lu ur ill soul beloiii to the Church lri Nlelien li the i llnliop J 1 lila place wai flat aoltIJ In 1813 aid waia t rlof the Oak Creek ward until IHbt when It sat oliaolt Into s aelwrate wart III ha the umllf1 ward In the Mlllard Make of ZIOD Oak Creek aha called Oak City li plcaianlly iltuated ou a mull but 1 beautiful I mountain ilreimwhlch I rite In the mountains lying nil of the iittltnienland which foriuiihenaturnt boundary betwiHiii 1 Iuvnn and Hound Valley TheeleTated Lench on which the valley li I iltuultnl coininenda HUB view I of limo great valley lying to the writ nnd norlhwrit Oik Creek wa tint nettled In 1809 by Shots who had fortiKtly rrilded at lltirel which llama woe abandoned that year owlm to the reiieatud Ion of the dams which tiie idllerr had oonilruotod rtcron time Hnler ricer III order 10 ohlaln water for Irrigation purK + ei Oak Creel ward hai at prioeiil ill famlUei or SX souls Ieter AndorMii priililre wilb UeorKe Klnlluioii and i + red ItIyuia aihliicounielur > Dr1 wart of today embraciaa soups of country lying on both tldtn 1 of the Heeler river 11I10111 > i 1 notice bet w Jt mlu < tun and about tweiiy inllw uorlliMit of time sink ul IbeHefler Mull of ttia lamlllea live I nwltrred rondlllin un their farm though a town + lls Was ruivoed tin lny eato ni i which the I n KAiiuitier I buliIre lr i rd im ru > nIi < I h uP alIamrdl aorra r A in iumier nf private 0101 I Ku H nre tu < Hvl Ion nf the ward In IM 1 + 1 Milton Moo iy I h e irrftiueii n < limiip with Adolf hF n nrnlrk anil mo Whicxii eq DUI i > loll Till 1IIn iiiiinrinl r nnli of Ihe ward la U4 51115 or 4 1 > oulr Ms Idea there there ore a tie erif non kto from > him kit Y went I ilmantmHli I li o r of Ira N Hlno 1711 LTl 1111 ih HtaXe cHii > llni n rant ot itiuntr i > lug north am inllivl or II room reiier firmeilv n Ar ward lut I iiiK ulanl I in Mel li hill l l nlo t a Mlnrm Hrl w II I in ui II Imll otllliopHiidltt AII I ok9r1 riomK Inn a < ma round lui Th inJurnjr ml the luliui il < nia ol ih ward are Hr Inn who f ruerl > rem e In on hern Ulih but who inter n > unit u-nit heir lain anil LNi I 11 ivi in N > ir rniri Ibo KKTHIM mm nf tie trn i emu mream nan ed liv tiilitH the K n Virirli cam u rim In m K < tones uu laud I mat wi old ren a n iliiehati enierprltiiiK mn ui wing Wr4 time nrlii rniMn Ihie lot year wiualieail ul I the rape liluii ul lie mot iivi iul firmer wmiaiuU Itl nnd his eub 1 pert h ralie a goal crop In IMM 1 Kifo one fannl nutlilnriii all > nu rrpr Miiir lnrnent Sin uur or th wild telili lair > ru > pmlaifin iilu > that H number of line In tno peer Inline limo rewon ah the IAfI i tin lerly Kaka tioni rot was held ihrr Is l ilila thai the mull Iwnpleof l tin Hinikray woe I nav j ra UMleil H 0 OIBI niiuiin meoiltiK h ii a0 brick 1 uilJiHK wliuii lee I larne euouan tmiili rrowunl lu hula lire t < s tIn wh i aileiiupiloonlereuee Oat it Ward hue named 11r lima railway alluii kr liji which tsle Mintrvmprlilu the wall rttldnon ihclr rniftlve fuma cnntalua 4 I fjnillUM if rtlnlf or 241 I totila Iwltinic lust to llm Cuuroli Die non IM I mom an few In I uunilier iiowroini an il Ii what They uucu were Oala N 18i mill by rail from Sell lokn City au1 t moo sly thirty link inirlhwwl or II nerd u It the thiipuiK wlnt for limo ilim want lying aijtciut mil al < i fur the Kith n4pant 1t urine tlioep oanip ant I the wliuln I lurrnuutllnn uuuntry e m uraitb m rnare ul Ie1rv11 II ur rump nil on lie lee Dale nnu ocuiged airficr Tho eupb of tIme Ota war i 11111 fou lhu a tau Unmet a < Ibo DrMnl in Illbck c > m w ri alit rim h illrlillj 1 1 eru tu II 1 ill ills water uwJ bur Hut yurllrsr actors iiiu rivet tram llm nuriliK 01 ps U r onhfnit idle 1 un which Olila Is i llnltl TnuDilt wart nniih I ke in Jlinckley wan Iw I au oiitniuwilioi Dturtt It I pidliltd ova by Jiibn H ytrd lIIhol a young nun whn u few etr air cnmto Ulrth n > n poor elms Ito dli i 1101UI l who H r mill u > 1wI limo 110 IIKll H + IhU 1or Pl I O Chll1 Dilly airmdi the humble not nwk Im levu apinlnloj to Ills intent polllon whlon he fill with ODor li del Lara llimtn aud Jacob C llawley ale Ills oounieloii AMIHKW JKMKIS |