Show r AMWr JL ns UITI i i Tratrli lliroiifii ami fuser m ot the rrotprrMH and 11i lilf prs < llB San Juan lisle rswpendrere Install gawa tluiNHAM WAD San Juan Co Nov JJ l Mn company with Elder David Edwards I left Bluff oa the San Juan river early In the morning of the list Imt Our course lay I np the river furs distance of twenty five miles over avery a-very sandy nut on which we passed the file of Montecuma a Mormon ttlement4hal weal down the river nine Mir ago or daring the floods of 1814 Wt also passed 1M trading post known a Gulller and thence after leaving the river M the night w < paned through the KwttmeM earner of the stale 1 ur Colored being a part of the Ute Inhan reservation ind encamped for the night on the MMICM ttlbultr of tlc San Juan alter traveling during the tidy any five miles 1 he neat day we traveled thirty five mien to Bornham Ward also railed mllland 1 and formerly known as Olio In San Jean county New Mexico where Me was kindly received by llbhop Luther C Mornham and family The Burnham Ward comprises about twentyfive lamlllea of whom the lesser lull reside In Krultland and vicinity and the greater hall on the I U Plata an utter tributary of the San Juan Then The-n Juan valley at the place where the i nler iH Trultland It I located b about cue and a half mile wide and about four or Ava mile long tapering oil tt I a mere canyon both above and i below I < The toll l > very rich and productive and i li t especially adapted lor bruit culture brace 1 the name prulilsnd wan suggis led lor the name of the poet office when a change wan effected a lew yean ago At the point where Fmllland U situated tee Sun Juan river rum In I a welter ly < liectloaaciaa i 15 the Navajo Indian rrrrvsllon above rrultlind about twelve mlle > l < tie town ol 1 Farnin ton junlr renown d el In this part nr New Mrxiro for its intensive t orchards and I or quollly of fiulu IrullUnil li sixty riuI miles southwest of Durango In Colorado Colora-do the only town of any considerable sae In IIIIa part I of thecuunlty DettOen the Salon who mid here Iher are a large l number of non Mormone In the inmradtole vicinity Some of them a tended our meetings held here curing i visit and llMunetl with are II attention to the preaching There Ic i runt Ire for many more settlers and tin few Saints here are very anl u > that their ward iholilil grow Hut ul I though ills I tblileeil years since the tint eniMDent l Mormon1 settlers came m IK re they are use few In number ai yet > make a lively and interesting branch 1 the Church Among the resident reform here who are known to a great miter of Saints In Utah and Uewhre Lay be mentioned Rider Ira Milch I our mom Indian Intemreter and klder John K Young who I U extensively known In Southern Utah ami other place The Saints on the La rata live In a erftlered condition In 1 the narrow valley through which the stream mentioned wtmls Ita way In a southwesterly direction di-rection until It folk clothe Son Juan nine miles above IrulU nU and three mile Mow Parmlrwton Tin Utter Uanixillurnxm I town The La Ilata Saints have ben umucceMfut with their oops for lion teal two years hence when visiting them I found most of the brethren away freighting or working in different I > faces In order to earn the mean wherewith to support their families Franklin Archie Young n grandson of the pioneer Lorenio D I Young of Salt Lake City presides over the branch on the la I Ilata the oilier name fur which U I Jackson J There It I nu trout office here yet though one ties I been petltkwed for and the people cuiiM < < uemly gel their null from Farr tnmgton right mllci dlttant The ci titer of the Mormon r aeltlement t tn the la Ilata or the twhit where lira meeting home ntaade H fourteen miles I cut ol FrultUnd and about eighteen miles south of the boundary line he Urcii Meako and Colorado Above that part fr the I valley occupied by our iHopfc there ate a number of non Momiun ielUera In fact there is i a airing cf ranclMa eitendliig clear I up to the Indian reacrvallon line which i U I ell the aoulltern boundary l ol Cul > rado II more Latter day saint could tie Induced In-duced to locate on the La I Plata the l > r inch hue could 1 become a Houtlthlne iW oIht II = fr u Ulemml there la a natural rewrvofr itc between the rolling hlll nkittliiK I the valley on the went and by the expenditure ex-penditure of a little money and coincide coin-cide r airis 1 rl tar the high water ol the creek could bra III u baud lid and utlliied luring the Irrigation Mawn The toil nil the iJ la 1 1lala U good the climate fplcndld I and fuel plentiful 1 ANUHIW JamoN MAscot MuNintMA Co Colorado Nov > 818uHefor leaving FrulUand I N < w Mexico IHI the 4th lint J Nlcr Hrigham Young the San Juan Make Win hate 1rMtdency and tlatte P U i 1 A L > nwnkldtr lUnimoml < Rlrrl I Waiiui Charles Willilcn and olhiri arrived at that pUceifter attend inn i onlervnce al biases Elder Young at tick I ritebe en e I > oaeil to the tin i Irmency ol rite weather In camping out nights President llammund who K now annifwhat ailvanietl In yean u 11 also tirrd and worn out alu r ex c n Mse traveling The Sm Juan Stake of Iun certainly leads all other Sldki In Ih < u mountains In point of niaginh tnt Jiuncea Whenever the Slake lied I l < my halt out on a visit to all the warts 1 In the Make It means a journey over ton h aandy and mountainous rda of four hundred and fifteen nnl < t 11 he I nearest settlement to the head qu irters of the Stake Is Montecillo lily I miles dinlant 1rultland Is ninety Munu ninety and Moab eight tl nun away from jt where 110 i silent Ilaimnond and li < ioiij I Counselor Cider ILtnami I a1 Me Win MMIs the first couisilor > ulisIn Macon In oilier worJ tlu in Juan Slake ul Zion embracesli Hit Sums residing I In San Juan and Grace imlleN Ulan Mmntiunia and La s ii I Ma counties Colorado and Sin Juan radWb county I New Mexico While the I SiinU < Mihnii In blurb Utah and Ituinlmm Ii II h1 w Mexico depend II chiefly I upon Iruit i > ilture as a means of iHf the lllull 1iple I derive their chief rename huts tinkralHing and the clliunii ol Munins I i Col and Mantecellu Utah raitv mull turn and hardy vegetables for their support And while the altitude 01 Mob and Dluff Is I about 43oo fret above the sealevel Frullland Is I about 4800 and Mancoaand Monlec llonlneiy miles part about 7000 feet above ocean level levelUdcr Udcr l Charles Willdui wa my com y tj I ni i I I lui 1 In t M 1 roc v I IIn I IIK I r unliv I xO I I c rry at U ter tn 01 r nail Coming lip I rum the linn I i land il JuIIK the la I 11 nn toward the so c illed Parrot Mouulilm near the went bate ol hch are situated the ItIUemenl on the I Mnneos He encountered a severe snow storm In Cherry Creek canyon where Wi encamped for the night the snow fell alMit nix inches deep I and the rend blowing through an opening in the mountains mole the night one al I the coldest that I have ever ixperlencfil In camping out Had It not been for the friendship ul two young men logger who lived In a tent pitched near a now i mill who Invited u < lo such shelter so Ihclr rail Canvas r laId arT > rd pieeilectn upon ra not overly tough e3atcma mmht have proven very serious as we were not provided with sufficient bed clothing In ktep us warm Hut h l y keening up I a Are nil night and hugging It very dourly at least a part ot the time we managed lo keep live till morning when we continued our J journey jour-ney lo Mancos where by the kin neon of friends we suicee < led thawing our Ie tee out In mum to attend the alter noon meeting It bring the Sabbath the Saints riling on the Monroe number about lurly families or she souls They all llvo In a scattered condition con-dition on their forms and are nearly all doing well financially In all my travels among the ttamls in this Inter mountain region I have never Men such a country coun-try as this The whole valley and cur rounding hills and mountains are covered cov-ered with almctl endlesa toiests or cedar and pine h Is mostly cedar In the I t valleys In order lo make farms the settlers have to cut dow the timber and wood almost the same satire pro pie in the intern aisles and Canada Ele bunt lo clear farms In the limber Thus we find on the Mancoa intensive wheat Reids whr re the limber ha been removed re-moved while on tlw Intervening ridges the cedars eland undisturbed In all their primitive beauty lending Interest and romance to the londeeape In some places I also noticed young orchard net out In the edge of native groves of cedarwhich served lo protect the young trees rum the cold wind of the north Not of the Salnla on the Mancoa reside In a little valley nf their own commonly known as the WelnVr thus named for tin man who hn < located there Into valley eilendu north and south about nine miles and has an average width of two mile The main Mae valley which eatends In a sort ol I crescent shape from northeast to oulhweit hollowing the main course of the stream is j mostly Inhabited hv non Mormiitu some of whom settled there before iiur people began lo locale InUrn In-Urn country In iSJto The town of Mincos containing perhaps upwards of one hundred Inhabitants li ntualed on the river It has one large I buslnens house and a number of sniullcr ones a nevv > iai > er lr > > Mil oa ran b also published here The Latler day Skints tncctmt house 1 Is situated on the westside west-side of a hill about k mile south went of the town of Mancoa The railway depot on the Denver and Kio ramie Southern railway is uf mile northwest = 1orJ of the town Hut the people do not patronise the toad very much aa the fare r lo nre a mile I Is considered e tortionate and when It comes to hauling freight It can be taken cheaper by teams than by rail according to the present rates Hence I f mast of the people peo-ple who visit Dunn o which it forty miles distant by rails and only thirty miles by wagon road generally travel In their old taihloned way Our people in the Webber have lately built a school home of their own and the lady teacher engaged for thhi winter It a member ol the I 0iurdi The facilities for more settlers here are shoal excellent and the good Saint many ol whom passes much more land 1 than they can cultivate extend a hearty Invitation lo come In ami shire the latness ol the toll and the grand natural 11 advantages I ol the Manco mum try with them We ought to tic vea much more numerous community here than we have at 1 present and I would not hesitate lo use my personal Influence with those of rny corellglonbts who are in s arch of good 1 11011I1 to cant their I yea upon the fertile cellar covered 1 lands on lie Mancos before they ilecide upon locating In hen I favored pull ol the earth GUI Halls Inrnicilv l of lluntaville lh hIIII the bishop i of the Mancos ward and his counselors are Hiram M 1 Taylor and Samuel Hammond Ham-mond tiller Socen Jensen long and t lri fsvnrably I I known by a a boat of Irlendi in Ulan and Arlxona owns one of the linen farms on the Mancoa 1ait night I addressed a large congregation < il Saints and strangers on Church history In the meeting house The non Mor mow tar the Mancos as a rule are friendly disposed toward the S unto ami bosh patties seem lo cultivate a spirit of peace and friendship toward rash other II Is I not HI all unllknly that a number the members lute will embrace the fulueii of the Gos > el in the near future Al the late conlennce held lure I a large number of stranijtrs rer dr atlmll r were In attendance and seenwd lo hi highly interested In the discourses de hared on that occasion I have now flnUhotl my labors In the Sin Juan Stake and start this morning by team for Durango thence by rail to the San Luis valley ANDHICH JHNSON |