| Show LETTER FROM SAN JUANl I Condition and Prospects ol the I People There All Inhoressiter Iheol arilatireolt = a UOII h Isavissk and lifelines IrllUoho ULUI Ban Juan County Utah April 10 1897 To the Kdilor We have had n very remarkable winter moro rain and snow than ever known during any province winter win-ter Slime the tetllemont of this county in 1530 LIt Bepteiubir we hal aVery a-Very severe l1od which did a great dealofoaioage horn at Jllull True water came rushing down tile Cottonwood Cotton-wood wash Jlllt at Ibo western Oaks ol our town In a loathing boiling mass Homo Iwebly foot deep sell one hundred cat Wide Just n lew tea below my nonfat anti lIar half a mile from I wUero trio waste empties Into the So Juan the passage was 11 wide Owing for the OJt tj 11281 aD II was 01ced out Suit uvr Ibo toru bllk testator auveral hours a goJ blzij fiverrubhol or our orearll aDJ field Which lie below tut town Ureencullo mood logo laxly lo eighty eetlougauJ ouU to twattire diameter dia-meter wore loft In glass pilot upon our uudp I besides vast amouut ui Baud mud aDd rol Inlg upon Rome 01 our gurdleas aud orcliards two 0011 three feel ot this debria Iom few 01 our orchards Recall 10 on bon 10JurJ as into 01 tile settle trees have die to Innate war IUUJ all oand hasseutnea 10 have 100LIIllb trees I navel out heard 01 any alIJlroe 1elugdam togj insider haititens mall stream 01 gou 9 C1610fabWebt Waite lunmu down CuUo11 Wash ever Since too geal I 110 ftHkJVIIUUJLJiLCUUt1L1I1ePef maDIt it call be waJ 1 gloat Live lug lo I Bluff for It can bo uiliizej fur urlgallo a I Julian less I Duol Well Par rea ul ditch Which tioneuJs un the liver fur water and rtt In enormoua expense every year Tire Beplemii little deitruytd much ot our ditch nlllug It plum full uf mud and break I tilt It 10 luaoy prevent But out good olJ Uianop Jeii Nieleju who 1 > full of settle Ill 111tolt rlliLd trio brethren Ann went to wuitt about a mouth agu aud now ties the due > about ready fur Lee enliuiated cosl about 4000 Ve eta OUWUo lu air of high water as trio weather lIt walm fur bore Was Dever known DO nice allow CCUDUlaloJ un the mouataine front wlllcb cum the attkikato tuat food tho Irish Juan river Our cattle and beep Interest Is looking up lock l bas wintered Wall for In a good oeUland lor cattle anti at fair prlcu and since AliK uley li elected 01 course wo expect sheep and wool 11 boom boom Oil mlilin prospects are considered good Some lIulI lany COluluole arc oertng In tile placer gl mute ICletud J In a number or places all the way flow a Iw Julius below Bluff down to the junction ot Sau Juan wun the Ojlurdo river BJUIJ heavy michtutry lisp been aulppod town to mini located at Ubta camp and m re Is expected Qiliea Doom la I expected when tbo duwrrcOdes Itial tu Blue salon settle lpaUnl will be pushed lu all that Iglon as oor before Some very lIOU lead have ben 10catuJ there and It Is I the opinion ol some old xn miners that a seojnd OJ lo ratio Cleed ur Cripple Crack will be developed and located lu Ibo Bin Mountains Homn of our people are talking af going Into the dairy business and oibere are laying out big garjen or truck patches lo bo ready to supply the miner Wllh good train buffer and ctleceo aod aU this gArdellSaboto aoJ vegetables he may want 1 know or country where finer charter and sweeter Lutur can be produced than t about those same lllue mountains The some can no Data in regard to vegetables good as can be raised lu the temperate climate any where can be raised lu those ion little valleys val-leys found on all sides of theme mountains moUn-tains JliacBlloual matters are Improving Our diitrlot schools has been ably and successfully taught the pOI winter Tile Igbtu grade or grammir apart men by Mils W Ism Wrlghl a ibarmlni young lady pllsued In maooore and 40110allont WOo taught I a government aohuol In New Zealand six yean where sue received Ibu Usp1 But with It the spirit of gather og 10 4ju where 11r arrived a little uverayraIO Our primary glees also baa bo very uceully taught I by 11110 LllI Blephous a 11lull rellsou girltrom pruductioli spent Iwu ul three 101111 01 the nllllOam Young aoamy lro and Boeing to she bled W tn a happy toOl or gift In leaculug mud ongajug tUo attoutlou ana Interest of trio llllle ones 1 bLnld say that Mill Wrlgut Bill allord inn Urlguam uugaiademy anti cm 10 us wall IummudJ oy Ih very abe timelier Mod protester Ueorge 11 llilmull The liilgua Young codmy is tilling a great Work in prepulug iiir uwu b rad girls lorI Robots lbI is no m to horobl I rofxsion on earth M iy It continue iu pror And flll its no jjo mission lu teaching tile LD a duolero Zoo toot Only the knoaIJd 0 aoJ acleuou of Uio WOrld bj i odllioi lo all tLt reach luetu mud train them in I Ihe Miowlo go I me 0 nl 1 01 c I tie Christ a truo kn rledge o JuicuiBtuui uujukiuu MI All truth wOur Bitbith e uojU irimiry auto ClOUD YU I 1110 all a Young Lemnos sluusl Inivrivemret aoo lions together with that oil to tend hy always to bo depended up > n tile He lief Society are all lu good health Cindlllon anti marked Improvement Is being m de Tile yuing men have done bt ter this winter than formerli j the I gills hvo done well all Ibo till e Our Uibtiaih School is must popu ar and la I doing la vast airloote lit tit good among not only this children but Us I fleeces IS I felt thrmithout the Hlsk and wards The Juvenile Inttruc lor I a always a otent factor for K 1 td not only In ID special Ml I amonit Hi youuf bulalsoll lower and lulli I Once II I felt In every Bold and dollar mini wherever 1 travel ated I lib ron r-on doctrine and principle lila li-la often quoted by tile laboring I la-boring Frlcstuood I have bad a saying fur many yeirs that In my travel wherever t Hud Ibe Ito LIIFT NEWS and the Juvenile lu niULior me lamlly and subscription piU up and the papers well read there we will almost Inevitably find g od lives progressive Iatlerday 8il Is walking uprightly before trio iiirl giving 110 trouble lo llhi > Tacii ers Hltfh CIUOCIIF keeling IU 61cletreuttist coarmindmout by mindIng mind-Ing their own busliicei We have noticed a very great Increase In-crease in Interest and attendance al our Fast meetlnu si ce ibe tiny was chanced for luldinx It from Thursday lo Huudsy Toe meelluiis have Eoemej to me more like the testimony meetlnes 1 used lo attend where we first settled In these mountains rJ113 years once slid so It tins ever been lu all the changes ouutela or nitrite that Uoil has glu UK people through Ills duty appointed 1rleslhood It bar always been lor the goo I a d prosper i lly ol HI Hiluts as we 1 In I all John perol maitern aa In sp rnual matters Tula has been and is now my experts once and testimony Wo bad a glorlbui time In I oommom orallugriesldent Woojrulla birthday He Is beloved by all the tiluts both old and young also by our Gentile bre t been 1 travel stout a good deal and mix In tho Society ul Ihe trestle bull never heard an uuklnd word come oul ol the mouth of any n orlal towards Iretldeut Wo Unit Ua 1 touked Open as a man wltoout gills May be live to tee the Ouurou that be loves so well and that he bas labotej so lung Anti IIthlly to establish established lu Zion Bud become Ihe bond Indeed On account of lie I road between Ore and Moth being ckaded with now no-w were not Able to get up to atteIJ our late annual conference 1 have bad the privilege of alleudlng great many conferences since the Church camer Into the mountains aOJ 1 feel 1 wuen notable lo attend that lama looser 1 am very much pleaded lu what has come to us ol trio report made at the couforence The reports irum all the missionary fields are moil encouraging The IIIJ has ever boo opened widely for our Cider to obtain a bearing slucul have known The Gospel Trio Lord call work and none call bInder F A HAMMOND |
