Show I t PREST ITH 1111 I I i RETURNS HOMES HOME HOMEI I Returns from a Pleasant Journey In n Mexico and Arizona 1 I i AT Al ST JOHN JOHNA JOHNi i A I all on the Iho ColoratO III I III Over Or crea Land Landt t Joseph F Smith arrived l lh k h ne yesterday afternoon front a tour I C Cf weeks through MexIco and Ar lIe enjoyed excellent health ani and had un an InterestIng and I time on his journey lie at attended tended the Stake Stalie c conferences at MexIco Snowflake and St Johns Art Arl tons At the latter lilace lie be de dedicated the new Stake academy it 11 splendid tore ture for tor that country countr and the con under which It was Willi built It tORt yost over 1300 and Is III all paid for tor forIt It IS equipped with modern school fur furnIshings s and has an auditorium with witha a seating capacIty of over oer Ine ot of the tho interesting features Ir r silent Smith encountered In his tr was Willi the now new reservoir that Is b tag on the Little Cola ra rah river about five miles south of at st J hit ha The purpose Is to Impound time the In the river and a darn 26 22 feet I nit ig has been built the river riverT TI T ater Is to be raIsed 39 9 feat and th the dam will go o Ie five feet higher It 41 feet high The dam Is ITO feet t tilt l k at the base with GO 00 feet teet ot of roc rock It 81 cedar boughs bouGh behind feet ot of earth Time water will be backed tip for two miles and will cover coer 1200 acres C Ground The canal ditch Is J 30 feet br b IV the hIgh water mark and it Il I that it Il will supply a res re nt ft land The people In that runt C entry have suffered so much from tron that the they have been working I Ir In building re anI and 8 them with natural canals amid R nl The dr dry seasons for the past few fo ore are time the ani only things that the JI Popie hoe have suffered from 1 rt lent Smith but the they have had n a rain storm which will do the coun try I InCAlculAble good |