Show dixie 50 years ago complied from files of the dass president bangham young and pirty had aa a matter of fact returned to salt like city aiom the extended boar of the southern settlements before tins itsuo of alio news VMS printed but M ho traveled thin asmin lattera lct tera of theo litter ed in thia issue with more to como in alie act alie thia pek are written and dated respectively from st george slay 7 10 ind cedar cita may 12 the towns visited the period covered by these letters were on aali creek spring I 1 lie virgin aits Gnu santi clira fand fet gaorge the southern end of the trip a journey winch had listed 17 dis during which the party hid traveled trAvel cd over bulea passed about 40 settlements tle ments and held on the return up to the date of little fields latest letter pine pinto grass vaclev and cedar city again biad been visited the cor interestingly of the along tho route alie ox craters the awful black didgo road old lava flows black and red cliffs tropical vegetation jacobs twist frowning crags smiling vales etc etc those descriptions being interspersed vuth observations on the industry and of alie people their hopes their homes their prospects As usual alie visitors were everywhere received with the gravest enthusiasm and in their turn their delight on reaching these charming chir ming oases in the rugged desert wis well nigh beyond expression at st georgo of home raised cotton adorned alie top of the flagstaff the base being surrounded bur rounded bv bundles of cotton 3 irn at this place also the visitors witnessed operations in the boang of an artesian well and here ind elsewhere they partook of the in kuay of home raised honey at cedar air littlefield again saw the home made bell used to summon alie inhabitants to meeting on its outer surface were traced the letters D I 1 C winch meant iron company cast in the boll had a slight flaw which deadened the sound and prevented alie clear ringing tone it otherwise would have produced it could be heard a distanti ri of three or four miles news |