Show trip into oregon governor barn or young and suite returned from northern nith ern tour on the forenoon of the bsh dinst having been een absent within a few hours of seven days in going out the party stopped for the night at bishop william wiiiiam kacsan kays in kays ward at bishop narvey harvey E pierces in tiie trio old oid fort at box elder on the tha right bank of bear river 4 of a mile above the ferry and ford on the road to fort hall having crossed ille the river at the lower ferry Q miles below 2434 2454 24 miles from the ferry and ford and on the fort hall road by a beamut beautiful fui ful spring run having crossed several spring in streams between the river and this tills most northern camp all tribu baries to the malde malade returning the nights were I 1 passed oil on tile the left bank of bear river at the tiie lower 1 4 1 ferri ferry at bishop bighams in ginghams Bing hams fort and at bishop john chess in farmington on the evening of the president brigham young addressed an assembly of tile the saints at bishop ekys kays hays 0 on n the evening of the loth president J al grant addressed the saints in box elder fort and on tile tiie evening of the elder 0 pratt fratt preached iu in the schoolhouse school house at bing hams bams fort sunday there was a large meeting sn in and around the schoolhouse school house bouse in owden ogden t City Cily which was highly edified in the forel forenoon loon with a very instructive discourse by prest young upon the tile past course and present duties of the inhabitants of ogden city and the cont conta enous settlements which was followed by applicable remarks from pres kimball all tending to encourage the inhabitants of that region to make ogden a beautiful and mighty city the malade rhes in the mountains of oregon and running a general course about south by east enters the right bank of bear beer river below the lower ferry the malade valley as far north as the company wint and for several miles further farther which were in piaia plain plaid view i is thickly covered with rich gr grasses asses asseg is well watered by numerous spring rivulets in addition to the tile main stream and has aa an abundance of fuel easily to be procured from the west slope siope of ha the mountain rali rall rane e bounding this valley on the east these facilities make mmae roae that valley a very choice location for numerous herds of stock and it would be an excellent policy to drive herds to that region from settlements ahei where the animals grasshoppers and drouth have usei hsei used up the grass in weber county the wheat crop will be vey very light tho the stilt still constant destruction by grasshoppers rendering it doubtful whether even seed for another year will be saved and the tiie numerous large larze wheat fields in davis county which bid so fair on the outward trip oil on the return were covered aa and blackened with grasshoppers feeding daintily upon the tender wheat heads brads and many were cradling their young oung grain for fodder while a dense cloud of grasshoppers rose at each stroke of tile tiie cradle airlie amii amid all this wide wida destruction of tand and herd range one seldom saw a downcast or gloom gloomy countenance nearly all appearing as cheerful as though surrounded bythe by the most favorable prospects thus plainly demonstrating the stron confidence in the wise and just dispensa eions of providence which pervades the masses mosses of our population and that too under inces which would pale pate p aia ala the cheek and scatter the population of any other community but latter day saints f on the afternoon of the and at the most in ost northern camp of the party prof pratt obtained an excellent observation for time and in the evening ing took eight observations of lle ile lie the pola star calculated each by method for fin finding dino the tha latitude by an altitude of the pole star the mem mean me m result of or which gave a north latitude of 42 G 27 or miles ro oth o th of latitude 42 which is the boundary bound ry between utah and oregon early on the surveyor general J W fox with dimie dimic 13 huntington for flagman flag mai and allen alien taylor and isaac chase chain chuin clenmen men began to 10 chain the ditt distance nc from the camp south to 42 and by the time lime the balance of the party could eat cat at their breakfast hitch up and drive bick to the termination of the chain line lins it was finished flais hed bed the presidents dents lents carriage reached readied the tiie point where it crosses the kort fort cfall road at this point trenches were du dug on i the ijo lio 06 aach each a bhide side or ka the road gad where it crosses aud aue a sto stone n e slab with itai 0 chiseled chiseled upon one side and IT on J 6 thal thai A other was set t in the ground close by the road and on ort the east side of it and near the base bise b ise of one of tile the foot hills bills prof pratt piled up a few stones stoney on aa an out cropping rock a few feet south of the tle line returning by way of cache valley was prevented by bear rivers being too high to ford with carrl carti car nages ageg as going by way of the ferry would i have delayed governor young ana and others too lat late e i for transacting important business in tima time for the tha next eastern mail professor osor 0 pratts abse observations ovations on polaris with a sextant 1 apparent time h n m 8 double douma altitudes of polar rolar ro ianis laris ls 9 43 82 oil 01 10 9 51 82 02 30 1 10 00 r 82 05 20 1041 10 41 82 30 30 10 1046 48 25 82 31 30 i 10 0 1 82 36 10 10 69 9 sr 82 42 00 11 04 83 45 00 index error additive barometer bi rometer external therm thermometer ometery 67 at Faren helt mean result lat 42 2 north odometer measurements readings reading 3 by J W fox S G miles from bishop win wm kays to north line lini of davis davia county 7 77 78 7 8 north line of davis county to president L farrs barrs in oden ogden O den city T 71 18 1 8 president parrs to malloris Mal lorys 5 51 12 1 2 mai Mal malloris lorys to the warr warm red springs 4 14 14 1 4 4 the red spring springe to willow creek 51 5 18 1 8 willow creek to L snows mill a at NE corner of the new box eide elder I 1 I 1 fort 7 34 34 the old box elder fort just west of tile the tha new to bear ri niver river ver lower i ferry 11 1178 78 78 lower to upper ferry by right bank of bear river 8 7 A upper ferry and forato first spring run 1158 11 58 5 8 first spring run to the tho rivulet at last camp north crossing several beautiful hul eul runs 1318 13 18 18 8 returning miles from last camp north to lat 42 0 8 lat ht 42 0 to first iorii spring ng r run un 5 14 1 4 first spring run to I 1 lipper upper ferry and ford 11 ig lg 12 thus making the travel distance on the tha fort hall road 16 1634 34 3 4 miles from bear river w where here that road crosses it or upper ferry and ford to lat 42 0 or orthe the boundary between oregon and aud utah niles miles les lea from center of willow widow c reek creek fort to llis liis bishop dishop llop house honse hi in mug bi ng hams fort by boito bottom i road 1134 ll 11 34 34 bishop ginghams Bing hams to prest farrs barrs 3 president farrs barrs to weber river 4 18 18 weber river to north line of daves davis I 1 county county line to 0 o kays creek by middle mi addle road 7 kays creek to farmington in road east of the tile court house 7 farmington to P G sessions Session 8 tavern 6 12 1 2 1 sessions tavern to gov youngs office 10 1018 loi 18 1 8 or 38 14 1 4 miles from the governors office to president farrs barrs thus thug making the he travel distance fr from 0 in the governors Governor 8 office by the middle road north orth of farmington Fir and the tile bottom road north of bangh ims fort to lat 42 08 8 14 1 4 milesa milea miles and to the last camp north log 14 14 1 4 miles |