| Show RETURN JOURNEY OF PRESIDENT YOUNG AND COMPANY G S L CITY Sep 30 1862 1662 EDITOR NEWS dear sir it lt affords me great pleasure to forward you yon a cochise report leport oe f the return journey of 0 president young and his company on monday the loth dinst our compa company commenced its ila return journy ing n A adieu to our friends at st geo george r g es ca led ar wash mash ington and indulged in a treat of water melons lolas and peaches the brethren unfortunately unfortunate hayl bay I 1 ing selected late instead of early varieties we had a fine view of the cotton fields at this settlement as we passed through the tow towa and lere we saw the best prospect of a good grod good and remunerative crop bashop Coving covington tor toi understands the business and goes into it whole hearted arrived at and dined with the brethren rested two hours and then traveled on to toquerville where was held at early candle light the congregation gre gation being addressed by elders E T benson J taylor arid and G A smith br smith observed that during this journey be seen the honey and the wine tasted the grapes sat down in the peach orchard and enjoyed eltjo ed himself and 0 the water they had M been supplied in great abundance and all i alsed in axey tuesday bid good bye to our many friends and proceeded to Ka narra A meeting was called railed for preaching during the discourse of elder lorenzo snow be remarked whatever cir cum stances we are in it should be our object I 0 o improve and gather up something that will be useful II 11 felt feit to say that the blessing 0 of tile the lord god it f irael should be and abide with that people elder john taylor made remarks on the practical duties of all who have haye lave laye taken upon tipon them the name lame of christ wednesday came case on to cedar held meeting at 11 am eders edera ezra T belson benson Be reon leon J V long john taylor and L snow s several beveral ever ay y addressed the audience chiefly upon local improvements after which pres pros young bore testimony to the appropriateness of the instructions and to the he truth of the gospel taught by the latter day saints reached parowan carowan at 5 pm meeting was hed bed hed in the dalo 1110 log tabernacle elder eider benson first addressed addre bed sed the ib e congregation president young arose and delivered a dc duc rinal trinal sermon sho shoeing A ing in much plainness pd inness the necessity of being cautions in irm irl covenants for so sure as we make a covenants covenant so anre shall we be tried upon that particular i boint point elder lo enzo snow argued the necessity nece sIty of our acting energetically and manfully in n the things of we tue kim kindom kingdom dom bore i testimony es to the truth of tb tee e mission of joseph smith and also that of the twelve apostles declaring them to be theories ap I 1 p anted to carry out the designs of the al mighty at the close of the rn meeting petin elder eider benson and bishop preston started for home in ill ad varce of th the e company comra traveling that night e to para gonah conah thursday I 1 this was a warm dusty day our company reached beaver early in the afternoon president young preached in the llie evening subject no man mail om anything I 1 in this world 21 said man mail is but a steward oc over what t he pa possesses besses here he cannot c annot be sal sai I 1 to hold hoid anything ing aa as his own in this life until be he hai has passed through the ordeals proven I 1 itself I 1 0 O by and received bis warrantee derd ais is everlasting 1 inherit inheritance ance arce in the kingdom 1 of god elders eiders john juhn taylor ta lor a d george A smith bore testimony t ei t emony and spoke oke f of the southern settlements their fla condition dilday journeyed Journe yeA lo 10 carb corn cree staying at jo e creek to dinner A was held in the evening at which elders eiders lorenzo snow and john taylor preached advising the people bof to build good houses plant good gardens and ard i orchards and in every respect dake u ake them selves beaves comfortable I 1 S saturday day I 1 i in the morning 11 we cam cami I 1 into nto fulmore to breakfast t bishop collister called meeting at ten am lile the ilie congregate congre gati n was addressed I 1 consecutively by elders J V long G A smith Smil ils lit J taylon taylor L snow and A 11 II raleigh the president then delivered delav reil a short tive the discourse calling upon the ethren brethren bi to be alive to their duties some lome of the brethren at the old capitol are doing well in the fruit business the specimens exhibited and anti tested both of grapes and peaches reaches were superior to any others we e saw say on the journey especially the tactics reaping machine extraordinary I 1 was I 1 to mr J nann 11 dame shortly before leaving fillmore fill more a man about medium heley height broad broa d set aad 56 years 5 ears who has kill okill and extraordinary powers of endurance this season by chadim cradling an average average of over lc er acres ol 01 wheat per day for twenty 8 x consecutive day clays elc pt d for ils ris ids service during that period feriod be has received bus behot wheat lie ile tates chaton teaton several days at lottiev lii lit lines he lie has cut ten acres in a day fritty hive five acres of the a heat beat cut within theseas here alluded 0 o was of such a cliss that lit heli li d to carry the ly which lie he assigns a aa a leason jeason for far idt cradling crAd liLg more than he lie dla dia li heit beit be it this in ohp th afternoon we came over to the settlement set tle tie in round valley vailey val vai lcy icy and held meeting at 7 in the evening eders elders 14 snow J and G A AL smith preached choir sung cioll oh say what is tru truth 1 1 21 and anti via iva L ker er dis mi a I 1 round valley was settled betted in march 1860 by five families famili ps these families went to work and brought the water by means of a ditch a distance of eight miles from a lake known as round valley lake which ia is one and a half I 1 miles long by three quarters of a mile wide this tim lake was discovered by president yeung lin in 1832 1852 it is situated high up in the mountains ain a little west of south from the village f there I 1 is is a lone fone one indian named wa wandering about this district of country claims that he ons ris th the e valley and bays says tha that he ia is the last of 0 his bis na nation ti on sunday in the morning we started for fort gunnison sanpete courty county having added to our company bishop callister and ten other brethren from fillmore passing over the he sevier bridge e followed a somewhat zigzag and uneven road on the river bottom but after traveling tr avelin a few miles the road improved at a small smal lamiet hamlet called warm sp sprino spring ings we saw a fild fi ld of is gar igar cane looking well and arid nearly yearly matured this was both gratifying and surprising as it has been the generally received opinion that i 10 0 grain of any kind cou d be raised on the sevier it having baving breh bren considered a cold uninviting and ami desolate de olata region of country at fort gunnison Gunni son aon there was an immense quantity of wheat heat still in the field aa as much it is said paid as will take the inhabitants a month to haul baul home president yong yo ag n preached an excellent rmon armon a at half past six to a full fall house 1118 his subject was the C ossification assifi cation catlon of labor which lie he treated in a masterly style ile he a sj sa pointed out to them the disadvantages consequent upon locating on such a low piece of land and pro proposed propose posed the selection of another and better site before any more means and labor were eipp expanded upon that this pro posit 0 on n met with a hearty response elder john taylor followed with some appropriate prop remarks otes 0 testimony and encouragement monday we came round to manti mantl the train stopping a short time after cros crossing sinz river until the pes P ea dent accompanied by several of the brethren walked over to the place selected select gd for or the fhe new city of gunnison this is a beautiful piece of bench land probably two bv three miles in extent and is just jast about as ilear near to the farming land as the old settlement besides being in many other respect respects i better adapted for the building of a large town or city at 2 pm elders lorenzo snow george A i smith and john taylor preached followed folio follo ned ned ved by president young wi wt h much ble instruction on local and the classification ot labor abor showing n r these to be indispensable to our pros prosperity perit and the LuIl lull guilding ding up of gods kingdom in th tue lue last days thesda tuesday in the morning our company reached T fort rt ephraim and went into meeting by a little after ter tea the president preace eda ed a discourse se I 1 adapted to the circumstances of the people there and in all the settlements of that couri court county elders GA smith john taylor and alid lorenz lorenzo snow bore bare testimony ony aud arid echo exhorted to good woi ks when ahen meeting aeling m I 1 was dismissed we I 1 t to cl Alor moroni oril awl opened meeting at 2 elder alvi sewart offered dred ered prayer and the cboin choir sanc sanz 1111 mortals alakel wilh with uh angels join elder george A smith I 1 fani iani an able discourse on the proper division of labor the necessity of building in good dwell dwelling ing inq houses granaries ditc etc itc he ile w was waa a i fol foi followed lowel by elder john taylor and the president I 1 having eaten dinner with some friends friend swe we I 1 started hatfull at full speed for nephi passing through fountain green as though we were in a I 1 hurry burry comi coming n trough hromi h salt C beek eek met gresio ent wells and friends naho saho bad come out to meet the president about this time we found mirbel es in the dirk dark and were gerej very glad giad that we had those along to t pilot us wh had bad passed over til fio flu road road rece recently ully by d alight Z wednesday W we e traveled to provo billing at payson to dine this being the annual fair day at payson we visited ibe the place of or si sight lit seeing and were gratified grat ineil with the anany many toe toi tokens blis mris 1119 of ingenuity industry 1 arid and eiter r which were on exhibition the new boisse not being be in yet ye t fri fin asbe d in provo he people assembled in cluna lint 1101 where arter after bin sin leini luini igini in and prayer elders lorenzo snow and john taylor preached thursday we performed the ley irl purney urney from provo to 0 P Rock wells by it 11 bated our teams and ate dinner with porter all r 1 I fresard fresh rd pd we started for home and only I pie I 1 two hours and three quarters in reaching it there were in the company thirty five pers us ne including I 1 five ladie ladle and anil thre boy all have return returned td in cooj health and buoyant t spirits thus it may be seen that the Pr esden ebden has bast in the short space of twenty five days traveled tave taye led through ei echt iii lit coun conn tira visited twenty fave five branches of the he C passing through many others that lie he bad udel lot not time to visit held field thirty public preached twenty four discourses and a jurney journey of miles with great respect I 1 am your friend and brother 3 V lonc LONG |
