Show evv j airm Ai wM y LONG lono valley VALI vall EY KANE co may 1871 editor deseret easi news dear bro thinking a few items might be interesting to some of your readers I 1 will try to give you yon a short report about affairs here the final removal of the muddy mission occurred at st thomas on the of february some leaving to return to their former locations and others to long valley to begin anew after arriving wa we found a small valley not exceeding three quarters of a mile wide jn n the widest places and about three balles milea in length the hills hilla are low covered with cedars and at the top af iford lford plenty of range and grass for theland the land appears to be very tich A bountiful stream of water runs through the valley aft affording plenty for all purposes considerable labor has been perform performed bd in making water ditches i for irrigation etc A quantity of wheat hajje eq put in but having to sustain so 80 many mady grasshoppers has taken it nearly all we still have hopes of raising a good corn and potatoe crop much damage damaged has ha been een done to the lower settlement tl mount carmel wh where bishop stark presides by the grasshoppers the muddy people have sustained considerable los loss a by leaving their homes a beautiful climate and favorable prospects for grain they have labored incessantly for the past six years in developing the resources of their country amongst many disadvantages and before the break up were beginning to the reward of their labors many are advanced in years and some sonde on the verge of decrepitude and they feel they have a home oil on a firm foundation that will w ill lii bede be desirable and beneficial the spring storms and the difference of climate have caused considerable sickness yet the climate and country appear to be quite healthy bro james leithead thead who was appointed and acted as bishop to the people on the muddy presides here to the general satisfaction of the people he expects to start forthwith to erect a griat gristmill mill peace and good will are at ai present prevailing ailing Respect fia rIA b yours in the gospel J B C JAMES JAXES wf W watso YAT sont goNt 1 1 i ST GEORGE may aist dear boother Cannon Having just returned from a tour to td the settlements at kanab and long valley I 1 thought I 1 would write you a few words as to the condition 1 of things in wie these frontier towns at egna the tile hoppers have taken a part of the little wheat that kvas ivas was g growing row but the crop was wag very light at best it wab was put pub into the ground with a ali all chand and aud ic a promise and then not watered until too late to make much the cause caute of this poor farming we will presume to be the same that la Is always noticeable in new settlements that is so much to be done that nothing is done dono as it ought to be the brethren were very busy planting corn and potatoes and I 1 trust they wiil will raise food enough to do them at mount carmel lower settlement in long valley the haj hoppers bra have taken everything some of the brethren are going north to work for bread and others are making arrangements to put a largo crop of corn and potatoes and perhaps some buckwheat in which I 1 think wiit wilt wellin longa L ong vailey alley Valley at glen gien glendale ale aie upper gett iett settlement lement in long valley the tho hoppers had left a little wheat up to date of my visit but the mountains around are full fuli of af the little war horses and they may make an au attack on what iq left put but we hope hopp tl t no not t the brethren at his this place are also planning corn add and potatoes potatoes to the fuli full extent ai their ability anid arid by sowing bobadi bome some buckwheat perhaps tuey they will wiil make their thein bread I 1 bishop leifhet d is intending n to have ave ims eli k grIsTin ri shiann nr ru un nning nip g at b aud nud and other partie parlie are trying to tb get a saw mill lu in operation these settlements are rich in land water grass and timber and if the grau grasshoppers shoppers and raiding indians will let them alone and the lord bless their labors our brethren will soon goon recover some of the time and means they have sacrificed on the muddy if auy any people have a right to claim a blessing those have who stock stuck to the muddy until they were released the southern utah operative cooperative co stock herd co intend to establish a dairy at upper kanab which place I 1 consider to be unsurpassed in this or any other country for that business prea snows snowa health is improving but ut is still feeble the prospect for fruit about st george Is very good the little squib of excitement about mines in this neighborhood haa baa all passed offin off in smoke your brother in the gospel jos W YOUNG youna ATTACKED BY A BEAR BEAK A few days ago allusion was made in a deseret telegraph dispatch which appeared in the 1 news rewa vewis to the fact of a man having been beem attacked and seve seTe severely rely atten by a bear in hyde Hy park pank kanyon the following are the particulars of the addair affair HYDE paric panic cache county june tune ath ath 1871 editor deseret news dear gear brother brother john balls of this thia pa place ce came near losing his hii life yesterday morning in an encounter with a bear about two mafs milea apone up one olour kenyons kan ascending a rise 1 in the road he came very suddenly and unexpectedly upon a bear with two small cubs at a distance only of two rods both saw each other othen at the same moment and before a retreat could be effected the bear sprang upon our brother and knocked him down aown inflicting serious injuries on both thighs one leg and one arm he had about twenty holes made in him by tha the bears teeth some of them thera severe gashes ifan of an inch and a half in length it appears I 1 that the bear was determined to use usa hlin him up and probably would have done so but hut the thought of lying perfectly still sull andai tobe to be dead came into the brother brothers mind and acting upon the idea bruin soon left him the bear returned ho however weter weier the second time to see and satisfy herself whether her victim was dead or not and finally left brother balls was found by another brother soon after and brought baroug bt home where his wounds were dressed by dr lamoreaux of Logan he ile Is doing as well as could be expected J B ROPER KA kahte KAITE r COUNTY A writes from new harmony as follows the hoppers are doing us but little damage but we find that eternal vigilance 1 ia Is the price C e 0 of f grain we take active measures to destroy ke t r y the insects but still they come como fro from mothe the bushes mountains and kan manyong ka nyong yong and still we re continue to fight them |