| Show TIM THE SH reulo VALLEY l 1 y june alth hiebra deseret neus news ibay liay may elder A F mcdonald and myself left mesa M esa city at 2 pm to visit the brethren and saints located on ou the san pedro river biver may passed through florence 45 miles from mesa city a lown town of considerable enterprise having in it the united states land office and being principally sustained by the interest hi terest the globe district being beill 1 within 60 or 65 miles and one of the largest and most permanent manen t camps in II 11 arizona we ve noticed pot ced some fine flue jine fields of grain fax pax moy mor foy loth passed through an open desert cour country try w with th scarcely anything g to attract the tacye aye ase pye or cheer the heart eart cart may passed gassed through the second oldest city in the united states tucson founded in 1542 which has all the appearance of a mexican frontier town built out of sun dried brick 0 or r in squares or blocks mocks with narrow streets street and altogether a filthy warm and ari arl an undesirable plate to dwell in its 16 principal places latea of antiquity are the old oid church church one mile or more northwest of the eit elt city eity and the old mission 8 or 10 miles south on the santa cruz river biver at night camped hear senega seneca tw th e pres presen brit t nes of the SP S P 11 ar B may headed fhe the grading Z camp of near where wo we come on ou the san Pedr dat gat 11 drove up to the mormon formon I settlement this T his place V is situated near the east bank of the tho th c san pedro Pedr river nine nino miles up and south of benton ben nen on the S P I 1 R E R line IS 18 miles northwest of the great tombstone mining indig in district andai and 30 miles bailes from nhom the th c sonora ihle ible and miles from mesa city has near nedr near 2000 acres aeres of splendid bottom land the river banks showing a depth of 15 to 20 feet of soil names of prominent mountains surrounding san pedro vailey valley southeast west 1 west whetstone stone northwest st catherine north graham east dragoons ck can be seen far farin in the distance boora looi ingup ing up inthe in tha thi south the san jose iu in old mexico the san pedro valley from the south ori the pinto sonora line runs north miles where it empties in the gila and averages in width 20 to 25 miles the river bottom from one to four miles the vast plain or valley allemis alle alie is as fine a grazing gt azin country if not not hot superior to any we have fave ever sei seen ser it ib cannot arail of be excelled for sheep raising having a that reaches ab above e 90 in the shade warm weather and snow never aa jas jay y ing in winter the black curay and whiten whiter grama grass prevail on the high land and sacaton and anid wire grass on the bottoms the brethren and saints here as well as old settlers on the river are entirely free fre efrom ague which never co comes m es to any but those who yiv live e on the bottom lands and after the ithe heavy summer rains which produce iiii miasma asma from becom acom posed vegetation and mineral in the soil which afflec affected ted the entire valley and it is presumed will entirely disappear as it does not in any anyway way have the appearance of an ague and fever country PO P C ier merrill berrill ler rill of battalion notoriety is president of the colony of mormons cormons Mor mons who harthe has the respect es ec and confidence of the saints hrie hrit here and will build up under the presidency as e ncy of alex P F maedon macdon macdonald aid ald one of the finest union settlements in while here we held three discoursing one sunday school and two priesthood meetings in the latter the organization of the union took ewhen dudley merrill samuel curtis john merrill ISI til errill john anderson and joseph mcrae were keefe chosen directors d lylo irlo n and ana in honor ppul to td david IV patten the martyr this place was named st davidi on the we bade farewell to our brethren and andi andl 1 biter eiter 5 and friends and beached reached home on the and found all busy jn in the midst of wheat and barley barles harvest which bids bid fair to yield an average crop in the whole nalley valley brethren who hu vish wish vish to enter into thes the heep sheep business could wellon lowellon do well weli on thoan the pedro we need shoemakers 1 tanners tanner tailors farmers nur I 1 sery men stock raisers and those who wish to serve god to assist us in building up this country which is sparsely dar nar sely settled at present 1 your tour brother DAVID P F kimball |
