| Show the Color colorado eido tido settlements MANASSA conejos co col nov 1880 adilor editor de news it is rather late to report anything any thing of this last seasons harvest but in gratitude to our heavenly father we have much satisfaction in ac knowl eging a good crop of grain groin for our summers labor A great deal of grain grown in this valley was blighted r by frost long before its maturity notwithstanding that our harvest did not begin till the of september very little of our grain was injured by frast frost but owing to some supposed mismanagement r not any of the grain grown in this thia set clement has haa yet been threshed and many are out of bread and have plenty of grain in the stack thadd to add to the aggravation the thi recent cold snap has frozen up the grist mills and the people are compelled to pay high prices for a very inferior grade of flour our mexican neighbors count themselves better offin not having to wait on the machine thresher they keep up the ancient system of threshing out their grain by animal power namely by employing horses cattle cattie sheep goats and even donkeys to tread out the grain afterwards cleaning it hy by the process of washing IThe the recent severe winter weather has moderated but very little it is the coldest spell I 1 have ever felt feit some SOmO mornings at sunrise the thermometer stood at 33 degrees below zero in fact it got so cold that some of the folks took their thermometers into the house to preserve them from destruction one week ago today to day emigran ts arrived from the south in charge of elder M F cowley although the change from the mild climate of the south to this frigid season and region was a severe trial to the new arrivals the most if not all of them are feeling very well A way vay has hab been opened opened up 4 for dur bur our needy brethren to have good employment during the coming winter at paying wages judge hammond of cache valley and bishop ferrin of weber county are here under the approval r ovi of the general authorities at rome home and have obtained good contracts on the denver and rio bio grande railway they will lik ilk likely ely have plenty of work for the brethren located in this valley for the present season it may be well for me here to add a word in confirmation of your word of counsel to those seeking employment from home if they contemplate coming here they should first nind find out the reliability atthe of the parties bringing them it is lF considered to be the policy of this railroad to fill the country with laborers a and thus from necessity the men M en not having means enough to return would have to work for any wages they could get the fuller the laboring market the lower the wages besides the increase of our numbers from the south we have had i additions to ourn oun numbers umbers from many of the settlements of I 1 tah tab who are doing pretty well here we have in successful operation here hero a very good sunday school which is well attended and I 1 believe fully appreciated by the parents in this community apostle erastus snow and prest silas S smith are again with ua us have already held two meetings with the saints the instructions and encouraging words of counsel being of a practical nature are much appreciated and enjoyed by the people r president smith will remain with u sr for a season to preside over the affairs of the church here elder snow contemplates staying a week or ten days with us before returning home and will in the meantime hold bold more moro lore gore meetings and visit and organize other ther 0 branches of the church in this valley your broth brother er in the gospel jos hyrem hyrum PARRY |
