Show ST DAVID on tilo the san pedro redro cochise co AT I 1 may issi 1881 editor deseret jews on tho the loth of may al at 5 pm m prest AF McDon medon mcdonald ald alJ and eiders elders elders eiders 0 1 I BL robson HV H W brizzee and myself with orlando merrill teft left jeaa city for this place and arrived here hero on the tile morning of the dinst via florence Tue tucson soil sorl Sel nega empire city in the empire va re mining district sanfords San fords fordys ranche banche nehe Boac mountains deac reaching hing tho the river at contention eight miles up the river from here found prest P P V Al merrill errIll of st david together with the tho saints in excellent health and spirits with an addition of several new arrivals from utah since our visit here near one year ago several frame buildings have been erected water irater brought on oil the site and a general app appearance tarance of health heal til and prosperity this settlement being within eight miles of contention and 16 miles from tomb stone and anti there being eight or more quartz mills running with within in a radius of IS 18 miles it alfrord affords 3 an excellent market for wood and by this industry our brethren earn their livelihood imd at the oame game timo time are making their homes the vast plains p lains of tho the san pedro valley from a nine fine mining and grazing country and many acres of the choice bottom lands can be cultivated to advantage and were our brethren situated it to remain on their farms and produce garden sauce barley potatoes etc they would be much better ox off but nut at present they are doing as well as they tily can under existing circumstance w on the lot hinst dinst at 10 a m our three days conference commenced i and andaas was addressed by elde eide elders eiders rs A P F mcdonald H W brizzee C 1 I robson W WC C lemon pima missionary sio nary trejo P C merrill and D P kimball on the first principles tithing liing tit government obedience union extending exten dins dius the stakes of zion etc also held heid two priesthood meetings and a very interesting recital from HW H W brizzee of the translation of the book of mormon into spanish bv by elder brally tr trejo tredo at his reeta recta I 1 bro bra f bore boxe testimony to this was very instructive to many of us who have been under tho the impression that other parties were the honored ones truth is mighty and will Pr prevail evall evail ly nd ind we know the gospel gospe of christ is true and when those who bear the 1 priesthood undertake to gather honor bonor from the labors of other eld eid elders eiders ers and do those elders an injustice astle thel the lord who is merciful wit with men causes the truth of all things to come to light it being only a matter ot time titue thustle thus the saying by tho the words which proceed eed ced from your own mouth shall ye bo be judged 11 when we ih i hour our visit heie hele and prest tic mcdonald is through organizing we return home by going south to tombstone to Hau chauca chuca mountains via charleston to tn santa cruz sonora to to san xa javier del bac and tucson where we expect tol to toi hold lold forth and beara beara faithful testimony mony to mormonism the rev wm wro 0 Mill sour old townsman is in the interest of the methodists whether he will call dall to hear bear as us an answer wo we will give in the future in our not very extensive explorations we find thi this part of arizona full of opportunities for men to launch into the mining raining and stock raising business there being some of the most moat extensive gras grass plains we ever had the pleasure of traveling over also said to be the best beat and most substantial minin mining district in this territory there is saw timber in the Hau chauca and san tasita moun mountains which can be reached from the the tho surrounding country bro john W V campbell and ills his brother have a twenty five horse power steam saw mill in the former mountains and furnish lumber rough at at per 1000 feet also lumber can DO cc had at el eight ht miles from ere at per 1000 feet shingles 1600 per low lom 1000 potatoes are brough brought t from colorado Colo coio and sold here at 3 25 per pounds houn hour at per pound and everything that families need meed at much more reasonable prices cesi ceEf than til the tho 6 people of sal salt t river valley have to pay strange as it may appear mr lir C U T hayden of tempe tempo furnishes flour of the bet bot be boa A quality so that it is retailed at 1 here while the beope of salt river valley who produce the wheat pay the same this ia Is owing to the mona monopoly itly holy of flouring flou ring mills we flat flattered re our selves that when one of our brethren would get ills his mill in operation that cm competition petition would to tho the farmers reduce flour but to our mortification and sensitiveness of our pockets the price remains the same and th the latter day saints can plainly see and feel the necessity of both a mill and mercantile house on the coop co op principle and we will overcome the difficulties until we establish both as well as other necessary operations co there are many advantages for the immigrant in this extensive valley and latter day saints of most any uny disposition can be suited toa to a borbein home in the fast nast growing territory or of arizona people wg who 0 wish to change their locations are certainly weak minded should they believe all they hear against this and the salt river riser vallies with kind lelnd love in which elders Af cDonald mcdonald brizzee C 1 I C merrill and many others join I 1 continue your brother DAVID P |