| Show fi crops twenty fourtly celebrations and conferences in Grant sTille GRAN gram tooele thoele county july th 1881 editor deseret news tiie tile the farmers in this valley have been well rewarded for their labors almost every acre acro of tillable land land has a crop of some kind growing up on it harvest garvest ia is upon us in full blast there are no loafers to be found in our little burg and in fact there are hardly men enough to per oer ier ler form the labor the harvest is from two tn thron Q o ohwn 1 toca t best judges that the wheat wheaty oats and barley crop is not quite as good as last year this they attribute to the high and hot south winds that we have had in june and july which dried up the moisture too rapidly for the development of the cereals but there will be plenty plent for all and some to spare by bk the recent flood referred to in your paper as having 0 occurred in north willow canyon and which did bro S W house so much dam ages age I 1 fear that our corn crops and gatgens gaikens may suffer some for the I 1 torrents of water that came down town destroyed ditches and dam and it is said by the that enough rock was waa washed down to pave the ditch for three or four miles and a great amount of the water sinks i iu in thele these thebe rocks before reaching the settlements on last saturday and sunday the and the quarterly conference of our stake wag was held here we had a feast of good things prest jos josf F smith and apostle F M lyman were present sand and gave us some excellent instruction upon subjects and principles that if carded out in our lives will exalt us to that glory to which we are all aspiring pioneer day was waa celebrated here on the it was a full success and nothing not liing occurred to mar its harmony but it was undoubtedly the best that has ever been held in grantsville Grants ville A CITIZEN THE REPORTED INDIAN FIGHT IN CASTLE VALLEY I 1 HUNTIN huntington geon emery co utah ju july v 1831 editor deseret in dispatches contained in the the semiweekly semi weekly NEWS of june tune 2 8 tb and also in an editorial in the tie same came p per of july ad it is inferred that there has been an indian fight in castle valley utah we ai as settlers in this valley vailey reel feel rather bad at not hearing of this fight before it came out in the pal pai zis eis ets eis but from irom the description given of or the indian troubles we think it must bo be a fight light some colorado men hadwich had with the indians in this county but over miles east of castle valley it is 60 miles from here to green river 45 miles from green river to moab and 25 miles from moat to the scene of the fight or in other words the tho fight happe happened neli neti at or near the line separating utah from colorado rai I 1 do would not take the trouble troubie to describe the locality of tills this fight so much but I 1 have received several letters from friends as asking king the full part particulars kulars they ax expressing great fears at our living in castle castie valley vailey all ail ey and fearing that at any moment they may hear bear of us all bel bei being 13 g killed by the indians I 1 will say there has been no danger here yet and we do not expect any atlig it is true trub tho the people in this valley are in in h a very scattered condition conditions in some instances baing being miles apart and 1 I think the good latter day saints auld wt uld justify the lord a little ins inE in sending an indian scare or perhaps a reality to drive the people together for we hava been ngen been counselled counseller coun selled time and again by the authorities placed over us to get together r in towns tb that at we might attend 16 thour our meetings and send our children to school and if the people will not take counsel and do what they are told for their best good they must suffer the consequences 1 I 1 will again atrain say to our friends frienda who if live in colder valleys than this that if they want a good climate plenty of land and water and timber handy come and look at t this Is valle yand they can judge of tile the balance themselves we have had no frost here since the first of may und and grain corn pota potatoes and vines look splendid some somo patches look rather sickly and poor but that is only a proof of neglect for the manthai man that will put his crops in in the right time and take care of them can raise just as good average crops as are raised anywhere in utah again assuring our kind friends frienda not to fear yet awhile for scalps I 1 remain your brother in the gospel W H gen lew wallace new U 8 minister to Turkey baa bas haa arrived at mi his destination the NY N Y tribune says there is nf r vf aa kinf rohe ri nf ivi r wt n r the main business street hall mich mleh mi ch is burned loss partly insured isaae isaac walker adored wils was hanged banged yesterday av at gonzales texas for the murder of ochia his wife the Chi chicago cavo times believes the grand trunk will reduce passenger rates from chicago to boston to 5 thenintha the ninth triennial conference of the young mens christian association of all lands met in logdon london dondon on the the grand trunk is makin making time con tracts on westward bound ia freigh ts to at low rate rates extending into the winter months the death is announced of george borrow author of the eithe bible bibie in spain and jand well known for his associations citations ciati ons ous with he the gypsies in spain and elsom here two hundred lumbermen struck at ogden ogdensburg N Y on the and became riotous the mayor was called on to preserve order several workers were injured by the strikers the emperor of germany haaf haar conferred upon prof wm wih D whitley of massachusetts the order of merit made vacant by the death of thos carlyle the census returns return show the tho n lation of ef tile the dominion of 6 canada dadato na dato to be increase in the past ten years note error the thor increase was |
