Show wron wrom ASHLEY ashl asui EY maeon lith 1833 1853 editor deseret Newa the conference of tho the abbley and mountain Mou nisin dell wards of was atch teh stake commenced march ad 1883 and held two days house crowded at both meetings hatch latch was busta buhta inel as president of the he h conference moyt most of the priest 0 of the two wards present opened with the u ual re marks arks by bishop hatch his counselors count t and other brethren that were called a to the stand reports read rad Z rom om the various organizations tlona tiona of the wards ards numerous Nume rous roua other atema items of usi u nees transacted to wit ordina ion a of several devoral sisters rs to the leney lency eney e ency of primary associations pre en tation of general and ald local au an hoddes hoti hori ties of the church who were unanimously n eu stained sustained by thea thee con arence ere tiCe fice appointment of ward lyard clerk cler te tc the weather is very warm and aca aga sint sant ground quito quite mudd muddy farmers 7 ar mers mera are commencing to turn pter lter eser ever the soil and put in the grain good prospect 3 abeid abend for large jarge ropa the present outlook for a aad market rather limited twenty were left at pt ft thornburg mt ait fall but the number Is ia now re aeed meed to teven seven or eight cause de it is claimed that nearly airty tons of corn several bets 0 of arness various vario varjo usand and numerous other aielts of government property ave mysteriously disappeared from irom ort within the last few months oan oun county court la Is defunct to all i tents anu and purposes anarchy pre pro ails alls J barton elected by the ople has accepted acce pied pled t tae ie governors governor as county judge and man deft the papers and office of se e present incumbent P daod ectman jettman has qualified quail fird as prosecute g attorney under tinder the appointment id d county clerk britt has qualified justice of the peace under the ver norb nors appointment and thus bare oare 0 are saddler one ofine of ane applin es eeb for selectman eel ectman has hns just been arenout uren Pren out under bonds to salt bait ae city for having government in his possession posses posies bion aion if there ouid oaid be another one or two carried I 1 do not know how we should and lud it we would try to stand up lder der it iho rho lasi iasi month bas bag bem been very kiy bly not a family escaping fever d swe ane throat land tand and in many hi stances a rash breaking out on the the thel little ones four or fl nive five ve deaths have occurred all children and infants anero hae been a decided improvement in health the last week or ten days quits quita a marital fever ever hag has prevail ed hare the last few months A widow aged 47 married a young man of 25 after an acquaintance and courtship of nearly a week an elopement a week hgo ago added its excitement cit ement to the diversities of the season an employee at the le store at fort thornburg thorn burg and a 14 year old oid daughter of enoch davis davia A couple of other marriages I 1 might record but I 1 think this will do for once CLAYMORE ALMO VALLEY cassia caty county bidabe march ath 1883 1863 editor desmet deseret news I 1 take the liberty of writing yon a few lines about our little place ot of the above name it was first het tet tied as a farming country by mr M B orfea and H K R cahoon caboon in may 1880 isso since then between 30 and antl 35 families have moved here from utah and some from iowa we wee told by stockmen stoc kmen we could not grow anything here but we have proved to the contrary last sean yean we raised about burbela of wheat oats oate and barley 1500 bushels of pota pola potatoes toes tots of the boit beit quality besides vegetables vege tabes such as cabbage cabbages turnip toni cub one beans bean pea carrots cucumber cucumbers j melons tomatoes and some rome corn and other small email things wo we have good land good water plenty I 1 of the bluest st qua ity of wild uby of timber we have pine white yellow wand and red also aso abo bals bais balsam am pine wood c dar idan birch alder and mahogany for firewood nd we havo pinyon rr pitch pine i i almost endless abundance have a school but owing to ne ct it is not a very big one we hr hir e a lyceum or debating school for old and young and numberless t e parties also some sabbath meetings we have a post office mail every thursday kept by mr M B durfee also we have a store kept by mr frank gwin which Is jis doing a good business busine m there therb is land here for a good many more settlers and about 12 mile milia southwest ot of here in what la Is called junction valley vailey there is room for 20 or 30 fa millee so eo come along ys ye hom lebs lebb with with all the necessaries such euch as timber water hay bay etc partly in idaho and partly in utah we have what experts call good mines containing gold silver iron and lead but owing to lack or of capital they are not very well developed yet jet but bal I 1 belle belie believe belleve ve a poor mans mana best beat mino mido is in a potato patch it has hab been like all other places very cold here this winter but Is ia warm and pleasant now we vie have started plowing H ar E CAHOON 4 |