| Show 1 PASS paes I 1 i state of colorado june ath 1883 lor lof tor deseret news jn emu t tan an elevation of feet xe yie is to bo be found many dred us it remember for the last two lour hour sWe we 6 0 been circling circh ng around the tops top these beautiful verdant aad and vily timbered mountains from hrom now fiihr I 1 iee febe a tank that been in vio vie w from the moving n that h has as appeared to circle nd ind it at different anglea for the 70 minutes i sasen aasen genn gena cornu it Is ia with difficulty they athe we ve havo lave now left tho the waters that pinto vinto v into the pacific through the anison aud nud colorado riv and have commenced our cur dent t beaving the lt head waters of the ianes riven river DA they speed ohi on ir way to the atlantic through i great mississippi A he e engineering nying ing out t thib this road alm aim almin almia ia the construction of locomotives with eight driving wheels wheel drawing Imm eidee trains of loaded cars around curves carves at angles so very acute as to cause an engineer it la ia said to whistle down breaks ori on ono oho occa occasion silon when he became a little confused thinking he was about tor toi with another train when hen lo jo he had mistaken the rear end n d of his hia own train for that of aw an other over a grade of feet to the mile ralle la is something ng very remarkable to say the least while the thrilling sensation Bensa sensa tion experienced by the tho travel eras he passes through the castie castle gate whose massive pillars doo feet feat above the ipacs the castle tl valley and black canyon present most moat romantic views with rocky heigher reaching 2600 goo feet above the rapidly rowing flowing gunni son on resident president woodruff is now seated near me and excitedly exclaims if I 1 could time to follow that stream fol for ten miles I 1 could supply my family with trout for a year 12 it appears that he got on the train attrice at price emery county and reports to have traveled 80 miles by wagon in the last tour four days oyer oven gastle gastie valley mostly of clay formation very barren as it seldom snows in winter and rains jn in summer are not to be relied upon five meetings were held at orangeville Orang eville where the people of the stake assembled in conference under the presidency of C 0 larsen also one at and one at huntington where a good spirit prevailed amongst the saints and much good instruction was imparted in the latter place ellas elias cox resigned and chas was waa ordained bishop in his stead and two counselors a and ad two nisi high couns Conns Jors were selected and set apart to fill vacancies the people are busy putting in crops making ditche ditches 4 etc the five streams on the west side of the valley are quite high highs the smallest of which contains as much water as little Cotton colton cottonwood woody woods and the largest aa much as the jordan they are known as price huntington cottonwood farren and muddy the stake Is ia prosperous and numbers over 1600 over one third of whom aro arn under eight yearb years of age while much of the scenery on this route nonte is magnificent we have feen been nd game with the exception of a prairie dog t or two to today day I 1 am just reminded by a person sitting near me that there is other game in the country ashe nahe hat bay heard of panthers being in th the 0 mountains and he himself and two other fer persons were traveling from heber CRY city wasatch co through the tha country extending south a distance of miles where their provisions gave out and they were without food for two or three days but they luckily found a huge porcupine so eo large and fat he says it took all three of them to get it upon their pachar pach animal ulmat 1 I 1 presume they were not as strong us as the porcupine inas much as they were all grown men and they could eat ent little else than the soup upon this they subsisted two dass until they reached a settlement he however bays says g game ame la Is much mora plentiful plentie ul in thebe these the be parts than it waa was then inasmuch as indian indians do not hunt bunt it itna wd much and it is eight years since he pasted through such bucit a strait 1 have hreve just met our townsman to john W snell bnell who reports that he has marketed in colorado arid vicinity baek oter 1800 bushels bushela of utah po potatoes in the last SO days J |
