Show burnham rio bio aniba county new row mexico bep bap september 1883 ediew deseret news conference meetings were held at manassa manasas Mana sas aas saturday and sunday sundays the ath and ath instas priesthood meeting held heid saturday night nights and sunday school met at 8 30 sunday morning on monday meetings were held atrich field and Ephr aino nino all of which were numerously attended by the saints and quite a few strangers including some spaniards or mexicans much valuable instruction was imparted to the people and a general goneril good feeling manifested elders 0 0 brown and W J bean who had been laboring in san luls LuIs Valley for the past six months were released to return home after filling honorable and meritorious missions jons dons having done much good in the midst midat of the people who highly appreciated their efforts the saints in san LUIS luls valley are steadily growing and progressing ln in the principles of the gospel while the lord this year has hns blessed them with an abundant harvests harvest and prospects for the future are good an immense area of land still lies unoccupied in the valley with an aban abundance dance of water and easy of ao ac eest eese timba timber r rend bend grats krass of fine varieties tle tie to be obtained easily sunday schools and district schools are organized in the various settlements the latter being supported ten months in the year by state fund reasonable rates have been secured over the railroad from salt bait lake city to manassas Ma nassa naesa and a splendid opportunity la Is presented for chope of the saints who desire to secure homes the health of P prest est B 3 9 smith which has been quite indifferent for the past eight clat months I 1 is much mach h improved while general he health Is excellent on the evening of the loth prest smoot took hia hla departure for home as this was the limit of hla hib trip on the morning of the lith brother lyman and myself took train at antoniojr AntonJa Anton joor ioor far for dorano durano Po rano nano cro crossing ebing EsIng the main chain of the rocky mountains from the waters that flow into the gulf of mexico to those that flow into the pacific oce ocean the most noted point during the h e day was toltec gorge and tunnel tunnels near neat to which stands a beautiful monument erected to the memory of james A garfield by the rail road conductors association who aho were visiting the spot at the time of hia hib death vast forests foresta of pine are traversed by the railroad and equally vast fields of coal that seem to crop out on almost every point where acuti a cut is made or a ravine crossed the navajo river down which the railroad runs is a beautiful bright stream but too high in the mountains for its banks to be available for agricultural purposes from the point where it into the san juan almost entirely across the mountains it Is ia a fine grazing country one of the passengers shot from the moving train a fine sped men mem of the wild turkey which was ee cured and other game is reported in abundance at we arrived at Da durango rangos and stopping at th the e grand central found a verification of the old saying that 61 there Is ia nothing in a name Pas pos possibly bibly sibly one should not expect much from a mining town ment went in tho the daily day herald that they made amade a specialty of good beds bede had not prepared our minds for the crossbar cross croba barred reds redy corkscrewed cork screwed orial fiendish thing we were e expected x to sleep 0 on n troubles and sorrows and unhappy events in a mans life should doubtless bo be for gotten as soon as practicable so we shall endeavor to banish the recollection of that night of tortu tor torture ture tuie and think nor arl write to more of I 1 it t at we took the accommodation train for silver sliver Bl Iverton silverton ton passing an 1 l t rl and along tho the equally beautiful animas elver biver the railroad track often running along on a edge ledge of rocks rocko barely wide enough for the tha care while hundreds of feet below up ue the pure limpid waters fretted and foamed themselves against the rocky barriers that impeded their onward progress greeb greEs at an feet WO we came to the mining town of Sl Iverton silverton the present terminus ter of i thia thid d division of the tha D B R 0 B R I 1 B I 1 he be town is romantically situa tedy tedi high up in the mountains moun taina eur bur roun ronn ded by mighty peaks that lift their bared heads bends into tho the of eter nal snow snowy and nud beyond tho the reach of all ali vegetation A magnificent hotel hote I 1 adorns its principal street streety and very many neat tasty and well weli built houses cluster together in this beau ticul nook of the mountains A system of water works reaching the entire town has been adopted and will soon boon be in active operation returning to durango with the evidences eviden cea of the high altitude in falling sleet bleet hall and snow enow we rest for the night and prepare for a rugged ride of three hundred miles in a wagon leaving durango Da we pass fort lewis and following down the L la platte are hospitably entertained by mr john pond who owns an extensive ranch rasch on the riv rit river riter e r and was waa the original white settler in that section mrs rond fond entertained us with music on the organ and with bong song all of which seems novel and strange to in thia this wild frontier country on the following day we reach tho upper settlements on tho the san juan at burnham in bio rio aniba co N M where brother and sister bister burnham make us ua welcome very truly jorn JOHN moye MolE MORGAN tUAN ROCKVILLE sept 24 1883 editor deseret news bews our isolated little town had the pleasure on wednesday last of greeting tha genial face of our honorable delegate elect to the forty congress the people met at 2 pm in the school house and listened to an able address of one hour and a half duration in which he portrayed in no uncertain colors the real aim of tho iho 9 liberal party parly in utah spoke of the great necessity of union and harmony among those interested in the perpetuation of government by tho the people for the people 2 and gave a succinct and Interest interesting ilig recital of the scones in the tho senate chamber on the day the second edmunds bill met its doom in answer to the of the servants of god ani ant and of the action of the home in awarding him his seat in the forty horty seventh congress last november we voted for john T caine with great unanimity and perfect confidence but being personally but little acquainted with his record wo we merely chose between a man whom we believed would endeavor to represent us properly and un homm we ie I e would do hia hla level best to misrepresent mi mP represent his hia constituents it might bo be bald baid devoted we voted lers lebs for caine than against tho the of an infamous ring but in the future futura the name of john T calne caina will wib when held heid up for or the thi s suffrage sun bun frages 3 of the friends of reil rell religious gions liberty awaken an enthusiasm not hitherto known among his hig constituents in southern utah for none who havo heard hla his able abie enunciation of the true sphere of legislation and proper limits of the powers of civil government doubt for a moment his hla sincerity of purpose his ability to represent u his claim in every way to the i hearty support and confidence of every who believes beI bel evea la in the domination of true democratic principles mrs prof norton the talented lady doctor late of provo Is now teaching a class in obstetrics in this place our oar little ward furnishing her eight pupils in this very important study and 25 students atu denta dents of vocal and instrumental musio music she designs giving C lessons in elocution to ton a class of 30 pupils soon to be formed nn WB wish to tho twin r port pont unity anity now offered us before her talents seek a wider field of labor though the writer water Is ia incompetent to pass upon her qualifications yet those best qualified to judge fail to discover any defect in her system of imparting knowledge in any of those thom branches either in method or detail and she mani manifests feats the one quality expressly demanded by every true latter day saint of every teacher of their young viz placing the principles of the gospel on a higher ba base we of importance that tho the ff juif jarf t while her every ebery aery day ilfe life la Is a practical exam example pie die of true ren ron refinement ement bhe she brings wath it none of tile tiie effeminate cui cutchaw cul chaw of new england so society clety it Is to be hoped that the future career of her labors in south ern utah will be as aa eminently buc suc as present prospects indicate we have little or no sickness to mar our peaceful pur fur pursuits the people p le are busily bubil y gathering a bountiful h arvest harvest and though through the frequency of floods the past summer in the trie blo bio virgen some bome have well earned their crops yet in all we acknowledge the blessings of god and tho evidences of lija ilja good will to men eus eun |