Show A yano xann I remarkable chanze change TEMPE hemre maricola maricopa Mar marn leopa copa co A T march 31 1884 1881 editor deseret wees news in this dry dried up counti country y it has been rain rain and still it is raining in and salt river kiver lias has this spring been kaher hl higher than any white man inan has ats ever known own it and to all appearances higher than it has been for fora a thousand years or more old settlers are marveling at so wonderful a chan change chane e but does docs not the lord say that he mil mii hath set ills his hand and seal beal to change the times and seasons and blind the lle minds of the wicked that they ile ilc y may not understand FARMING INTERESTS A large breadth of grain has been beel sown here the past winter and is now headIn heading gout out without irrigation perhaps it will need none until harvest when the ground may be plowed for corn cane sweet potatoes vines etc all of whick which which do finely if put in in proper season HONEY WINE MILK AND OIL this is an interior country not unlike old palestine and can be made to abound not only in milk and wine but in honey and oil I 1 have assurances from the best california horticulture ests that this is the exact climate for the olive and I 1 have obtained about rooted cuttings for experiment but the subject of honey is already beyond question about one year ago mr hayden and myself sent ant to california forten for ten hives of bees in shipment they were so badly handled that on arrival not more than bees enouch for two full swarms were left alive from these we had 22 live colonies col coi onles onies last fall which have now multiplied to over 50 swarms besides a number that have flown away some of which I 1 have found in the brush prepared to live and increase as though living ina lna in a hive I 1 have also taken some from crevices in the rocks that went from f rom our apiary today to day a swarm went over our heads that must have come from kanosh as there are no known bees in tion f from born which they came 1 f have sent to california for 10 0 more sw swarms r I 1 what have been delayed through railroad disaster and I 1 now fear it will be too late for this season to move them GENERAL ITEMS the health of our little colony is goodard andall andali all ali are cheerfully seeking to a for themselves homes union and peace prevails and today to day a set of hands han are arc laying the foundation for a house hause which we xvi arii trita trust A will hp be C completed through the coming summer A good spirit and interest is manifest in our public meetings qs sabbath schools and in all the auxiliary organizations of this branch A good spirit seems manifest iii in our young men which prompts them to prepare for the great missionary work that appears opening up in this region of countr country y there is throughout this stake of zion a feeling to study the signs of the times draw nearer to the lord and to each other in the gospel very respectfully johsson JOHNSON SEN |