Show A VISIT TO emeny eneny STAKE STARE PRICE WARD emery co utah september 1 editor deseret president joseph fsmith F smith and wife apostle erastus snow and wife and elder andrew jensen left salt lake city friday an aug 1 2 at I 1 11 I 1 a am in on the 1 t I 1 it L G train for tor emery stake apostle P F 31 louian accompanied the party to provo brovo after a pleasant ride I 1 of idt miles the latter part of which was very interesting interested oil on account of the grand rand and beautiful scenery in price ever eser kiver canton cannon I 1 the he party was welcomed at price station by bishop geo frandsen brother N X T and aud others at this place about 50 families of the saints are located alom aiom along the stream for nearly 14 I 1 miles but a town site a little east cast of the railway station has been selected and a meeting house the best bist and largest in the county counts was erected thereon last winter owing to a little land difficulty didi culty iio llo now v about to i be adjusted none of the sen see settlers t ers however have as yet moved oh to the site but bat several of them intend to do do so ao this fall af after ter aklu taking supper with brother birch 9 w who io lives ilves ves ses c close clohe one ose to ther the bt station atlon the party ty had a a 25 mile moonlight liht ride ovena oven broken ro en and uneven country to huntington at present the largest settlement in the valley also are gre here the settlers are considerably scattered but they are moving to their pleasantly lactated townsite on the right bank of the stream huntington creek greek as fast as possible the present number of families on tills this creek is 87 but there is according to bishop Pul pui statement land laud water and other accommodations for at least families about have been erected on the townsite te during the past year saturday the the visiting brethren nen ren and a great number of the saints from drom the huntington ward proceeded to castle dale the capital capit alof of emery county 10 miles to the southwest here the quarterly conference under the lite presidency of elder 0 glarden GL G larsen arsen was vas commenced at 10 a in three Inee meetings tings including 1 the young peoples conference were neld held tuat day in a splendid s new bowery and in the evening another meeting was held in or 2 angeville dangeville ang n ge ville eville three miles further up the C cottonwood ott oLt onwood creek on which stream the zhe he two settlements namely castle dale with 48 and orangeville Orang oran eville with 55 jU milies are located the the following flay illy the business business of the conference was wa s attended to and completed among other alfier things a new ward was organized of a part art of the ferron perron ward with 9 S B each beach as bishop and II 11 P and J D killpack as counselors tile tiie new ward was named molen iu in honor of brother at W molen Mo lenthe the first settler on perron ferron creek according to the statistical report read in the conference there are arc now families or 1967 souls belonging to the eight wards of the church Chur cli cil in the emery stake of zion and there is yet room for thousands of thrifty latter latten day saints who are invited to come and cast their there among a truly wood good and god fearing people president larsen and the other leading men of the stake are very energetic and zealous in their labors to build up the country and with more settlers they could make more and quicker advancement van cement here la is indeed a pien plen did chance for many of the poor unemployed antl in oyed brethren in salt lake city ynid other othe older towns to secure unto themselves and families good homes on very easy terms castle mallef valley vailey bids fair to become a good country in n due time ti methe the soil Ls is becoming more adre pro ro rol duct lve ive every year and the natura natural ai advantages are vei vel very alo plo good odin in many respects the th U I 1 land an has certainly been greatly blessed of the lord and the prospects for future developments are promising indeed A crop ot of small smail grain has been raised this year and fruit fruit trees are doing well we aiso also a s saw sav some tine flue birr amens of grapes raised here where t the e climate Is considerably sider ably warmer than in sanpete San pete anything that can grow in the more central regions of utah can also be successfully ully raised iu iti castle valley president smith and apostle snow were under the inspiration of the almighty led to give the people some sonie ve very excellent and practical instructions and everybody present seemed to enjoy the meetings much returning to huntington after the close of the conference another good was held e in tile the evening yv enang 0 1 an today to day bonday monday the visit visiting ng brethren accompanied by the presidency of the thu stake anda and a number of others traveled edt to oPrIce price where a meeting willbe will be held this afternoon after which brother smith and snow who met their respective spec tive wives will continue their journey te to colorado tile they thes expect to be gone fone about a month and will after visiting the stakes in arizona arzona return to salt sait lake city cit oy ny way of california in view of the llie hard times and the scarcity of labor this season and also siso in consideration of th fact that there are too many people without homes bf their own in irl our older towns I 1 would earnestly recommend that such of our brethren who are arc not afraid to take hold hoid with a will and labor patiently and hard for fon fora fona a few years pears to subdue a new country should turn their attention to castle valley valley vailey eliere ancie they tildy will wilt be welcomed by saints of sterl sterlin sterling ln faith and true and icher where they will naturally grow with the country and soon become independent in a financial point of view compared with their present circumstances ANDREW anbrew JENSON JEX O |