| Show 7 j 1 I 1 CODE I 1 q CITY i tt f f june joab editors desgres Des cret creS mews news I 1 on sunday morning we the uit nit alice bill Elti El oray noray daughter ol 01 f bryon li and jane G bybee of uintah died of diphtheria the funeral took place at the residence of the family at 4 p in the same day counsellors Coun dye and gaie gale officiated J and elders joseph hall and wm H delivered appropriate addresses on the occasion deceased was waa born at uintah utah december 1868 she bhe was a bright intelligent child quick to learn and comprehend the principles of the gospel and was recently awarded one of the highest prizes for merit and advancement in the sabbath school diphtheria hab been fatally preva prevalent pre valant lunt in the above named place for some time past schools and religious services have been interrupted in consequence SEMPER I 1 CITY july 1879 E editors deseret Je seret wew bew ZVi sw on the evening of the of june the bunday school of this thia ward wards held their second quarterly review in our meeting house which was waa filled to its utmost capacity with the children and parents the exercises of the evening consisted of class examination from the bi ble book bools of mormon doctrine and Clove covenants nants catechism niso questions on the early history ef of the church and on the use of temples and the order of laying the corner stones thereof interspersed with songs dialogues and readings rea dinga and so some me appropriate music b by y the sunday school choir under the leadership of prof ii bowen bo wen the children and parents were well entertained on the occasion which will be long remembered oar settlement is in a th thriving therivin rIvIn g condition both in regard to sunday and day sc scho echo hoole ola we have havo two day schools I 1 in a operation at present one taught by bro W 0 foster and the other by bro james ure uie at a meeting of the legal n voters of this district a tax of one per cent was voted to erect a building for A graded school in this city the need of the same being vely wely nuch nueh auch fult at present our operative cooperative co sheep herd has declared a dividend of 20 per cent on the share for the present year the health of the settlement good tho the only trouble is the scarcity of water which ia Is very much felt by our farmers at present the grasshoppers have in a measure lett us which is not a matter of legret regret respectfully eully fully your brother brothe 1 B S B S trie tiie colorado settlement i MANASSA conejos county col june jane h 1879 editon editors evening news hews As numerous inquiries contin continue tro tre to come to us from people living in utah c concerning ning this countr country yi and the prospects and facilities for get et here the nature of tha the eoll the climate the water etc we have thought proper to forward for publication another brief account of this part of the count country rys where there are now some 30 families of our people located in a former communication to the NEWS a few months ago wo we a answered anaw n a w ered ored all of tho the above inquiries a aa far as w we a could at the time but aa as t the tho h a ve very v bamo earno quest questions folls folis have been asked ua us repeatedly bince since we will answer some of them again and will say that thena the nature of the soll in this great sin louis louls valley ia is generally rather gravelly and mostly covered with grea greasewood greaso grease sawood wood and rabbit brush A great portion of cf the land is undulated and somewhat uneven it has very little falland fall fail and to the naked eya looks like a perfect level yet it slopes enough to the north and east to irrigate and for that purpose the water ia is easily taken out of the rivers which are very shallow the water running in places nearly on the surface of the gro ground aund small grain seems to do well here and we think the hardier kinds of fruit and vegetables can be successfully grown the spring and summer so far have been q quite 1 tilte cold and very windy but behave we have had some rain an and d the grain grainy though put in laptef late is looking well j A num berof our men are engaged on the tha saw baw mill in III the conejos canon some fifteen miles away where they are working for lumber and timber to build their thel r houses Lumber sells at the mill rqn far from sa 6 to 15 per 1000 feet timber la is plentiful on the surround ing mountains which are aie quite low and easy of access the land we are on belonga to ta the state of colorado having been donated by the general gover government rim 0 nt for schools universities and ot other her hen purposes but it can be bought from the and we some time ago made application to purchase about aboul 2000 acres for the people of this place and men have been appointed to appraise the land which duty they have not yet atte attended to we are however assur red that the land will not cost coat more than government price 1 an acre and we hope to get it for less term ot qt payment as prescribed by law are 30 per cent down at time of saie sale and balance in beven equal annual payments bearing seven per cent interest till paid water for irrigation is plentiful and here at manassa we have a fine meadow of nearly aeres acres close to toWn About three fourths of the city lots are now claimed and all of the best land nearest to town we have just completed the location and survey of ai nother another townsite which we have named ephraim it ia is 31 3 miles northeast of manasa manassa the townsite ia is one mile north and south bouth by one halt half mile east ast and west is laid off in 32 blocks four lots jots to each block streets six rods wide we have also surveyed and laid onn off in 10 acre iota lota about 1000 acres of land close around the town and have located and levelled bevelled level led a ditch from the conejos river to the townsite it is 13 only one mile anda a quarter long having a fall oi ot six feet to the mile I 1 and is passing over onen oven ground where it Is easily Iseah lly liy constructed there is a good range to the east on the west bank of the conejos river biver where there also aho are nice cottonwood groves to shade the stock in the summer the nearest good meadow land to ephraim however id Is on the lajara la lua jara jarm creek bome some six or seven miles away but then there is plenty ot of it there ia is also a great deal moro mere farming land in tho the vicinity of ephraim that can ba be located when wanted we think the facilities there are to sustain from to families all our locations hero have been been done in conformity to the government i sui bui surveys veyo the lines and corners of which we have diligently traced and followed and having now completed the survey of the country as far as we at present deem necessary brother john H hougaard Ho agaard our Burve surveyor yon has been released to return home lie he has however while here instructed brother peter alien allen an intelligent active young I 1 man in the art of practical surveying with whom he also leaves a set of instruments to en ale able him to extend the surveys here when needed brother W A cox who has also labored faithfully in the interest of the people while berei here has also been released to return home these brethren in company with two or more will leave here on july and will go overland by way of grand and green rivers and will take observations and explore the country they are arc passing through on their way to utah hoping this explanation and account aca sea of this p part a rt of tho the country may maybe be of id somo some in interest ti use uye 7 or benefit to some of yours yourl numerous readers fl we remain iu liy etc of ty 1 l ol 01 HANS HANI r jesser JESSEI JOHNH Mb hougaard GAARD A 4 r 1 tj ag 4 4 am tomatoes q oes A correspondent of thel thes southern enterprise gives his manner of tra training lulng ining Z tomatoes which ia Is nearly identical idd litle a I 1 with that practiced north hesayo he bays I 1 provide provid e strong stakes rakes fayo five or orsia six fix I 1 feet feel long iong these are drivon driven in the ground to the distance of one foot some two or three inches from the tho plants when they nrc arc about a aifili as my han hand handland dand and they are aro tied lied to the stakes with a cloth string they are tied loosely to allow growth placing the string as high aa zis possible and just above 0 a limb to avoid its ita slipping down it will wiil be nolie nolle td fed that the plant will grow in earnest as soon as it is tied As the plant grows the tho tying la continued at intervals of six inches until it if grows six film inches above the top of the stake when it ia is carefully topped and kept so during daring this training athe ithe plant is systematically pruned by taking off the short and useless limbs with a sharp I 1 i knife and confining the tho growth to two or three prof escarc gs caro being taken not to cut off thu tho 44 leaves which are the lungs of we r plant I 1 regard this thia pruning of superabundant wood as necessary for the tomato as tho grapes gra grape peAs as by this means the whole virtue of the plant ia Is driven to fruit in place of exhausting itself in inform forming i w wood god and thet the omato tomato ia 13 advanced ryot ifft from om it vegetable to a fruit the absence of abidin tomatoes grown this way vay has haa been otten often noticed mr spurgeon rings eings in a joke mr spurgeon recently told this anecdote as he gave out an anthem A high churchman and a scotch presbyterian minister had been at the banio panic church the former asked tile the latter if he did not like the 1 he replied 1 I donl dont know what an introit is said sald the churchman but did you not enjoy the an anthem anthelm thelm so he replied no I 1 didiot did not enjoy it atall 1 lar lae 1 Int I am rivery very borry berry said the churchman irbe because cause it was used in the early church in fact it was originally sung by david 2 ah eaid eald the scotchman then that explains tho the scripture I 1 can understand now if david sung it at that time why saul threw throw his hia javelin at him this thia was waa followed by aloud peal of laughter when mr spurgeon sald eaid now let us sing the anthem cincinnati Grael celon cezon leLon dori letter A story of old pater rotor will willard aid ald peter was apt to be very short of fonis funis fon fan la and one F fourth of july bes bel ing in hi need of a little money to celebrate with he hit upon an excellent expedient for a draft from one of his particular friends fri eads oads jud judge a paine guing going up to him he ho said judge paine I 1 drove twelve geese out of your mowing today to day did you replied the judge kindly then y you ou ought to have a quarter passing it over to him peter left but soon after returned saying paying judge paine I 1 tell you the whole story I 1 drove the geese in first |
