| Show GROUSE cre ORE creer CREEK box elder eider ir co IT T dec 1879 editors deseret we news mews it doubtless will be interesting to many of your readers to hear from grouse creek from letters received here many have an idea ide a that grouse creek ia la an uninviting place and no wonder bince since some isome who come here stay a night or two and eee fee but a small portion thereof then write as though they knew all about this part of the country and that discouragingly the majority if it not the whole of the settlers are satisfied with their lot here and are determined to persevere raen raer vere sere in making themselves good homes the material for which exists here hare in abundance plenty of good land jand wood for fuel fuei building timber limber fenc fencing ings abundance of good hand and rock also fire clay and an excellent prospect for plenty of water the coming year many suppose that the water was waa an entire failure the past season but buch such was not the case ease true the waters of we east fork of the creek was short but I 1 know of no crop thereon that received less than two irrigations while the west fork had all the water that was required the amount of amail small grain raised here was as follows wheat 1 asoo ba abels barley aoa soa bushels oats bushels eakin makin ewuing making a total ot of bushels while paril paris valley raised but bushels in all the grain of both places was threshed by the same machine from present appearances by the blessing of god we shall bhail fully double that amount amount the coming season oar townsite on the east fork Is being built epand should our population increase we can extend our borders we have no meadow land on this tork lork only as we make it by sowing for that on the west fork forte ia is an abundance of grass glass land the hills around afford abundance of excellent feed ton lor our stock which will bo be much improved by the present abundant antonow snow we have weekday and sunday Sanday schools established which are well attended we have also organized a Y M M X I 1 A benj F cooke cooko president philip and wm 0 betteridge coun counE elors selora wm P secretary and treasurer behold we hold hoid our meetings on sunday evenings have good attendance and much interest manifested therein the health of the been and still is with but very fe few inceptions most excellent births numerous deaths very rare ever praying for or the welfare of zion I 1 am elm your brother in the gospel B F COOKE SPANISH F oum jan jaa lat lot 1880 editors deseret newa despite the severity odthe weather we are having an enjoy able abie time ward priesthood quorum M 1 I and primary meetings are regularly held with fair attendance our sunday school Is well attended and is today to day an auxiliary of great importance in preparing our youths for the responsible tasks of the near future our oar day schools too are very well attended and are in an excellent condition our teach ers m maie male ale ate and female are well educated competent moral true to tri their duty their religion and their god oar cooperative co operative stort including its grist mill butcher shop harness and shoe shoo shop is lu ih a prosperous condition the brethren who wiio manage direct and tend its ita affairs are of tiled tried integrity honest ho liest able and true last bastl evening was held tho tha anniversary of the spanish fork choir in our new city hill a large and commodious building g which after recel rocel receiving v ing the finishing touch will be attractive in appearance convenient for the management of our municipal government governments besides affording lecture and dancing rooms into which king alcohol ia Is strictly forbidden entrance bo so mote it baand be and may the tho good example am plo pio bo be emulated in our midst until even our inebriate regenerator the whisky embalmed embalmer christian l be compelled by a force of disagreeable circumstances to cease spreading the civilized contagion in our midst cease alluring the youth and indeed middle aged into his hia drunken den and until a 1 few of if those who call themselves sainta will see the evil of their waybe la in lied glas around lim him I 1 in fostering and shielding him and thus virtually blocking the enforcement of our prohibitory law or nance in his case and impeding the thi e progress of justice fiat justicia justitia fus jus titia respectfully ITEM |
