| Show P T ST BT DAVID county arama arema september ath 1888 1858 editor deseret president 0 laytin of the st bt joseph stake of zion with a party of 25 elders and sisters left here on the uit to attend our cur quarter quarterly Jy conference to be hold at pim ejma a graham county on the and instants WP we drove through in two days a distance di stace of miles held hoid up at john ba M moodis moodys Mo odys odya at thatch er were and feasted on ora mellons bome somo cochlan greens greenb eughing 4 upwards of eighty pounds pound AS 43 well weli as good things norm horn the kitchen thatcher la is located four sour miles wat west of ballord Ba Sa flord the old county seat and nive live miles east cast of pima rima bas hab excellent for fon set alcia and wui guv in time become beco meone one of if fr not the leading town of the he upper gila valley or more properly the pueblo eblo ebio veijo valley the old town valley haa hab inhabitants and 44 families tho the water privileges are good and bishop moody has made a crop every season bince since his settlement his peach trees were loaded corn com of several varieties was vas above the average avenge crop northeast and on he bide side of the river la Is located graham with jorgen jorgenson as bishop it ithra has hab eight with live souls waterland Wat water erand and land privileges good on the morning of the aoth soth uit drove to a village of our people bome three miles west where WO we met elder joseph oluff cluff and others who desire a settlement org at lo 10 t present p regent resent belong to john jy moodys moods djs dyb ward hero nero the brethren have made some bome good improve ments and their farming interests are average two miles further west we came into the oldest mor mon settlement formerly balth smith adle but now pima owing to the postal department accepting the latter at ter ten name where joseph K rogera has han charge ot ol the people peoli e there are 83 families and aeouls independent of backsliders back sliders who not set yet renewed their obligations to god and find bla bis balents there are buildings but owin owing g to the location being on railroad land jand and no encouragement jn hi getting is a title the inte interests resta reata of pima have buffered suffered very much und and the people are not feeling enco encouraged as ab they thea would were they to carry out the councils of apostles rinow and thatcher who advised a move to theowest thet th west on a government ejection not being able to get gel tho the water waton on their thein newly advised bite bile is 13 tho the rea son yet Y vt many could build on the new site alg dig wells the same as one half the pt ople opie of this place have done getting their upper canal through gli ja in the futures future fasi jasi as time and means will permit bome some of us put up with bro hyrum hyrom who coop goop co op he is a lively young man and has done well for himself and the people in the merch mercantile mer met intile cantlie way bister sister harriet teepie ff the widow wido w of the thu ato alo lato isto wm B R Tee gieb aleo aiso carlie nie rles s on a mercantile bouso as well keeps beeps tha the mico fico and elems seems to be an energetic lady ad y elder gales who has been work ing on a tn th winks thinks upwards of one million pounds coundi of wheat barley and oats cats have been cleaned up title TUB corn v crop wili wiil also yield shun dantly and general prosperity Is with the people of the st joeeph joheph stake of zion several beveral miles north northwest wes web t an and a cn en the opposite side of theria the river riven cr Is curties with monroe M curtis as bis bia hop hopi has A 44 families a and id lit souls bouls 3 a good location town towns townsite ite elte on govern ment land and in a tew few days will have a small grist mill mil in operation operations having eureka em utter bolt etca etc to make an excel excellent lint quality of flour in there four wards have been nine deaths in the last three months three adults and six chili chill children rens reps ohe one one old age one accidentally klied killed one liver complaint complaints and six whooping cough friday slat uit held priesthood meeting saturday and sunday sanday con ference saturday forenoon was waa occupied in the bishops reports prest 0 layton and elders P C Merri Jl fl B R A alred aired N P beebe 0 reed W N fife alfred cluff and D P kemball addressed the saints and strangers upon the general principles of the gospel a good kind eplett prevailed and an excel ieni reni it ni reeling feeling amosgo me ine te sluis ainis only thoo thoe who have bowed th knee can know the general church and local authorities we e sustained prell prest viston liston f av in received lefter iatter from home at st st david tha hta hig son bon richard whom he left leti skir amir 1 was waa worse woree and two member ff of my were sick we bade adieu to the Sal bal saints rits at p m with part of the ahe company comp ny who had light vehicle malle malfe a forced march home where we arrived tuesday morning at 7 am having made the journey in 14 driving hours houra thanks to our god found the children botter better and sister kimball mother of a fine boy the rainy pc n is at an ma most t vf the i ethren are cutting and aud nd putting ur tir wild hay running some IS 18 moura mot mourd erd ers t rd wl h the rainy season bw has gone the malarial boason for which we are net sorry prest preat gyton lyton and Martl Marti dry farming will with a 0 little itri irrl gation gallon make a grand success jn in alfalfa trusting times are good with you in utah I 1 continue a friend to israel D J P KIMBALL KiMB Alil |
