Show STAR VALLEY afton Is near the center on the east side of the beautiful star valley this valley is about 25 miles long and will average about five miles wide is furnished with plenty of water flowing in crystal streams on either side sufficient to irrigate the whole section of country there are now located here about families and more are coming every day we have at present four large meeting houses which are filled every sabbath day in the forenoon by sabbath schools and in the afternoon by religious worshippers wor shippers during the week the children assemble in the capacity of a day school taught by competent teachers the valley at present Is divided into four districts each presided over by presiding eluera elders and all under the supervision of C D cazier last week we had a visit from president wm budge and counselors of the beai bear lake stake of which we form a part they held meetings in the various public buildings and gave the saints many good and timely instructions which had a tendency to encourage us in the arduous tolls toils in which we have to enga engage 0 in making homes in these new vaudys va ta leys we are blessed with many natural facilities such as good land water timber and gross grass with a c climate ii that will produce grain and vegetables of as fine a quality as can be raised in salt lake or r cache valleys we believe we will also be able to raise many of the hardy varieties of fruit we have most of the organizations that older communities of the church are blessed with such as relief societies mutual improve ment associations primelles primaries malles etc all of which are doing a good work in awl assisting sting the poor and educating the rising generation in the principles of the gospel although this is a very healthy place a few have been called to mourn the loss of dear ones who have been ushered into another and we hope a better world notable among those was elder E D mecham who mety with an accident while hunting in the mountains last las winter which resulted in his death leaving a family fai of small children and aad a faithful wife in poor circumstances last sunday the president of the relief belief society sister harriet cazier invited a number of the tee sisters and some of the brethren to go and give sister mecham a surprise on the first day of may this indita I 1 tion was waa accepted and on may day a number of wagons loaded with happy souls and a goodly amount or of the substantiate we mortals need both for the outer and the inner man wended bended their way toward the home of the bereaved with the intention to cheer and comfort about seventy persons old and young assembled at a near neighbor berls a large table was soon constructed and loaded down with good things the variety being too great to describe the viands received justice at the hands of those assembled while enough was left to feed as many more after this was over the president of the society called the assembly to order arid a short and interesting meeting was held hed at which words of consolation and encouragement coura gement were offered by those who spoke A large number of presents were made to sister mecham in the shape of cloth of various kinds for clothing also groceries and some money all then returned home feeling they had celebrated mayday may dabin day in a pleasant and profitable manner APTON AFTON AFTON vinta uinta county wyo may 2 1889 |