Show IN ARIZONA in giving an account of a visit avisia to fort apache arizona a correspondent of the st louis globe demo dem gratt has the following to say of the cormons mormons Mor mons nsf prom from holbrook to fort apache the distance dis taace id about one hundred miles the road passing through a series of little mormon settlements each one of which seems a veritable oasis in the midst of a vast and barren waste it is astonishing how these mormon people cleel fleeing 13 g from contact with the gentiles erect comfortable for table homes for themselves and turn western deserts into garden spots I 1 found in every settlement through which I 1 passed fine reservoirs and complete systems of irrigating ditches orchards and shade trees had been planted hundreds of acres of land brought under cultivation and fine vegetable gardens laid out the dwellings and outhouses out houses were neat looking looking and nd comfortable and supplied with wt all the requisites of wll regulated farms I 1 could not help botic noticing n the marked difference in the appearance of the cattle and horses of the mormons cormons Mor mons from those which I 1 had been accustomed to see elsewhere in ahe southwest they were fat and sleek looking showing that they bad received good care at every farmhouse there was an abundance of milk butter chickens and eggs things almost unknown to the average arizona rancher lu in stopping one night at a settlement some forty miles from holbrook I 1 was surprised to find pianos and organs in most of the houses and was equally surprised at the hospitable manner in which I 1 was treated the people talk unreservedly edly of their religion and the history of the mormon church they claim that the strength of the mormon church lies in the doctrines of temperance patience and industry which it teaches and the perfect system of cooperation among its followers which enables them to prosper in any part of the west no liquor is sold in any of the mormon towns and there has never been a murder committed in any of the settlements along the road all of the freighting to and from fort apache is carried on by mormons cormons Mor mons the superiority perio rity of their teams and their own steady habits having enabled them to fill government contracts so satisfactorily that they have completely supplanted mexican and gentile freighters A FRANK acknowledgment the following appears in a late issue of the school journal published in new york city to the editors of the school journal 1 in the current topics of november 80 it t is stated that some apostate mormons cormons applied for citizenship at salt lake city uy jobje objection ebion was made to this on account of the their r oath and in investigating the matter some some startling facts were brought out it was found out that there theire were or had been three organized bands of murderers the statements are wholly untrue no apostate mormons cormons Mor mons were refused citizen ship and no investigation showed that there were or had bad been three organized bands of murderers connected with the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 have reliable information in my possession to show that the mormons cormons Mor mons are as honest and indu arious a people as can be found within the conf liea es of our i e public it if etere are any readers of the journal who wish to know the true character of the mormon me people pie address the undersigned undersigner under signed at salt lake city who has been personally acquainted with the mor mons tor for thirty years WM M bupt supt schools school salt lake co utah we print the above with pleasure in our orr visit to salt lake city we made many 1 inquiries 1 1 a bout about the mormons cormons Mor mons 10 and found that there was a party bent on darivin driving them out and getting possession of of their their motives under the cryor cry of awai away with mormonism while opposed to polygamy we must concede to the mor mons the right to practice their religion freely as is conceded to all sects it is a fact worthy of note that the mormons cormons are earnestly improving their schools editor school journal |