| Show THE CITY OF ST DAVID since our laut laist correspondence this town has keen been somewhat diminished in population many having gone to the ilia gila and other parts still the saints on the river are numerous enough to maintain three schools owing to the great amount of rains last season the st david canal was completely washed away for nearly a mile and what to is worse there is no place left to make another the company have now driven the piles for a pile dam and intend to take the water away from the river and not have any more levies to wash away the general belief of engineers who have been consulted is that such a structure if properly made ifil withstand any amount of pressure that may be brought to bear upon it by floods there has never been a dam I 1 ut in the river yet that has stood more than one or two seasons season and although the dam now in progress is an immense structure being twenty two feet high tile the people have no faith in its efficiency our soil and climate are well adapted to the raising of many kinds of fruit besides small grain and all kinds of vegetables and if our supply of water could be increased it would produce a surplus of nearly everything that can be raised there is an abundance of water under the surface and many believe that artesian wells could be found but as it required a large amount of capital there la Is no one at present willing to make the venture the health of the people is generally good and all seem to manifest it a spirit of the godfel and feel like helping forward gods great work our sit bath meetings are generally well attended and the sabbath school is in good running order the relief belief and young ladles societies and the primary are doing their utmost in the great work we have begun on account of the various employments that have been pursued by the mafe population it has been thought wise not noi to organize a young mens society yours etc x y z ST DAVID arizona feb 14 1891 |
