Show A TRIP THROUGH DIXIE 3 ou on wednesday july I 1 left city in company with elder geo reynolds treasurer and member of ofte deseret sunday school union boa boand forthe for the purpose of attending a two day da joint conference of the mutual I 1 ial pro provement associations and sun schools of the st george stake h hail in pine valley we also paio a v val to other portions of the stake iu in same interest we left at 4 0 p on on the union pacific train ing through salt lake utah and counties crops of all kinds loo cooki healthy and thriving considering tl late iDess of the season in utah cow ty a luxurious growth of calibo Cali foraL clover was observable if its val valma was better understood it would be cured and stacked as the beet beat kind 1 feed for milking cows A hint to wise is sufficient dunt dont let it gi afrow 01 w iv rank and stocky we reached milford by rail bet between 6 5 and 6 on thursday mor mom where a team was in readiness to us to cedar about fifty miles dl die where we arrived in time to hold m ing at 8 friday the we left cedar piute diute twenty seven miles and h meeting the same evening this Is I 1 small settlement and the houses I 1 near enough together that all cheli he habitants can bear the ringing of bell as a signal to turn out for mee on saturday the a ride of a aboc fifteen miles brought us to pa plat valley the objective point of our vw we arrived there about noon mall 1641 our headquarters at bishop boks woks gardners gardeners Gard ners teams with bonfe conference t were arriving from almost every part of the stake isa la ili the tee early settlement of st george JI alne valley was a thick forest of pine j axe from all the lumber I 1 tiding building was obtained throughout that stake there la is now a rl riving ving settlement there with land aid water r sufficient to sustain several odred inhabitants it is 19 much higher tl a st george and consequently er r two meetings were held on day besides a large camp meeting t on monday the the morning g r meeting closed the conference in the afternoon there was a meet lag of all the officers and teachers we asefi pine valley at 6 pm and traveled jn the be cool of the evening till nearly aara camped for the night ind and next 1400 morning ming at daybreak resumed our journey lo orney descending rapidly over sand nd rock until we reached st george bout about 9 on wed wednesday the after breakfast the day was spent in visiting friends the temple tabernacle ete etc the weather was warm f we were too early for ripe grapes and aft melons ions and too late for gooseberries goose berries oar ranta and cherries santa clara clam c about tour miles south of st george arthe the only place where melons were aripe la in dixie and we did not go there we e held meeting in st george at 8 a on thursday the we left st ceorge ath with president mcarthur and r win WB atkin to inspect the mammoth to Ot control patrol the waters ot of the virgin river p this immense work reflects great i credit won on the industry enterprise and 1 akiu that are apparent in its construe 1 I mon lion we were then conveyed to leeda where we held another meeting and from there to rockville Boc kville virgin PUY jotty toquerville parowan carowan and Parag oonah or red bed creek at all of which places we held meetings finishing at the last named on sunday evening july 26 monday ay at fi 5 a in we left by teg for milford I 1 reaching there at 6 t to ns in in time for the U P train at i which arrived in salt lake city Tua tilday iday july 27 at a tn y we found the sunday schools in that in very fair condition some of above the average especially in C th A observance obBer vance of good order and some Mefi tont teachers where organs f books boob and charts were lacking arrange I 1 awat were made to obtain them our vw was wa very much appreciated and by 7 tee me blang of god good results may ir anticipated GRORGE GODDARD SALT LAKE laker CITY july 80 1801 |