| Show REPORT FROM SAN JUAN BLUFF san juan county utah march 21 1893 we lave have had a very avery dry ary winter in consequence ot which our cattle have suffered more than any winter since our people settled in this country our winter loss will be heavy on cattle the sheep have lione done better we are now aubut ready to commence our first su earing the ficzka are in fair condition and an average clip if wool is expected eap exp cit i there are still quite a number of gold seekers camped up abai bown the river from bluff one camp about twelve miles west of here are meeting with good success it is said that tile the average washing per pan yields 2 cents A mr dempsey Dempe ey one ole of the partners is now un on his bis way to lake city colo to sell some dome silver mines he nas has there and invest the means in machinery to work his gold claim here J clay clayton ton Nie Nl chole bolo geologist anti and mining expert of orand junction colu colo has just paid us another visit he stated staled to the writer that he had returned to ascertain what success the prospectors had bad met with in washing gold from their claims with the view to putting in heavy machinery backed up with capital if his bis investigation should justify it he also stated that a very rich silver mine had just been discovered on the north slope elope ot of the ute mountains in a deep guich leading out of mceldo nash this late laie discovery is in montezuma county colo just a little east ot of the line between utah and colorado there is also a good deal of excitement concerning the recent discovery of gold at south montezuma in this county about six miles irom from monticello near the east base ot of the blue mountain mOunta iia the gold fold is found in the rock on the sides of the canyon it la Is said the assays essays run ran all the way from up into tire the thousands per ton it would appear that our hitherto isolated region was bound to become filled with people prospecting for the precious metals for ane past abw months our little town has been quite lively strangers bt rangers coming aud and going goin al most low weeks when every hode was converted into a tavern some even had hotel signs up aud others meals at short notice ap M others broad bread for sale 21 others laundry etc goods were bought for less than cost at points where they were purchased and in this respect it has been quite a blessing to the people of bluff we have had from ten tu to sixty strangers str angero attending our public meetings on sundays for ame e me three months without auy exception they have behaved like gentlemen Kent ent lemen and many are the inquiries made awo out of the hundreds that thai have had the privilege of hearing the word prea preached cheti have beau baptized and joined the church our enterprising trustees are putting up a nice commodious school house built of a nice white banu bankstone stone it will seat comfortably pupils our worthy jens nellson neilson and counselors are engaged in building a nice rock meeting house fr for the ward I 1 have written our delegate hon J jos os it rawlins Baw lins to see president cleveland about the matter of reopen ing by proclamation or otherwise this county for settlement and so do away with any apprehension the people way may have in regard to the southern ute indians caming into this thia country father john allen alien well known to many of your readers received a letter last mail from arizona stating that his hie eldest son BOD john jr had bad become demented having lost his and had to be confined peter allen alien another of the sons set eel out immediately to go and bring hits hie brother john home and perhaps to the asylum at provo father allen alien has the sympathy of the entire community we had one death during the winter that of a fine young lau laj thirteen years of age son of samuel and josephine wood caused by a slight bruise on the inside of his right knee a little below the joint which he received by a fall he had of new years fears day while playing a game of ball he lingered some twenty days in great pain death seemed to claim him for his victim from the onset he was waa visited by a number of surgeons and physicians some called calico it the kneecap knee cap faval it was a very singular case we have formed a placer minting mining district embracing our entire farming land and city lots being told by mining meD bentina me nTina This was our recourse in order to secure our claims from being staked out and jumped by the gold seekers this obliges us to do a good deal of assessment work to protect our orchards gardels and lucern fields the law may be cooj but I 1 dont see eee where the justice comes io in lor for the claims the people have have al already cost tham it labor be counted in at least one hundred dollars per acre I 1 am pleased with the NEWS I 1 have been a subscriber and constant reader from its first issue in the rocky mountains the first paper ever published west of the missouri river it has been a wise counselor and a faithful friend la in poli politics fice religion in all ajl moral and social question in science and literature and in news of the day and spirit of the times it has baa been to me a true and fai thail guide and has helped me to pass safety safely ahr though ugh many a stormy ejof elof life it has been our constant monitor throughout our entire history since we landed in this once barren desert through our battles with the sagebrush the cricket war short abort seasons frostbitten frost bitten crops cornstalk corn boorn stalk molasses squash quash pies ob the crust of those pies dies as 1 I 1 remember some of them I 1 think the crust cruet as chewing gum would be more lasting and beat the article that some of our girls are now so fond of then again the NEWS was in and to the front in the so called buchanan Bu wai when we all marched oft off south jtb leaving our homes ready to be turned into a second moscow 48 also lu in the lung and hotly contested battle we had with the seven years yearn gra 1 I shoppers and so has the NEWS been wen a constant deacon of light since we moved out from our dried muoi mul houses in 1849 to the present year when our ur settlements reach from canada in the me north to old od mexico in the almost a continuous line of towns bitted and villages extending as an it ere some 2000 miles filled witto with a bod learing people so do also has the NEWS ever been faithful in urging us forward in our duty in reJa relation tion to temple building till we have bave three completed and dedicated to the service of the lord and now just about ready to enter upon the service of dedicating the fourth the greatest and grandest of all the temples at salt lake the joy of all saints and the admiration ot of all the world may the use fullness of the NEWS never be less but continue on as heretofore to be a sate safe and sure guide to the latter day saints I 1 hope those talks by an ex ExE edicer ditar will 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