| Show VISITING WAYNE STAKE the following account of a visit to tc wayne stake and of meetings held with the saints there la is much belated but it will DO doubt be read with interest even at this abia date it it if from the pen of elder P C christensen ol of mayfield maj field sanpete co on my journey from richfield to wayne stake I 1 left richfield the of june and arrived at gross valley and held a scandinavian meeting the same evening it was well attended and there was wan a good spirits spirit and the following day I 1 stopped there and vis via cited many old friends and had a good time on the I 1 traveled over the mountains to Babbit Rabbit Valley in wayne stake and arrived at los and held bald a general meeting the same evening and held meetings in all the wards in rabbit valley I 1 which are live five in number and very nice settlements with fine fields ot grain and meadows of grass gram and a good deal of land that least yet taken up though there is plenty of water and room for several hundred families yet on sunday the be first day of J july I 1 stopped over in los lioa and attended a scandinavian meeting in the forenoon and a general meeting la in the afternoon also meeting in the evening at east bast los lioa I 1 had a good time with the dalati and leading brethren in iia the stake and on monday the end 2nd brother willie E RD robinson binson president of the stake and his bis one counselor brother baston took me to teasdale a ward and we held meeting stopping with bishop george coleman where we had a good time next morning we drove through a canyon and came to a place called junction we there found some dome very iery nice orchards and vineyards with abundance of fruit such as peaches apricots apples and grapes and all the trees were loaded we stopped there for noon and then traveled through the rest of the canyon and found many flue fine places similar to this one we then trivel traveled ed through a wash named capital wash very narrow in places so 80 much so that it is all a wagon can do to got get through the walls are of rook and perpendicular from four to five hundred lost leet in height according to our best beat judgment after we had traveled between forty and fifty miles that day we came to a ward called gainesville Caines ville and hold held a meeting the same evening we had bad a good attendance and noticed the fine fields of grain and orchards of all kinds ot fruits next morning the eth of july we traveled trave lej lel for twelve miles mil to blue valley ward and attended a celebration of the day at 10 o oc loch had bad a fine time lime with the people and in the afternoon went to the meeting house bouse an d watched the young people hava hav their different kinds binds of enjoyments enjoy ments but all in order directed by leading men we drove from there out in the fields and found them waving with heavy crops of grain of different kinde and in the evening we drove to a ward called clifton where we found wheat and barley turning laud aud in a few days would be ready to out cut there were fine orchards everywhere next morning the ath of july held a meeting at blue valley ward at 10 the people had come irom from other wards and ana we had bad a good meeting I 1 found the people all united throughout the county which all belongs to wayne stake and I 1 can truly say that president robinson and his counselor take deep interest tor for the people and show chow them a fatherly love there are thousands of sores acres 0 of land to be taken up plenty of water for it and room to enlarge their settlements and the leading men and the people in general are willing to assist on good conditions it is a new country yet but they will have a grist mill in this fall and my advice is to any of the latter day saints that need a home that here to is a good chance there is room tor for many hundreds of families more and there is a good chance of market for the surplus produce these places lie ile about fifteen miles north and east from ther the henry mountains where there is some business going on when I 1 left there ola OB the of july the alfalfa was about ready to out the second secand time and the D people a opie that had experience told me that the frost never comes till along in october so you can see they have a long summer we left therein there in the afternoon on the ath of july I 1 started for emery emery county and traveled for two lusys and a halt half over a very rough country and reached emery on saturday the and attended meeting on sunday the jtb I 1 can truly say fifty I 1 have enjoyed my travels very much with the latter day saints and as a general thing I 1 have found them in ID possession of a good spirit and determined to serve god I 1 have found in the outskirts that the people give much attention to home industry in different departments in order that they may become a self sustaining people I 1 traveled through emery stake visited all the wards and was very kindly received by the bishops andi and especially by the president of the stake C G larsen JL arsen there are a good many wards in this stake the last one I 1 visited was a small one called castle gate with seventeen families mostly coal miners they had bad a complete organization and a fine meeting house I 1 enjoyed myself and felt well in visiting with old friends that I 1 have met and traveled with in europe both lately and in years ago it pleased me very much to find them true and faithful to the gospel I 1 with kind regards to many friends your brother P C |
