| Show written pupa AN educational TOUR THATCHER Grah graham lii county arizona february 8 1895 thinking a brief account of an educational cat ional tour tb through rough the Mari Ma cops st bt J joseph 0 ab and mexican st skee would be i 1 teres ging to your numerous readers rea dere must be my apology for or asking a email space apace in your paper for the following dr karl 0 maeser and myself my belt left salt lake city on tuesday january on oil the train of the B 3 G W RAll callway way and ana after afier traveling miles we reached colorado springe spring here we changed cars can for the atoil son on topeka sinta pe fe railway pawing passing through pueblo Ls lia junta albuquerque and san marcia until we arrived at deming being 1405 miles from home we were detained here for some time and learned that the population of doming was about 1200 the only available water for domestic domeet io and other purposes aee is ie from wella well of between 50 and 60 feet in depth and mostly boatly obtained by the use windmill mills of which number of ov over r I 1 think no other awn t wn the united states can boast the analysis of the latr proves it to be nearly pure we lell jolt domini deming on the southern pacific railway and after a travel of miles we reached Mario Marlo opa station arizona passing by bowie tucson etc prom from maricola maricopa Marl Mari copa we travelled 85 miles milea and arrived ai tempe where we were met by bros broi dictions and har loon with teams to transfer trana fer us ua to mesa where our labors were ware first t commence we were taken to patriarch 21 F jondon su cider whose hospitable roof we were welcome guests daring our stay we attended seven large meetings mee tinge a priesthood meeting another of sunday school officers and teachers taa tsa obera chers the church academy school also lao a conjoint meeting of the mutual improvement association sunday school abool reports were given by the local and also by stake superintendent Superintend eLt lewis lew is we albo airo had bad 9 exercises by the children president hakes hakea and his bia coun colore were present prefect at all our meet luge lugs and were much interested in the rising generation on monday evening a few of patriarch Johns Job neon onlo family met in his bis house to enjoy a social ocial time together in short hurt addresses and singing flinging until near midnight the great patriarchs descendants number near and are to be found in every direction and constitute about one sixt b of the entire population of Marlo opA i stake with a reputation highly commendable on tuesday february 5 in response to an invitation by president rakes hakes between and people of all gee ages were conveyed in nearly 80 vesicles ve in an open air excursion of ten miles travel to 10 the foot of a knoll whore where ou oti the green grass crass wagon covers carpets car petel etc were spread to receive a general display of picnic some noticeable features or of the occasion were te t ie following the weather was warm and adal beautiful not a cloud to be seen been all day the company embraced all ages even to the infant in arme arm many young men were in their shirl shin sleeves bot a cup of tea or coff coffee to was used on the occasion not a cigarette or cigar was indulged ing ID not dot even by those who are not members ma of the church and known to be hevy heavy smokers a large banner of too to stara star and stripes was to be seen steu floating irim a tree a band of music enlivened the company by their sweet str strains alue also a choir of singers whose melody was much appreciated after a rest and the picnic ended over ascended the adjacent knoll and president hakes proposed to onri aten it he made a motion that it is should be hereafter known as the goddard maaser butte which was carried by acclamation and sanctioned by three bearty cheers before returning home the company were called together a few remarks were made and some singing then ben benediction was pronounced by president hakes and all returned sale safe and sound in the mel evening we at tended leaded our lama baht meeting bei being ug a conjoint one kofl of tae mutual improvement association thus ended out our first appointment in arlson arizona a As a remi tf it toe wonderful change of climate we had experienced we found on the stand at our first meeting a green bunch of wheat beaded out but nut not quite ready tor for harvesting and were informed that chat some lucern in mesa was almost rips ripe for cutting and through the courtesy of pros pree hakea we were taken to the arizona improvement oom com banys farm or fruit orchard embracing acres and for the first time in our lives we gazed upon clusters of the he most delicious naval oranges of immense size in this orchard are grown all kinds of tropical fruits etc and not a wood weed to be seen we also passed through almost a forest of a species of cactus from six to twenty feet high we then visited the ostrich farm where nearly fifty ot of them are t tj i be seen by paying 26 25 cents tor for the privilege the sight eight of these remarkable birus birds is much more inter esling eating than toe the reading about them bow in books we then phoenix the capital or of the terri territory tary and were introduced trod to ex governor zalick a well know advocate of civil and religious liberty and add others phoenix is growing and bids fair to become a large and populous city in the near future prom from here we were taken to and after spending a few hours together waiting for the train to transfer us towards toward st joseph stoke stake the place of our second appointment we bid adieu to our hospitable friends GEORGE GODDARD |
