Show TRAVELS OF ELDERS GODDARD AND REYNOLDS SALT CITY june JUDO 18 1895 oo on the of may elder bider george reynolds reynold and myself left jett salt sait lake city for or the purpose of holding our annual sunday school conference to in st george kasab and wayne dt aites on our way outa south milford was wa the extent of our travel toy by rall rosio all the rest of our journey through the be above four stacee bad to betoken betaken bb taken by team until we reached salina devler county where wear rived monday morning in time lima for the be 1046 1045 trait we reached home p m we arrived at milford on our fim day dai kut ut sit at t where elder bider ww tobler of danta clara was wa waiting t carry ua an south we drove 15 miles to minersville Miner Miners Tille ville by 11 oe look and 0 med up our old friend mcknight who kindly welcomed us under bis hospitable root roof WO we a promise never neter more to disturb him in hla his midnight slumbers Blum ben next day brought us u tj cedar between 7 and 8 p m and a warm reception was given us by bishop corey and family friday after su ministering tj ti two NICK persons pere oDB we WB proceeded on our jourvey until we arrived at leads about 8 p m w and lodged at ac bishop B Y Mc batur day at noun we arrived io in st george this bel be OK ng the starting po L of our labors labore making maki our headquarters at my day s sister A B R io in company with stake superintendent Superintend eat Ric liari morris morna we drove to santa clara so an 1 held an evening meeting returning tit at 11 pm Sund sunday ity now our first days day s conference confer enoe we held meet I 1 7 i lugs inga at 10 2 and 8 bolock oo lock besides a tea ohr obern meeting monday 11 hold held meetings mee tinga at 10 am and 2 pm these virtu virtually aily closed out our conference in 10 st george embodying the usual variety program frow children reports tiova from local luperi i teu ten deute dents sod and stake remark by st george jeorge stake authorities and general instruction by visiting broi brei bren early in the evening we bi i adieu to our friends frienda iu in st george ahu wn did all io in power to mike a or ir visit a profitable oue to to the juvenile portion of wat that stake we to washington and held a good siz aizic u lu meeting outing there at 8 unlock dwelling mostly on sunday dohi doh I mattere matter tuesday left washington for 26 25 miles frow from st george holding a meeting at 8 pm to a ak well filled room and enjoying good liberty of the spirit of god As AB salisbury was our host itle be also accompanied us ua wito h hie i team to go virgen city where we hl bel mooting at 2 after which we w through Du noaa boreal and Oraf too I 1 am reminded that at wit flabe 1 in 1861 thirty our years ago I 1 had bad the pleasure of sitting eating my nil fiji of 01 beautiful large ripe mt arlous lous in company with president young anti and lu iu tri trienes trien ends while on a trip to the very spot where st george now at st aids alde we ve proceeded to rockville Buc kville and after enjoying a social repeat at sister hallal Hall am fl where a large circle 0 friends had bad met in honor of elder bider john jh nephew of our old time friend hosen stout prior to his bis departure on a mission minion to tc we the northern ilta tea eg we bad it a large meeting bt re and lodged with blabon j thursday 23 left rockville at 9 AM a oa end and reached canaan 16 18 miles at siad aad dined with brother james as goo on of the late eider bluer milo andrus iu in a crude kind of a domicila with extensive corratti corr where oboe sheep P aoa and cattle borders usually obel belter LOC ROM here we learned the thet t the entire canaan herd and ranch had bad recently been sold cold to a mr Sau udera the old time canaan held and ranch so 0 o long proving a auroe of annual prong profit to go ane stockholders of st gearge etc etca many regard as a an unfortunate ne ceaty that prompted its ita disposal alter dinner we pursued our journey to pipe springs springe or windzor came ca me another ranch abide and shelter fh elter w diore our bones bonee longer for the ibe morning light baldit in aab chose to ibe hard fl 6 jor but I 1 was wac thankful ful to fin 80 1 a place to sleep leep where we ouid bof ties the star atara nor leel feel the blasts FI friday dav lett left pipa springs Spring ii at 78 aau reasoned kanab ab ut noon this settlement lement boa baa between 70 anti and so vallee east of or be george elder bluer jamet lr made us tie wei welcome come anti aad here her we mft met many old tri eude elder E D woolley or of the stake bro lir cram sister mace wile wife 0 ot the late banual mace etc saturday aud and sunday were our days and duri dureg g our live five regular meetings besides a a nj a meeting we had a time of universal and bior tie aged as well as aa the you young E good singing ringing good exercises by toe the and au an eike eA LeIleni ellent acirit prevailed not very frequent visits by the ibe Apo apostles stieS to tola tills far distant and somewhat sibie stake of zion rendered ours oura all the more acceptable monday deeming it wisdom that a visit should be made to johnson job iron 13 ellel and fredonia Fred outa 7 miles we brother reynolds going to and I 1 to u fredonia th tb B e day w will ill never be for forgotten gotte a by the people ot of K ainali not such luch a windstorm wind storm or they never experienced before aej for hun dious of miles trees were blown down and ober 0 her damage done besides sand filled tue toe air blinding both animals drivers and gois an ana withal it grew severely verely ee colu o oiin jin my nay earn eara mid and toes realized ll it Fredo fredocia Fre dobia isla Is IB a small mail settlement in the norbern portion of arizo a just juet be yond the utah line meeting mealing was i iela ela at 10 johnson ie so no called mm tat jbf fact of it having been founded by brut ter er W 0 bohlson Jo hiBon hLson now ot of DUZ dilz mexico tuesday we bade bacle adieu to knab aud her warmhearted warm hearted citizens at a am m and twenty two miles ravel brought us ua to the order ville valle 99 9 9 we held a meeting here at 8 to a crowded house on the be way we lapsed through mou at carmel anti and bad a short abort interview with rider elder W J Jull Joll yot old time tiame memory pour four miles travel from Or derville brought us un to glendale of if tar lar more mare modern thrifty and umfort like appearance then than OrO erville here I 1 11 a now torm we held a meeting at 8 p ID wa sod and were to find ucb such a lo virly clean place or at worship wi toh lob presented a most moat remarkable oon to the muddy streets we found the stickiest mud we ever met wito in all our travel we lodged at bishop D M harrr harris Wednes wednesdays dayi ton ten miless all ravel rave from brought us ua to graham ward here we wore were met by stake dupic alona alma barney with a team to conduct us into the stake slake of zion 15 further travel brought us ua to amoy or mammoth here we held a meeting at as 8 p m thursday aroused at A 6 oyolo cir and by 6 we started for pm duitch gul toh and after 20 miles travel we reached that pl cioe ce and held bald ft a meeting at 7 p m we supposed that our sunday school conference and the quarterly stake conference would be hold held here on the lot lat aed and gru of june instead of this hr we learned they were to be hold held at Been lants between 60 and 70 miles mile rova rom friday slit blot we traveled SO 80 miles milea la in company with several everal other teams ot at conference folks folka and stayed or jor the night at elder M M steels ranch saturday june let we finished our journey jounis y ot of 85 miles which brou brought ht us ua to 10 Esca escalante laute our sunday conference commenced today but owing to a little misunderstanding the party did nut not arrive la in time but elder george reynolds left our camp early ethla morning with a good team and arrived in time to attend the afternoon meeting meet log I 1 attended a j meeting in ibe evening at which president jesse W crosby presided pr elded bishop gave us a hearty harty wei come we attended all ano tie cau forence meetings gF besides a reacia ers slid aud Seven meeting sou aou were granted all the we could desire by president crosby cromby in considering sunday school matters mat lera we will long jong remember our vleit visit tu to the po pau duitch stake of zion nut not forgetting the kind aad courteous attentions ionis bestowed upun us u by tits th sisters connection with camp lite lie while traveling the 66 miles milea train to and partial return tuf tuesday fly june 4 left escalante and after traveling 36 35 miles we arrived str at tropic ropic and hold held a meeting there I 1 wed wednesday need ay 5 A another day travel of 42 miles brought us to marion ward or coyote here also alao we hold held a meet log jug thursday gin after traveling 35 we arrived at al and after a rest reat ot of two nour flours pur pursued sueA our journey 23 miles milen further making 58 passengers and team bedig somewhat weary after such euch a heavy dayd travel I 1 was wad very tha thankful D kaul for a good la rest reat at bro brow jeffrey ld in the comparatively now new settlement sett lemeut lemet of los loa wayne way ne county friday june 7 by mistake our conference had been lor for today aud and by 10 o we were aston lobed to flod faud the meeting house bouse crowded move more so ao than we ever sound before at our opening meeting elders P F M X lyman and J J M tanner honored us with their presence and counsel dur lose the day sh SA thia day virtually closed fur cur two cay sunday oboe conferences in tuo four stakes viz dt george dauab and wayne but by request we attended the primary conference on morning jtb and after a 6 journey of 23 28 miles mile on sunday afternoon we held bad our lax last botting met ting at burrville Burr ville monday at quarter put pait 5 we on our last dayi days travel homeward alter after a ride ol at 32 82 miles we reached salina in time for the B R 0 W train which brought us u home in abety galety after a trip of 26 days day we were gratified to dad our sunday school work going un on in many places far beyond our expectation especially esp where live jive sod and energetic doake do their duty in visiting counseling and the he jool superintendents and throughout the stake nearly all the officers and scholars are observing we the word of 0 wisdom as are also the majority of the she Sai same tits out one merchant boldus told us be had t tj countermand his orders in dnn francisco for tea so little now being called fit at burrville Burr ville no one under the age of 23 years uses use tobacco we crossed the rim of the basin four times viz TIM south of Ka garra north of graham ward over the Ese escalante alanto mountains mountain and north of tropic much of the he scenery was wag grand and beautiful we traveled several hundred miles by team over roads that were hard bard on passengers gera and team and some portions portion smooth and pleasant we had a variety of weather from the extreme hurricane that leveled trees and moved of dust t II 11 the moderate aud pleasant and amidst all this god our heavenly father preserved our lives and our health blessed us richly wito with his holy spirit us to sow seeds needs of eter al truth among the young and the aged gave us favor avor with thousands of his bin saina and for all these things w we a bless bleas his boly name dome the authorities of each stake together with all others who so kin kindly dy ministered to our comfort and drove us from place to place will long live lo in our memories with deep gratitude GRORGE |