Show STEVEN SONS HOLBROOK arizona nov 29 1895 our journey from to concho on thirty five miles milea was one obe of great anxiety the eighteen inches of snow which had fallen at snowflake Snow flike by remou of the rain which had preceded it caused the snow to settle into a sheet of the good people of 0 say bay this storm stan do unprecedented in their history in arizona on the early morn of our departure jp arture for the snow enow waa about six inches deep but na DO road war wab broken only close around the town our appointments were out and our captain elder lyman folt assured that we would make the pointe and we felt similarly inclined our noon camp came fifteen minutes to 2 pm an increased depth ol of snow now welve twelve inches on the level but under the cedars out our camp ere cre and picnic was wan merrily taken and we bang A life on the deserts plain camped in the drifted snow enow with a little fire to warm and the wind to unceasingly blow one team bade fairly well for the lost jait lend end of at the trip but the other ether two felt snow now weary while increasing depth of snow and a soft road bed clogged the wheels of the vehicles so go much that witti with our precious load of frieg kneght ht two elders three driven and three ladies indies matters began to look serious we felt fell good confidence in the outcome however the worst features before us was a bitterly cold night and when dark approaches everything road and all is leveled up with anuw making the danger of getting lost very great grant soon alter after our noon camp being us ue ter mined to make toe the best beet or of our circumstances cum stances we had the beet team oi 01 bishop john Hunt make the long hard end of the iod road anu adu send relief but BUL a welcome shout about and relief of six eta bordes and men with president D K udall of the st joan stake and others ss as delivered up u after holding a splendid meeting at t co oho tuesday we drove over tu to st johns sixteen miles and held bold a meeting in the even evening liAg well attended on morning a meting of the seven lies was held of ibe the otis one and fourth quorum and also a general meeting and a very interesting enjoy enjoyment meni the utah elders being J aneti by david K udall st johns jobus stake and john hunt of snowflake elder F M clymans remarks were well suited to the scattered settlements sett lemento of dt bit johns stake of zion comprising com prizing about 1500 souls in st sr johns and concho wards there is in a of Mosi mexicans caus there being two mexican towns one at each ward and in t 19 loe e proximity nearly joining the wards amicable exist between the mormon community and the mexican element and they trade with each other the mexican part of the town has flat roofs sod and crooked streets the people have herus berus of sheep and some cattle although stock thrive so well on the range as it did in earlier aimee although the mexican vote vole is in the majority the offices are divided between both parties we are in the town where elder nthan C tenney was killea while acting as a peacemaker it is 1 interesting io 10 know how bow few there are of abi tb mormons who have fallen alien vie am ims e considering the wild cowboys aau roughs boughs in the early settlements or of thit barren waste so BO uninviting even to mormon energy although many changes have been made for the better st johns sid and concho concio have good and at the latter place I 1 am told a great flow of water runs rune 14 test feet below the surface of the ground dome day this will be brought to the au surface and utilized the deep snow enow storm prevents us from atom further visiting other meals and president ud ll and bishop andorson anderson of st johns took us over to concho ward 16 18 we belu meeting with the waid joined by the few seventies who reside here bore one onesi oi whom was ordain ordained eki a counselor coune elor to bishop marbles marble whom the ward chose to be their now new bishop elder christopher L I 1 kempe enter fined our party very generously generou cly he has done much to build up this ware ward finding employment for many fenu anu trusting crusting mon men by his bis li from tile nis little store who have not become nia his best beet friends I 1 once remember in my travels having read a little sign many we have trusted to our sorrow so pay today and we will trust tomorrow nov having concluded included co our visit to the st johns stake w bich has baa been very agreeable except for deep now we took look the parting band ot many good faithful latter lailer day saints batata 0 and with two carriages managed by brothers john jobo hunt and anderson passed over eighteen miles of land without water excepting two wells for the benefit of the mail thirty six aix miles closed our dayve days a jumping jolting road una one of our best beet meetings was held here in ilk the be evening bluer lyman could sotir scarcely cely cume come to the end of his bis usual good and comforting words and instructions we arrived at holbrook Holh rook just in time to take train at 1045 am to albuquerque quer que new mexico miles here we take leave of our kind friends who have so safely taken us abr ugh the two stakes snowflake and st johns about miles overland ij la in tuler toler carriages and one of the roughest hest times in my experience for aint nineteen deou years in this country we leave warm hearted latte rd saints alnis Id IQ in arizona we will have traveled anea we arrive at albuquerque 2124 miles 0 jr ir faces ure tire now set fur ad 0 d mexico via doming EDWARD STEVENSON DEMING N M W dee dea re Be tracing our journey from holbrook nothing new is observed except snow chiola has fallen and that gets lighter until we arrive at albuquerque waste it is too no more there we change care and climate too we arrived at pm and our oar for valises milaa left at pm next day nov go 30 our hotel we the geta treated us very comfortably arousing us just on time and ana by daybreak the surroundings oz ex that fuere ruay we were in ten inches of snow before breakfast un on this bis morning we were in a cum cm prat ively fair land jand the change from tf 8 or 10 degrees in the midst of snow aud arost to a land of cactus and rose and spring times in so short a times time does seem like a fairy dream at a station called nutt nult where is in a broad plateau covered witti with grass rose 0 etc and with a beautiful climate b but ut no water the altitude is about feet gasping florida some billy country presents itself occasionally iut but there are millions of acres with scarcely a habitation nabi tation except station on toe the rio grande river which we have leff jeff some flit rooted mexican huts buts aorta and slipshod slip shod surroundings ex and it seems good to see them bo be tween iween those these long and uninhabited tobes aties we passed near sliver silver city to ahiah aluce a brauch branch road runs from doming deming a very large ranch is not far away water being piped to lo it frum from a spring la in me los mountains to find a ranch much along bere to la really noteworthy at 1180 a in doming N M our I 1 gating place was reached here we outfitted outfit ed fur for a journey of one hundred miles overla overland into old mealon looking over what I 1 should call a town of wind wills mills all ail of which has large tanks into which is in pumped by the be wind will mill a good supply of what seems to be a very fine quality of at 1 pure pare cold water which is i drawn up itty sixty feet by those useful and numerous wind mills we learned from elder ernest tay lor who is ia here from the mexican colonies in the stock bu sintas shipping them by rail that on 2 21 december transportation will be provided for or elder lyman and company to the mexican an to colonies where we expect to spend three weeks visiting elder taylor generously took us to hib home for aad didear mi do arrangements range ments mento for a meeting oo on tie closing evening of the last november Novem bet bei before utah becomes a abatt twenty three members of the be church old an anu young assembled in the eveni evening tg only two of that dumber bad ever seen een the prophet joseph smita nou aou thirteen out of that number dumber had never seen the prophet brigham kuung elder lyman claims to oe be toe coe younst ast member in the church who cal remember seeing the prophet joseph our little meeting of tue evening was so flo much iteli shed being addressed by elders lyman and ett venson that au arrangement was made for a sora sacra ment meeting on sunday dec 1 wai wab made and enjoyed by an number of sixteen males malan ind twenty three females malee fe many of the cattar are working out and are from the ne colonies elemir gly the only way to help themselves there is no organ toad branch here and it was said by elder taylor that be had bad so many to be present at the same time the sacrament was administered by elders lamah and stevenson Stevens seven testimonies were borne and tears of joy was wae the result of 0 the outpouring of tilt spirit of the lord this was wag the firs sacrament meeting in doming by the latter day sainte good advice was wae given to the yung girls who are work tog log out some getting as high as 20 per month after meeting was warm banshak banc bah ing abich la 18 only known to true hearted latter day saints who are boru born 0 god during all not noi one drunk was to be seen on the streets of deming nor was there any any more quiet ou point than this applee are sold at ac 5 per pound onions 30 and potatoes ae per pu everything is sold here by the pound in about two hours we are oft for mexico the laud land of flowers elder A W ivine joined us yesterday and 10 well and was bu sustained stained by the meeting yesterday as aa prisident dent of the M mexican bican intake EDWARD STEVENSON |