| Show THE TOWN of PARADISE paradise cache co march 7 1898 this thia is not where it once was it was first located in a dell where avon ward now Is and was first settled in 1869 1859 by a few families and really settled in 1860 by settlers from braier Dr aier salt bait lake county it was organized into it a ward in the year 1860 toy by apostle EL T benson and bishop poter pieter maughan david jamesway james was the first bishop and remal remained ned until 1867 when the stake authorities advised afie he people to move to asater a safer location three miles north SQ as to be in an open country and thus be more secure from th indians who were and had been very troublesome to give the young read readers ers of the Nee news ws an object lesson I 1 will relate an fai incident dent that occurred in 1861 the in came by thousands and chief washakie Wash kte ikie divas deans were very troublesome they also ajsa passed through that summer in the tao early part of the summer william humphreys then a young man an and d ifie itma england was one among a number placed on picket guard on the ranges to protect tha th stock from the indians A large lange crowd of red skins were passing and painted up in hide 0 war paint tree young bucks seeing young humphreys w tt h his stock left the band and came on a full aalop to him brandishing their tomahawks and like so ao many incarnate devils they then surrounded him two W with pistols cocked and finger on trigger er and one with a hatchet after hulln jumping ping around him and poking the piete is at lihn the fellow with the hat hatchet abet imitated the scalping process while still YeT yelling ling uncle hilly now after thirty seven years ears says 1 I looked upon those demons cons with a smile while every moment IVI Shed mother earth would open her mouth and swallow me up seeing I 1 showed no outward fear they put up their deadly tools and thinking me brave left shouting dh outing brave mormon wino mormon nl uncle william at this late date says saya one be of this kind of doses is enough in a lif ethne paradise has a population of families with souls orson smith was bishop from 1875 to 1884 when samuel oldham was appointed bishop and still presides over this thrifty and prosperous ward they have a fine rock church with modern improvements two school buildings one a modern brick costing about 2600 and many handsome private residences also one of the finest creameries crea meries to be found in cache county water and farming land are abundant and the farms are very productive imme immense nse amounts of wood and timber have been taken out of the mountains some day in the near future mining will be carried on here as there to is a mountain of iron of the finest quality and also another full of material for fluxing flexing this immense amount of ore silver and other metals exist in the hills around all the ward organizations of the church are in splendid working order the Y L M I 1 A is one of the best beat in southern cache the sunday school is also well attended and an efficient corps of teachers assemble each sabbath morning to meet and instruct the hundreds of lovely children who flock to the house of the lord for instruction before leaving this subject of paradise I 1 would like to relate an incident that occurred in the experience of the late james D hurst while on his mission in england some years ago elder hurst was president of the nottingham conference and on one occasion he with some of the elders were holding an open air meeting and was speaking very earnestly upon the beauties of the paradise Parit dise of god some preacher pompously came up and asked what do you know about paradise elder 1 hurst replied why man I 1 have I 1 lived for twenty years in paradise and I 1 went through eden to get there the parson was dumbfounded and left in disgust elder hurst when he came from ogden came by team through ogden valley and passed through eden on his way here the health of the people is very good the town never had any saloon or any of its accompanying evils peace plenty and happiness abound |
