| Show V ITEMS FROM VERNAL Ver vernal rial utah may 12 1898 we had a very cold backward spring until the middle of april when old sol began to send forth his hie benign rays in such fury that our streams were swollen to such an extent that crossing was dispensed with save at bridges the duchesne river was over its banks and travel was being somewhat hindered but the first of may was ushered in by heavy rains and a light fall of snow in the valley and about one foot on the Uinta hs making a strange sight not often witnessed green leaves leavea and a vegetation with a partial coverlet of the beautiful which reminded one in noticing it during the forenoon of the changing views of a ka kaleidoscope leldon c ope but the water has now subsided although the last few days it is again on the raise crops in this valley are looking beautiful as the grain graan la is all up and early vegetables are on the market A large number of our fathers as well as boys are out in wyoming shearing sheep and hauling wool while a large number have just completed shearing our home herds and the wool is being hauled to price stock of all kinds are nigh high here this spring cattle and shep sharp especial ly this causes the farmer to smile as most of them have a few surplus surp luft cattle to dispose of never before to lh our county has there been such promising prospects for an abundant harvest as now not only in cerrato cereeta ce reato root crops hay etc but in fruit as aa well the uncompahgre reservation seema to be filling up very slowly when we 0 realize the amount of peo people ale without homes there is yet a Consider considerable abit amount of land which can be town taken up although the Ind indians lems of course are am still given the preference our officers are making a raid the cattle thieves this year and axe are 80 very successful that a great number of stolen cattle have been ili and some convictions secured and i 19 1 9 4 other arrests are expected soon to tol fol 1 low I 1 our quarterly and M I 1 A conjoint A conferences have just adjourned and a 9 time of spiritual feasting was waa had S we were with the presence of apone cowley bishop preston and slater sister susie young gates neither of had bad ever been here before the fatherly advice of bishop preston the blessi blessing tig pronounced upon this the people by apostle cowley and the advice to mothers and daughters U pot their ithell duties and callings will never be forgotten by many we feel that the eyes of many were opened at tj t be lines of the gospel marked out by the speakers and feel that a general time of reforming will take place sister gates was waa the first here in behalf of the he youna ladies and the result was manifesto for at their meeting held alone the gitt gift of tongues was given to slater sister pack the visitors left for home today and we all wish them gods speed K R U I 1 W |
