| Show IN ARIZONA the following letter addressed to the news and dated thatcher Tha Acher arizona may was penned by a young daughter of elder andrew kimball lately of this city and not the least pleasing of its features alee re the childlike style and the personal and familiar vein in which it tb Is written it contains much of interest in regard to the region it describes brother andrew kimball and party arrived safely in thatcher on frid friday the ath dinst aften a journey of three days and three nights some of the tn party were troubled with sea sickness or an ailment very much like it the baby was wearied and of course the children caused a great deal of trouble and care otherwise we got along nicely after a makeshift make shift entertainment at bowie the railroad station on the southern pacific we were gift att at the td station with a hearty welcome As the train stopped at thatcher station and we emerged from the car we were met by a host of people W waln ith their carriages and wagons to convey the D us and our baggage to our home prettiest feature of all was a a shower of roses that greeted us in a few sec ands atter after the car stopped the back ww platform was completely covered aitu wl boquet tes of yoses roses and in tact fact so many were thrown by the crowd that the ground was covered also the brethren loaded our baggage ana aad divided the crowd ana we were among in a few minutes the carriages uni unloaded unload aa ded eo us at our respective homes pa ha rented a nice brick residence and although we had no furniture we took too up our abode within its walls as it were on the floor we have often seen roses and beaco ful flowers but the splendid array army a 01 the beautiful roses we witnesses in al a most every door yard is the beet we ever saw some rose trees tree a axe are six feet iee high large in proportion and the they v axe in bloom they say ten months in old tn year we fount foung every thing inac in utah and e more forward Pec tallY colorado for we en s age foot of on td through about a a snow flat south of pueblo and it contin continue laell cold even until we got to this valley there is a splendid prospect off of fruit Pae ches apples plums and other varieties are as large as pigeons egge saso grain is heading gut ut and almost r reao etnair to harvest lucern is being out dilt let tuce and green peas are on the table shuw with plenty of other garden stuff att valley at this time of the year is like lik a pirk park or cultivated garden everywhere EV lery w here we look there is vegetation and ana beautiful flowers the people ar are v meryi e 1 kind to us in our unsettled i and want us to live with halup W s get our household goods but we wj sickness end and dont want to espos eiph r others our baby to is just getting ovet over j shooing cough and our little girl I 1 litt has just come down with measles we have noticed a remarkable da in public as well as private private improvements there have been olef W four thousand shade trees plante planted d IV vf the valley this spring to say of the orchard trees the orchard oh o it h over yv er t trees rees pa planted before 1 to conference is doing w well ell and voy eighty shade trees are leafing oi out at wibb the purpose of giving us some shade OP 00 our new home lot to get shade treely they cut off large limbs from aldef r trees and ald trim them up and plant the tar i stumps soon after it is matere watered d leafs out and commences to be a tr trap itself the most remarkable thing than i this connection is the facto fact that it w not uncommon tor for a tree limb to wp on the ground three or f four our monts mon and continue to grow and put fo torta branches while pa was here y M march ch he bought a willow table i soye some dagges who camped along attl streams and cut willows and mad tables picture frames etc the babl pa put in brother charles laymott Lay tott 00 bedroom where he was stopping tb he called our attention to it and discovered that it was still alive the tb green branches shooting forth from ito w knots tha the people are plaited over the crof cro j prospects this year they say mhd tw i never saw such 9 a beautiful stand stan d 0 s grain and hay nor a more fava favorably promise of an abundance of fruit of 90 kinds all varieties of fruit are not a wire ure crop though the hardiest handiest har diest kinds hsuch uch as apples and plums are early warin arm weather causes the buds to come out and they are by the late frosts but this year it seems the lord has as just more than blessed the people I 1 of course things are new to us but twe e believe we are going to like it pret arty ty well alles are very numerous but we have no mosquitoes flees or buks bugs the evenings are cool you can just halt aft out doors and enjoy solid coin comfort fort I 1 that is if you got get time everybody is ilso so busy now haying is just commencing Baen cing weeds are growing there are gardens and fields to wlter water and be sides this we are building an addition additions to our academy f the people of safford ord are puttying putt ting up a brick school house the trus iteen tees here fear they will have to lay a special tax and build several more grooms rooms there is such an increase in the school population there were nine children blessed in thatcher alone last past fast day this is a warm climate you know and things grow rapidly last year a stalk of corn grew over sixteen feet high and a sweet potatoe weighed thirty six pounds right here in thatcher chave a kimball cousin a girl who stands 6 5 feet 6 inches and weighs pounds and she is only 13 years old I 1 thought I 1 was large but 1 am not a circumstance to some of the arizona girls there is a creamery and an lee ice plant across the road from us those who can afford it and have the time to make it eat lee ice cream most every day the people are about such as we are accustomed cus tomed to in the north but I 1 notice one thing axe are very sociable and kindhearted equally as progressive and I 1 presume as good saints last night a little boy brought a three quart pall to us full of strawberries and we had strawberries sugar and cream for supper yesterday some friends came to see us and they brought a large boquet of flowers it was composed mostly of roses and yellow honeysuckles honey suckles the roses axe are just beautiful some are so lovely that I 1 can hardly believe they are natural respectfully CLARA KIMBALL |
