| Show brems FROM ALMA AIMA ALMA WARD MARICOPA STAKE arizona feb eth 1887 editor deseret news As little Is known of us outside of our own stake and as letters have been directed to the alma ward there being no post office of that name such letters are liable ro be miscarried our bishop has requested re me to give you yoli a short account of our situation and progress I 1 we first formed martof the Me saWard now zenos till our organization in ia july 1884 the first to locate here was fold mullins in jan 1881 others soon followed taking up farms and making substantial improvements in the shape of clearing latiol land building digging ca canals niLls planting vineyards orchards shade ees shrubbery flowers etc and now beautiful homes are to be seen upon the once lonely deser deierl the former home odthe of the sha perell and ana the cactus family brother oscar M stewart formerly of richmond cache valley was on the of june 1884 ordained and set oart apart under the hands of the presidency of this stake as bisho bishop of the alma ward with condor klineman and d A P as his counselors vl oar ar first meeting in a ward capacity was held beld in a bowery erected for the purpose on the ibe laib of july following on u the same ame day our Sab sabbath school wa wag organized with a roll of 60 00 members and 18 teachers the relief society had already been to in oper operation U ti conjointly D 3 kintly with the gesn ward the e lesse lesser r priesthood was organized on the of july on the january 1885 the young mens and young ladies M I 1 associations were organized and on the of february following the Primary was organized sombat so that as fast as time and circumstances would permit all the adjuncts of our newly organized organised organ sed izod ward were put in successful operation our bishop is a young and energetic man full of enterprise and und improvement and under his bis wise and judicious management the ward is rapidly improving proving and being built up we have a semitropical semi tropical cli climate no snow a clear blue sky and plenty of land and water here is the home of the peach apricot date nectarine grape and fig fag the sweet and the peanut the sweet potato and the orange and there is plenty of room for far all wao may desires desire dc a mild climate and a perpetual summer where outdoor lalor labor cau can be performed all the ear round what is wanted is good saints who are temperate moral and industrious JAS T WILSON clerk of vard ward |
