Show CORRESPONDENCE f Written ft tor this Au f P Paper pur r CONFERENCES IN ARIZONA WARD St Johns John J Stake Arizona Augu August sf 18 1894 4 Twelve hundred and sixty olio miles travel by railway over the Rio Grande Western C Colorado lorado Midland Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and Atlantic and Pacific lines brought us u Elder George Reynolds Reynold and myself to the N Springs Arizona after which a fifty miles mile slow low tra travel el per p r team over aandy a andy desert d rt landed us ua u safe sare afe in St Johns the th destination to which our first ant appointment appoint nt required o ired our labors labon We left lets Salt Sale Lake City on Tuesday evening v at p m July Slat t wend wend- wendIng wending Ing our way wy through Utah Colorado New Mexico l into Arizona On reach reach- reaching reach lag ing Trinidad Col Thursday August 2 at p m in we w found U S 8 senti- senti sentinel sentinels neli nel nels pacing the station with guns gun and bayonets on their shoulders boulder r as al a a guard against trouble from the be he strikers n and aDd we also allo a lio noticed a large card hanging banging from one of or the th windows window ot of o the train on which in large print was waa the follow followIng i ing a Repent for the kingdom of heaven beaven Is 18 at hand band Two ladies Inside the car hal bJ charge of ot its it one of whop whom had bad a similar card in ID front of ot her ber breast A t few w miles mUes t further brought u us to to a tunnel on the divide between Colorado and Dd New o o c at either end a guard of soldIers still remain to protect it n a against the threatened injury by the recently rec excited strikers They rhey were evidently getting tired of their protracted service having been several times with rain which had poured down to 10 torrents torrent and their tents afforded them scarcely any protection We reached r d Navajo Springs Spring at noon noonon noonon noonon on Friday August rd and nd were glad to find our Stake Superintendent J Jo John JohnW JohnW o n nW W Brown with hi bl his team to conduct es 01 to Sr at Job Johns He is ii the son on of ot an old old friend J T D Brown well known in the early settlement of ot Utah We W traveled slowly lowly over the deep sand land through partial rain and wind trind until after 10 o'clock p m m In Ib the convey convey- conveyance ance noe our blankets blanket blank tl were soon spread occupying one end and one the theother other thus closely hemmed in we lay until arou aroused about 8 o'clock the fol- fol following fol following lowing m Saturday August Starting long Jong before day break brak we reached St Job Johns s Arizona at a quarter to seven o'clock Alter being refreshed under the hospitable roof loof ot of our friend Brown BrowD we were ready rady by 10 o'clock to commence the first meet meet- meeting meeting ing ol of our out two day days day Sunday school conference Asa As a preliminary we held beld a short abort interview with the Stake and other authorities and aa as no 0 program of ex- ex ex had bad been prepared either bythe by byThe The children or otherwise we had bad to depend upon the direction of the Spirit or of the Lord to guide ua us in our meet meet rocs President D K U Udall Ud dU ll and his bla counselors Elders Elder Freeman FreeDan and Gib Gib- Gibbons Gibbon bon oon were with us u at all aU our meetings Me Hie home is II 1 at Unto Union ward thirty five miles mile from frem St J Johns We bel held live five ve Sunday S day school meetings meeting at t w which hiob all that tha WI was w s necessary to o be said on OD Sunday school matters mattera waa was at- at attended attended attended tended to The following ward schools were represented St Johns Union Erastus and Nutrioso The Articles Article ot of Faith and the the prayer on the bread and water were recited by different classes in concert Remarks Remark were also inter interspersed per ed by Stake Superintendent Brown and bia his assistants Elder D K Udell and his bla counselors and aDd Bishop Anderson of or St Johns John's ward The visiting brethren occupied the balance of the time A meeting with the presidency presidency dency and aid other leading authorities was aa held at the close cloae of ot Sunday BuDday morn morn- mornIng's morning's mornings Ings Ing's meeting The members of ot the Quorum of Seventies met after arter toe the afternoon meeting was waa dismissed and were add addressed relied by Elder George Reynolds on item Items of Im- Im importance im importance pertaining to their calling An e evening meeting at 8 o'clock closed our labors labor in Saint J ODDI vs oh-vs which la is the county seat eat of or Apache county Ari Ari- Arizona Arizona Arizona zona The meetings meeting throughout out were well ell attended and the tile Spirit of the Lord visibly enjoyed In connection with other instructions pertaining to the general conduct and advancement if f t Sunday school work the Word of Wisdom was waa not The unanimity of feeling that pervaded the be congregation on this important t subject was waa wa truly truy gratifying This was wal made manifest ma by an aD almost uni- uni venal ual-venal vernal vel expression of their determination determination determination tion in the future to observe it Io In accordance with the wishes of the Presidency of the Stake we left St Sf Johns on Monday to attend two meet moot meetings mooting ings ing with the members 0 ot of the Union ward which comprises o the Saints Saint re- re residing re siding in Eagerville Amity and the toe regions region round about Union ward In Round Bound valley Is i 86 85 miles distant from St Johns John which we traveled by team driven by Elder E N Freeman late of O Ogden den City We reached Springerville on Monday night and were welcomed by the fam fam- family family family ily of Prime Coleman one of 01 the earliest earll- earll est c Indian missionaries in ID Southern Utah Tuesday Tue day August Two Two miles mUes from this hi place Is la a settlement called Eagerville w where bere live lives Bishop Bi bop George GeorgeH H Crosby Croby son n of the late well known Utah Pioneer Jesse W Crosby Cro by and also Elder D K U Udall who to l president pre of tills this Stake of ZIon From the scattered condition or of the Saints we were truly astonished and aad gratified ratified to and flad such large congregations attending the be three meetings held at 10 am and at 2 and 8 o o'clock pm H Here re we met with one oue of Utah's earliest merchants merchant by bl the name Dame of A V Greer whose business b ine wan wa conducted conduct conduct- td ed d under the firm name of or Blair Greer Basset Ba Ba et et Wednesday we left len Union U lon ward and after arter a pleasant ride of 85 miles we reached ed Erastus ward presided pr over by C O I Kempe at whose house we were welcomed Thursday Here a ward confer confer- conference enoe ence was wa held beld which we had bad been in- in invited in invited vl ed to attend by Elder Udall and aJ a portion of ot the time in the morning and afternoon meetings meeting was waa allotted ua us to speak peak on Sunday school matters matten The evening 8 was occupied mostly by a lecture on 08 the Book Beok of Mor Mormon oD 1 by Elder George Reynolds by spear spear-Ij aD tia request g Here our labora labors close loae la In the F Stake of ef Zion Era Erastus ward warl oo eo 22 fa families DUle about souls Who M vate ate sores of land the Reseed liR d dof of Is ii mostly out and aDd end emr wheat is i raised to sustain u thin them I Bishop has bas ba thirteen acres aCles of o or oro filled with several leveral thousand thou and fruit i bs ing trees Including apple p pear ar p F apricot plums plumi etc eto S Tomorrow Friday we leave leaTte bug bi a amile mile mUe ride to Snowflake at t which Ii pl we bold a two days day Sunday conference on Saturday and SALT LAKE CITY Aug 18 r 1894 i We bade adieu to our friends frienda IIi H Era Erastus tu ward St Johns Johna Stake on f day Aug AUK 10 and after Arter a rid ride rhea of five miles milea driven by Samuel Bat 1 grandson grandion grau aon of Father Camp who and lived Jived Ji ed in ID a large house iw Ita i c Thirteenth ward Salt Satt Lake Lak many years yeara ago we reached r flake 4 and 5 p m tD and 2 f welcomed loomed at the hom home bomb of our StaKe Superintendent J A A w the evening we had bad a pleasant with J Jesse elM N Smith preside president et 1 Stake and other authorities talked over the object and pUr ai t a au tau our r visit viz to hold a two no two dill f Sunday school conference 1 Saturday Aug 11 at 10 were greeted with a well filled A I of Ir parents parent and children alao 1 6 1 o'clock and another at p ba In T Sunday 12 We had tb the pl pI holding bolding three more crowded m mat at 10 2 and 6 besides a Sever S i meeting at 4 p m at which Reynolds Imparted special and filled up the presidency bf 61 third Eighty Quorum by tb the ment and aDd ordination of two to till flU vacancies At t the above Ve meed f that was waa necessary to aid and e age superintendents teachers parents and children in the morek more i- i and improved conducting our Sunday Icho l was Imparted and thankfully r rem t Our instructions were Int 6 i with reports report from from Snowflake W Woodruff St r Taylor Tylor Shumway Jumper h Fairview Pinetop and anI Pine C 0 Remarks Remark also alio were made by toe the ther r Bishops and Sake B 8 k ke superb dency and a numb number r of P exercises by the children of lUt c schools l I H z J Snowflake la is a very er beau beautiful ural ae a W meat ment of ot about water ater seats and shade hade tr trees ea on OD 0 allow 1 side of 01 the streets and mind many a o able able and well built residences It rt Y 80 per pent p nt of or the Saints are o of the Word of ot Wisdom At Af families live lIte in their own OD bO houses a only only ona one la is under mortgage l no saloon there and no pros ie any Our old friend Charlie way 80 86 years year old we had bad the ply pl of of meeting he waa was one of or the 70 10 ha fits fa 3 cart cart missionaries who left Salt Lake City on the of ot April W the the only pioneer of 1847 1147 1 fit i Y Snowflake We also alio found our ruo ular friend Ralph Ramsay Ram V ay-V carver whose whole workmanship ms t li line be ne leen seen in the eagle w whose bOle wings win liar liaro ad 16 o many years yan been spread pread over 0 wl wH la Is known as al a the Eagle Gate Gale B Hea He H j ja a resident of the ward Be a 1 Ie ir 11 hale bale find and hearty though DO not otee se OJ s I w as he heu he u used nied ed to be t- The almost m d universal J stringency ia in monetary matters matter ii is scarcely felt fait In Snowflake except inthe in inthe the e low price of sheep wool etc tc to The Th chief articles of ot export are and other hay bay a good food market be being found for it in Fort Apache nearly 70 miles mil Our meetings meeting were by bythe bythe the rich outpouring of the Spirit Spirl of the Lord and a time of ot unal unal- unalloyed unalloyed loyed Joyed pleasure was wai universal throughout the entire congregations They were held beld in ia the Stake meeting meetinghouse meetinghouse house which needs n d further Improve Improve- Improvements mento ments being made in the gallery etc ete to render it complete in Its ito accommodation accommodation dation for the public A vote was wa called and universally responded to that all aU the means needed for lor If Us ao- ao accomplishment ao would be forthcoming After our Sunday evening meeting we bid adieu to our many warm arm warmhearted warmhearted hearted friends friend and left Jett Snowflake b team driven by Jo Joseph Clawson son of Moses Mow Clawson who lived In the Second ward Salt BaIt Lake L ke City in the thi early arly Attlee We left Snowflake at pm and after traveling 28 miles mil in an open conveyance and our road en- en enlightened en enlightened lightened by the he ray rays ray of the tb moon we reached our terminus by crossing the little Colorado river On reaching the opposite side elde i e of the river the bank was wal EO so high that bat it WM wu impossible impo ible for our team to ascend they made the at- at attempt attempt at attempt tempt In tn a partial but desperate effort and to prevent a serious disaster dl a ter our expert teamster having baving such wonder wonder- wonder control of bi his hone horses quieted them la in their perilous situation while he be succeeded in unhitching them from the conveyance and got t on the bank after l which blob be prepared to enter the water and assisted alted a us u along the tongue the end of ot which was wa on the bank We then hen the walked to Holbrook station near Dear by where Brother Bey Rey- Reynolds DoWa elda and myself were accommodated with a bed OB on the floor of the op oo store etore tore till past half 3 o'clock Two of our brethren Brothers Brethen Farley Parley and Decker Deeker went with Brother Clawson and aDd sue sue- uc In tn getting the conveyance out of the river Monday August 18 IS 18 at 15 16 minutes to 4 am our train left let Holbrook station homeward bound about 1800 1300 miles travel During Daring the last lut ten days day day the earth has bu been drenched with of ef rain for b hundreds of ef IoU miles through Colorado New Mexico Medea and aDd Arizona Washouts were wore therefore experienced both oth 0 on oa-ehe oa Ake railroads and nd also ateo by- by team In traveling from place to place Bythe By Bythe the ble blowing blessing of 01 our oar Heavenly Father we escaped aped injury from all aU of them Before reaching Leadville we were detained de- de detained de detained between two and three hours and In la many Instances where the water was waa rushing about our tracks we had bad to slacken our pace so 80 0 that on arriving at Grand Junction Wednes- Wednes Wednesday Wednesday day day morning August 15 at 9 o'clock we found ourselves eight hours houn behind time and Instead of reaching Salt Bait Lake City at we did not arrive until midnight GEORGE GOUDARD GODDARD |