Show i of 01 this Paper MORMONS IN CANADA CANAD LAKE CITY Sept 5 1894 The town wn of III the province l of Alberta and aDd Dominion of Canada has baa been the de destination declination in la our oar recent visit in the he interest Of Sunday schools On Tuesday August Auguet 21 t at pm m Elder George Reynolds Reynold and I Ie left by bythe bythe bythe the U P railroad to fill 1111 an appointment appoint at th the above place bj by holding the he first annual Sunday school conference there We reached Butte Butt Montana on OD the following day Wednesday at 1 o'clock pm being miles mile from Salt Lake City Here we were ere detained twenty hours hour hou Butte Butle has baa ha a population of about inhabitants Inhabitant sustained mainly by the number of at It If Its I smelters it being a mining city Streets Street five rods wide plank sidewalks ld walk main maiD street treet very Tory steep We left leU Butte on Thursday day at 9 o'clock am by the Great Northern railroad and by 1250 we reached Helela milo miles from Salt Lake City From here we continued our Jour Jour- Journey journey Journey ney to Great Falls FaIle 78 73 miles mile arrivIng at pm A free tree ride from the he depot landed us at the Minneapolis house bouse where after partaking of our upper supper then another free tree ride we were driven 21 miles illee to the depot of the he Great Falls c Canada Vanada railroad In time to leave on aD the be p m train After a night nights night's Jolting and aad jerking over the roughest road we ever met with we arrived at atthe atthe the custom o office lue soon loon after 7 a m Here we had bad breakfast and our luggage w was examined by the British customs o officer loer Part of or the railway station was In the United States State and the he other part in the Dominion of ot Canada W We continued th the journey until we reached our terminus at Lethbridge being milts from Great Falls Falla an and miles milel from Salt Lake City Wear Wear- We ar- ar arrived ar arrived rived at a quart quarter r to 2 p m and after partaKing of dinner we started in a team driven ven by Bishop Woolf who had bad met ui us there here to o convey ui us to We tra traveled over twenty miles which brought ui us to a sheep ranch where we lodged for tor the he night During the latter part of ot this day the air was wa filled with smoke from tan prairie fires fire which were raging on tb the hills On one of ot these In our eur Im- Im Immediate immediate im immediate mediate neighborhood there were head of beef beet cattle In la a state tate of ot wild excitement occasioned by the fiery element rapidly approaching them But the drivers driver on splendid horses horw by their expert maneu maneuvering succeeded h f n getting them over St Mary Marya Marys river to a place of at latet safety Prairie fires fire as a la in lathe inthe the United States Slate are of ot frequent oo oo 00 currence here bere and aad a prolific source IOU roe of danger to our settlements After a g good od night night-a rest reit in the open air we left lef our camp ground by 6 o'clock on Saturday morning and pursued our our- journey over the prairie until we reached Cardston the headquarters headquarter of the Canadian mission mi eion ion By 11 o'clock we were w welcomed under the hospit- hospit hospitable able roof root of ot President Card and his hearted warm hearted wife Zina In the after afternoon noon we were escorted e round the town and were wre astonished to see e ee the amount of at corn and vegetable vegetables of all aU kind kinds growing lu luxuriantly without irrigation The numerous and ample of hay bay stacks for winter feeding was very noticeable We also alee visited their chee cheese factory a model of cleanliness tb the h process pro e of manufacture wa was wai ex- ex pl i to u D I is on the be Canadian Van plan pl o This lathe fourth year of f It If its exist existence once ence and their annual manufacture is 1 thirty five thousand pounds pound pe With the whey they are feeding a fine ADe lot of Berkshire hOI hogs hogi in splendid pl eon con condition and aad for tor which there is II i a ready money market at 9 0 cents cent per pound Cardston contains contain about inhabit inhabit- inhabitants inhabit ante ants anti or 85 86 families 76 75 of whom raise ralle enough grain rain and vegetables vegetable to te sus- sus sustain u taia gin tain themselves and to spare Ipare pare There are no lawyers lawyer beret here no litigation No doctors docton nor drug stores tor and and very little sickness No saloons and no drunkards drunkard Saturday evening the fihe Stake Sunday school and other authorities met in the house houie of ot Prell- Prell dent Card to talk over the chief objects of our visit and the beet best manner of utilizing our labor labors while in their midst It It was wax deemed deeme advisable for tor 01 us to hold bold three meetings meeting on Sunday per per- pertaining pertaining to Sunday school work and one ODe between the hours hour of ot 4 and 5 6 of ot the Seventies to receive special tion UC D from President Reynolds At Atthe Atthe the above well attended meetings many phases of Sunday Bunday school bool work 1 Were carefully scanned canned and emphasized sized Special Specia instruction sand and aDd cheer cheer- cheerful cheerful ful tul encouragement was wan also alio given to the children The enrollment on the record shows bows and aDd average attend attend- attendance ance ance anoe ot of o Superintendent aYDe gave a brief report of ot the school w which hiob JI is having the of ot the efficient labors of Stake Superintendent who Allen who ii is Imparting some lome of the be practical lessons on an grading and other important points of Sunday BUDday school work which be he himself re- re received re received ei ed during his bi twenty week o urEe of instruction at the B Y Academy Konda Monday Wm Wood for tor many years year a butcher of known celebrity in ID Salt Lake City who ba has hai located eight miles mouth louth of Cardston and being anxious for tor us u to see ee his location drove ui us to see ee his bi place and aDd after sur- sur surveying surveying ur his bis surroundings and aDd labors labor lab in fencing corral and tabling stabling dation for tor his hi hl stock took besides stacks of grain und find vegetable vegetables ral raised raffled ed without irrigation we concluded be had bad laid a solid olid foundation for a permanent home After dining with his family he drove us u back to Cardston in iD time timeto timeto timeto to travel fifteen miles mile to Mountain MountainView MountainView MountainView View arrival being p one one thirty mile mUes havel We lodged at Bishop l bop Stewart Stewart-la on Tuesday the This Is ll a small now meW settlement only a few families and widely scattered and a cold rain all night and continuing through the day lay We were astonished bed at the number of ot both parents parent und and children undaunted by either cold or rain that turned out to attend our two meetings held beld at 1030 and p m after Arter which we returned to through a continuous rain between 7 and 8 p m Wednesday 2 th after a goo nights night's rest rot and an still sUll raining raiDIng in Com com- company Company om- om pany with President Card and Bishop W Woolf olf we went to Etna eight miles mlle and held a meeting in iD the house bouie of Bishop Pilling at 1130 After dinner we drove about a mile miJe to see ee anew a Dew meeting house bouie now in course of hasty erection and aDd which is ii to be dedicated on Thursday T September OLn We r re- re to Cardston the same e me day and Ion oo on Thursday August 80 SO at L a m we e bade adieu to 0 e our eur friends friend in ID Alberta and la in company with President Card Cardwe Cardwe Cardwe land we commenced our travel homeward reaching Lethbridge 48 miles mile at 7 o'clock p m Q We lodged at the Lethbridge house boule Her Here we parted with our friend Card Friday at a B m we continued our journey by railway raily to Great Falls Falli ar- ar arriving ar arriving riving at the station at midnight two and aDd a half mlle miles from the city From here bere we were taken to the Minneapolis house where we lodged for tor the night Saturday September lit 1st we left Great Falls on the Great We Western tern railway at o'clock p m for tor Butte and aDd after passing the Bernice station tation we were wele detained three hours boun our road being blocked by a freight train that ba had run rUD runoff oft the track in ID trying to move more on to a siding The engine and tender were demoralized and the engineer serious serious- seriously seriously ly ly if 11 not fatally injured We reached Butte about midnight and remained at atthe atthe atthe the St Bt James Jame hotel botel until Sun Sunday day September 2nd leaving by the Union Pacific railroad at 8 o'clock pm and after one and a half balf hours hour detention detention tion at Pocatello we arrived in ira Salt Bait Lake City Monday at 11 o'clock a m nl The Saints Saint In th the Canadian mission feel teel well and highly appreciate a visit by friends from Utah they are fully alive to the educational interests of their heir youth e especially in Sunday BUDday schoolwork work They are also alio anxious for tor their observance of ot the Word of or Wis- Wis Wisdom dom Wie-dom dom the law of ot tithing punctuality in their attendance at Sunday school and other meetings etc eto all aU of ot w which they will their children to keep inviolate not nol only by precept but by example also alao al o To this end may the blessings of God our heavenly Father attend them GEORGE GODDARD |