| Show STAR VALLEY AND BEAR LAKE On a trip to S Star Valley and Bear Lake I 1 left home hoar on 00 the train on eo Friday afternoon June JUDe in com com- company pany with Elder George Reynold The Salt Lake Temple workers were on the same lame me train on their way to Brig Brig- Brigham Brigham ham City and with whom we bad the pleasure of mingling ai as far as a Ogden Here we eta y ed for tor a few tew hours in com com- company company pany paDY with Superintendent R B tyne Ballan-tyne tyne conversing on Sunday school matters matter We left Ogden Ofden at pm and arrived at McCammon at o'clock am ai on Saturday McCammon mon is miles from rom Salt Lake City and aDd there are no accommodations accommodation for travelers to Montpelier who are de detained here bere for about four hours houn noun Near Nearly ly y twenty passengers bad had to am amuse themselves that length of time as aB belt beet they could there being tel DI no chance of except on the he bare floor fleer without a blanket blanke A universal complaint is II freel freely expressed ed qaID against aal t the railroad company for the absence of any pro pro-I pro pro- provisions pro visions for the comfort of the traveling public publio thus thui detained I We left McCammon at and soon passed pared through Soda Springs reaching Montpelier at Here a I team was wax in waiting to take 1 ui us to Brother Is Burgoyne-Is n at whose whole house bouse I we bad had the pleasure of at meeting our friends Sisters Bisters Elmina S B Taylor and Sarah Sarab Eddington They were on the way to Star Star Valley to bold hold a conference of the Young Ladies Ij uie M I A After breakfast we all aU four tour traveled together on a journey of fifty miles milea conducted by Stake Superintendent of Schools Ed Edward ward over a mountainous country where chuck chuckholes holes boles and sideling places abounded more or less leIs But having such uch un unlocked un- un unlooked unlooked looked locked for tor good food company we measure measurably mea ably ur-ably ably forgot the roughness of the roads only when our heads came suddenly In contact and not knowing which it was waa that bit hit the other We reached Afton Alton Star Valley at 8 o'clock p pm m Our traveling compan compano companion ions ion were welcomed at the house houle hou e ot of Sister t r Roberts and our home was wai under the root roof of A V Call CaU of the presidency ot of the Stake Our VIsit here wa was forthe for forthe forthe the purpose of holding balding a Sunday school conference Its Hs It meetings meeting com com- commenced commenced at 10 o'clock a m and at 2 p m in on OR Sunday besides a teachers and a Seventies meeting One of ot the most interesting exercises we ever listened to was waa from the Auburn second Intermediate class whose teacher was w one of ot our returnee returned normal nor Run Sunday ay school students from the B BY Y Academy at Provo The chief points of excellence were their thor thor- thorough thorough ough acquaintance with their lesson Ie and every question and answer was waB so 10 loudly and aad distinctly rendered that all the congregation could hear On Monday June 25 a conference of the Young Ladies Lad lea association was wa held beld at 10 a m and 2 p m in On invitation invitation tation of Slater dieter Taylor we attended both meetings meeting and much enjoyed the instructions there Imparted Tuesday We 26 28 We left Afton at for Glencoe 20 miles milea at which place we held a meeting at 2 p m and aad re- re returned returned re returned turned again to Alton Aften same lame day dBY in 10 time for Upper supper after which we bade adieu to Alton Anon and proceeded to Fair Fair- Fairview Fairview view Fair view 5 miles mUes where we found a con con- congregation congregation Taylor pre presided over by Slater Sister Tay lor Here our labors Jabon in Star valley ended President George Ormond and his counselor A V Call CaU extended every courtesy and were present at aU all allour allour our meetings meeting Alton Afton is II 1 the largest settlement io in Star Valley containing 76 70 families or I persons It ii is miles rrt m mI I Evanston the county leaf seat Wyoming miles north of west welt fro 11 Chey Chey- Cheyenne Cheyenne Cheyenne enne about miles north orth of Fort Bridgers Bridger 6 miles mUel east ea t of the Idaho Idabo line and about from rom Salt BaIt Lake City per railroad travel A Aline fine tract of ot bench land on the eastern portion of ot Afton Alton will afford a abeau beau beautiful site lite ite for tor a Temple hereafter to tobe tobe tobe be built as a per prophesy of Elder Moses Thatcher This b bench lies lioa at atthe atthe atthe the mouth of Swift Creek whence flows flow a large Jarge lar e stream of or pure water flanked on either ither bide Ide by a park of beautiful swamp pines pine many of which are more than feet teet high blab Alton Afton ia is supplied with water sufficient tor a city of ot many thousands Dd The franchise Is enjoyed by both sexes women can not Dot only vote but h boffice office hence bence all the county sups up of schools in Wyoming women Wednesday day June 17 after atter a It g nights night's rest reit at the house hour of Brot Bros Barrus we left Fairview for tor M AI pelier 45 45 miles mile at 1130 11 30 ana and rear reao r our destination about 9 o'clock p after the usual jolting of at a ten ho travel over a canyon road Our co 00 we left at Brother Burgoy and we were welcomed at the house Bishop Wilford W Clark Thursday June Here 28 28 Here we fou foula a letter Jetter from President Budge of Pa p that a meeting bad had been appointed us to bold this evening at B and tomorrow night at St Char But owing to a previous m ID having baving been buen made tor for a meeting at Bennington ours our was wae p Boned one for tor the time being belog Will Wm Rich of ot tho Bear Lake j came oame to Montpelier to us Q Parl Paris and aad there we were the guests Brother W Hoge Hoe Friday 29 Visited 29 Vl the Paris Paria In tute where we found our rout lOut friends from the B Y Acad Academy m Provo Professors In the afternoon Stake dents dent Galloway way and hr his assistant came to Paris Paria and us to St Charles Charlea They also alao drove to FIsh Haven giving ui us a cent view of Bear Lake which 1 la is most malt delightful sheet beet of ot Water this western region It is 18 1 a b 22 miles mile in length north ands and Blut s and averages eight miles wide la J 1 n D Devening evening we addressed a goode gooda good food e a audience in St Ii Charles Charlee on gun BUD school matters matten Saturday 30 SO We returned to p pin In time to commence our two d conference We held beld three meets at 10 am 2 pm and 6 pm A At two former lormer meetings meeting reports report given from Sunday Bunday school super in indents dents exercises from various cl 01 of at Sunday school children and re reby reby by J H Hart Hare and W L Rich ot or Stake presidency etc and in the be th e eing v Ing addresses by the two visiting b br ren reD and Stake Superintendent And Galloway 1 Sunday Bunday July Teams I-Teams I Team from frolD country brought a h ho children and aud parents parenti who withof withof with t of Paris Parl soon loon filled the large Jarge t nacle when claw class exercises r solo 1010 olo by a son of ot mus jUI just returned from a t tv two u o years yeara m oroal cal education ut lit Boston Boiton beside marks marki from various speakers on Su Bu school lob DO methods method and aa an able essay enay on the benefits benefit dell en from the grading system recently ia is our Sunday Sunday schools sChool bl by L byL French A meeting of tea te superintendents and aad other le Ie authorities was waa held beld after the morn mora session fc ion x After the cloae close ef of f our two day days daya ference we accompanied Bishop C 0 10 miles to Montpelier where we w our final meeting in Bear Lake B 8 after which we expected to I 1 Montpelier for tor home by the he midD train but to our dismay we found no trains train would be running t ter next ext twenty four tour boars aoun being belac on 00 account of a general feral strike only Oh chance was waa to kJ accept api 1 f r d services of Bishop ClInk Clark r who generously drove us ui to Mink Creek thirty two miles mil at which through the kind 10 Intercession ot of Ji Bishop bo we w were driven from Mink Creek Greek to Franklin twenty miles Mil by Brother Keller We stayed for the night might Bot at t Supt Websters Webster's Web t r and this morning had bad the pleasure of ot a ride the he railway to Salt Lake Luke City ar- ar arriving ar arriving riving dying home bom safe eafe afe and sound after ten eye tey absence We W have hare abundant cause for tor thank thank- 1 and gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the outpouring of Hi His Holy Spirit In our assemblages and also alao to- to towards warda tc-warda wards His Hit servants in each Stake we have just visited who have bave in io all aU our meetings tine taken a deep d p and personal Interest t Surely the tb cause of our children is if a popular one GEORGE GODDARD T ARD SALT LAKE CITY July 3 1894 |
