| Show THE SAN LUIS VALLEY tho settlements of the ibe saints in colorado SALT LAKE laike CITY dec lath 1887 editor deseret news having occasion to visit the san louis valley in connection with several of the brethren that recently re aured f from rem the So southern athern states as our visit there was an exceedingly pleasant I 1 one I 1 take pleasure in fur your readers a brief description of of it THE COMPANI compact numbering about saints and eight elders arrived at ai Manu mannassa assa crossing at 1030 a in on nov brov being met there toy by several of the brethren with teams A ride of three miles brought us to mannassa where the company was distributed among several families of the saints and carefully provided for until other arrangements could be made tor for them the stake quarterly quarter lv conference being in session we attended the meetings on saturday and sunday and were gratified with the reports rendered and with the get general teral good spirit that than prevailed among the saints on the we spent the day in look ing around the thriving settlement of Ma manassa Dassa and in the evening were driven over to ephraim and held helpmeet meeting with the saints there on tiie we returned to manassa Ma nasea and at 3 p m by all ail of the brethren went to president S S smiths and partook of A BOUNTEOUS DE specially prepared for them and in the evening attended a social get gathering h eri 13 9 and bull ball held in the meetinghouse meeting house under the auspices of the seventies quorum where the evening was pleasantly spent in a time of rejoicing until a reasonable hour on the we took adv advantage of an opportunity to visit conejos tue county seat and received our first introduction tro to mexican lite ike conejos being a mexican to wn we visited me catholic church the oldest in coor color I 1 ado land and convent there and bad an interview with two ot the priests they treated us very courteously and had bad nothing to say pay against us as we also alao had bad au an to an influential citizen named major head formerly merly governor of the state who reades s tr here we visited his residence en and were kindly treated lie he spoke in terms of GREAT off OF OUR PEOPLE located la in that section and said in substance we cannot spare an all that we have but buc can find room toi foi many more after visiting a me 11 I 1 can house we returned to manassa Maa assa and from there went to sanford and held meeting with the saints there theare tha eveni evening on thursday dec ast 1st we visited richfield Klch field and angheld held inerd ug there thereat it 2 pa pm after which we took the evening evenin drain arain lor for pueblo and arrived in this S city on saturday dec 3rd ard yan baa luis valley is located n south ern colorado is about miles long iong oy by 40 broad is well watered by streams stream easy of access lor for irrigating irrig Aing purposes Ses es and with an aa excellent of water rae principal river near our settle ments is tae yone Coue josa b beautiful stream about the size ot of prove river kiver via ifal land varies in quality much oj it beins being a light sandy loam aud and well adapter adante to wheat and barley while other lo 10 cal calit ittes les furnish a heavy clay soil adapted to oats the following is the AVER AGIt YIELD I 1 per acre wheat 25 bushels oats 35 bushel barley 50 busu bushels els potatoes auw bushels hels on onions I 1 ons 2 00 b bushels a 5 h e I 1 S cabbages beets beaus beans peas cucumbers rad radiates radia ashes hes rut rutabaga abage and the usual varieties 01 ol arden products do exceedingly well ell an noun abundance clance of meadow cat cai be obtained by fenc fencing irig lane lying beai streams of water and lucerne also grows finely land can be bou bought bt of the state at f from 2 to 5 3 per percee cre or can be home bome steadied or preempted pre empted flom the general ga tern ment city los in lk manassa lanassa coat lOO but in sanford they can b be obeal obtained ned for a few dollars oy by lo loca catine there and making the necessary im prove ments OUR oun PEOPLE at present have control of about acres ot of I 1 land and and there arenow some five dve or six settlements in the though ephraim and richfield are be ing vacated and the people are moving to sanford San forda a much higher and better location loca tiou the he population of our people there at present is ia 2000 about 1200 of whom reside at manassa Mao bl anassa assa this latter r place is the principle settlement and besides the meeting and school houses house has an excellent steam grist mill fitted up wita the most improved machinery the cost of it ic being and a thriving operative cooperative co store with a capital stock of A new stake slake bonje lion ie is also is course of erection at this place manassa is miles from pueblo at sanford several flye flae brick residences have been built and it gives every indication of being beina a prosperous ious settlement which is destined in future to equal it not eclipse mantissa manassa on every hand are indications of PEACE AND prosperity and in the opinion of the visit visiting ng brethren the valley his has a brilliant f ih ti ture before it and in view of the art vantages afforded they feel to cheer fully recommend all who are seeking new homes or who may be desirous of chao chaoying xing their location the following elders composed the visiting party P H hurst fairview edward crowther login john V bluth ogden and D S empry emery H E parry W A cowin cowan john W ders and myself I 1 of this city respectfully yours youra BURROWS |
