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Show J- to. -r Jtto VJUW5SI. i no w treat tottt'j'M sfi t of mind and CD Itn t Tk nt a hn 1 Tl CO A L V I L L E S U P PIJ 2 AI E N T UTAH, JUNE 17, U)LYILLK, VOL. V, M ES iM continental divide was ing the great we stopped about a Here iiuninsoo. week an held a few meeting-- , meeting with fair euriees. We then cuine on lo MISSIONARY LETTER Mumkhm Coh , June 4 Ih.is Relieving that your readers mmll interested III reading n few lines fi one wbo used to live in t eir mid- pen t lie follow mg Mn.e writing mv la- -t letter to 1m 1 w e t, I live lo lie a grout flea of t rav mg, Imv ing atted some hot) miles si rO.I 000, anil tlial. too, nine ilie lust februarv. A few ,i u after writing on last letter to VOU Kldel C K Mil hi. in .III I luv self left lor Nebraska, hat ini' fieen out tht le to open up tliHtn.ll Our first slopping pi nee w as i small i.nn talleif Iog pi mii, twelve miles over 'he line. lit re we met w 1II1 good sin i Hein in all eleven no etmgs, an - .hi 11 I W I I 11 hooks. Iooplei ame a hfteen miles to hear us spe, k meeting were well aitemleil an md g attention given. tler being m Nebraska aUmt 'li'ee weeks we learned tliat that h a'e to the Sebiaska Mates ami that we lutl been sent then-- t htoiigli a niistindeistan lmg of our president. However, we went on eat twentv in iej tart her lo Ogallaln. hut tlnl mi s'op i. el ti there long, having lieen i ome hack to Colorado We traveled trout fttleshnrg, t oto to hurt Collins, a ilitanee of '.'no mile-- , I h '1 I walking moat of the wav. Hi. not a ml is was neeessa-- y for 11s to make some we eouhl veiy lug walks at times before but the 10 take us in one some get Kurd was with us, ami had n not lieen for Hi' strengthening pow er, Wri euithl not hav e inmle he I rip. After being 111 holt t llins a fev weeks K del McClellan and mv ell letter I10111 fret Men t a lor, . lie was appolii'ing ns to new field-of inaile piesidenl the l.ea'lviile couler-ont'ami given Killer If C. I.avton a- - a 1 was appointed mli'iir ioui)ianion 11. s. Itvdem the M ml rose vvitn l.hler 1 e onferenee, lie liavmg hten appointed plesideiit of the same. Hull olt'e0 i i (inferences are new fields O11 Mav 1st, we all met 01 prietho d meeting at lueblo, and were assigned our various fields and i ompaiiinn-- , and t few days later left uir tl - ame. Klder Hyde and mvseif liad a l"'ig, hard walk lo get to our held. " e walked the grand canton of the ir Tne scenery Royal (mige worth through here was grand, and a walk through to see Atier we got we through this canyon to walnla, W '' crossed over Marshal, s this trip on Sunday, M ly 15th Ihe It elevation on top of the pas it 10, of drifts was very cold up there big enow lay on the ground, and t seeme like w inter. To bud I a railroad through a country like that seems impossible, but there is one here,' and KreHt M. kan-asd- he p.. 111 I of traffic goes ovei it every dav. 111 It takes three engines on every tnun to get up the hill. The first tow n we ame to after fuss . , O11 P H I j;. Monday liccnriiiton la-- t, Hay, my cotupai.pm and I had the p!camrc of listening to liev . T. I Ihtl of Sa t hake deliver the oration He in ide an speech. We weie pleased to see him, and lie was to seen-- , nythtng from if "yellow dog" up is good to see juet so 1: comes fiom I tah. The main topic here is the war. Th minds of ail the people eem to be turned to tliat, and teligion is a secondary consideration 1 fi'efthil my letter is getting too lengthy. 0 J will close for ibis tune, hoinng tnat these few line will be read by toy ile ir ones at home solliAt they where I am at, and that I may know am trying lo serve Hod to the best of mv ability Hoping all is w ell w it li you, and pray mg Hod lo Idea- - you all. I remain, vour loving friend. . -- , ' s ' 11 trti Int n -- v -- ; o we-ti- any meetings on lie wav, aa eireutn s'anees were ueh that we voilldnu' The trip w a not by anv means an easy one, as the eountry is verv thinly set llevt, evi-lm- nt lat , i -- I pu-lb- as he f i. g plaie that we go we tm gicat deal of prepidn e agam-- t the M .tuicic hut after we have l.ibnel among Hi people a short lime ii.dtilllhcmvvl.il we U'lieve, a many rtruige fin minds 1 heie are thlify-lv,.der- - lilmrmg in llns staie rtt p,e-ean arc meeting with fair nicies- - Mine tht mi'-io- n was opened eighteen month, ago about 15U have been fheie is a Inptired branch of the Chun h at Penver, Coin rado bp rings, I'uebln and finila, all m tlourirdiii t lit-- el lets cond'ioii re .iijoving g , ,d health and their labors, I am onlv tihont 75 miles from ilie I tali line, and ometinns I feel .is though 1 would like to drop over to Co ilvi le and at'i n I bun lav si Imol, 1ml it may be a few v ears vet hefoielwill he at liberty to enjoy tin- - treat e I tnitmaiiv the famous Montrose, dimming d ow iiinuison Tivcr in ilie Pda. k C'aiuuii The reilioad follows t lie river as far a possible, and then II leaves the lanyon andviosses w hat i known a leiiu Summit. It is claimed that man .ias never been able to penetrate Uie 1dai k Canyon or t iraml Can' oil. 1. as the vi hat IS kno walls of solid I hare been told lliat-lhrovkiuo up thousands of feet 011 each tod that i side o. Ilie rivet, lor man to gel through. Where the lanroad leaves the canyon at Cirueri an and lain- - up another small can' on, it cost the company $hk),0uo to pui 111 One mile ol load W e arrived in Aloutioe a little over a week ago, and at once made arrangements to hold some meetings The use ot Ilie courthouse was given wsandwe held three meetings, winch weie not Very well attended, the reason lor tins we weic not able lo thorbeing We have found oughly advertise them av number ol people 111 tins vaileV quite w ho once lived In Utah, and some who are member- - ol Ilie Chun li muirc quently have son e Irivnds. Weexpev Heila in a few days lo lo go 00 labor loi a sl(oi t tnfie Ibis is fine a prodmtive tlley through heie, and the people ettm lo gel along veiy well considering the surroundings. Tilings are a gieal deal vitlJVienl here to what they die 111 Ciah. yklfev, and lu ei'y few people m I have where traveled, oilier places own the places they live on. Nearly all the f.ir....-r- are leiiiiug and pay a high price lot I lie same, 'lost ol the farms here oave neen mortgaged bv the original owueis anil lost. A few men have built he auals and ilie far uer is coin- lo pav a liigh lax loi water, and hall of wnnh he pays in advance, ll the ivci gels luw , and tie caupol get his share of the water lie is out that much. Hus vhev nw, comparatively, and in a lew yeais it will he a different The soil is a very heavy country at all lieing in it, hut a no gravd adobe, great deal of alkali, which damages Hie rops somewhat, and rums the water. great amount, of Iruit is raised through here, and ll there was good water It would lie a fine county. The climate is some w fiat similar lowdmtwe have at home. The people aie not united like they are through Utah, and of course the same success does not attend their labors. I am enjoying mv missionary labors Of course, it is not all very good . ' have to pass through a We pleasure. few trials and suffer a little persecution, but that only helps to strengthen our testimonies. 1 have been out just about long enough to gst a fair understanding of the work, and it ii no. quite as hard on me as at first. It has been my lot since being out to go into new fields and break up new ground, and this accounts for N I liHVing traveled o luu. li lt,, get her III the ten nmi.lli that I have lieen out, I have walked J.IHM milts, and met muni pie,, pie s good friends, and liken allngetln we get along verv well. In matlv tvm ( I U . No. mv 1 Km roitTivti s tt v ti b 1 i u ,5 U Always to Ilie front. I Shaviftg Tickets $1.10 for$i.oo. a v V m ti PUBLIC TELEPHONE U JIN CONNECTION. T (eir siii.h 1 JOHN j ' of Ret ,rt SHERMAN, Sal on Proprietor. OSCAR F. LYONS, Rotary Public and Comeyaiea Collection Promptly made on CommiMija. OBw ! thw posTorrice ocildiag, PtM tMMnlt Coiety, Utah. |