Show eram ogdan valley v we receiver ap a p basant call this morning from our old friend and fellow laborer brother james who several acara since abandoned the printing business and retired to the beautiful little village eden in ogden valley to agriculture he expresses himself as being content with country life and by no means deposed to return the city permanently ogden valley though so high up in the to be covered with snow a largo proportion of the year he consider one of the healthiest localities in alie territory and in view of its salubrity the necked with it sink into insignificance the crops generally throughout the valley were good the past season the best that have been raised there for inacy years unfortunately however many of alie farmers were obliged to dispose of their grain almost soon threshed to satisfy their creditors having obligated for machinery wagons buggies etc which in most instances they could easily have done without being al ready well supplied as a ity if not as individuals in that line the result of their gance is that if a failure of crops should occur there the coming season the people would bo reduced to want the season so far has been very mild and when brother thompson left the little valley there was no snow on the ground the affairs of the eden ward are now in prosperous condition the new bishop having entered upon hia duties with his characteristic energy the bunday school odthe ward never wati in a better condition than it is now and a day school with abarge attendance is in successful operation the meetings arc very well attended and as an additional attraction to them a fine new organ has recently been pur cli ased deseret news |