Show I EXPLORING THE TUE BIO BIG HORN BASIN Apostle W and Party Make Maken an n E Extended t nd d Trip TripA f A LAND 0 ASI I 1111 Of f r thili bit be b Olo Apostle Wo nC accompanied by Elders n ot of Wood ru tr fllch county anti 11 1 K North ot of Mill 1111 reck Salt Lake county Utah left Ift Salt Lake Lako Oily City on Monday evening Ft February 6 2000 1900 to vIsit the DIg BIg Horn 3 asia to I its and the Hor settlement by our people At Oil ri they were Wen joined by byldS Elders George 11 Wm Win G 0 GI I Simmons John J and Chas ChOB ChasA I I A Welch or of Morgan City and John Croft ot of I nt Morgan organ courtly count Utah Ulab At P time the party parly was fur tur further ther by Elder U ii I W Ii D Ora ham of Dennington Bennington BishOp W V P Larsen of Thomas Fork mind S P 1 and John Stevens ot of Bear Lake county We e arrived nt at Butte Montana on Tuesday at S 2 p tn in and were lIre met metat Ii at t the depot by Elder II 11 M A President nt ot of conference and Traveling Elders C F Jen Jensen n and anil S J It H Ellett J Eo E McCormick passenger agent ot of railway also allo met US and treated us ua ver very courte DUlly A A fearful blizzard was raginG so ao we did not see lice m h or of this wonderful city Apostle had hod notified the Ri EI EIdel del dema of hI his cominG ceasing and a 8 had been appointed for tor IX this oven cen InG t the time ap appoInted the lAt Saints ln room roam at No 0 Utah A Avenue nu was fell filled and nn an excellent meeting hold Quite lit a nurn bar bel 0 of the brethren Jot bore testimony to the truth of th time Gospel The Saints greatly to see Bee Apostle Wood Woodruff ruff mind time tho sIsters prepared red a nice lunch tot tOI him to take on Journey At p II tim 11 wo we left over the North Northern ern em for tor RM Reel Lodge Montana or ar arrivIng rivIng livIng timers there after changing cars twice at on Wednesday Here Apostle Woodruff learned by telephone from DI hIJI Packard ot of Burlington that teams would be Shire to toke take us Into Ilits Iho We remained at fled Hed lod e elit lit It Ih time Elmer lI Ii u e over night Elders Henry and Amasa arrived with leama but two woUld not hold the party so 10 We a 11 livery rig to take sits III to lc Leht l on days drive and Bishop Packard to send lond team to that to carry us to flur Dur C l t 1 COll Cod Buffalo ns as lie he Is III bettel known also telephoned Irons coo Cody that he would meet us at E Eagles Nt Nest this Thursday evenIng We took on Clarks Fork and ar aI aIrl rl d nt at Nest Neilt about T 7 It I tn in Jl It was wall cold and sense lame ot of tho walked several mIles mile thor duro 1111 dAy Eld r It 11 S Irater ot of Burlington met us Nest with a gool team Friday morning the hired team returned to 10 Rt lied d Lodge We tact met Col Colonel onel Cody nl at Eagles Nest Nellt and found him bins to be a ver very genIal man lIe He Is Isoe oe siX lilt feet tall anti very cr straight though he la is get getting ling gray roy After supper consented to tD gIve ghe us u a brief ot of his lIfe lite which he dill did We enjoyed this ver very much louch larl hIss his career with Albert Ibert Sydney Johnston who led the army to 10 Utah In Colonel C Cody dy wn sync herd hey hoy and aUlt when asked It If the army net act suffered much for tor food tood laughing J 1 reviled replied We had maUls meat and it Il toot too on one man on each aide to 10 hold the tAble mule tin while another killed him lie He also related his experience Gen Oen Phil Sheridan on the thu plains Co cody was WIl chief scout luring this ep expedition TIme TIlt party lIart greatly I enjoyed his dot of life lite on the Mr Cod Cody greatly desired us to visit hi his horn home anti and offered to entertain Us It we e would lime come lI w er our visIt wn to a dIfferent part ot of the basin And we vie could not nol o pt ot of his hla kind Invitation lion tion On Friday wo we went over the tract ot of land known to our people as Moroni flat flits tract our people le have hao thought ot of settling and a dItch was surveyed h last t tall WI lYe found It to be It beautiful VI ot of land lond and Uc the will bo be thirty mIles mile long to tn cover It Apes Apos tie lie Woodruff and two to other brethren followed the survey ot of the canal on toot foot for tor nearly fifteen miles that thal a thOrouGh understanding could be had ot of time the work necessary to 0 construct the ditch looking part parl ot of this thin tract over our We proceeded on to 10 Burlington We e met with a hearty welcome from tho good people ot ct Burlington ward who made us Ul f feel 1 at home We spent Saturday visIting among the people and examIning the soil and products ot of the country We found the tho people com cam situated thoUGh they are scattered nl as each hOAd ot of a famIly has hUI one hundred and sixty acres of If hand Jand or more Wo We found excellent wheat hent oats ClUS barley and vegetables bles We saw alfalfa seed eed potatoes b beets pumpkins etc elc all having been rAised the last lall season swon Ve e could nut help belp but bul noUre rne Olle feature that was partIcularly striking In time granaries 12 that each man had hod oats and wheat anti about a 1 ton ot of flour ready ground nan sacked anI anol stacked up tsp carefully put ut or of the arh ot of Time as boon been excellent here during durin the winter until the Slim and It 1 the sturm storm is III very try general the mountains At tt least leat In the Basin nisin on Sunday we felt the effects ot of ft CI real noal blizzard but ut the an anti turned out en masse to meetIng were held in the morning antI ahtI afternoon Some Somo ot of the little hildren n a mile or In that storm A number ot of otI I tact not ot of our faith were also alII pret pres tnt emt A meetIng ot of the was held bold on Saturday night III at which timely wore were given b Apostle Woodruff ant others It was ml decided that wo we start out on onda morning to 10 visit the tract or of land under th tb CincInnatI canal sum v vey r us as the State ot of Wyoming ate are willing to J lt t us plant n a colony colon there IThe The I people eople of Burlington kno know ho how to fit out nn an expedition as Will on Monday mornIng Some pork tOrk flour otis oth ert Cl bedding othera teams and Wl nl stIll others the delicacies uch If as iee ell cakes etc This was not con to th ibe Saints alone for tor Mr It Wm Was Stevenson on gave us UI halt bait n a hp hep Md and that too right ort off the range sal anel by bythe time the ny It was fat fal I assure you ou outfits and one sIngle Ingle team were fitted out and were wert driven by James to It and Wm Was II 11 lark Iluk We were also ne ac accompanied companied on our lur trip by The Tho n It Riley of Burlington Our Om corn sany a cat persons Brother John having bach baa to reo re tasks at to 10 rest relt as he hili ha bt a hal bAd cold tn In fact he was M not no well when hi started from home Every Everyman man know hi work as the camp was 5 organized with and assist assistants ants wool n and etc Se drove drovet t tIme ricer miles distant the weather quite cold We camped with a Air Strong for night lie gave us thu of camping In bousu Tuesday morning it was ten degrees below nero and after startIng we the river on the lost Time Ice however not hold nd one horse as he got down un tier the After some little the was and ive pro way to the o the CIncinnatI canal as we to examine the head of the proposed canal We were by Air John an engineer scho was ve y coUrteous an rendered great as in showing us the location do sired lie dId this without aimy flotAtion for his We at Mr Joseph ranch sleeping a without any stove We our outdoors by camp tire and mixing the bread it would freeze could get it into the kettle it was still cold but we went over the tract at land under the proposed canal campIng for in Sage Valley In looking the land landwe we saw about forty antelope scamper lag over the plaIn We followed up Sage valley to Air Jack Morris road ranch rind found comfortable quarters ott room of TI was a eight to See seventeen men one room Every mann had orders nat to move during the nIght nor snore Thursday it was twenty degrees zero and a wInd from the north in the bargain of the men up to keep from we bali mIles to togo go facing this keen wind We all got along nIcely arriving at Mont 4 p am We found for tIme team rat Brother Fir thur Barneys Some or ten of the brethren iVore made comfortable here the rest going to hotels A tine meeting was held In the evening the Salute re residing siding here rejoiced at having a visit froni Apostle amid the other brethren the On Friday a meeting of the brethren was called itt each had the privilege of opinion as tO tIme and th possIbIlIties of set The opinion raa unanimous a great is before this country though it will require hardships and a united effort to lake out the Wate Cedar posts and timber are about miles away though cottonwood can be got anywhere along the river BuildIng stone of excellent can be had close by Coal Is or forty mIles from this tract though are that it can be found near by We saw cattle that win Out and they looked very ieli md cod The following is a comparison of time means temperature of Loveli near limo canal where the proposed ony is lobe built and Salt LAke City for ten of last year begInning March and ending with her herThe The elevation of Level Is 43 feet that of Salt Lake City Is feet whIle that of Burlington is feet We at 3 p m on Friday for home arriving at Laurel twenty nIne distant cit P p in We had to Wait here until 4 a m To left for Butte arriving there at p rn In Butte had it photograph of the Party taken mind left hA for home over the Oregon Short Line The tumid under the proposed canal slopes to the south arid and has a soil of light sandy of good depth The canal wIll be miles and will Irrigate eIghteen acres of hand The canal wIll be built and owned by the leOPle Who will get the land And at coat It Is desired that those rimo contemplate plate going should be properly recommended mended and take une years provIsions or the buy their pro there The good people of have kindly offered to allow those saho are not supplied with such to plant such crops as they desire on their land free of charge The railroads will give rates to parties of five or more who wIsh to togo go into time basin Those Who contemplate going by team want to get ready About the first of May as a company will be going by Way of South Pass and about time C A WELCH |