Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-05-15

the mouth Of thc two kauyuns, and OF nppopuaung the
same 90 ihe use Of spn-m gris-mil, and other ma
chincry."
BY reference to the Territorial statutes it
will be seen that the names of Young and
Smith occur so frequently as TO suggest the
idea that they are generic terms. Here is
law, on page y, which clearly intertercs with
the primary disposal Of the soil in favor Of
one Of the twelve apostles, as follows:
"Sec. T. DE- a0yilincd By the General fvrm5'y OF ae
STATE Qt Dnyf, That The exclusive control Of Che time
tsns west of Jordan n Great Salt Lake county, here
10y granted % George A. smith, who is hereby authorized
io control Che timber n said kanyons, go work roads into
them, and to direct whcu where, and 10y whom timber
may be taken out therefrom"
"scc 3. No person shall be allowed 70 cut timber in
any place ia these kanyons without permission from the
proprietor, who is hereby authorized"
Lest these special grants should not cover
all the valuable timber lands, ] viii extract
another law which places "all timber under
the control of the county court vide Ter
riorjd Lars, p. 1877:
"Scc 3. The county court HAS the control Of an tm
hcr wat privileges, or any water course or crccki 90
Judgment shal bo. preserve Che timber and aubserye the
interest Of the settlements ia the distribution Of water Cor
irrigation OF other puVo'cs AIT grants or nght. t'.
under legislative authority shall not be incrfercd WITH"
To strip and waste the timber on land is to
destroy Its value; especially so in Utah,
gent proprietors have the right by common
law to prevent such waste But here are
"proprctors' set up by Utah against the
world, when Utah is as much without title
as was Satan when he made some rather eX-
travagant proicrs to our Saviour. Besides
spoGaton of timber is am offence against our
own public laws for which the Government is
to be indemnihed. and for which the trespass
ers are liable TO prosecution. While we are
prompt enough to suppress these dcpredations
In Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. why
should we not hunt up the offenders in Utah
and report them for such action as the public
interest requires
by the adroit course pursued by the Nor
mon people of Utah. it does not appear. as
late as the 30th of June. 1856, that any of
the public lands Of the United States located
in Utah have been disposed off, There are
l2O.27O.72O acres of land in Utah. The a.
mount given to schools and to the university
is G,6Sl ,707 acres. The amount of what is
termed vacant public lands is ll3.5S0.Ol3
acrcr; so that it docs not appear although
223.377 acres have been surveyed. that a
single acre has been sold in Utah or that the
United States has derived one dollar Of in
come therefrom. Under this sharp practice
of the people of Utah the public lands of that
Territory are and win forever remain utterly
worthless for all purposes of revenue to the
Government of the United States.
President Young is reputed to be a good
hnancior and it is quite evident that be is
wide awake to the temporal interests Of the
prophet. 1t is the policy Of the Mormaus to
''deh tAelI ioioWeIs 10 Naluc PVPoi'l "n'y
as IT advances the interests OF thelr ehurch
ana ITS prophet apostles hlgh priests, ana
eiocis' lhe PIoPAeV Joseph n'u ie,o''u1n
lnat me- must nov ne, WORK ne then hau aho'h-
'na. 'Ae l"'hlu' must ouiu nun "ouse'
~ lIi7 "li lnuoh more was ill 'liOiu! oo'l
e. bu' ,ne prophet brlgnan i uocS no' ''us'
h''llSeli alte7eVueI 10 the Iului'neu' oi any
s'oh seeuiA7iy procaIlouS ProPhG'lc le'o'a-
lonS. Ne" coneIS must SurrenuGr at once
'on'n o, u" ulo5 possess anu ne o'iiN0
o' ono"'9u' nc says nei'net III ora OF spawned
""u .l'( mus. SnIiu"iil ,l.ne .Doiii n
" n. '' ''', II iI''.iiis -, ,'e
'.'t P''N' vi ''',,' ''N w., -,
'i'- ''e w.
'1','' s,'l7 os W
aus
uuIh perhaps lhah poetIy
''Now male and female. rich md poor.
Who wish to keep your standing sure,
That you salvation may secure
Come f3rgy 4rd and pav up your dthing
A tenth that IS and nothing less,
ill uIl do possess
IN d1eks and herds and their increase
W,lh 9iss 9nd p2nlit}, .i duck ana s'esei
Likewise tho rrointc Of YOUR soil
And. il you've amy wine or oil,
'.ie "'r,' ll' ray up y.u' u'n','s
N"Iwis' TO- Keen keen o1S II tle aTr'
Nay If you to be saiuts asPirc
Come forward ana pay up your u'nDs
President loung is doubtless lar the rch
est man IN the Territory and though M
wives may not, as some Others are seen TO DO
work IN the held, some portion OF ms haren
have sought to DO Washing ior United state
soldiers passing through there 10 OBTAIN pm
money lor btolher brlBham Is supposed 10
be not so lavish of hard cash as he is of the
..Llo..;,,, oc ALr,Lo,,, IIo o,rrs c,it, ,
"'0 0a''"39 vi iSi'"ii' N""' T"''
number OF saw-mllls, as well as Wool-card
inc machine. which he advertises in the News
M: ;. ,,,,,l;a c ,-d ana .oto, I,
tho Lonvops must bc vory lucrative If not ON
,u,.,; ,r;,.;lo,,oe M bo tolIs Is,acbn
, P.'''i'' Pi''t''5N' i'N' "'
Mormon III you murmur against that clucr
it will prove your damnatlon' In sermon
delivered December 5, 1858, he says
"lfon cider has borrowed from yoq and you find he
69'HE " ,, e @ , you t ,'y ,4b tbe onc &
m ,,rse or sci, i a. ,tro Of vour lusiness what d.