The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-25
THR WORK or TH1RrY-SINE
YEARS.

II the young men of our TERRITORY
who are -onEtbe eve OF deciding upOI
some occur alton for life will but lool
al the results growing cut of the labor
OF the Utah Pioneers, they will no
de pise tina. rude life which of necessity
follows those who go out to the ifr0l-
ii rs Of civilizatiOn-in fact, who form
the sk:rmish lines Of civilization.
There may be less ease, less luxury,
and less,Of thatwhich is fascinating to
oar youhg men ESPECIALLY to those who
have been surrounded by the WhIrl Of
pleasure common TO city life. But If
there is less of worldly pleasure in the
pioneers life, there is more of true
nobilitysin it7nore of real and lasting
pleasure in it-that pleasure that
Is indeed heart food - the con-
Ecjousness of having Leen benetactor
of opr fellows. 1t has been but thirty
nine years since the Pioneers en-
tered the Salt Lake Valley. Atthat time
ne cultivated fields or pleasant villages
met their weary vision. No ripping
stresmlsts flowed in ten thousand tiny
channels, making the sterile lane fruit
full. No hocks of sheep or herds OF
cattle roamed through the valleys or
the hills. Not even 50 much as a
Tanchman's. cabin was !in sight. The
soil was patcbed and barren. save
where the saee6rush reigned as king.
Many o. the mountain streams sank
from sight midway between the base
OF the mountains and the lake-a more
drsary, eesosste un,nviting region could
not-weH be imagined.
Thirty-nine years have passed -
behold the change! For an .ex-
tent Of five hVndEed miles these once
desest valleys Dire made fruitful, and
have become the happy homes %
a prosperous people. Our wonder
at tie great results achieved
viii increase, too, when we take 1
into-.osnsidsration the fact that those
who 'settledia these valleys as a rule
were poor when they arrived here. But
that we may see what really has been
accomplished. let US be more particular.
An estimate OF Utah's population
for 1888 gives the RumAeE-of ,oarPepple
as Us. ~; IL, GO5s5e nktiyeH rKersare
SAB Families, sad l28zIo Dwelling
houses. There are in the Territory 3SS
schools, and 334 school buildngsl
which are valued al S3L2, 27S.
The pumber OF acres oflandunder cul-
tivstion nfssO was 655 SO divided into !
9,452 farms; and to irFigste these farms
2,O95 miles of main canals and 4. SIS
miles Of minor canals had been con-
structed. The value OF the farms and
farm buildings aggFegEte some l5,oeO-
600 Of dollars La e[isI4hing maehiner,1
was estimated to be ROEth 1916, 753; and
the farm produc,s for the year 1880 were
S, 49,, 40. ----
In 1854 Utah had 69.s59 horses and
mules l507s9 cattle; and $4,000 sheep
that produced 2.192. sol pounds of wool.
In the same year Utah had $40 manu-
featuring establishments-empIoying2,- 4
495 hands sEho we're PAID Ss5sss93 in
wages. The amount of capital then in
vested in manufacturing was S2.r I
656,657; and the value of MAJ ,
rails was s., 561, 73T; and the products {
81 .324 1872. This then is what has been c
accomplished in these thirty-nine years G
that have elapsed since the Pioneers I
haze entered these valleys. 1t may be ]
that other So4tes have grown more 2
rapidly thar Utah has, ana more t
wealth has4been COMMUNICATIONS let g
1t be remembered that most ofthe emf .
graHessSrom abroad came here empty :
handed from the mills and workshop Z
Of the old world, with little or no ex- 1
perience in cultivating the son-espec. p
tally in the manner it had 10 Be Tet,l,il r
waited here where irrigation had TO SIM. s.
ply the lack of rainfall common Gin h
other cllmeS T.! EFL- - Il
We will rot here refer to the misrep- Z,
ese1tatio9s under which, The Territory n
has suffered, and the difficulties under 2
which her people have had to labor in u
of oppressive special legis. 81
eBsctments- that have disturbed :;
Dur domestic trahquahity, and hindered D
1ur material prosperity. But even V,
lfter having to labor under III Ii BE b,
IND many more disadvantages the re- t
-ulis attained are glorious. and must m
Ill the hearts Of oYr fioIeefs VIC have v
iFed 70 see them pF0daceds sEitAsjov G,
lnspeakabie. and, nuS iirg tie hearts OF
I oar youth with emslation Of their 81
athers' deeds. If il falls TO their lot in .',
be iutuIe 70 50 % the frontiers 10 build s.
Ip new homes, and subdue a wider a,
les or 9 Desert. lei Che work OF their To
athers be = witness 70 them that their
'0rk t:la RS Sts one, 1t