The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-18
Not that their care Cor the indians was

Not that their care for the Indians wa:
any more, either, than an affectation.
Il think" said a chief, ''that if you were
ent to talk to US, you say more than you
were told to say"
1.-THE same way you came, that way you
can go back, they were also told. In con
clusion they asked the agent if the Indians
could cook "a beef if it were issued tc
them for feast.
''They can" said the agent, ''but we is
sue six to eight at time.''
| Their tenderness for the oppressed In
dian led them to make promises that never
can be fulfilled, and TO burden the govern
ment with the shame of false treaty. II
! it leads to a war, in which, according to cal
culations, it costs 1000 to kill one Indian
| then, indeed, they may have done some
good. 1t may be borne upon the public
that utter strangers have no right to legis-
| late for a territory. OF all, perhaps Utah
is the most helpless in cases of this kind.
! With press almost exclusively devoted to
arguing the pros and cons of polygamy,
with delegate whose only business ap-
pears to be securing pardons for convicted
| ''cOhabs." and general lack of enlight-
ened public opinion, she should rather be
spared than further crushed while she is
withheld from statehood.
DANGER AHEAD.
The Mormons of every country would be
likely to submit to the outrageous treaty in
silence. The Gentiles will not. They will
work against it in every way, and if de
feated, look out for the results:
AS l said above, don't know the Blue
mountains or their value. l do know this
region. / know that for nine months in
the year its climate is perfect; that chill
dren run barefoot in winter, and tents are
sufficient houses. 1 have seen its purple
grapes and golden peaches in wagon loads
Tomatoes and other vegetables volunteer
after being once sOwn. Sweet potatoes,
cotton, tobacco and peanuts are grown.
Melons are weeds. Ihave raised muskmel
ons weighing forty-four on ground that had
never been plowed. In fact, there are
many things which will do well on ground
simply irrigated. You can begin planting
IN February, and raise two crops of pota-
toes in year. Strawberries are ripe in
May, and tomatoes can be had at Christmas,
while early vegetables come in March.
Pears grow from cuttings, and yearling
peach tree often bears fruit
ANY hot summer day you may ride up
under the balmy shadow of the pines and
drink from the ice-cold mountain springs
All winter you have not cold enough to
freeze water within doors, yet it is cold
enough to give the luxury of winter; its
frost and sparkle is in the air The soil is
otGJet every year that the bitches run
upon it, and the first years crop is the
poorest. The sand has been burned
Tor centuries and, at first, is
loose and disappointing. But, after
that first season you may begin
to enjoy life. Your horses need no stable,
your chickens may house in tree, and the
easiest raised chickens here are the fall
broods, that are fat by spring A large
trade in spring chickens ought to grow up
here. With ten acres under ditch YOU can
almost live independent of the outer world.
The best proof of all this is that there are
no places for sale, except where a disguised
Mormon is trying to get away from the
wicked Gentiles.
A NEGLECTED PARADISE