The morning news., 1889-03-02
BRIGHAM YouNG,s son.
A Strong Defender of His Fathers
Creed and q Successful Business
MAJ


Creed and q Successful Business
Mal.
Correspondence st. Louis Globe Democrat
John w. Young, the Oldest son of the
late head of the Mormon church, has vis-
ted El Paso number of times in connec-
ton with the Mormon colonies in Southern
Arizona, New Mexico and chihuahua. He
is an earnest and practical man, not much
given to theories and specuations, but he
becomes truly eloquent when he speaks OF
what his father aud other pioneers OF Utah
have accomplished He says that what
ever mistakes his father may have made, he
certainly made no mistake when driven
out of the east, he, with his wandering ad-
herents, turned his face toward the setting
sun, and, after months of wandering In
the wilderness" at last beheld the land of
promise, from the nights of the Wahsatch
mount aims stretched out before him in the
beautiful Salt Lake valley, and there pitched
| his tent, upward of forty years ago The
valley was indeed beautiful even then, and
| with prophetic vision the leader predicted
great prosperity and improvement for his
! people.
In spite of all the opposition Brigham
| Young encountered the valley has been
| made to bloom and blossom as the rose, SO
| that in all this wide country there Is not
| richer area o farming land.
The Mormons have completely reclaimed
| the desert, and that which was formerly of
| no value is now by irrigation made of IN
| caluable value. The pionee of the west
ern states have been eulogized for their
| bravery and hardihood in subduing the
| wilderness. How much more praise is due
the Mormons for subduing the desert of the
great interior basin They had, to begin
| with, no timber, no water, no tools. Every
thing had to be improvised, and necessity
| was the mother of invention"
Thousands of miles away from any mar
| ket, they were as dependent as ever were
the Pilgrim Fathers, and much more so
| than the pioneers of Kentucky and NJ ssouri
| They had not only savage India S
all around them to contend with, but
| they had no friend in the white man" who
hid driven them from the settlements
| through the wilderness into the desert, fore
ing them to live there or die; driving EN-,
in fact, into foreign land, because Utah
at that time belonged to Mexico. Perhaps tle
very fact that the people in the east had turn
| ed against them was the rea on that Br CHAM
| Young made such friends with the redskins.
| Many of them were converted and semi
civilized, and the Indian became the friend
| of the Mormon, as was Pocahontas the
friend of the Capt. John Smith in the early
settlement of Virginia.
Salt Lake City is still the Mecca of a
large and constantly growing religious sect
| 1t is a remarkable fact that with all their
Saints en- .ertain no excInsiveness or fanati
cism, but are tolerant to the verge of ex-
! treme liberalism. Once a noted Methodist
bishop, by special request of Brigham
Young, preached an excellent sermon in tle
| Tabernacle at Salt Lake on the occasion of
a pastoral visit to the Methodists in that
city. His discoure was Oh the life and
| character of Abraham, and after he copclu-
ded, B igham Young himself took the pll-
pit and assented to ali the Methodist bis4op
| had said, with the further statems snt that
| the three great poiy gamiSts of the Bible
were Alb, aham, Isaac and jacob, and that
Abraham was the greatest of IN em all.
A fG orite saying of Brigham Young was
the same as applied to Christ in his day:
IF this doctrine be of men it will come to
| naught; if it be of God, who can contend
against itp' He lived to see all his hopes
realized, and his remains lie buried in Salt
| Lake City near mis- late residence, called the
| "Bee Hive" John w. Young has recently
| purchased the old homestead and with his
family, now resides there. The lower
rooms of the main building are used for the
| offices of the Salt Lake and Fort Douglas
railroad, commonly known as the Belt
| Line railroad, and also of the Salt Lake aud
| Erie railroad, of which Mr. Young is the
| owner and proprietor. It is plainly evi-
dent that Brigham Youug's mantle, if not
| in spiritual things, certainly in temporal
| affairs, has fallen upon his eldest son, He
J
| manhood. He is active, methodical and
| conscientious. His business inte rests include
| railroads, farms, cattle, banks, factories
irrigating canals, etc. He seems to be second
only to his father in ability OF putting all
these enterprises through
He regards the great vest as being merely
| in its infancy, and has more faith, if possible
| than his father in the successful develop
| ment of its resources.
Recently Mr.. Young has become inter
| ested in the st. Louis canal at Gila Bend,
Ari. which insures the early construction
| of that great irrigating canal fifty-two miles
| long, with 5000 acres of irrigable land
| lying adjacent to it, A number of st.
Louis people are interested in this scheme
| 1t is no doubt an excellent enterprise,
among the best land and in the best climate
west of the Rocky mountains. Actual
work will be commenced in few days.
Salt Lake City is flourishing and prosper
| GUS, although the Tucker -Edmunds bill was
a heavy blow to it. Under this bill the
federal government took possession Of all
the property belonging to the Mormon
church except that used for religious pur-
| poses. The United States receiver has in
his hands property estimated to be worth
$5,OO0,0OO. One of the items is herd of
over 30, 900 head of cattle.
The great Mormon temple is still under
construction and over 50, ,000,0 900 mas already
! been expended on it.
She Cooperative Sto-e of Zion does a
business Of over 5000, 900 year Its ad-
| ministration is a great success, and it is no
doubt the largest and most successful mer-
camille establishment in the world.
THE SECRET OF A FORTUNE.