The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-03

valuable land near the site Of the
Worlds Fair grounds in Chicago,
also d large hotel in the same place,
another in Salt Lake City and is
part owner in another elsewhere,
! which cost two millions. He has large
interests in several mines, one of
which produced Sl3,000.000 in four
years. Another nets $4,000
month. He is president of large
manufacturing company in Salt Lake
City. owns several fast horses, and
quantities of other property too nu-
merous to mention, but amid all
his prosperity he has never become
ashamed of his humble beginnings
and when any of the "old folks at
home die, be erects handsome mon
uments to their memory and doubt
less gives them the passing tribute
of tear
MR.. WATTS KINDNESS TO THE VISITORS.
On the morning of our departure
| the committee was ON hand to speed
the parting guest" Certainly moth
ing but the warmth of the Salt Lake
weather could exceed the warmth of
our welcome in that city We had
left a temperature of so or less at
Helena and found the mercury CO.
quoting with the COS at Salt Lake.
My own special party had fallen into
the hands of Mr.. J. H. Watts, real
estate and mining agent of the "Sa-
line city" and he was indefatigable
in his efforts to entertain us. He was
courteous, polished and polite and
brimful of energy and enthusiasm.
His last act was to present the writer
with beautiful little book contain
ing photographers of various views
in and around Salt Lake city, but
before l had had time to examine it
some one had confiscated it and /
saw it no more. OF course no editor
would do such a thing. We all know
that while proverbally poor they are
universally honest, but nevertheless
the query as to who stole my book
will always be as much of a con-
undrum to me as "who struck Billy
Patterson" is to the people of Balti-
more.
For many miles our route ran
through the valley and on every side
judicious irrigation had made the
once arid desert to blossom like the
rose There were numberless ranch
es with their teeming orchards and
beautiful ornamental trees, grain,
grass, fat cattle and fine horses.
Here every prospect pleases
And only man is vile."
Had not Brigham Young added
polygamy, murder and treason to his
many other achievements, he would
deserve to go down in history as one
of the greatest of our pioneer heroes,
for wonderful work has been done
in this wonderful valley of Salt Lake,
and his was the hand that carved
out the peoples destiny and shaped
their ends as they are to-day. Each
year sees greater number of Gen
tiles settled in Utah but monogamy
stands poor chance against polyga-
my in race for majorities especially
as the Mormon church now has about
800 missionaries PROSECUTING in Eu-
rope, principally in England.
THE PICTURESQUE CITY OF OGDEN.
On the triangle of land formed by
the junction of the Weber and Ogden
rivers stands Ogden city nestled up
against the towering peaks of the
mighty Wasatch range. 1t has five
lines of railway and has a popula-
ton of $4,000 souls with a million
acres of fertile land contiguous to the
town. l shall always remember it
on account of the excellent home
grown pears and peaches furnished
us for breakfast here, and new va
riety of melon, myrtle green outside,
and deep, rich salmon red within.
Nothing more delicious ever distilled
sugar from sunshine. Ogden is fine
ly situated and has delightful eli
mate.
One of the most picturesque bits
of scenery is found at Bear river
canyon, where the railway crawls
along a dizzy precipice hundreds of
feet above the rugged chasm carved
out by the water, while great crags
and cliffs tower above the train hun
dreds of feet higher. A wonderful
piece of engineering has been accom-
plished here at cost of 100000.
Two irrigating canals have been con-
structed, one on each side of the
river, the banks of which are rugged,
scanned and chasmed in a way that
renders many tunnels through the
solid rock necessary. The canals
give total of Al, 900 inches of water,
sufficient to irrigate 100000 acres of
land.
LO THE POOR INDIAN-HIS END is NEAR.
At Pocatcllo we saw several blank
ct Indians, this town being close to
the Blackfoot reservation They were
dirty, hopeless, vagahondish looking
creatures, and if any one spoke to
them they were Immediately asked
to "Give dime to little pappoose,"
which the squaw was invariably car
rying on her back. On the outward
trip l saw three clad in gorgeous
blankets standing ON the platform at
Garrison.
/ spoke to them and learned they
were Flatheads. They are great
folks to ride on the cars but are
never allowed inside. They are al
ways compelled to stand on the front
platform of the mail and baggage
cars next to the tender, very dirty,
dangerous and highly uncomfortable
berth. When asked why this was
thus, / was told it was on account
of their populousness.
The Blackfoot and Bannock reser-
vations are splendid stretches of rich
and level land and the whites are al
ready clamoring for the removal of
the Indians.
There are 175,000 acres belonging
to the Bannock and Shoshone In
dians near Ross Fork. They have
but CLIO acres under cultivation.
There are but l25 families engaged |
in farming. They number about L.
AGA souls. During the past year
there were So deaths among them
and only 30 births. There were only
two legal marriages among them dur
ing the year. "a men have 2 wives
each. They raised this year 5000
bushels of wheat. 1000 bushels of |