Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-13

pay, In an indirect road tax, through
annual sharp advances on all food ncccssi-
ties II life, al u which tic farmers lose. a
sum each year enormous enough to mHin-
tain ~ superb roads ~ England anywhere
posscsscs. around every section OF cult.
vablo land In the entire United States.
But our wise American economists. aud
our unwisc aud often suspicious and shit.
less farmers who, IN the fHll. winter and
early spring months, prefer 20 rrscntfully
brood over their fllel ami rotting gran
aries and build now political parties rath-
cr than build good roads, both fctort'
"Ah. but the grand English roads you
80 ulihly Writo about have been centuries
IN building. How can We accomplish, In
% year or o. generation, what has required
2,Oun Year, labor Cor perfection thcrri'
This would be rood Argument were 10
true But 70 IL not There IA not brit
iah. or for that matter European. stone
ruud DO existence that was not originally
NJ once constructed to absolute compile.
ton. whenever begun and however Ions
II may have bccn maintained. And, with
European governmental and social condi.
tions Theoretically hard upon peasant
pnpulntions, wherever these rnqds exist
The condition OF the people ~ incompnra
bly, more happy and prosperous than
where they do not while land values have
invariably been Increased from 100 20 loo
per cont
Not 70 ninny years ago Austria built
nearly 2.O0O miles ui stone highway up mud
down and from end 10 cud % GHlicin, ~
Austrian p5lEEi. r'Ct.ess 20 ;hnt time
materially, a no moe wrc.,hcd, Col for
saLcn land existed On the faceof the earth
What was the rrsult3 Ia lcss than ten
years time these roads dil more for the
100000 people of Austrian Poland IN ma
torial and soeial advancement than al cha
churches, all the books, nll the nowspa
por.. all tho battles, all the railways mud
all the governments had oycr accomplished
for them from the days II Mirczyslaw and
Bolcslns TO the day these roads were done
Cannot some Of the expensive aud high
art fills Of that tltat Columbian rXpo.l
ton ~ Chicago be- trimmed little. and
thus make room Tor road cshihit-uft II
Inaccessible dnh1 aud bits IN u d0zcn dit
fcrcnt departments, but In one fencrom
and comprehensive Department. Then The
millions of visitors, Including city and sub
urban folk everywhere whose health and
pleasure largely depend ou good roads, ~
well ~ farmers whose h, ttcrmcnt and com
fort would he incalculably augmented by
perfect roa,la. would carry away with them
u knowledge and purpose which would not
only add billions to our National wealth
but make, In good time, our broad land
bloom and blossom fnlrcr than the sweet
ct garden spotH In all this old and worn
cut Europel
with such thoughts ~ these | cane
with the carts aud oartmcn. along the brow
Of the hills skirtlng the noble valley Of the
Exc, 10 ancient Exeter. which looks fai
away 10 the warm green sea that bcats
upon the rcd ellis Of Devon.
It was ia ancient days an old British
town, built long before Cesar aud called
Cacr l-c, or the city on the river. Antigua
ruus observe that, Ike most Celtic trad
Ing towns. II was built for safety some
little distance from the sea, aud just be-
yond whore the river Ike ccnscs 10 be nnyl
gable. Discovered coins Of tho Greek
dynasty In Syria and Egypt prove that
Phmnician merchants must have come
here many years before Christ to trade foi
Cornish aud Dnrtmoor tin Then the 10.
mans marched in md made it u great sta
liou. Lastly the snxnns fortified the town
on the IKE. aud traded here with tho Cor
nlsh Brit1n- rcruss tho lamar.
The Exe was the frontier then for IN.
Dnmnonians, but Athelatun came aud
drove them pellmell iuio Cornwall and
Tcbuilt the walls OK Exeter. The Cornish
Britons, coopcd mp among tne rocks Of
Cornwall, soon had their avengers. Tie
Danes came crowding mp the Exc with
their black sails aud black banners and
wintcrcd In Exeter In SD, rejoicing In Sax
on hcuvcs and ole. The old rcd tower, still
seen VA the Rougomont rulus 81 today, wa
always getting beaten about hy stones
from military engines anl clipped by
cro-sbow bolts william the C0nquctot
besiegcd II. wishing TO siczo Citha. mother
OF Harold, aud her daughter. but they 81.
capped snfrly to llruyes. while pcrkin War
beck, as "Rlcharl ", ;" when Joined by the
Cornishmon Of Bolmln. bcsicgcd the place,
but un-uocessfully, and was finally hanged
at Tybutn.
I Aud No on md on runs tho grim story
| that has luft just enough scar and hardi
ness ON the lovely. lcafy old city tO ndd
mellow charm To all you may See and
/ know. fifty thousand folk do not live To
gether "a morc winsomc spot IN England
Tho cmbowurrd Devon hills which hur
round e., the glorious valleys which reach
their greens aud blooms 10 It's very doors
the grand sweep Of the Ike vale TO tn,
sea, the city's noble old antiques, It's beau
tiful streets, half Ia the shadows OF q r.,
mote architectural past aud half In I'll,
sunshine OF modern elegance aud adorn
ment, give everything upon which yor
look sweet and winsout face.
It all blends In that line sunset glow
which some of these old cathedral town
take on No littingly, The pleasant seeming
SMILES hnck to you from polished punVn
from snow white old arches, from bright
red roofs aud brighter red banks NJ sosos
from inaryelously clean stone steps ant
Arcawuys, from bits Of ancient tiliug. frou
doorknOhi and brasscs glittyring like bur
nlshcd gold. from she Suggest and trim
mcst of shop windows; indeed, from nj
things that eau tell " substantial, wei
kept axe without the somblancO OF a wrln
2 klo or u frown upon H.
You feel this sense " rndiatiug hearti
ness and amplitude again In Exeter aIouui
the market places ON these pleasant mar
ket days, All the country folk gathcrol
hero are we'll garmcntod, comfortable Ru
CHEEKY. They all lool, ~ though they hn'
stepped out of the "mcrrir old England
Of tho books, now 80 hard 20 ind out ,id
. NJ tho covers oi those books, Pride glow
In their faces for old Devon aud Exeter
iia capital and In themselves They d
ray Dickens found his rat Boy II Ding
| lcy Doh, among them. Aud well lac might
y for they are tat and ilnr and siHnch, on
/ and all, Rosy, overlapping lowls and hi
/ , pgunchcs, suggestive N plum pudding
and the famous 'cl1ttcd cream OF Devon
, are everywhere among them