Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-15
HE SEEKS NO CHANGE.
Least Of All The Change That Has
Been LACEY Proposed,



Editor Dcscyc' hc,DG
Dear s,G-t zee by your isauc Of
January 2nd srMrWEEKLY an article
relating TO the changing OF the bound
airy lluos OF sinJuau aud Grand coun'
ties. Ia this proposed change o slice
from hiscounly twenty-five miles wide
will be- added 10 Grand county. Now
this, to my mind, would be very
wrong, Tor The reason That our present
revenue n scarcely luill cirnt 10 Keep
I up "a Respectable county ORGANIZATION
anu guOuIy yer cent OF cur taxes are
deri vcd from cattle aud sheep thni nro
ranged upon this portion Of our county,
| bcsiics this thufu are quite number VI
/ fine fanchtB that have deeds OF United
/ States patents that are taxable, peing
/ the only tracts Of land that have
secured government title; thoso arc
located also on this tract proposed 10 DO
| given to Grand county.
One reason tot forth Ia behalf Of this
change Is the long distalcc that citizens
/ located on that ID q VI San Juan CIun.
" have % travel on any business with
tue county, as the county seat 10
NJ Bluff This objection would boz
well taken were II not thr fact that
the county scat is Hufg 60 uu removed
| 60 Monticello, q muru central point
When THIS thnl have uuUn nccJm-
plifhti, these who make thls objection
Will have less distance TO reach Month
cello than they would to reach Moab,
ths present county seat pi Giand
county. drfuvcuuu ~ mostly derived
fr m taxes usBUsbed on our stock raising
] Industry. This is iBst decreasing uu
our cattle range II uver.stuckOd, and
Hlmo large herds found here lew
years ago have been removed, VIII ella Of
course trnde 10 lessen our revenue.
This 10 not an agricultural county;
tuis iuuuttTy 10 very limited, anu i1r
lntK a irrigation water mus, remain
30 until Wo nave means aud skill TO
make q success OF ruscTvOiiing water.
Again, We have no mines that we can
Gulcnd on Tor support VI taxation.
lni. kind nc property D. confined 20
limit # effort gt placer digging mere on
the rvtT, and o. iCH uuutvoiJprd lead
or silver claims on tho Blue noun
tnirf.
Thus u can, think, be soon why We
should object 10 tho rrup0. ul change,
Tor o. viii largely dccrcu.u .ur alftuuy
] Wa NAAAANNN.A ANHNAAHANH AAANNN ~ 49,"
mrgtue on the "trip Of county in
qlration at leas, $4,000 head %! horned
stock anu hundreds OF h.uCf; and
there is u0me OF TIE huttt zeal estate
f1uud IN the county.
There b. another subject wish 30
sptAk o.; 70 DO the craze Or iau now
hclng followed by many people Of
II cLlng down here d II rowing over
mll aud dale ia search % what n
termed AZirc relies AMI remains. THIS
haas buru going ON now iIr some four
year,, purhuuu mostly by parties from
! CulJmIO. one party sold hi8 COilcc.
ton, thu result Of come twu or three
m0nth's sApl0 alton Cr search, am
told, Tor siIOl. The MsBu. Withufiil,
tlsO nom Colorado, have recently luit
hrIC with ono Of tue largest collections
yet obtained. They found in 1uc
place some seventy Odd skeletons bur.
led s8mu eight icet under the present
surface Of tue gt0uui. Besides these
bones were large quantities Of relies,
consisting u pottery ware Of very
unique design, war clubs, arrow heals
Of Immense 0iz,, feather goOys, etc.
These Inrilcs, 1 uuIufHiauI, ara IN
tue employ OF some society In the East
VINO pay thu boys "a stipulated wage
& D NNA MNN Ut ANNNNNH aAAkANk nun
what other collections have been sold
f3r, this last lot should bring some
s. 900 or more. You may ass, well,
wlat shall We 90, or what can w dU
about w Can not tho Legislature
pass u law prohibiting people
from coming into this Territory
and ucstCrAung tho rrayts Oi
the dcau, aud II these dead Ia the
interest OF science, nusilb0 rrlurteciCd,
reserve the night 10 the bona flle
citizens Of Uhh2 These fclics OF l1st
race 1 think should be placed In our
museum, and lot our professors nud
scientists have tho nrst right Ut OK.
nminiae them, and then give the
results TO the world, la this much /
am "A lpTOlVCliOnist. | would have MI
this raising OF the dead bones Of this
extinct TH,c confined 10 tho people VI
Utah In general aud 10 tho citizens Of
san Juan county ia particular, prOvlt-
Cd there IL any money Ia ID, for VIZ need
II awiully ba.. We have no hard feel.
ingp towards oug Colorado neighbOrs,
Tor they have been and are among our
best friends; but when 1t comes TO
dividing up the hon ore, and especially
the profits u this raising OF dead bull
nes5, we feel 10 object, aud am think.
ing that should our boys make raid
over into Colorado and commence 10
carry OIL tho relics OF their Indians
they would make kick, and their
governor, Mr.. Waite, would feel like
"wadiing In blood up 10 the horsel'
brdle's and staying with II "till hell
freezes over"
We have had two weeks OF ir0llck.
ing, rollicking, dancing, aud one very
good theatrical performance, "Lsah,
the Fofsnkcn." IL was placed ON
the boards by the presidents OF the
Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement
association, Mrs, Lucinda Read, Miss
Ann Bales and Mics Lucinda Nell.
son. Mis- Ann Bales took the leading
character, In which role rho made
decided hit All other paris were we'll
sustained, especially thu part NJ R1.
land, taken by Prof William Allen,
our district school teacher.
now feel, as % our holiday season,
like s0me Of the brethren way back Ia
1856 and '57-thu time OF the rpfOrmu.
uou-"l am glad u is over" We are
having whnt We call down here OLD
auaI; the mercury says four degrees
above zero, A good many arc COM
planning OF bad colds gud sore thrnnts