The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-04

After a month spent in missionary
work among the people of Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky and Alabama, (.
c. Rognon returned to this city yes
terday afternoon and at once settled
down to his old business again. The
missionary work which the gentleman
has been doing consisted in preaching
the doctrine of silver and irrigation to
appreciative and immense audiences
throughout the states named, and the
fruits OF his work have already COM
menced to put in their appearance and
consist of an increased interest in the
coming state of Utah and a marked
desire On the part of hundreds of peo-
pie of the central west to come to- this
territory and see for themselves just
what there is here of a desirable ma
fure In all of his talks Mr.. Rognon
touched extensively upon the silver
question, from a western standpoint,
and then he brought in the irrigation
subjects, Illustrating the striking
points and distributing thousands OF
the pamphlet gotten out by the Mount
Nebo Irrigation company, of which he
is one of the organizers. This book IS
one of the most exhaustive treauses
on the subject of irrigation ever placed
in the hands of the reading public and
1t is filled with splendid matter de-
scriptive of the coming state.
While in the east the gentleman
placed in the hands of the people of
the states which he visited over 5000
copies of the book and it is destined to
work a great good to the territory, for
the matter is presented in very at
tractiVe manner and is well worthy of
study At the close of all of his lee
lures, which were repeated in almost
every town of Importance in the states
named, Mr.. Rognon threw himself
open as a mark for the curious. Many
were the questions propounded to him
and some of them were extremely
funny. One gentleman wanted TO
know whether or not tina Great Salt
Lake was salty and when he was an
swered his establishment knew no
bounds Others wanted to know about
the practice of polygamy, while the
majority asked sensible questions re-
garding silver and irrigation. 1t W
evident that the people took a great
interest in Utah and many stated that
they had about made up their minds
TO change their homes and make new
ones in the coming state.
In passing through the states Mr.. !
Rognon organized homeseekers' clubs
and expects to hear from these within |
the next few months. It is the inten- |
ton of the Mount Nebo company to /
lay out forty acre plats and improve |
these in order that the people who |
give up good homes in the east may |
find something attractive upon their |
arrival in Utah for the purpose of /
starting over again. This idea seems |
0 take Ii with the people with |
whom Mr.. Rognon came in contact |
and it wiz undoubtedly work in |
splendid shape To a Herald reporter
the gentleman stated yesterday after
noon that he found the greatest in
terest in the silver and irrigation
questions among the people of the
states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Alabama and, in fact, all throughout
the south, and it is his opinion the votes
of these states will be overwhelmingly
In favor of the white metal Irriga-
ton is cls lining attention at this time
on account of the several dry seasons
which have followed each other in
succession and the people are firing of
the losses sustained They are turn
ing their attention in the direction of
the far west and anything from Utah,
the birthplace of irrigation, is attrac-
tive to them.
In anticipation of the rush which is
coming in the near fu-
ture, the Mount Nebo Irrigation COM
pany is pushing the construction of
it's system as rapidly as possible and
for the purpose Of inspecting the work
General Manager Peyton went south
yesterday morning. He expected 90
find the new gates in place at the
head of the outlet tunnel and should
such prove TO be the case it is the !
intention to make the change in the ,
flow of the stream in order that the
of the dam might not be
longer retarded