Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-18
WHAT PLUCK MAY DO.
An Example 10 Willard County People
and Many others
EBtoy Dessrei NstOe

fsiitor Dcscroi News
We have noticed that the DEsEHEr
NEWS Turing tho winter has cjunsslei
the uon.emplOyod 10 leave the CITY anu
use their energies upon the land lying
idle In the country around. Come IRE
doing this with good prospects for the
future. About month since There
arrived In this town a conveyance
Iuioly cousttucted after The manner
Of sheep wagon. II contained four
perons who had wallowcd through
tho mud from North Ogden. Their
destination was indefinite; they had
seen Willard county advertised and
wanted 10 get O Look at II, with a view
10 settling n suited. The iaioi con.
dition Of their team necessilatod 10y
over one OF our citizsus told Of some
good land In tho Vicinity, and took
them 10 the ground, which was good
enough for them. These men came
armed with the homestead law, a
pocket compass and their muscle. Next
Gay they moved ou % the ground, lO9a
the box Of tho wagon % 1--we 3d., and
had the running gvnf 10 naul
water down. Ulu., etC,i got
corner stake Of a tufvryrI HELD % mils
OrsJ above, aud with The aid u their
compass found tho surveyed corners OF
a section OF land which they hlcd
upon, A hnh man has teen down and
flied upon another IHrgr The lcaI'
ing spirit 10 y MI NhNtlu, with his
two sons, q MI Burutilcf, and Mt
Barr. Mf. Wharton and sons are
renters Of land In North Ogden, brick.
makers, huI pTaollca gardeners, OF only
q ioW yoari' residence iu Utah. MI
Barr Is only two years in thu United
htalcs, formerly musician u Queen
Nict0fia's AMY, who came uu from
Canada. All VI thusc mon are workers
aud evidently mean business. They
20 10 town, borrow au unused wiuilaN,
procure au iron bucket formerly uaoI
for sheep DIP, a pick, shovel AMI tUpu,
with which they commence going
down into the ground ut tho rate
Of seven feet DAY, until they reached
fony.two feet, where, o. Mr. W. dtE.
crlbes II, they mud lille uvcr Ut *
csllent water.
The land IL unqueslionably amongst
the beet that eau be found anywhere,
The adjacent Held (pionuorl has been
famed TOT over thirty years and I'm.
manfred today produces very heavy
crops OF wheat, Some VI the land now
entered was also used Mt that early
day. A. / rode down there foW
days since, a LADY m the wagon told ut
her girihood experience In pioneer lie,
when she with others II the family
had 10 walk down there mornings, ami
were lucky when two them could
got the old mare 10 ride upon 90 WORK
IN the field. This same lady has a
bright, intelligent son with family.
who lives here anu does not OW II an
acre Of farm.
Our object In writing IL 10 call A.,en.
ton Of scores Of young men VINO have
been born aud raised In this county,
who are practically without homes, 10
the rapidly changing conditions Of
their surroundings, Aud ~ try TO iuuucs
them 10 lay hold Of their privileges
aud birihhght orc It Ia too late.
They have better opportunities than
Mt. Wharton and his party have. That
gentleman told me tuaI 40 could not
be Induced 10 yaCato his claim Tor i've
hundred dollars, a pretty good inveit g.
mvnt VI few weeks toll. They are
rapidly clearing Oh the land, intend
ing 10 pillow itup "tO lot II ali" this
summer and put In sixty acres Of
grain early next fall, anu nobody here
doubts that they Will by this process
reap an excellent crop. Although this
land 4 below tho projected now cana,
Mt. W. Ia not depending upon water
d.
confidence that they can get ait 'rlau
water fora large hmall.ffuit garden,
which business he IN al present eu-
gagged 10. II no IN successful IN this,
Salt Lake will get the finest fruit that
ever struck It's market, for when 10
comes 10 flavor, California isu'I In n.
Many VI our young men have been
somewhat tlmid about entering upau
land FOR fear Of trospRsslug urUn
tue claims Of others, but the
day IL past when men csu
throw half a dozen LOGS upon thu
ground aud call 10 lhsiT country. In
every community there arc lanl gTsI.
boTs aud buffers around ono put ia
m Appearance below mere about two
days after these men arrived upon the
ground. Hu WAS given every iuiltm.
alton no sought ~ 10 their object and
Intentions, nuu fed upon ihe best they
had Ia camp. Then hu commenced 10
enumorAtc the Ulaim3 he had upon the
land, having spent large amount OF
money ON 10 somewhere, lie then
commenced putting up stakes aud
posting notices Of his claim, dating
them back 90 period before these men
arriyeI. They called bic attention 10
this nR being imUTDurT. HB Iiuully lt.
came NO aggressive that Mr. Barr, who
lisa small man, told him In N0TA.
shire dialect "that n that was what he
came Tor, ana nothing olsU hut fus-
would do him, he cnulI have H." Blu
when this fragment " the BHufh
army commenced peoiug uis outer
garment, the astonishul butler skippuu,