Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-16
N UTAH 20 YEARS AGO.
HoR Nov Prosperous Cltizl Hiis
Bis Start ID 1856.
Fivs Days Lnrnr Tor rirr Pounds Of
Tlour-tan act q aow Tor
20 Cents

20 Cents
The following is reproduced from the
Bpringville, Uthh county IqdspcndoHt
Of Febfusiy 10, as reminder 10 the
boys Of today how their fathers worked
10 ep,ablish homes In Utah. The sug.
gestons Of toll may AFFORD food Tor
thouEhtiul confederation on the part Of
young iolks nowadays
We believe it a good plsn Tor US all 10
remamb Der sometimes the manner in
which the early 81 Iufs lived, that We
can more fully Appreciate eur pfuseut
pfoaluf o and Changed condition. L.
conversation with our friend IN IN 10
thildi tho sui act Of early Times came
ny 40 natural yuuHsudtucn, sad W.
chatted away for thifly minutes. our
friend Knows the histJfy Of those tl,ars
by heart, All bis tWn experience
have not been always plossant. ami
with tho dauEsu aud hnrdahips
eariy yUHrs In this country. ieis wa
but little romance mixed in 10 relieve
the mOnutouy VI ptiva,on anu uald
work.
Ia 1865, when the Territory was
Waited BY fratshoppnta aui tue cfn.s
sfoatiY unmsEsdi aud in manv cases
entirely destroyed, 10 10 not difficult to
zee that muua suffering must have
followed, this country being 81 fr
from tie balance Of civilization. AZ
this time Sit Child lived at sslt lake
Ciyi aus teils how he managed
ihfUugh th0ss hard tirlea 10 sustain
bic inuily. Being an Englishmnn
aud uuua,d % pi0usef iifu, maIr ID ali
the more difiicult Tor him, but this dii
not prevent hun tom launching uu. 10
make the btstoflL
HIS fret WORK Soc UMh wtr Tor
gardener Ia SAN Lthc CITY; be worked
long anu bar, anu each duy ,Lu gar.
dcnof paid him Ia packages Of gstusu
seed, those packages Mt. child would
have 90 take after hiG work was doue.
anu 10 about tow. aql d door 10 door
trying 10 Euil them, ,fu this way he
procured a lille Dran, su1ft5 sud nIur
aud mt2ei thom t'Eethgr Tor broad,
with this AMI a few suiau potatoes faf
IL ftmuy 90 suutiul upOu, he lois thum
aud walked "a mlu-Winisr fem Snl
Lake CITY % this place ~ mo work.
hh hut Wofk va spHpgylilc con.
tiuiui OF I'VE day. labor, Tor which he
ueut bacE ~ hlu vile aud ChliIIs., an
moved thcm here later Oh. lie aud
many Others nulfCd 30 make spring.
VILE, worked On the roads and bfiIgls.
aud all that they frH5lvod Tor lhoIf
pHy WAS the pleasure thrF derived la
seeing their adopted town impf.vo ana
grow.
Mr. Chili ia yearo back I'D great
deal for the puullc In assisting 10
huild soh0Dlhousus aud holplnr on
various puOliC enterprise. When
Solomon Chase romUdcleI aud r d ted
the meellngnUusB, Mf. Ghilu cOllsr,-
Cd eight huud,ei dollars from the
pgopls and PAID up al duos. In carly
years tue Church tsut Tor thor cor.
vttts each spring 10 Missouri, aftsr
bringing them rom ali prIgs Of the
earth to that place. Every Town
would furnish ils portion. Ar. Chuds /
conducted the business Cnoh Hpri.g.
Utucn consisted OF gathering ifoni
tne people, hOFsts, oxen, wagons or /
anything that could 10 ufei 10 Nc eut |
men Eud OK tCrmu 90 10 o luusaud /
miles, IA was usually REQUIRED oil !
spungvillo 10 furnish ton teams, a
nlau 10 drive GuCh team, and night |
guard, with enough pS1yisions anI |
ciothlug 20 los. them uown aud back, |
aud M. Cuild was appointed 30 SEQ |
that IL wGs oil accomplished ia proper |
time, and n hu over iailol It 10 not on |
record.
49, 1901 when the government Of the /
Uuitrl states ueuugi Il necessary % /
1euu troops 70 Utan, the people oftho /
north aud Salt Lake county were |
advised 10 leave tualr homes
and come south. This migration |
has been called 80. "Muvs.D
Three hundred families were g. De- d %.
tribuied in sprugyille. Mt. Chli |
was appointed Go zee that ~ hau
shelter and p'aCo 10 60. Ho says
not n family 10 spfingviIlr refused 10 /
open their doors 10 tine rriugcrF. This |
work occupied nearly rec month";,
but Mr. Child rec lyoi no other
emolumeit thsn the gratitude Of
many hearts.
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