Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-11
oKLlnonNs pE,nuMoN.

OKLAuUMNS DEStllUliON.
Mondsy evenings issue Of the NEWS
contained press dispatch giving fe.
ports OF desututlou aud tutiefing
among the settlers In different parts VI
Oklahoma territory. It was slated
that the condition Of the people In
various places was one Of desperate
want; that hunger was their constant
companion, and that f,arvatiOn could
be prevented only by giving immod.'
ate assistance TO the people. The same
trisgfam contained the statement that
the reports Of dra,iIulion previously
received hal not been believed,
because 10 was th usht news
paper correspondents we've manulac'
turing stories on tho subject, and be.
Gauss there had boon Uiiicisi donlals
OF reported Instances Of suiisringi but
tho later acsOunt, are convincing peo'
pie In kansas aud elsewhere that there
10 some truth In tue story Of suffering.
Nor the information Of ITS feadrrs,
that they may uniorsiand tHat the
reports Of desiiiution In Oklahoma
have not been oyordTawn, but that the
people there are N urgent need o. ~
sis,ancs Ia tho way Of food, the NEWS
gives some extracts from private
letter written on Msy 3lst--nino days
previous 10 tho sending Of the dispatch
te.effed lo-by Elder w. ID. BOwring,
Of Salt Lake CITY, now lsboring ne
missionary 10 Oklahoma. In his letter
he saye!
3 To-day Brother Macarthur and ! arc at
tho homo oi q family Of good Saints,
noRr the postoilicH Of Cedar, Ia a rural
district Of Oklahoma. Here crops arc
"a entire failure, and this aud ono
more family nj ,aluts are really suffering
or food. Ia TACT, they have now
lived on half atl0us iof months pat 90
ny certain knowledge. That ration has
5oen bread, aud sometimes pork Of u
y0ry inferior quality. / have eaten bread
aud water here last winter, whom ! could
lnyo cried IN pity for tho seemingly
ialf.iod chilirnn. This was tho ffst
smily Ia -. T.. Ia embrace and maintain
he Gospel; they have ever welcomed tho
Elders, fod, washed clothes for, and
sheltered thom, tp their very best To-day,
.ho gates Of starvation simply stare them
the face.
Elder Bowring then TefoA 90 some
snorts being made TO give temporary
assistance TO the iamilies he nAmts,
whose members he says are able ami
willing 10 wofk-to do any labor 10
procure food and other necessities q
lie. lie then elites ether Ia.
stances Of hardship. Speaking Of
Tho Inability OF even th.Bs IN
public employ to get thtir pay, he
mentions tho case u a school teacher
who "hRs boon able 90 draw buI 30
from three months teaching; no you
zee treasures VI districts arc also
broke" Other instances are given,
with the suggestion that perhaps II TIE
true situation there were realized hero,
among at least "some Of tho young
men IN UtAh who spend monpy fol.
isnly lew dollars could ur raised, and
some good Tor humanity, charity, and
Israel might bo done" DotcTiblug
the general CONDITIONS that have come
under bis observation umoug tUmu OF
the people, he ray';
Flour aud some rusty bacon ara all
they have. Sometimes they mako o. little
bullOr, and ut odd Zines gut few eggs.
Eyun Iho hens have qNlt laying fOr want
of food, aud stock ur1 STARVING am
satisfied 70 corn Tall. Wo viii have
dopppuniod. Hundreds uro leaving
Yesterday, whilo 300 GutHTIi, one
man Hil eating uu.d corn uu. OF "
paper sack, whliv iuruugs passed. hy ON
tho street. ono Mr. MouIty said To- him.
'Como with me, and / Will buy supp0r
Tor YOU" Tho old man drylluul, saving.
~ have my supper iu my nlui. Nuu
go down IN tho depot, and Oh. Tr are huu-
drrds needing supper worU than b.
This In ono ~ many urlduu.s that
might be- rotated On show the siiua ION.
Crops hero arr simply gone. Trees suum
10 le dying, nud uus1lhlluu IN approach.
ing everywhere.
Thee brief extracts from EIIc'
B0wring'a icttcE which IL chl,ly
directed to Other matters Than the gen,
eTnl dCaliIutiun, anu mentions II only
ss incidental to other subjects, tell o
gloomy tale Of the state Of affairs H.
Oklahoma rural districts, aud confirm
the accounts sent Out vy the pro,s aud
other sgeuoies. Surely rs time f5l
the nation 10 give heed 10 these coll,
Tor assistance, and AFFORD tue urgent re-
lief necessary 20 sayo men, women ana
children from the horrors OF IeGth by
starvation, ensuing upon tho failure 4.
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