Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-14

Think OF 4 II YOU can. They have pro-
vidcd farm. that are surer OF crops than
any OF the farms In the eastern states, be-
cause they control the water and sunlight
Ia perpetual. That rich soil, N irrigated.
is AZ sure OF a crop as tho sunshine IL 10
flow over II, and their sunshine IL from
May till November.
hut am wandering into generalitles
aud intended to give picture OF the
life ~ have seen It in years gone by and
a. have seen IL during the last month.
Most OF the people that went into these
territories went from the frontiers OF the
newer states, the western and southern
states, or were brought there by the mis-
HionAries OF tho Mormon Church from tho
poor and lowly Of Europe. These people
from our own saios went out with OK
teams, oitoniimes taking from aix to eight
monthe, camping by the trail At night.
cooking their food in the rudest possible
way In n kotll0 and n coffee pot, sleeping,
the men upon the ground aud the women
in the wagons, while their cattle, their
oxen or thoir horses grazed on tho bunch
grass at night. How many oftheso trains
have scent / remember one year within
nix weeks TO have counted from place
whore I was located 100 wagons. l
have seen them by their camphros nj
night, | have soon them winding their
slow trail along, creeping a. u were into
n destiny which they hardly dreamed OF,
yet All-pationt, dusty and hopeful. /
have followed thom Into tho different
states and territories, 1 have seon them
settle upon tho public domain aud build
first house from the poplar poles that
they could gather from tho streams
shores or hillsldos, or dig n dugout into
tho bank aud put roof over ID. or cut
tho turf and pile one piece upon another
until tho walls Of tho house were built,
without floor, with only such root rs
could DO made OF the long reeds or
grasses gathered from tho swaies OF n
noighborng brook or river. l have seen
tho rude hunks for beds put one above
another In these primitive houses and
the able made by splitting log and
hewing ono side and putting the two
/ hAlvos together. have seen tho chairs
In such house. made from blocks Of
wood or section Of n slab, and
many n bench that has given mo roat
and hospitality In these cabins was bat a
slab with four legs put into II, and many
Awoman have soon who was thankful
for such house and such accommoda-
tlon-, who oheerfully put up with tho pri-
yallons because she hoped tohavo homo
aud land aud comfort In tho future.
The house built, thon tho land must be
cleared and broken and most Of tho land
that Ia taken up In thas now West Ia cove
I u
brush. II IL about tho color OF n camel.
IL IN cold and gray and choerloss. No
animal but tho Jackrabblt lives In and
around Il, hut IL always grows on fertile
soil and IL the garment tina. nature
weayos to cover her nAketnoss Ia that
great new West. This AAge brush must
be torn out by the roofs, water must DO
brought on TO the land by aditch and then
a crop IN suro to come II planted. These
arc tho conditions under which lifo has
been started In that now country. There
arc thousands Of people today who have
made but one stop In advance OF this
primitive life. As crops came 10 them
and thoro WAS market for what they
produced, they have boon able TO build
better bDildings and bring about them
selves more OF the comforts OF civilized
life. These people we're helped by tho
mines; the mines made n market for their
produce, their po aloos, their wheat and
Whatever else they ral.od from lhoir
lands. IL the mines were prosperous the
farmers prospered. and for years tho
mines were prosperous and hence the
product OF the mine sold TO tho world
brought back money which was dlu,rib-
uted among tho people for the products
OF their lands and their labor.