Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-25

uoutew OF TIVE wtllor who took u
ovet bio hlmeGicau, consisting "
$40 acret-iu which he has y
partner. Never was more sur.
pflsed than 10 hing over the 100 acres
u wheat, 80 acres Of oats, 10 acres Of
corn, anu acres u potatoes aud about
u Rofes Of hog pasture. This Il d.
Wdtd up into two lots with = hog tight
fence. L0tsul young pigs are coming
on for the fall. About upu ia idtel u
the yield each year OF FLOODED hogs,
"Ffom these two luUefn anu timothy
pas,urea,u said Delroy, "last year |
took tiJO IN gold. 1 DO not sell my
grain, it Il too cheap. | can ship hoge
eaaiet than grain"
To look over the face Of the broad
valleys, dry ami barren with only a
kind n wilj pl,nt resembling the
sunni IWer covering tne surface,
one would be Inclined to think
the country guoI Tor nothing except
Wild II Jweis. bat tho building OF four
canals from ton ~ twenty-five milse 10
length, anu Carrying little siroams In
all directions has made tue country a
fruitful fell. This valley differs
materially from others. The canals
have breu bought uut over the sanity
loan which formerly was moved by
the winds like clouds Of dust, anu the
aub.iffigatl0u, uas changed the surface.
Now wher' vhoat could n 4 bD RAISED,
from 30 o. go bushels eau be grown Yer
acre. fho irrigation diichos ate tom
i've 90 Elk r1ds apart, aui the
soaking aubIuigUtOa, tue crOps. Thus
this loose sandy loan ami an abund.
ance Of water have turned the barren
deserts into fruitful ilolde.
Al $3.50 p.ui. the pHUplo Of the scat
teflng town were brought together
into the large meeting house, and
where 20 many came from was n mar.
vel. There were tho Millcfe and othcfs
u Harrington, Davis county; But.
locks Of SAT- Llku CITY, descendants
0t the historian, fhnmA' Bullock, re-
corder OF DECIDE ia lsis, IN sslt LaKo
City, the fret recorder % Uah,
One outsider attended the meutiuE.
Ho said this was the fret Church no
had attended ior the past seven years
ami " what he had heatu was MofmOu.
Ism he would be please " oar more oil
10. On the following 10y We itcvc eight
mile, over TO WiliOrd anu held another
meeting at $50 b. m.
At Salem / found n boy ton Year,
old mounted on n tulky pillow aud
blowing tao acre. per Jay. rnis was
AZ different to our salt Like boys thal
out oi curiosity / followed tne by
turning up tie all, rage brush anu all
nearly one round.
"How Old ore you my ll,tlo mauc'
"rcn yeafs.s
"WdAt II YOUR namt2'
"GoOrge Nlutor Harrls."
"lhu Blsh pc s0L9"
"ius, sif.n
How Tar IL II around this piece oi
sage brush land that you are plowlng2'
"Just one mile, flf.n
Since / nave taken this trip around o
portion oi this broad county. ami CO..
that a. for ns tho eye cAu SEQ there u
ellll NOR. county, I add one and n
bali millions 10 my fnt cstlmatr VI
tne people that cat be- accommodated
here. Although irosts cxist az tim 70,
and winds occasionally blow, the
elements vii, yet as In many
Hthur places be modified Hnl
tempnrea. some yelrs ago ~ Parker
Prcaidonl jyuu Taylor l1ukBl iowa .
ury well dignity .rVt deep a.d predict
ed that that uTy vel shuui II Nv with
water. since thlsr four canals have
boon brought GU, not only docs land
sut-iftig1to, hul this ufy eiRhty.ioOl
well llwH nearly iull li watst. A.
5alcm alone there h plenty VI lanI and
water Ia abundance Tor numerous
h0mss. EDWARD sTEvENsDN,