Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-06

Co mare Goo rutGtu change
AMI iis hr' crttsvUf .ntIoiofu Wa
90 raifr those savnets uut ot ths huut
iur into thr pnsinrti stage, tho nliutal
way BOO which Oh civilization IfDgftts.
e. This be- lcclmpisle1 by mtuing
10 them cattle u take care ~,
aud tuyilg from them Tatt o.
the teCi suTplle', thus In.
stnsibly converting them into cattle
raitoit He plio paid them extra ratto
u haul the annuity goods furnished ny
iho government. In NUMEROUS waye
iie has ruftued tho same polio, until
ni Lat be hos fuCceedot ~ breaking
down tuclr stfOtg difiuciiuation 10
work, aud mado Them more kindly
disposed ttwaids the ,iiilng u the coil.
In sTenklug on the SUBJECT TO the
colonel hO Incidentally remarked inst
he was himself born and raised on
farm. This early training has undoubi'
" been Of great service TO tim,
aud account Tor the admirable juug.
munt manifested by him IN All the
operations oonnt cleI with HE Interest.
Ing experiment.. | viii mention
Only one case In uolui. All hif pre-
dtctstOfs have conducted tue iAfniin4
operations on the low b1ttoms, whose
water vas ossiiy brought from the
river. On ihese farms The nikhli would
soon rise 10 the surface, kiiling the
cf0Is, aud disgusting tue lndiauti
whu,lucking the perseverance, snd per
sisiency Of thUir Caucasian brethren
want 10 zee immediate and continuous
t. ults. Tue colonel commenced biz
operations by taking out long canslf,
aud carr Ing tue water 70 The
highest benches. and thus taxi
ting In right away better
land, ffosf from alsali, au1 from which
the txitting excessive salts alc natnf.
ally drained 10 lower levels. Tue
lands thus secured arc well adapted !. Z
all the various farming operations, in.
GLIDING ifuit raislug, Anl the Indians
thefe located are highly delighted with
tue results obtained. We met there
nm agrnt from one VI our home nufssr.
lee, who assured us that he did an eS.
cuilsnt business with thtso indians,
one Of whom, who already has young
orchard growing, had given him
~ pnd order Tor tiers 10 the mount Of
$40. A. We wonued our way through
= lane passing between the d nsfunt
farms, all we'll iouced IL, with EooI
dwelling houtcf, outhousts, etc.,
We hnu m eAttltuA NlIutAuIlNl 70
view the numerous stack. OF lucuTBe
hay, heat, Gals, etc. We were ate.
wards ii W the head infmet that the
Indians had already tir shud over rs.
900 bushels Of grain, aud were uui
nall finished, These good results hRv,
been obtained by allowing each Ia.
dian TO take Ia q white man a. partner
VITO farms with tuem on sbaTts. The
colonel thus hopts TO eiuo,ic the Ia.
diAns In iAtminE, 90 that Ia year VI
two they will be- independent iafmeu.
Affivlug At the agency We maae thu
ACQUAINTANCE Of Mr.. Musr, the chief
clerk IN charge, aud Mt. Wayman, thu
htAd farmer, aud bau very pleasant
interview with him. From Nc. Way.
man We learned that In okiug over
the ground Tor new canal IL m thu
Uintah river 10 oovef large beech
lying between The uinlAh ana Du
chesne Tivefs, on tue lower pnri
Of which tho above described
farms arc situated, hb enc un.
tered tue remaits oi an old caual,
which hHd been utei perhaps hue.
dtsdIs Of yeais ago. tAlihough the
remains were sufilcisniiy plain to be-
seen, the old canal had b. go too much
impaired by the lapse OF sges 10 bu OF
any use Tor the canal he was con'em.
pIaiiug, because the means at his CON.
IN nj were not suiileit nj Tor tuch rutet.