Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-29

to be cleared of and cultivated, which
| will certainly be done ia the near
| future, for such land as this VIII not
| be left to lay idle as soon ne we can
| convince people tnRt water - sure
thing. Six months ago cultivated
/ land could have been bought on time
/ Tor about one half what it would take
| now to buy II, and u water right In the
| canal could have been bought for $50
below cost, nut at present stock In the
| ditch and reservoir is worth anyway
| 30 cents on the dollar, an by next All
| feel certain that lhnd anu water viii
| double In value, for ne soon as the .es-
| erv0ir proves 10 be success which we
know Il VIII do, many VIII want TO
| BUY but few viii sell at ali.
| AT present there are three or four
| quarter ssotions opsn for entry whion
| do wish could Ds secured uY come
poor inlsai0narles. like myself VINO
| have come home "brOks" aud desiring
| to get q piece Ut land Tor M innerlt-
ance. Now is thu chance Tor such
fellows, know OF several WHO labOroi
with me on this islands VINO would /
believe, feel that they had small for
tunes IL they were hero with me
today. l closed the bargain tAis
morning with n Brother Joseph s.
Smith for his claim TO this quarter
section l am on, which has small
house Of three rooms on IT., n stable,
corral, hen house, rnd has thiriy-fvs
acres OF rich bOttoA land CLEARED u,
ana which has Sc water right la tins
canal with IT, all Oi which / got fur
$500 with three years to pay It In.
rhere are other places not b. mucn
improved that | could have Roi
much cheaper, aud sin other places
not improved could have taken ~;
but Us 1 believe l can live on the
place and pay for It without crampiug
myself In the least, preferred this
place already improved.
Good pinlon and cedar wood can be
got In great abundance within three
and n half miles, aud coal can b0 got
within eight miles for 81 per ton ut the
mine.
Such an opening as presents itself for
poor, honest in1ustrioUs men | never
saw beforel Our settlement here IL four
miles from tue mouth OF the creek anu
thirteen miles from Ffuitland,
and five miles from Farming
ton, and better location Tor
n lice settlement / have never
seen, though | have wandered arOunu
much over tho arid regions OF the
ovid West" Our climate, our soil,
and our natural advantages are seconu
60 none in all this mountain county,
Tut Just one thing we arc In need Of,
and that IL few good, faithful, Undue
trious families, or men like myself
wishing to get home and lamily.
Our county government Gao our
district Judge told us) is the best in Ail
New Mckee, and our schools are much
better this year than ever before, and
we are going to labor hard to make
them equal to apy In the laud.
The health OF the people IL good, and
prosperity seems 10 stare US la The
face. So,
If Providence will smile upon ua
We Will raise our heads aud cay.
Come to Us all yc weary
Here 10 place 10 Btny.
Come join Us IA our labOrs
And he We hurc 10 rthnd
Aud make uur homCs hoayen,
Tic beetin all tho land.
Beeldts jackson there Id also an.
other opening for one or two good set
dement's here on or near the river.
About ien miles above here tnoTe is a
"MesE" about four miles long by one
mile wide which 10 30 level that wafer
would run aouth tor more than u mile
At q stretch without leveling the lRnd
at all, from ono side OF tho bench
to the otner, and Tor less than $500
| worth OF work large uttch
| which covers lower bencn OF land,
couii be brought up sn1 across tue
upper end OF over haif al this bsauti.
lul piece OF country, aud SIN there is
another ditch surveyed above this one
ghich couil bp buitt for NOT fnore thnn
So, 900, which will c)ver the whole OF
uAid Mesa. Even this Isn't all--tbe
lower ditch above mentioned has been
surveyed clear over into the head Of
the large dry valley north OF Fruit.
land, where, suoner or latter, another
reservoir will be built which Will bs
filled from this large often during the
winter and spring month, and this
furnish water for thousanus OF acres
OF beautiful level, rich lRnu. On, why
DON'T mon take advantage OF these
golden opportunities? A. Elder
Brigham Young told me last summer:
'"rhis iAtne country and all It vans
to develop II 10 men with teams anu
their bread; they DON'T need money"
Why do men lay Around waiting for
others who have rustled, to "glve
them ioD," crying "hard times." II
We can't have silver and the gold Is
locked VI; II we. would We could earn
our bread by the sweat VI our brows,
raise cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, poul.
try, etc., and besides raising what we
want TO eat We could, II we would,
establish factories, tnnnerles and mills
and thus be Independent OF the outside
world. Your brother In the Gospel,
LEWIS n RIRNuAI