Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-07

living flower or y green spear OF ;rhei
to be found growing In that dsseft'
looking last resting place OF 30 many
noble meu ant women, aome OF them
being the pioneers OF this city who
laid the foundation for that prosperity
which their living descendents now
10y: yet these eau not aHJrt to lei
ever 80 email = stream go to help
adorn the city OF out deaJ, no net even
enough to keep one tree alive or To
qusnr h the thirst Of mourning OIL
uren that may visit the grave VI their
parents on that or any other day. The
contrast between the cemeteries Of
Epbraim aud Mauti has become 81
iariDg that we now, more than ever,
feel the jus. reproaOh winch we re-
ceive from people that pes by them
both, And yet there have been several
strenuous ell rte made to come up to
the line OF progression. slso in this
respect.
A petition, signed by about one.
hall the cit zens Vi Ephraim, was pre-
ssnted 10 the pfesent city q uncli ont
year ago but by some mesus o division
was created as 10 the location Of a ew
cemetery, and the whole project be-
came a failure. Elder +. M. Lyman
spoke On this subject ut one OF our
ccniere noes, pointing out the uisre.
spect sho our dead by such neglect,
but with no better result, and 1t IL
therefore In the same condition today
as II was forty years ago, with tho ex-
ceptiou that there are more graves Rnd
less greasewood.
II our now departed Prophet, Brig
ham Youn nad been alive, aud his
keen, practical eye had happened to
notice this foisaken piece OF ground
with so many quite respectable monu-
ments raised among the greasew oou,
he would very likely have given our
people q Il cture that would have been
as effectusi ss when he advised the
people TO make the rOau from Ephraim
to Manti straight.
But 1t lie not only lately that The
more progressive citiz9ps have seen
aad made efforts to correct the mistake
uamed, bue as fnr back rs thirty years
ago our 81 kp president, Canute Peter
avn, then lust called by President
Young " be Bishop Of Ephratm, tried
10 make the people see the propriety OF
making new city cemetery IN mere
convenient loollity, which could thee
have bsen had without any outlay for
the ground or water, but some OF the
people opposed him 80 much on that
proposition that he deslstsd, yet with
hope OF seeing the people make pro.
gress in regard 10 their views on thai
subject. AS before slated, he was alec
one of those who lately petitioned the
city council for new Cemetery, aud
all The time he has used mis- Influence
for that object Whenever there was any
sign OF " viking up to more res PEG =
full conslderatiUn OF our dead Relatives.
The arguments advanced by the
opponents are OF SUCH nature, that IL
iG almost q shame to state them. Pref
ident Petersun was met with the per-
tinent remark fret: care you going
to begin with re.ufrectirg the deau?D
Laler on 1t was ihil: "iy father,
mother, brother, etc., are buried there,
aud that place is also good enough for
me-" Others would say: eli we get
new cemetery, we have to go 10
different places wnen we want to visit
The graves OF our dead, anu suppose
there Should happen 10 be Two funerals
on the same day, and Que corpse was
to be taken to the old grave yard and
the other one was to 20 to the new
one, what q confusion II would MAKE?
Besides this the new one might In
time be the most attractive and there
by the old one become neglse ed"
Just ss though 1t was not neglected
enough now. They seem 10 think
nothing about the conveniepce and
comfort OF the living, but argue like
III ., that any kind OF ground 10 good
enough tor the dead.
Our unfortunate cemetery 10 now
about two miles from The center OF our
small town, and without the privilege
OF using any OF the water that flows
through the deids, that surround 1t on
all sides. On one occasion q PROPOSE
ZION was made, to allow five acres OF
water right Tor the cemetery, but OF
the more than 1000 shares, not i've
could be spared Tor that purpose.
Some OF our citizens will, no doubt,
find great deal OF fault with this ex-
position OF their views and actions,
but seeing that Your views are In
harmony with the progressive citizens
OF Ephraim, am ready to take the
consequences, even II 1t should make
them so vexed and angry, that thsy
will consent TO and assist in getting a
more suitable place FIR Ina dead,