Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-27
LEWISTON,
Lewiston aud AdipininE Towns Typical of
Ihrift and Property,

Special Correspondence.
Lewiston. Cache Co. Utah. Sept. &c.
a provaticatluE scribe wrote the iol-
lowing % the Charities Review of New
York about the farmers of Unhi
"Thoy cxlst and that ~ about all that
can DO said Of them. They accomplish
their work with ramahacklc implements
ana ride into town for supplies ON sad
dloioas ponies: their feet IN winter
wrapped IA burlnp TO keep them warm.
Some 90 ihcm wear horce ANA hungry
aspect. othffH appear Htolid aa though
an ambition " they ever possessed any
had been Killed"
II 81 safe TO say that had he Travelled
throurh the center N Cache valley aud
seen the farms and farmers Of Utah. he
never would have published such "a
Hcrpod and falHohuod. The writer OF tho
above never saw either Utah or Idaho
farmer, u DE had DO mover would have
been 20 far ahead OF the ancient An
nnniaH in lying na 20 mako such "a state
mont The beautiful homes, barns. im-
muuHo hay ana grain Fthrlya, costly mu-
rhinury ~ the most modern make. also
nno rurrlaH hurgiOa and carry
nllr ln which our farmers and
their families ride 10 market, or attend
church, oil give the DE TO the crank
who wrote o.
n TAflNAL UTAH TOWN.
Lewiston 10 situated ten miles south
% Preston. and eight miles northwest
OF Richmond, and ~ six miles from east
Co west, aud seven miles from north TO
south, has "a population OF one hundred
teen hundred souls, Al have large
farms that yield AN abundance Tor man
ana beast
Last year Lewiston farmers raised
about two hundred thousand bushels uf
grain, This year about two-thirda OF
that amount will be their crop. with
thousands uf tons ~ hay. Hay lH sold
on the farm Ca sheep men ln tho stack
az 1915 pCr ton and tho sheep men also
get the straw and chan free, driving the
fhccp On the ncldE ana feeding on the
farm. This not only saves hauling. but
great benefit 10 the soil. The crops
show up wen after the shccp have been
thus wlntcrcl.
The farms are 20 large that thew bci-
dom stack the grain. but when the
thrcnhing machine comes along four
ilnc sleek teams and wagons haul the
grain 10 the machine. Bishop Lewis
alone this year raised 1000 bushels OF
grain CAS- against 1900 last yeur), and
one hundred tons OF hay. Jack Frost
partially spoiled the vegetable crop and
entirely ruined the fruit.
and a tine meeting housc-one Of the
neutest houses OF worship In the coun-
~. Yet they are building a now brick
tabernacle that viii bo finished this
year at n cost Of $4,000, ana what n
more Il will be paid FOR when finished.
tAnd they didn't 40 East To beg the
money 10 built 10. The present meot-
inF house " TO be used as an nmuno-
mont hall. The people are all prosper
Gus farmers, hardly any poor and none
who have 10 be entirely supported
either by Church or State
LIKE CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE.
It n the same an through both Cache
ana Idaho, our farmers are well 10 do,
are M "a class wen dressed and na TO
riding Hcrubby ponies with glnuy
sacks or burlnp around their feet" they
lavo fnc, sleek horses and cnrrihgea.
But II seems the Hllicr the story told
against the "NnrmoAA," the more road
ily they are believed
TESTIMONY OF AN UNBIASED
VISITOR.
I am reminded that few years ngo
a gentleman came 10 the court house In
Logan when tho Mormon" question
came up, He said; II came from tho
East a few years ago on business to
Utah, and my neirhhnrB were very
careful TO warn mo against tho Nor
mons and ! came 10 Utah with many
fears. l found the people OF Utah kind,
generous and very hospltahle; In fact.
/ had never been treated with creator
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