Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-28
Scranton, Pa, Republican COntains
Article Of Much interest
PRAISES MORMON CoLoNIsTs


The Scranton. Pennsylvania Rcpub-
iioan. In Ito issue Of July 21rd. 1893. con-
tains an article on cardston. Canada.
which IL reproduced below. The nrti-
Gle In the Republican IL illustrated with
two large cuts. giving "a general view
OF the town and Of 10 main street The
article Ia reprinted In this paper be-
cause of the Interest," Il viii have 10
many readers Of the "Ncwa"
on June o. 1857. tho vanguard o. the
present large Mormon settlement arriv-
ed In Southern Alberta The long jour
ney from Utah had been made In cam
vas covered wagons. or prairie achuon-
era. and ended on the banks OF Lees
Creek. within "a stones throw u the
present prosperous village ~ CnrdHtOn,
the commercial metropolis of the Nor
mon colony. This inst party consist
ed OF ten men six women and several
children. Each " the succeeding ten
years more culunlHtn arrived, and at
the close or 1895 tho total population
was 1900. This year bids fair to eclipse
all former ones, upward Of 800 people
having arrived In the first iivo months
OF 1850. with an additional ninety In tho
week ending June 10th. within tho tor
rltory occupied principally by Mormona
there Ia fairly large .aprinlding ~
quoted refer entirely To MnrmonH.
a WISE SELECTION.
The selection OF this particular Hec-
ton OF country Tor Mormon COLOMBIA
ton purposes WINS not by haphazard.
Prior 20 the frat movement nurthwurd
OF these Mormon coloniHtH every Sec
ton OF the Territories had been exam
ined carefully by men sent out Tor that
purpose, These wcru practical, cupn-
bic men, whose great experience and
unerrinF Judgment guaranteed the so-
lection OF the best land and tho most
view. The almost unyaryinE success in
agriculture and stock raising which
has rewarded the Efforts OF The Nor
mons and otheru. and tho Immense
strides In material advancement and
prosperity. have proved the wisdom OF
those who made the selection In the
ilrlt place.
The territory occupied by tho Nor
mons extends from the Rocky Noun
talns on the west On the limo Of the
Great Fails a Canada railway. and
from the International boundary line
60 the southern boundary Of the Blood
Indian reservation, an area upprnNi-
mately of $40 square miles. Within
these limits II everything which goes
TO make an Ideal spot for settlement.
The 81, Mays river nuWa almost
through the center of 10, and there are
innumernble smaller streams and
epringu Ht frequent intervals. Coal can
be had for the taking. and the timber
Il practically incShauHtlblc. The grass
grows mNurinntly and hay can be- cut
almost anywhere on the prairie. Small
game IL plentiful. and tho streams
abound with the finest trout
In 1881 200 bushels ~ oats were raised.
Last yonr the oat crop WIS 10000
bushels, The Yield ~ potatoes ana other
VEGETABLES has Increased proportion
uNn1N Lea hHfHhsIa
OF wheat were harvested. This ypur
the acreage devoted 90 wheat has been
increased ~ largely that n has been
considered necessary 90 replace the old
burr grin mill with modern milling ma
chinery, and u roller mill with u Cu-
paoity Of 70 barrels day win bc DO
operation In October, An this is Nor
mon enterprise. The country here ln
It's natural state " 40 Tar superior 90
the deserts OF Utah, which Mormon
enorgy and enterprise converted into
garden that 10 H difficult iu IWlgInU
the Ieaulta which viii be- accomplished
here.
IRRtCATIoN MATTERS.
The one thing with which tha Nor
mons, IN common with other settlers.
have 10 contend Zoo southern Alberta lF
the naturally dry climate. Their rx-
perlence Ia Utah is VI course. iuyulu-
able in this respect There every acre
on land had 90 be- reclaimed by irr,gl-
lion. Irrigation is, therefore mo exc
pertinent with tho MUrmuns. They
know that, " properly carried out, U.ll-
IRE In crops is impossible, and that
their proper growth lT ln absolute uar-
tainty The mutual cooperative basis
OF The Mormon colony enables them 10
act upon their knowledge OF irrigation,
and 10 push needed works ut this kind
40 completion As long 1H seven years
a. loo