Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
IN SUNNY SAN JUAN.
People Of this Frontier County eener'
ally Prosperous Monticello Drouth.


IIoS. r. A. HAMMOND. pfes'aen'
n Of the San Juan stake, Is an I'M
falling Conference visitor. and he
"A aivnyr on the ground early ne y
a warm friend Of the Newspaper m,n
and Invariably has something ih,,tssr
irr-to shy Commenting upon the itvn-
.lsr section IN when he has pseh p,..-
nlr the way for civilization Tor SsAi''
san Juan county Il a great BIG
eounsr, ~ Itself. dotted here and thsfe
with hrav. little settlements standing a.
Inc outpusts Tor better things 70 coin..
These towns are yet In the rough. THEFT
conditions arr primitive. The people
81 psit Lake would have TO 10 back
f.ny fifty years 20 comprehend the po-
sitlou they occupy. They are remote
nom railroads and banking towns.
these modern necessities for an ad-
vncsd civilization. being from one
hundred and my TO two hundred miles
. distant. stiii the people are prorters-
ins materially and spiritually, can
safely say that there n a feeling o.
union, harmony and mutual re,ps.t
that has never before existed. THIS
4 LARGELY dps 10 the labor Of the mis-.
sionarirs o. The Young Mems Mutual
Improvement Association. who have
come In from adjoining Stakes 20 work
with u- for cur good. and 10 the Box
II letters which have come 10 our young
men calling them upon missions. tell
You thcre ffox u lsttcfr ntrniGhfen the
boys M and bring them 10 realization
Of the importance and seriousness OF
life. II causes them 70 feel that they
are Inquired after. that their welfare
4 being looked Into: that they. too.
may be able 70 do somethinf for their
frllowmsh In our little stake Of iean
than 1000 Mormon population we have
shlrty-four Elders In the mission neld.
That II percentage 10 he proud OF.
I doubt that Il 10 eluailed anywhere
else In The Church. Not few OF these
art under twenty years Of ase; and
strange 10 say. these rclf same young
men arr among our beat, n not our
very beat, missionaries.
snow then AZ 10 temporal conditions.
We are also prosperous, The sheep and
cattle men are especially thrifty and
happy. Their hank accounts ARE o. X.
and generally speaking they are on
deck In every particular. The sheep
men think have q little the best Of II.
There are more sheep NTH than cat
tistnen In San Juan county. Such was
mt always the case. The reverse used
70 h true but the Robbers BOOSTERS
found II much easier 10 steal cattle
than sheep and rurrued the business
~ steadily and with such success that
many Of our citizens were compelled
70 rive up cattle business and 80 10
sheep rnirlnx. Our wool ID not " 10
god quality A. that raised up here and
~ other parts OF Utah farther north.
Hut II 10 god wool nevertheless and II
urti almost altogether In the manu-
lecture Of carpets and other like arti-
eirs II brings ruf'iclsnt money 10 pay
all tho running expenses upon the sheep
and leave the lamb and mutton clear
PROFIT. which Of itaclf ID a biz thing"
~ 10 agriculture thu outlook Ia
quite fnsofsbie except IN Monticello,
The county s-at.. where a condition u
unprecedented drouth prevails. The
condition here IA serious. There Il no
SNOW IN the mountains. streams which
ordinarily at this time Of the year
would swim horse have not now sum
Client water In them 10 wet mniden's
stocking feet Fur this season at least
ne people Of Monticello who number
from three TO four hundrr,i, Will be
compelled 10 seek aid and support else
where. They can raise no crof this
summer That IL certain. talked
With the bishop o. the place Just before
coming 70 10 Salt lake and he told me
mat 10 had attempted to plow = little
put had given w In DESPAIR. tn. fact
" 70. soll u 20 dry that the plow could
oyefesilmstinr the situation when / say
that u ID derlorable. Unless Tho
heavens weep for them and thus send
water With which 10 molstcn the earth
thry VIII be N desperate straits for
reod while 10 come. I have advised
them 10 go 10 Colorado. that
u the heads u families and their sons.
who can ert away. and seek tempor.
afy einnloyment there. Considerable
canal building u IN progress there and
they WIZ be able 10 get work without
uilneulv and At pretty good wages.
Next season climatic conditions NAV h.
Ingrc favorable and the farmers thus he
hnle 10 turn with proft 10 tho holl once
we are just two hundred and nuv
miles east o. st. George IN The am,
belt OF country, over the Colorado iins
a. Mnncos. lust ninety miles east there
u plenty of snow and fne prospecta for
tood crops. II IA there WHERE the canal
work u being done and where many ~
our men viii doubtless 60"
IN answer 90 the question AZ Ia
whether the people VEN being troubled
any more with the Robher's Hoo.t e,ns,
81 cattle thieves, Judge Hammond ~.
phdci Very much 20. In fact. No much
- that our citizens are EolnE out M
the cattle business. These ruatlerr have
made " impossible for " 10 lnetoass
our bands. They ale not Indians either,
eut "hlte men. Recently they drove
on ioriy head on fine beef steers 10 a
secluded spot on the urande river IA
whef. they were tracked. and then fol.
lowed 70 Moab, BEING closely pressed
the thieves abandoned the stock ana
made on 10 a place OF safety. Ths
Steers were recovered. strange 10 sav
but the men escaped, While this whole,
SAFE stealing goes on SIN we feel much
ehcourased BY the Legislature IN ap,
pfnpfintins money with which Ia *.
lfehend such characters, and In Inc a.,
Hon Of the Governor, who il hsart AM
hand with VA. have had a IAN viii
nm since ! came up To Salt LAKE ans
hhyM mat u u his determination Il
nesht "a IN Kidding our section OF enun.
Wy OF ihlr class u characters
"hheriu Jack Tyler " Grand count,
w = sull hunt for tho rustlers NM
.nNy hnh an encounter with them il
Gus trouble u that we d. nd ~,
who u with them-ihat is. Of our av,
people. We know that s.p,en,,
constantly keeping them III
.ihen OF Inc situation. We arr mai mi,
70 make a move In any direetio, ~
ward. them that they DO moi seem ',i ~ ~ ~.
speedily appfiAed o. W W
Mining Il slower In San Juan cou,,,
man iof years past For several w., Z,
miners worked In their eu,d, ,ss,
nnons thr placer for pretty roo'
p'on'' but now they have abandens,