Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-28

cafe 10 say that !" ''9
!" n public nature has come De-
pD' y n.esent Congress which Is
r ',oornnt than the irrigation Dill
~ ~ consideration. 1t proposes
sn0rdlture in the aggregate OF a
' 'rm Of money, and 1t proposes
.,,sIy and in the aggregate the
.,n Of a large body OF land to the
,.hla area OF the United states,
\. expenditure Of the money does
otsmplate any attack upon the
treasury; the reclamation OF
IA does not contemplate any sud
violent addition to the farms
Ofs country
NAT THE BILL PROPOSES
,ron,se to take the money de-
I'm the sale Of the public lands
\ \ 4, srieen arld-land states and ter
y WA and create fund TO be used
ilIss wv ngrpose OF rendering this land
lo M IN babltable. I'm these sixteen
- ..., ma territories there are 100000
N w W., qs Of public lands After fifty
/ N effort ugon the part OF the
wi. here has been cultivated and
eggN 4 ony about $4,000 900 acres. The
ms,r streams have been approprl-
Wi and diverted to the last drop. Prl-
w soterprlse has constructed many
snsls from the larger streams and
a.y reservoirs for the impoundlng of |
I 40" sooj waters. The time has ar.
,.rsi however. when practically moth |
4 >, mora can be done In the direction
nan Increase Of the water supply and |
NJ consequent increase In the area |
4 cultivated lands without the aid Of |
10 national government.
WORK OF THE WESTERN PIO-
NEER.
The public lands in this country
4 ,eate for agricultural purposes are
KIM ngly exhausted, The limit
n new settlement has been nearly
4 .,ebed The western pioneer, that
4 hleque and splendid figure Of the
ies TOE diues, the sixties, the sew
II sats and the eighties, Is already Of
~ tsd because there are no new
"A rlis lOr his restless feet. The tide
&, Inflammation which more than gem
ID alton ago swept beyond the Missouri
Ia, he colossal heights and down the
n nbef canyons OF the Rockies, across
tfh sag,.bTush plains Of the Great Salt
\ BE Basin, over the Sierras to the
h aTetml summer Of the Pacific coast.
III he western ocean and was rolled
5ael to the Missouri again, filling In
Biz eh5 and dOw every nook and Granny
u that great rainless empire whore
|piia could be found to redeem the
Desert
Tie pioneer was splendidly independ-
|hi We asked help Of none. He lob
1tki iof no appropriation. He found
fustf face 10 face with the problem
ID grating a home from the raw Gle
| E1la about him. He threw down |
| y gauge OF battle to the forces OF ma
|Me He made his attack with the
|c4ngs Of creative genius. He asked
I'D Wistions; sought no truce. He
3Nla Under the gitless sun from the
{kgitig Of spring to the middle of
iulga, His back was bent and his
hns we're scanned and calloused with
the ilG Of the conflict
va his few imperfect tools he
GlN dams excayated canals. con-
slrg'a bitches plowed and cultivat-
|td p soilt he transformed the.noun-
6i ulleys-dry and desolate-into
81 telds and leafy orchards. In
W sgmnlng his eye beheld nothing
br BE monotonous and unsmillng
sw q the sage brush. The soil was
la,ad and barren, He tlckled II
WI he How and gave It the stream
y i1is- and made 1t laugh In golden
TVS to the autumn breezes.
Is a marvel that, unalded, he did /
y a'ch' i would be a miracle II,
lal'ei, he had done more.
The MORMON PIONEERS THE
ORIGINAL IRRIGATORS.
ne first irrgators upon American
y we're The Mormon pioneers OF lsi7. r
'lf loilsome march, lasting many O
~ across the great plains, on July ]
u mat year they entered the val I
I % me salt Lake. What Is today. {
\. my judgment, the most beautiful q
.,sy IN all the world, was then a bar
u uhproductlye desert. Not a green v
-nk was to be seen save the sparse $
wm Of willows and cottonwoods &
AA irlnged the banks of the n
hams. =
'ae Mormon people, with that cour- 4
! eau persistence and industry which h
! Aeays characterized them, entered s
Y ~ hhal appeared to be a hopeless I,
~ I. ~ the early years their struggles
n palmetto. Time and again the
Y 70 which they had set themselves
'vared 10 be hopeless, but with grim Il
,uu1ilauon they struggled on. Their 81
..id finally came. ii
ae visitor Of today beholds the VAL q
y. transformed and glorified by irri- Il
IVY W. About the beautiful city, with Il
"me streets, its running. limpld p
!, ~, us Hover gardens, It's orch A
!. W Splendid and imposing Temple, el
y ul,slin!eTlng spires. splendid institu- {,
" leafnlng, It's business houses, "
'aiOllols and comfortable homes. 81
v,sYthlng which goes 10 make M Il
\, s' sSN city lie rich lands In check b
i,,.,. u varying shades Of green. II 81
ling argument In favor OF this 81
inaghliicent illustration OF what r.
"a "a, uCne when idle water is united W
!. 'uie lahd. The story of the con- n
~ oi ptah Is so simply and yet so OF
,i r''S,y Told by one OF the pioneers
~, non George Q. Cannon former q,
NJ - ~ ~ ms house from the ter w
~ Viah, In his remarks before In
vsr ,ona irrigation congress at In
torhn september. 1894, that | can 10
~, quoting them and preserv- es
I'm u the records OF this debate. =,
\. seven years ago crossed the sa
~, 20 company with COMPANIONS ~
W.o,e men seeking homes in the an
~ -, did not occupy so proml- ~
NJ pVsltioh In the community as ~
, ~, represented. because | was ~
A. vs.u y years old. but was then =,
- :, now deeply interested I'm The y.
mn ms western country. / felt w
tben was a great future for II, 81
elsd !" me, as with all those who A.,
10 ou mat time. II was so differ III
h M %" lhe old conditions under ~
gori5 H,ed that II seemed like a W
~, I. We entered Salt Lake VAL VIZ
IA ~ ! and the party | accom- NV
49,, ut eight weeks after the ga
e,s,, ugaued by Brigham Young. an
sirsS - lne valley That band ih
iSlrSOa', iis men and three women. ia'
IN 80 hem, and Travelled with VI
W, ~ ~ children IN considerable IN
" tslt oeing some 1000 all told IN