The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-12-24
Romantic Story Of Utah.

Romantic story OF ivan.
The migration OF the FIRST Mormons
across the broad. unknown waste that
lay between the Missouri river and
the valley Of the Great Salt Lake was
an undertaking Of extraordinary dar.
ing. an expedition second perhaps In
It's interest In American history only
To the coming OF the pilgrim fathers.
Just as the pilgrims launched their
ships upon n terrible and unknown
sea. these first pioneers OF the West
vcnturcd into a vast, strange land
about which they knew little aside
from the knowledge of the constant
presence of hundred perils.
The people OF Utah were the first to
establish themselves in the West. Ore
gon in 1Si7 was disputed ground.
California belonged TO McXico, and the
"for,y.nlncrs." the first American pio-
ncers Of that state. did not traverse
The prairie until two years later, and
after Utah was settlement with sew
eral thousand people. 50 that Utah
was then the very broadand. II was
there that the West took root.
The leaders of the Mormons had de-
rided upon the far distant West as the
future home of their people. They had
no more definite plan than that. They
had read of the valley Of the Great
Salt lake In the reports OF General
John c. Fremont. the pathfinder"
who had seen the region in 1s43. They
had heard. too. of Oregon; and they
had considered Vancouver island. But
not until the expedition was well on
its way was the exact destination de-
fnitely determined. There were three
main bodies Of emigrants who moved
from the camp at winter quarters on
the Missouri river to the valley be.
yond the Rockies. The first party num-
bered 14T. including three women and
/ two children. and made its journey In
| the spring of lSi7 with Brigham
! Young at It's head. Then followed In
the summer Of the same year the
| second body Of the pioneers. nearly
1000 in all, among them many Of the
women and children of these first
pilgrims Of the prairie. under the d.
rection Of John Young. a brother Of
the chief. Then Brigham Young re-
turned to the Missouri and the follow.
ing year guided to the new land all
the remainder OF his people. about
$500 OF them.-Leslie's Weekly.
Venezuela and the United States.
During a conversation with Presi-
dent Castro I asked him what he
thought Of the Monroe doctrine. He
considered a moment. Properly in
terpretcd and properly applied" he
responded. "it Is an excellent prin-
ciple." In other words he reserved
to himself and to his country the
right to say when the United States
was justified In its application. Presi.
dent Castros answer is that Of every
other Venezuelan politician. Among
business men a sentiment is grow
ing In favor OF partial control Of the
republic by the United States. They
see no prospect OF stability under
native administration. A formidable
revolution under the leadership oi
General Matos, which has the covert
support of Great Britain and Germany
is now In progress against Castro's
government. "lf Matos succeeds,
said a Venezuelan merchant, "a revo
luton will be inaugurated agains
him by one OF his own men, II Castro
does not keep up the struggle. Tha
will mean a continuance of the pres
ent disturbed conditions. II will ais,
mean further calls upon business
houses for money by the new govern
ment and the revolutionary forces
No Venezuelan cares to see an incl
OF the territory OF his country seize'
! by foreign government; all woul'
prefer native to foreign admInistra
. tiCn. even though the United State
: were in control. But II some arrange
| mcnt could be reached by which tn
United States would guarantee sta
bllity Of government. as In the case O
! Cuba. then Venezuela would entc
! upon an era OF prosperity whic
: would parallel that OF the 0rea
: Northern Republic. We have ric
J natural resourcesi our people are IN
. telllgent. energetic and industriaui
. and our national debt Is small Th
Q sole thing we need--stable goverI
. ment--we have not. and tho Unite
. States owes II TO its own people q
veil - TO other nations to see tha
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