Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-24

for lack OF his usual verbal goad. He
politely asked the ladies' to put In their
COTTONWOOD and go back a quarter Of a
mile In order that he might be able to
talk freely In those good old times
rancho puddings, concocted by Chi
nese cook OF immortal memory, COM
monty looked like currant buns, flies be-
ing so prevalent Small settlers were Of
no account, even in the latter half OF
the eighties, because the magnates Of
ranching ruled the land. The small
people, on demanding bridges, were told
that II they did not wish to drown they
should keep out Of the rivers. One OF
the speakers last evening alluded feel
ingly amid tumultuous applause. to
the power that local swimmers acquired
under these conditions, which Mr.. OIL
yer, now minister OF the interior, re-
lieved by causing bridges to be built
and railways to traverse the ranch
mems preserve. Mr.. Moles. locally re-
membered as the inimitable," used TO
fashion mems garments from blankets.
and 1t Is recorded that he had soul
above cutting trousers on the bias.
MORMON" PIONEERS.
One pleasant Chlnooky April day in
1887 MI Barker and his chums We're en-
Joying these primitive conditions, when
four substantial men arrived In a wag-
on. These were the first agricultural
party Of Latter-day Saints under the
leadership Of President c. o. Card. In
1886 he. with two companions, had
been deputed by the Utah Church TO ex-
plore the Canadian north for new
Canaan. This tour was stimulated
partly by that United States talk which
eliminated in the Edmunds- Tucker act
n -tl hu "A ca 10
sense that the great and useful doc
trines OF gathering" which had brought
Saints to Utah from the world over,
might Judicously be amended by one
of scattering, which would amount
to gathering" IN a new place. In
short, Utah was becoming densely mop
ulated, and many able-bodied Nor
mon" families were sure to be soon
needing land, The explorers went
through much of British Columbia Vain
ly. There they happened to meet Mr..
Ogilvie, a land surveyor since rather
famous as the first governor OF the Yu-
kon, who told them Of this foothills
country. They first saw Il IN October,
1856 II pleased them by its resem-
blance to Utah. They returned there
and prepared for immigration to Alder
ia.
WERE READY FOR WORK.
The four who hailed Mr.. Barker IN
April were prepared to begin work.
President Card was again the leader.
After being shown the excellent vegeta-
bles Of the Barker camps last year gar
den, and a plat OF fiourishing April gar
der sprouts, they departed. Next day
they were observed ploughlng on part
of the present site of Cardston. In May,
after having gone south TO meet their
prairie -schoonIns families, they re-
turned with these pioneers June 3, 1857.
Meantime other Mormon" parties had
| arrived There were eight families on
the ground Sunday, June ., when the
first sermon was preached in tent.
Sunday school was organized the next
day IF rest Now there are some 5000
Iatter-day Saints IN Alberta. They
have. as small ranchers and farmers,
occupied the land pretty continuously
from the mountains TO 60 miles east
ward along the international boundary,
and for some 80 miles northward, 10
saw nothing Of sporadic outlying set
Elements. They are excellent and pros
perous settlers, so all neighbors ack-
| knowledge.
THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.
From the Alberta Railway & lrriga-
ton company a track Of 100000 acres
Was bought by a Mormon concern,
headed by Mr.. Knight, the chief spirit
7 in the sugar refining enterprise at Ray
| mond, some 80 miles east and ~ miles
| north Of here. The sugar mill works on
| baats. for which farmers receive from -
! IA ; 20 per ton. Each average ton yields
| about ESQ pounds Of flne white sugar
| This manufacture IL not surely known
| 10 he directly profitable, but its bye
| nroduct OF cattle food enables a great
| number Of cattle TO be fattened In the
winter. In the spring fat steer sells
| Tor about $50 at Raymond. while ordin-
/ orv cattle are worth but $50 to $40 at
| the same season. The Knight concern,
| capitallzed az 100000 pays per cent
| dividend and owns 10000 head OF STOCK
| II has sold much irrigated lana TO
| Mormon" farmers. In l9VJ the mn
! rrodiced 500. 900 pounds OF sugar last
,r,aar ? 100 900 pounds. II Is expected
| 10 market 5000. 600 this season. Probably
| the sugar IL sold at bare cost or less.
! aimee the great established reiinerles OF
| cana sugar I'm Montreal and Vancouver
| run II hard IN prices and are reputed
eytrsmely hostile to the beet enterprise.
CHURCH ORGANIZATION,
| The Church OF tue Law -u"' ,,.
| is thoroughly organized by STAKES
wards and districts. A stake is
! large or very populous area p reslueu
! over by a council Of three high priests
a ward is n division Of stake presided
| over by a Bishop and two couhsel0rs,
a district is a division of a ward IN
| which presiding Teachers look atter
the Interests Of Church members Ihere
] are two stakes In this province. the
| Alberta and the Taylor stakes inc
former comprises the large ana popu-
! lous hamlet settlements OF MaErath'
| RAYMOND. Stirling and Tabor the lat-
| ter includes 10 settlements on the prev
| alent Canadian home or scatterN m
| dlvldual farmer system Cardston Is
| the principal town of the TAYLOR StaNe'
| It's people would probably have been
gathered In villages or hamlets, a
| method OF settlement peculiarly sun
| able to this treeless and very Wlhdy
| region. had the Canadian government
| Of the late eighties and early ninetles
not refused to give them the advan-
| tage to be derived from the 'hainlets
| clause" Of the Dominion lands act
| which permits settlers over Wide