Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
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| L EDEN - hithbAAAfif f'f'S '-'A 49,
RI ant a part in the westward movement
1 20 Utah. ms the right hand man Of
brigham Young 20 be ever In danger Of be-
ing forgotten Just az Il only takes one TWO
minute race. To SHOW the kind Of mettle a
thoroughbred horse has in him. so 1t ony
takes a flash Of character under the pressure
~ extraordinary circumstances, to snow the
kind Of soul and heart man has IN nim'
such an instance IN the life Of Hehtr e
Kimban came when the famine Of 1888 ana
1886 came to Utah His family at the ume
consisted of 100 souls and thore was not
hale pound Of bread stan per day Tor ta'h
member. Yet he took into hi household
just 100 other destitute persons and shared
with them. ration and ration alike Whatever
there was 10 eat The incident was one OF
The glorles OF the cooperative spirit mat
was shown at about the same time by brlB-
ham Young when he dissolved conference
OF the Church with orders that every man
with strong pair Of horses or mules hltch
IN his wagon and start for the plains 20
rescue a stranded handcart company starY-
Ing In the SHOWS
Younger Utahns would do well to read the
simple narrative o. Heber G. kimball' writ
ten in the famine times to his son Wi'liam'
who was on a mission IN England untll re-
called by the Johnston army eplsoue' luz
letter runs in part as follows
II have beeh under the necessity OF IA
tiorlng my family with yours with Two
| thirds OF a pound of bread stuff per day
| each; as the last week is up To-Day we SUM SUM
| commence on half pound each' lor thVlg
IS scarcely any grain IN the country any
! tbcre are thousands that have none at an
/ scarcely. We do this for the purpose oil
! feeding hundreds that have none ,,
| 'My family at this time conskIs OF aoout
| 100 souls and | suppose that | feed about
| 90 MANY ne 100 besides My mill has not
| brought in for the mast seven months' Over
! one bushel Of toll per day, IN couseQuei,Og
~ the dry weather, and the water ptiHs
fro1en up---Which would not pay my hHltI'
wien tho drouth came on ! had about 700
bushels OF wheat and IL Is now reduced 20
about 1875 bushels, and | have ony ao9u' 80
bushels OF corn, which VIII not pIVNluv ~
nv own family until harvest HeDeT mas ucel
m the min today and has brought down some
unbolted -four, and we shall ne uiaeI Vhe ne
ces,ity Of eating the bran along WIN tne uGut
and shall think ourselves doing Wen WIZ
"a half mound a day at that. l GU must
ra,nernher that did not raise one spoonful
M wheat last year and | have not receiver
any from any other source thau me Inil.
still we are better off than most OF llle
neople i'm these valleys OF the mountains
Tbnre are seyrral wards IN this city VINO
| hay. not over two weeks PROVISIONS on uai'l'
Il went 10 the tlthing Office win Brother
I'M and examined II from top 70 npttoih,
and taking all the wheat, corn, buekWnoa
,,G nots there are not to exceed 500 BUSH
els. which Is all the public WORKS nave wi
expect TO have. The men nave prou a
turned of except about 10 who are az Woth
making seed drills for gram as we Tnun ",
obliged TO put in our grain by driiluB o.
account of the scarcity when WVu'u ~ A.
ablv not take over one-third OF the gram
would 10 SOW broadcast It'll,
1--WE shall not do anything with the PuplU
| The meCnaNltf -
avery class have all been counheleu 10 untu
don their pursuits ann go to raising sI'u
This we are literally compelled TO 40 Guy o
rccesgitv Moreover, there Is not a se'uc
mcnt IN the territory tuaI u NOV J" '''
Some settlements can go two months
some three some can, probaply NJ tle ~
M half a pouad day until harvest uol
" pobbitt even went 20 Bro Hyde pro
| ,-ision store the other day ana peSgeu ~ 81
ok mounds OF -four, but could not Moht
, ! will not buy -four or meal olhs Nv ~
! ,ioces and hut very little at tpat' ~
,,,e ior money. but let It go where poop
qrn truly destitute. Dollars ana cents
. a., count now. I'm these times FOR they ai
- tbc tehtest have ever seen In the teri
n tory OF Utah. 100, g. ~
obarocter of President KlmbaL Whe
4 asked for sketch of his t0lnoi as ne ~
4, mcmbered him, S +. Nmoau suDihN''
&, The following TO the News, ,.,.
y ~ was J's' a." - f.t..,,ts ,,nder the mo
m ball 60 be true 10 ms Hiono' "''"t f Kin,
Al trying circumstance as ~ , oac tbs i'm
breathe. The greater me yansI. va nt .a
s. he was to his friends. Durlrs I BE-, 8rl
l. that he was first counselor 70 res t na M
VS. ham Young he WAS heNeI @'o w., ' ,,o,.. ~
Nd true go him. even it his own lue'S VIZ a
A. exactly Wv harmony with tnoSe ol ms u
X, loader. ., ,ra r
la He was naturally dograi man, T,,u a., n
Nj ching dld him more good than 10 pc az
ts io cave for the poor and needy VINO I'D
9- uralY aockod around him IN tunes
No trouble aud want
IN he was am honest man and one VINO no.
ir great pl'"Hui' ''' iS' '99,1I, ,ue dav
a7 Ireachlns IN U' ' ~ thcre ,,are a
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