The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-12

The picture below will give Il very fair
Idea OF the several platcauX OF arabic
land lying between the hill slopes on
Canyon Crest ranch. One of these
meadows is now being ploughed and
planted with potatoes by the boys upon
the place. 1T is with the greatest of In
terest and vlgor that the boys attack
with plough and harrow, these one-time
meadows. These boys now know all
about seed potatoes-how TO cut them
what and where tho eyes arc. how TO
plant and tend them, 1t Is wonderful
what an amount of useful knowledge can
be inducted into Il boy II you let him
work II out with his hands,
Before this rcsistlcss youthful energy
the peaceful COW VIII have 10 hunt her
sUstcnance farther and farther up tho
hillsides ruminatlng, Us she chews her
cud, upon the good old days when sho
was monarch OF all she surveyed. As tho
commercial value of potatoes and melons
dawns on the Juvenile mlnd-not to men
tlon the fcaSts to the workers, becoming
almost realitics-thesc young farmers be-
grudgo every acre of arabic land TO the
cows. They talk TO the superintendent OF
our melons, our garden patch our
hens and chickens" etc. one cnterpris-
ing youth has undertaken TO furnish a
leading restaurant with squads as his
contribution to the general fund; another
raises ducks. y more savage spirit has
contracted TO rid tho place OF Gophers.
his heels. He declares. and makes good,
that no measly gopher aln't going TO eat
our stun up An easy mark offered
cent for every Bopher-tall also a cent
for every head. She was a sadder and
wiser woman when she learned that "a
head" and "a tall came on the same
gopher, Gophcr-talls wcre the currency
among the boys at one time on the ranch.
They bought and sold-Os the Indians
used to in merchandise-oleven gopher
tails and snake skin purchased a knife,
pf n
an air-gun. and so on.
The cows. to the ordinary boy, are not
an inspiration. They suggest, rather, the
barnyard and milking time, the butter
making and the cream separator. II Is
only when seated at the supper table,
after hard days labor and uamping,
that the boy appreciates his valuable
friend the COW. The gentle Jersey bull
and the young calves arc more To his
liking the one inspires him with daring
and fear. the calves with fun and frollc.
Best OF all are the horses. A boy loves
horse and a horse likes a boy. The twain
are great chums and seem TO have mu-
tual understanding of each others needs.
on the ranch are six sturdy old horses,
they plough and harrow and haul and jog
over TO Mr.. Bamberger's dummy line. two
miles away. for freight and passengers
They NOV and rake, and in hundred
ways are the very good friends OF the
ranch.
For years and years Canyon Crest
ranch has been run as stock farm TO
the exclusion OF other things. The pres
ent management believes that the raising
Of the smaller fruits. manual training,
chickens. pigeons and the lesser animals
Will be moro fitting to boys. more attraC-
tive. The initial step in this direction
entails the expenditure OF a considerable
sum OF money, Nevertheless, five years
with good guidance should make good the
outlay many times over, and we must
never forget that while We are raising
fruit we arc also raising boys. That we
have started an enterprise for reclome-
tion and character-buildine, set In motion
activities the harvest of which cannot be
Ieckoned in dollars and cents. May God
bless and prosper Canyon Crest ranch,
the home of hitherto homeless boys.
Favorable Sentiments.
]. W. Houston' II think you are on O
lordly mission"
the Canyon Crest ranch is ono of the
best things ever organized for tho better
mcnt OF the youth OF Utah We must
remember that The boy Is father to the
Moylan C. Fox: IT'S q great thing
for Utah. ] heartily endorse the plan
and win surely aid with my subscrip-
o C S. Burton; "A capital plan-it gets
n boy next TO nature. and there Is no
better way. TO lay tho foundation Tor
John c. Cutler. Jr THE Idea OF a farm
for the boys whore they can learn TO
am in favor OF anything that would help
TO make good citizens OF our boys"
A leading mining man SAID In sub
stance: "WIl ] give 10 the boys farm?
Indeed I viii. believe in helping boys
10 help themselVes-thats real charity
now These churches just sink money In
fine buildings and organs and things
but 1.-Two boys appeal TO me- While writ
ing his check he said: Don't mention
what / said about the churches; I've CIV
en- to FIVE in the last month";
Charles Poets surveyor said: II
have been surveying on tho c. c. ranch
for a private party aud that associa-
tion can have my vote and some of my
money. Their llon TO help boys is all
right" m
are YOU one of them ladies' who are in
tercstcd in c. C. ranch cause? II you
are 1 want ter say / approve OF it-ycS.
/ do You see I have earned my own
way on the streets ever since l was II
years old, and I've took pretty good care
of myself But. lady. honest now. II
ain't as good as ] oughter be-ycr can't
be when yer on the streets and yer aln't
got folks what care for Yer, or nobody
10 teach yer nothing" Here tho man
boy had TO turn his back to hide his emo
ton as tho long. hard years Of his bar