The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-30
MORE ABOUT SALT LAKE
observations OF the Editor on nj
Western Trip.

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observations OF the Editor on his
Western Trip.
In Salt Lake the newspapers and the
about the hotels talk OF big deals
and big things generally. They look at Brig.
ham Young's temple and bis tabernacle and
their talk reminds me Of the frog and
the OK. They talk of million dollar deals as
learuedly as we. in Abbeville, talk OF an Ice
factory, a Laundry, or q brick kiln. They
bore with big augars out In Salt Lake City,
talk SO big that l felt like a poor man
At q lrolic, waiting for a barefooted reel.
RIBUNE
The Tribune newspaper is dead against the
Mormors who are in the majority. Their
plant or printing office was by several esii-
mated as worth q million, or something more
h the Press and Bsnner would bring I'M
der the most advantageous conditions. The
some OF them at least, AFFECT TO
dislike the Tribune, bnt they take II all the
same. 1 stopped at what scented to me TO
be a Mormon hotel, and the Tribune was
much In evidence. 1t didn't matter which
paper / might call for the keeper OF the
newsstand would reply most politely, "yes,
SIR and then hand me out the Tribune. It
uas the same in the dining room. They al
ways said they had the paper l wanted, and
would never fail to hand out the Tribune, no
matter how many copies I may have previ.
ously bought. I,
WOMEN AT WORK.
In the office OF 1.-THE Wilson" hotel office
four young women were constantly on duty.
One was cashier or bookkeeper; one was at
the telephones; one stood ready 10 check over
coats; one WAS at the news stand, and In the
dining room another cashier took In the
shekels. The office and the dining room
seemed TO me to be open nearly all the
time.
The cooking at 1.-THE Wilson" was first GLASS
and the service was all that could be de-
sired. 1t was about like the Eureka In ser-
vice and In good eating, with tbiR difference
am q regular boarder at the Eureka, and
ret meals at rs cents q day. / was a transient
boarder at 1.-THE Wilson," where good eating
comes higher. They eat on the European
plan out there. The smallest steak cost 6o
C60L6 auu upWdiu W Vh'OS ~6e
ham, IS cents. coffee 10 cents, etc. l ate onl!
one meal outside Of the hotel while 1 was In
the city. A friend: insisted that We take 8
dinner at Chinese or a Japanese restsu rant,
Just to sec how nicely they could prepare 8
meal. I was not hungry and touched the
dinner sparingly. Owing TO this fact l was
able to dispel the feeling that l had swal-
lowed q big chunk Of lead by the middle Of
that after noon. The secretary OF the interior
at the Japanese restaurant didn't ,under-
stand good cooking.
MECHANICS GET GOOD PAY.
Mechanics and CONDOR laborers get big
pay in the Salt Lake region. BricklaJ ers
receive $3.50 a day. Common laborers get
so at the end of @ days work. These big
figures might seem tempting to those who
plod along In South Carolina al figures much
below these. but II any OF them should ask
my advice / world hesitate 10 recommend
them 10 60 there. I certainly would not ad-
wise 8 mar who had saved nothing to 10. II
a man has saved nothing in this coun.
try, I am ready 10 60 his security that he
will save nothing in Utah. Freedom
from home restraints together with The
b)ldnes OF the vices and temptn-
ton to spend money equals the In
creased pay. While Utah, with her mines,
her irrigation bitches, her mountains, her
valleys, and her Salt Lake, or dead Sea, pre-.
SCENTS ipdescribable beauties and inviting
fields for making money. yet 1 would not
give Abbeville county for the whole outfit
NOT TO TRUST TO
PROVIDENCE FUR RAIN.
People out there who look to The fl Ia for
their riches, sneer at people In this country
who plow land, Eot knowing whether rain o.
sunshine ~ In store for TIT m. They thibk II
IL uncertain, whether the rains will DESTROY
or the sun will scorch the crops. They boat
that they cultivBte with q certainty. They
say that they turn on tue water when u ey
want II, and they know that the floods never
destroy their crops. The soil is rich, and with
plenty OF water. the farmer Is sure TO be re-.
ward. d pccnrdipg ~ his skill and the app i
cation If his Intelligent energy.
Al snch talk Impressed me more than ev,
before wiih The lack OF wisdom on the part
Of cur own aimers. They 90 TO great ex-
pepse 10 buy, haul and distribute commercial
Ierti lLer on the uncertainty OF the rains.
Th Is, when all the water that they need
Ia running by them to waste, and this too
when irrigation makes the crop more nearly
q certainty. Unlike Utah, we have heavy
rains, but our crops more often suffer for wafer
which could 30 easily be had by a little
labor.
THEY IMP UND WATER IN TAI
In talking of irrigation the Utah people
speak Of im%pounding the water that comes
from the mountains. In Abbeville we could
simply dam II up. and let II run on our crops
when 1t is needed. BY q little attention
OF acres In Abbeville county could
be Irrigated, the water serving a better pur-
pose than commercial fertilizer. The fer
tillzer has to b. bought, hauled and distrit-
every year, while the dams and the