The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-10
j. H. Brady, Chairman of Stats
Church Republican Com
mittee, at Knutsford.
THINKS THE GEM STATE !
HAS MANY GOOD LAWS
Thomas Judd of st. George
President of State Horticul-
tural Society, at Wilson.

j. Fl. Brady OF -PocatelIo. Ido ,r.,.
Yesterday on business visit to tho c,,,a
and is q guest Of the Knutsford ~
brady Is widely known In political crcIar.
r,,hIc n1inE chairman OF the State Church. Re.
non which under his leadership c,rrIas
Idaho last fall by n largely Gecra,,,aiee99| ,ie9
mlaJ2rity over that Of former years s.Sua
MIR, Brady said.
considerable amount of needed ,oa
lsia'l2n was enacted, mostly amendaiosv
OF eTlstlnE statutes. In the way Of nss z
legislation no Innovations were permI,taMml
10 go through that would In INV ,e. y
1eopardize The interests of the State "ay
think we have a better code OF lava nov
than before the Legislature convened - :
hls attention being called To the lar, II
oath advocated by Governor Goodjn. f
his message. Mr.. Brady said. "s N
ne matter was referred TO a commit =
zee but they never could come toEatras
on the subject and so IL was droSneS :
when II was suggested that In mekin. e
lhe recommendation TO the Leeisle,mrs
which he did. the Governor oyerIorrass
the test oath contained In one S'ssd oS 80
clauses OF the Constitution 81 Id,hn
which DISTINGUISHES polygamists and fhoss
VINO believe in Its practice. Mr.. Bradsls
said that he supposed the Governo,
wanted the test oath extended so ns tat
dlsiranch'se all persons guilty OF IN
statutory offense. -
lSil II IluS slDai Governor Goodino "A
was either ignorant OF his premise whsn
ne made his recommendation or by zat~
dong lie hoped to divert the public mind
from ITS opposition 10 polygamy?"
Il don't know what was In the CIV e
ernors mind at the time. He mirht nav y
had some ulterior motive. Anyway. nothL L
Ing came of il, Guess the Lecisaturs|. 4,
did not take the Governor 10 he In earn u
est" " 'u- z,
Mr.. Brady saws times arc good In Ida II
no, ana ms business. which is princpav|r
the furnishing Of light and power to Poca- =.
tello and surrounding towns. Is prospr-L 4
| Ing. His electrlgt light and power pi,ns
Is located at American Falls. Mr.. Brady :.
said: ~
"A Government reservoir and canal d,
pcing projected which when conpletei,f
VIII be the means OF reclaiming the arid
Z land on the Fort Hall reservation and,
other lands lying outside. When placed
unqer irrigation this land will be sold
for So an acre. This means much for the
country contributory TO Pocatello" lN
What do you think Of the spread Of
forest reserves In Idaho?" I,
Il don't care TO be quoted on that SUBJ
jeet at this time. except that / th.nk
forest reserves are n good thing for ths
country II confined TO the preservation on
the head streams and forests OF thes
West, / don't Just now see the object
OF placing the entire country under the .
protection OF the Government In this
way. In this matter | believe as does
Senator Dubois. that there is A medium b
/ between the two extremes. which, II prop-r
erly conducted. will prove TO be OF great
benefit to the State"
Thomas Judd, of ST. George one "a
the most widely known men in the Statel.
and president Of the State horticultural
society, Is In the city on business con- !
nected with horticultural interests. and ID
stopping at the Wilson. Mr. Judd thinksE
this is going TO be a prosperous frljcs,
year In Utah. Down in st. George and h
the southern part Of this State every.
thing In the line, OF fruit and vegetables
are growing nicely, and just now the St. ]
George country is about the most bean@
tiful spot on earth. Mr. Judd says hssr
| hopes To see the. day when visitors Ia
St George VIII aiight from a palace car,
instead Of as now from a Concord stage
coach or other horse propelled vehicls.l
| with railroad transportation Mr.. judd
| says. invalid people by the hundreds. and \
| In time. by the thousands, would make.
their winter homes there. on account of a
The lovely climate, the like OF which Cals
tfornia has none TO offer n
r. A. Howard. OF Huntington. Emery i
| county, is a visitor In the city, and ID
a guest Of the Metropolitan hotel. Mrh
| Howard is a substantial farmer and frvlr
grower. and with others owns conSid-
east Of Price. Al one place they haysl
a mine opened up, the vein OF which b
measures twenty three feet of solid COAL "a
Farmers can drive TO the coal vein anq +.
-
a second hauling Two men," Mr. How. I,
ard says. can easily mine twenty -hvst
tons In a day a great portion OF tn3kl
country down there is underlad With coaIkil
beds. some of them. however, being st
a considerable depth" Mr.. Howao-
thinks that coal lands can be readll5
traced on the surface, and it don't reQqirs
a geoloGist to catch on TO this fact Wnsn
asked the price OF coal al his mine nv
said they charged consumers sL?s per
ton. Mr.. Howard said: If We nad
railroad up to the mine could supply
the State OF Utah with fuel for an M
definite period.
Fruit growing Is a profitable ouslness
with us AZ is also the raising OF vegeta-
bles and alfalfa. We have cash marhets
al Price. Schofieid Castle Gate ana sun,
nyside for all, and more than we COZ
raise az good prices. This season q.
vegetation Is well forward. and We als
counting upon good and prosperous unSSi
this year. . The completion OF inc om ,
Mammoth reservoir and canal will nrin!
a large scope OF productive lano unutss
cultivation. and is. without quesuoli. ,ts |
greatest project ever considered loi ~
reclamation Of land In Castle valley, sssha
will do more to enrich and Increase ~
population of Carbon county thail aiY
Industrial enterprise Yet attempteo. ~
with VS. we have the three essem,t~ =
for a prosperous country-plenty oil 49,
plenty of land. and an abundance OIL LuoS
With these to start with. ialr a.noua 4
of energetic labor. properly diFec.eo' az
success is assured.