The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-22
Canada IS Alarmed
Bv Mormon Growth

FOR the sake OF his faith. ne ls eNIt 49,. aua
Uove n fresh fields For the sake OF tne
mower. political, social, religions-,nu.
involved. he Is an earnest adNooa writes
pollcy OF territorial e%Sensiogr, giL ,iL,Inc
Frank Weigh in the New YORK lrluuiI.
Hence it is that the Mormon pomayrendy pomIyr adv
invaded Western Canada, ana me- ,s In The
causing some apprehension theLe, 4" or ~
newly organized province OF AlperIs,, -
derjng the foothills OF the ROCKY TSare
tains. ls the latest stake OF IloT IgI,,,ncl and
8 600 treklSers from Utah are inItiins a. a
ranching and Incidentally building u' "
strong cause OF Letter-day SAINTS iil ,, ~
Dominion, as an integral par ~, w ' snct the
of 300 900 that constitutes the seS' ''
no less than 1.sOo Mormon mission sion
aries arc scattered over the giope' %en.-
ously nropecating the faith. without re-
muneration from the nome CeHte' ~, isd
this ruling thought OF expansion ,ot I,,
small GomRany, y,yy o, y,gt years al aeo. under the
| guidance OF G. O~Card, who thus peSd%uie %
one of the pioneers of his people On hS Sn
| Western Canadian plains. ana WHY mo-
had his reward of fame by having
| town named after him. h,,
They were "A delegation appointcd oS
/ the Salt Lake hierarchy to spy ou' VIZ, tns
land. and their report must maEe ,Io,, iTat
! favorable, Judged by the emigration lI@'
! resulted and that Is still under way; ;;,o,,I
| few miles north OF the internatioh4i
! BOUNDARY line Card and his company prs-
empted Government lands and laid rbne. Sne
! foundations OF their prairie homes. hhIjS a.
wbnt had np 70 that time been looked
! upon as exclusively ranchinG country.
In fact. 1t was manifestly In INC lhle,en &c
OF the cattle men TO circulate such d ,,bo
! mort But the Western Mormons; "np
I had overcome the seeming oosiacles NSi Ti
! nature In cultlvating the unprolnlsIns , SoL, l
! of Utah were Just the type OF WVrtels
to solve the problem In Alberta, anu
! hundreds of farmers are there satlstaC-
torily solving 1t today.
Thus Il happens that where, searcely
more than n decade ago, there were leW
signs OF Isuman occupation outslde 2L lne
wandering cowboy and ms o,, tonsh6 9,,d deI. VII.
| laces each the prosperous center OF
grain and stock raising region.
The Mormon has brought IL 10 pass. Es
an industrious, law-abiding. frugal set
| tier he Is a welcome addition TO CANADA
| Western pioneer population. where the
TO bring forth OF It's abundance. where
according TO the Celtic fancy OIL @ @l;oru
Durern when Governor General oi Can can.
ada, one has only ITO TICKLE the P'niiiSH e,itS
with plough to have II laugh oach WIZ"
But many thinking Canadians are.
HexesthSiefS HaSs of tss n1 human lnow judged by
| their history as a religo- political orSanl-
zatlon. In numbers the Mormons are
steadily increasing in Alberta with cor nd
vespHha' Wealth. The III first town. Raymond, was
founded in 1901. In the period since then
several other populated sfop een'eSE arrath naIe
Stirling and Tabor-to each OF when
large districts are tributary, Heretofore
Lethbridge. has been the nor6neepnd edd sa,St hS,t
the movement is spreading nortnwnrd IN IN
the direction Of calgary; the town Hs5 ;, sd oi
between Macleod and Calgary
Further evidence OF Mormon activity in
this state OF Zion" under the BRITISH
the famous Cochrane ranch, composed OF
65, 900 acres OF the choicest land In South
ern Alberta, for Sc an acre, large beet
nsaf sns fbis Iecint indusfy BIDS fair to be an i'm
portant feature of their industrial life;
Raymond is named after son OF Jesse
knight. the latter believes ms son 10 DC
the instrument, in the hands OF Proyid-
encc of gathering together the long-loSt
ten tribes OF Israel and that they VII!
| ultimately reassemble at Raymond.
Jesse Knight himself is one of the pic
turesque figures of the great west, Once
very poor, now he is correspondingiy- rlch.
and the requirement OF his wealth ~ is IN IN
old Mormon had dream that certain
spot In the mountains he would ind a
mine Of great value, and that he was TO
use its wealth for the good OF mankind.
In due time the treasure mine was locat-
ed in Canada, and in two years there
after knight was millionaire, Now. by
process of evolution he has several
mines, and consequently several millions.
FIe is also carrying out the terms of the
compact by causing thousands OF acres
OF irrigated prairie lands TO be plowed
for beet raising. and his schemes for the
benefit Of his people are many and wide
spread He himself. works in the field
like the humblest OF his men, when In
Alberta and sets an example in his per-
sonal life for simplicity and abstinence.
Cardston Is the creation OF c. Q. Card.
n SON law of Brigham Young. Mr.. Card
Is the eX-president Of this Canadian
stake of Zion" and conducts a large CO.
operative store, for cooperation is effec-
tive throughout Mormondom In the puro
chase of and communal use Of steam
threshers and In the erection OF grist
mills and cheese and other factories. Sur
rounding Cardston are number of
smaller settlements.
A majority OF the saints" live In viii
la1e communities for the sake OF the So
| privileges involved In such an arrange
ment the church and the school consti-
| tuting an important part In the economy
! of the sect. A deep interest is taken in
the schools Excellent buildings are pro-
vided. and fairly we'll equipped teachers
I are secured. Wisely, too the trustees take
I a more than perfunctory interest In the
work intrusted to them by frequently vis-
iting the schools and inspecting the work
OF the teachers, While they were COM
PEELED to adopt the public school system
OF that part of Canada, they have stead
| lily pursued the policy OF preparing their
! own young people as teachers. AS result
IN q year or Two tneEe VIII De no GENTLE
teachers needed and none employed Fur
! thermore. they take full advantage OF the
law which allows half hour of daily
| religious instruction. and. with the
schools all I'm the hands OF Mormon teach
ers. as they will soon be. 1t viii easily
be seen that the educational system may
be made subservient to the interests OF
the church large church school is TO
be built at Raymond this fan
In the matter OF land tenure. the hold
ngs are arranged so tha; the owners may
| live in 4 village or town. small piece
! OF ground is attached to each dwelling
| In which garden produce is grown. Or
chards, too are being planted with good
| prospects OF reaching maturity, The
main farm. averaging about eighty acres
! lies out In the territory around the settle
ments. and a drive IN any direction viii
| reveal what has already been accomplish
! cd by irrigation and otherwise on land
| that was once declared To be useless for
grain growing.
The Mormons who settled Canada gave
a pledge TO the Canadian Government
| that they would refrain from the practice
OF polyeamy, Complaints were soon made
| that they were violating the compact but
/ investigation at the time proved tho