The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-27

at different times, been in Salt Lake, |
as well as In other cities, while many |
who have not been have, from their |
reading of newspapers and magazines,
gathered a very clear idea of what the |
commercial world is like.
A Perfect Democracy.
In one sense, at least, Dixie is per-
haps the most typicaily American
community in the country, in that the |
younger generations are an amalgama-
ton or practically all nationalities of
the Caucasian race. Among the early |
settlers were converts to the Mormon
faith from all the states of the east
and middle west, as well as from the
south. Among them settled the con-
verts from foreign countries and from
the very start all distinctions of ma
tionality as well as social were entire
~ eliminated. Families who could not
speak English lived on a social equal
ity with those who could trace their
ancestry to Colonial days. From a
social standpoint 1t was a complete
Democracy and as the new generations
grew I'D the children OF Ole Swenserl,
only short time from Sweden, inter
married with sons and daughters of
the American revolution. The result
is that nothing but the names remain
to mark the different nationalities that
made up the original population, and
even those names are gradually be-
coming so trimmed off and added 10
that one must be linguist to distin-
| guish what tcountries many of the
names hailed from.
The younger people are light-hearted
and care-free, due no doubt to some
| extent to the extremely mild climate
| in which they live, but perhaps more
| to their mode of living. Instead of
each family living on their ranches or
| farms. the people live close together
| in villages, and while there are more
/ dances and other gayeties than in most
| rural communities of the prairie states.
! growing crops are often neglected and
| sometimes the seed is not even put
| into the ground. In some of the set
| Elements 1t is doubtful whether a fruit
| tree has been trimmed in more than
decade, except perhaps IN very rare
| instances.
Like in most rural communities, the
| dance is the great diversion, not only
among grown people, but children as
| well 1t matters not whether the or
| casion be a celebration of July Fourth
/ or the twenty-fourth, or Christmas or
| New Year, or the sending out Of a
missionary, the dance is always the
principal part of the program.
Everybody rides horseback-boys,
| girls, men, women and children, the
| latter often learning to straddle a
horse before they learn to walk. The
boys are without exception expert rid
ers. Riding bucking broncos is always
| a feature at the county fairs. and it
| seems almost mira culoUs to see these
i young cubs stick to their saddles. The
! girls like pretty shoes and gowns, and
the way those blooming damsels fix
themselves for the parties and dances
would be the envy of their sisters in
the cities who have greater advantages
and more money to spend for such pur-
poses.
| Happiness and contentment is writ
ten across the faces of nearly all the
young people, and why should they not
| be happy? Life is anything but siren
uous, nor is there, even at this late
day, anything like a social distinction.
| due to wealth. The rich have no .Lu-
tomobiles for those in meagre circunl-
stances TO envy. In the village store
windows are not the enticing displays
to help multiply the peoples wants,
nor do the rich have private boxes in
the theatres All ride horseback, and
all have the same price seats when
the Inland amusement company or
other organization of --ural Stage-folk
comes to town.
| A new era is about to set in for Dixie.
The discovery of oil is only enc of the
many factors that will bring il about
In ST. George an ARTIFICIAL ice plant
has just been completed, and with it
| have come such accessories as the ice
cream parlor and soda fountain. y is
safe to say that this season more quit
is being dried and preserved than in
any year for more than decade. The
residents are more than anxious for
railroad, and want TO see the mines as
we'll as other enterprises developed.
The change will no doubt be beneht