Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-18

Oh ready communication from one VIII
laRe community to another, made each
iocalty self-supporting The man had
10 be farmer, lumberman carpenter.
builder and Indian fighter Each WON.
an mad much TO do in weaving wool
spinning. knitting, mending, drying
fruits, and making clothes. Children
had daily occupations Had any IN those
DAYS failed 10 work, some must have
starved No such need then. as now,
FOR manual training in the schools Ne
cessity, the mother of invention, drove
the people to many odd eXpedicnts
yellow rabbit brush blossoms furnished
a dye for the WOODEN goods Scraps OF
IRON were very pecious, and every nail
or horseshoe was saved. Even the tab
ernacle roof tlmbers We're put together
with wooden nails. The Ephedra leaves
made tea" Molasses was candy, SUI
gar. and all round food. Milk, Wild
fruits, and vegetables made good diet
Special trades began early. because
everything had to be home made"
The home WAS mainly u little factory
Broken dishes We're always mended
Soon wooden mills, tannerieS. Hour mills,
and saw mills fourished. Frugality, in
dustry and perseverance, won the bat
tie. The desert began TO yield 10 the
persistent attack made upon IT, Since
each plant was individually cared for
under desert irrigation, the yield be-
came very large,
IRRIGATION AND WATER POWER.
The making Of water bitches was
everywhere a leading Industry At
first there seemed TO be little water
because the streams in many valleys
disappeared in sink or desert or saline
lake But by making good channels
the amount increased When Davis
county was settled, the score or so
of families that for years comprised
the entire population OF each village
were loath TO welcome additions to
their numbers, owing TO the size Of
the tiny stream that supplied each
settlement Today a thriving popula-
tiCn In many prosperous yoWns in
which agriculture Is still the prevail
ing pursuit, has water enough and 10
spare for new home-builders. Evup-
Grafton II so great that tne thirsty
AIR literally drinks up the water OF
flowing streams The lake surface
loses by evaporation on each summer
day about 10000 100000 gallons Of
water--a depth OF 60 inches per year
from every loot OF 2,124 square miles
Of the lake surface: and the same rate
Of evaporation continues for three
months Canals were made. stream
beds cleaned. springs developed, he
waters held back by dams IN noun
tain hollows (reservolrs). Perhaps
40 the weather records tend 10 show
the ycrdure OF the orchards and
farms. replacing the desert shrubs.
cooled the atmosphere ana increased
the rainfall. 70 mako water bitches,
canals, and reservoirs. all had to co..
operate and every family "lont %
hind" Land without water was OF
M value. rho community uppropri-
atcd the water and owned II, allOttlng
Ia each farm its share, Dividing tho
water was "a delicate matter, and The
city or ward watermnster WAS an im-
pDrtant Officer. AZ The population in
creased stricter oc0nOmy was used in
liz application; and whore the water
was entirely appropriated. q measure
mont or survey Of the daily and week
IA flow WAS made 90 determine the
right OF each farm 10 certain por-
ton. Today an account OF me mea-
surement Of streams, the seepage aud
other proyentaDle waste OF rivers, The