The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-11
TOLD OF UTAH FOLK.

c,oes BY Myra Daley. Cochrant
'elS 'eplSs5Iisn!ns Co. New YORK
This is Utah story. We have nevei
IA of the author before, and are
.orba; uncertain about her present
,s...,op but it is evident from the bool;
wv. che knows good deal about Utah
-..r, r;ab life, and methods Of pro
T.. here. She also uses names III
r.ah as Hobble Creek, aud Utah IN
,;ss as the procuring OF water by
aus.'aI;oo info ibe mountains, the rccla-
luaGo .Gen nf bench lands, The difficulties
No ~ rnod cheese making, the establish
VI NJ the first sugar factory, aud
llss, ls., matters of this kind which show
o'a.' as.a'-r;Iiarity with The conditions Of
-,iS Iife. which could hardly he ac
Vta bv a superficial investigation.
Z. .ho SAME time, the polut of view Is
~, y. oNite the Utah point. and the an.
~ ~, While showing such knowledge OF
,,."t bos n view much higher and
'aader Iban common. II is, IN fact.
O.V@a @saxeeedinaly well-written story; yet
~ !. .csms q Shame TO kill OF the beau
.:.,i little "Candlesnuflcr IN the way
~" y. "rovcI does it. although, TO be sure.
~ !. nav he the best way 10 get rid OF
and so straichten out the morall-
,;es and the kindred
III 'iTsrrold Cless is taken by the village,
~,;cb we take it might be as likely TO
Ss Spriugville as any other, to be
.s,bcr W ieeblc minded. He is n retiring
~. The sou of an impractical father
Vi rather weak mother. He Is left
Mo hoy yerv much to himself, and he
Ives refuge in the hills that is a
-,Trcl of art and comfort, He also
ias things as pioneer in tunneling
No no hills for water for irrigaiing the
b,uebcs. He is enterPrlslng in pushing
is farming operations, ~ raising fruit
nd sbipping it. in taking part in a
pscustiou whereby he acquires.
Tib others, a huge tract Of
hitherto unused land, is promi-
u,r, in promoting the sugar
t,torv. aud, in fact, gets to he the
I.adng man of the village. He Is
ni5er unfortunate and bIundering in
M love affairs, however, getting en-
naed to Marie Martha through a sort
a hrotherly affection, but his heart |
rsllr turns TO Dolores Sweusou, a girl |
vho is under the scverest reprobatiou
Al ber mother, but who has been away
md attained much proficiency in mu.
ne There is n Josephine Douglass,
u,hcr mysterious character. who has
eecial relations With tho Candlcsnuf.
in" aud especially with Marie Mar
iss. 10 which there is mystery that
hides the curious village. Jerrold be.
prts obnoxious 10 the people by rca'
500 of bis alleged anostasy and for
i,trg up with Marie Martha. He dis.
ttarees oi OF girls who had abused
lie little girl shamefully. For this he
1 nobbed and his melon.patch is de.
Ei0vsd The writer takes the Mormon
Teinl Of view mildly, but is unspariug
], showing some OF the darker bigotrv.
S,e does not introduce any
falurc Of polygamy either for
w against, although three is
Tsnty 10 contend about with
sal Il; there are the sharpcst kind OF
'e71lcls. There are heart buTnings. re.
Breaches without limit and there is q | /,
itly level-hcadcd old bishop who ladies |
Hl GOOD. straightforward common sense
10 l2rge doses TO meddling, gossipinc {
ropsn who has got herself into trou-
PIE Tllh ber tongue. We should gladly :
'ues something more about the author !
y ioiS book, for IT is one far above the ,
,,rraec. decidedly readable. and giving
,,lhf0l. lively pictures of doines in n c
Mormon village 1t is true to life. and 9
~ hllgctries of the "irue believer
w abupdantly SET forth through the q
5'utts of the voluhle ones, although
~ mo most part tho men Of action 9
ays 'litle 10 saw about their faith or {
nilr church affiliations. But generally $
ne Mormon authority is traced no I
r'n, than the bishop OF the village, 7
aN II every church official were such
\ s' there. would be little to censure L
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