The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-08
THE HULL SEATTLE BOOK.


some local criticism upon the book is
sued by the Utah Commission for the
Alaska. Yukon Pacific Exposition And
yet there are some things in this book
that were not touched upon in the
criticism referred to. that deserve TO
be criticised, 1t is understood i'm fact.
| claimed-that Surveyor Genera Hull
prepared this work. and IL ho did, it
is nothing 10 his credit From first to
last, no one could gather from this work
that anyone except Mormons ever did
anything worth while in Utah. II is
| Mormon this, and Mormon that. and
Mormons everywhere. Mormon concerns
are put to the front. and everything
else is minimizcd or ignored altogether
| Aside, however from the bgoted
IpartlsanshIp and the crudencss manifest
ed in the preparation of this work,
there arc some matters that would be
perhaps important if they were true,
and certainly they are surprising in
their flat mistakes. For instance. ON
page IL. VIC find under the title Grand
Canyon of the Colorado. the following
information: % "This titanic gorge
through which flows The Colorado river
presents some of IFS most inspiring as
poets within the confines of Utah. =
This will he news to every ono who
knows anything about that Titanic
GORGE although Utah has been for
a good while trying to get one side of
it through its application for the ces-
sion by Congress of what is commonly
referred 10 as the Arizona strip. When
we get that. if we ever do get It, then
the matter Just quoted viii be fact,
but not till then,
Again, on page 2S. under the title of
Government Reservoirs we read:
When the reclamatio projects at pres
ent planned by the General Government
within the State shall have been COM
pleted. the cultivated area of Utah Will
be greatly increased they include: Straw
berry Valley reservoir. $4,000 acres; Bear
Lake reservoir 100000 acres; Utah Lake
reservoir, so 000 acres, Weber River reser-
voir 100 600 acres. This reclamation pro
gramme covers lands In the northern part
of the State. where the climate and con
ditions are the best. where the bulk OF
the population is massed. and where the
markets are most accessible.
1t will be news TO the people of Utah
that there is any other government
project "planned by the general gov
ernment with any idea of carrying IT
out, or any work done on the same at
present, besides the Strawberry valley
project, and that Will reclaim 10000
acres, not $4,000 acres. as claimed by Mr.,
Hull. The Bear Lake project was aban
doned number of years ago, by survey
ors of the reclamation service, and
discredited, because there was not land
enough available under the water-flow
TO make 1t worth while, The Utah
Lake project was abandoned because the
farmers of this county refused 70 go
into it. The Weber River project was
filed upon by the government, but moth
| ing was ever done about it. And now
private company is planning TO take
the surplus waters for use in Morgan.
Weber and Davis counties, Nearly
page is devoted 10 these obsolete pro
.jects, as if they were live enterprises,
with a practical outcome ahead.
Finally (not because the list of errors
and crudities could not be extended al
most indefinitely, we note on page
Al. under the title. ''Just a Touch of
| Comparison. some misleading claims
and comparisons which, while meant TO
be to the advantage of Utah, really
operate against the State by reason of
the errors carried. Thus, it is stated
that Louisiana leads in the production
Of zinc, Utah coming next, but Louis
lana is distanced by Utah in the pro-
duction of gold, silver. lead and copper.
We do not know where Mr.. Hull got
his idea that Louisiana is metal-pro-
ducing State. Certainly there is moth
ing of the kind mentioned in any of the
records available to us. We do not
find that Louisiana leads III the pro-
duction Of zinc, nor that Louisiana pro-
duces zinc at all. Missouri IS the great
and leading zinc producing State. Nor
do we find that Louisiana produces gold,
silver, lead or copper, II will be curl
Gus to find where Mr. Hull got his no.
ton of comparing Utah with Louisiana
in metal production. To make such Il
comparison would be like drawing a
COMPARISON between an eagle and q
mosquito. Here is n table of the zinc
(spelter) production of the United
States in 1908, in tons:
Arkansas .,,e .-..,a........,.s-.. 2.oO2
California ..-... ........,,..a,,,,, -
! Colorado ..,.. ,-.........,....s.. .1,SSo
: Idaho -. ..,s.,,s-s.e- aol
.