Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-11

desirable 10 march a body OF reliable
infantry to California at as early a
period az practicable, and the known
hardlhood and habits Of discipline Of
the Morm0ns were supposed peculiar
~ 10 NJ them for this service
FLAG HoIsTED.
central mass meeting for council
some harangues at the more remote
~ scattered camps an American flag
brought out from the store house OF
things rescued. and hoisted to the top
Of tree mast--and, In three days, the
force was reported. mustered. organ
iged and ready 20 march.
The most striking feature, however.
Of the Mormon emigration. was un-
doubtedly their formation of the tab
ernacle camps and temporary stakes,
or settlements. which renewed In the
sleeping solitude everywhere along their
road, the cheering signs OF Intelligence
aud hopeful life
The colonizers of Utah. therefore.
were sturdy frontiersmen, born and
bred in the school Of experience. Wild
ernoss breakers of high type. they
built their homes on the frontier,
where Wild surrounding wilderness
forced them to a primitive type OF
living in order to cope with the nrim-
itive conditions" Tillers Of the soil,
they learned the law OF adaptabiliiy
enabling them in time to turn the gray
saRehrush desert into private gardens.
Descendants Of the Puritans and
Quakers. their forefathers had helped
oliver Cromwell establish law and
liberty In England. They had inh erited
the honest and God fearing character
istics Of the Teuton and to these traits
we're added still stronger race con-
stityents because % their long life In
the world OF mental and muscular
activity.
LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC.
Their fathers had fought and suffered
in those wars that had firmly es-
tabiishtd our Independence. and true 20
their instincts. they lost their feelings
OF sectionalism and isolation. and gave
their allegiance first and always 70 the
government of the United States. Their
nationalistic spirit Is shown by the
words OF Brigham Young delivered TO
the people at the celebration held In
salt Lake City, July 4. 1856, In honor
OF Independence day.
After the reading OF the Constitution
OF the United States, Gov. Young said
Eighty years ago on the day we now
celebrate, our forefsthers. few IN num-
Der, but strong la their united love ot
right, declared 10 the mother country and
to the world that they were, and OF a
right ought to be free and independent
Tue oppression which nastened this dec
laration, the long struggle. the sacrihces
and hardsnips That followed. and the
glorious resuse are 50 well known, that
! need not task your patience by rehears-
ing them upon this occasion CHANGING
at The past, perhaps we as people nave
more reason to respect, honor, love and
cherish the government OF the tnitsu
States, her Constitution and her free In
situations, than any other people on the
face OF the earth.
as being peculiarly desirable and one
hitherto unsettled By the whites. We are
almost u thousand miles from the near
est seaport We are hemmed IN by lofty
mountains on every side, while numer-
Gus Isolated ranges. and barren arid
plains so crowd our surface, that but a
small portion OF IL Is suited to the pur-
poses Of settlement. In even those mar
row localities. bitches and canals have
to be made by much labor. In order 10
irrigate soil wherein rain seldom falls
from early IN spring to late In autumn.
And when all Is done. that could be. to-
wards supplying the thirsty crops the
the products OF his soil droop and die
ere maturity. through the failure of the
few small streams so iaborious-
But amid all these disadvantages. we
are trying TO extend the area OF free
dom and TO gladden. the most uninviting
ings and privileges Of her free insutu,
tons The true principles OF a republican
form o. government can be based only
ennshtesed. and Intelligent and ex.
tended views Of human existence and |
progress. and faithful, unyieldins, |
stitution and the laws Of the country"
OF FIXED PURPOSE.
The pioneers OF U tab were a community |
Of fixed purpose. Their remoteness from /
civilization and their intense love and |
devotion to religion. their Identity or |
tasks and dangers. and the primitive life |
imposed upon them developed a society
a hHrnDDn n
iimistic. they had those Virile qualities
which made them win In the stern strife
~ actual hfe.' Devout students OF the
Bible, they took for tneir guide in all |
heir actions and social life splendid
system Of Christian ethics. II Wa their
religious enthusiasm, together with their
fearless people. When the little band |
~ weary pilgrims halted In the Valley |
# the Great salt Lake July "A. 1887,
heir leader. Brigham Young, saw for To |
lrst time the difficult problem before |
hem. The land was black and strife,
Without grace ana softness. Bathed al
all was limited, making the country an
arid ana inanimate picture Men in
oarch OF wealth would never have set
led upon the shores OF the Great salt
AXE Pioneers go as a rule where
wealth and plenty hold out an inviting |
iand. where nature appears 10 be friend
y. and where the earth and sky coop |
rate for mans advantage land OF
II was the home OF the rattle
make and the wolf Wild grass, sage
rush, and grease wood covered the val.
eys and the foot hills Few trees there
we're. yet the red Rnemone and violet
rev along the streams. The mountains
we're missy and gloomy. and were
racked by the heat \ few miles 20 the
vest, lay the cleaning waters OF Ameri- |
as Dead Sea, a mysterious sheet Of
water. leaden. heavy, and almost mo-
ionless. bat now and then throwing
pon lts shores drift wood, striped OF all |
ark and whitcned like bones In a des
RI waste. But those pioneers OF "A |
ad faith In the soil. Explorers and |
rappers had passed through the Valley |
4 the Great Salt Lake They saw, how.
yer, OILY desert. Brigham Young and
lis people saw the possibilities of the
esert. All that was needed was water.
nd then would the sagebrush land |
rove OF inestimablo worth for agricul-
ure. From time immemurial have arid
egions been productive Of high civiliza-
Ion. The valleys OF Mesopotamia and the
Vile have fairly teemed with luxuriant |
elds OF grain. as result OF their won.
erful irrigation systems. And In mod
I'm times, Brigham Young fathered ir-
vest.
FIRST AGRICULTURE
on the morning OF the arrival OF the
formon party into the Valley OF the
treat salt Lake, they planted potatoes,
fter which they turned the water up
n the ground and gave the seed quite
good soaking" "On July d the breth-
en- were quite busily employed In wood
Nc their pows harrows etc. ana In |
lowing and planting. and doing work
"A various branches preparatory to
york OF the redemption Of the soil. and
n a few years. thriving settlements |