Show PROVO CITY july ath 1872 editor deseret news some time ago I 1 signed a petition with out reading it believing it to be as represented a petition for the enactment e nacim ent of a new now mining law which proved to be a petition against the admission of utah as a state stati I 1 wish to say that I 1 do not endorse the sentiments expressed in that petition and have no sympathy with that party and in the future know what I 1 sign my nay name to before doing so respectfully adelbert adelbent ROBERTS 4 city I 1 july aa 12 18 1872 12 edity editor desett deseret t news in the I trey rey grey twilight of the coming morn I 1 the traveler finds tho the most knost appropriate time for bidding salt lake nake olty city elgood goodday 1 bd before fore the burning rays of old sol are scorching the bosom of mother earth and andren rendering derin g a cool shady spot a blessed elysium As the cars move out north from the depot a gentle breeze coupled with the deile delle delicious lous ious mountain air and the s swaying motion of the car ear is enough to lull to rest the most stubborn subject of chronic nervousness far off to the west weste the suu sun gilds the mountain tops in a sheen of amber light and reaching down the mountain lights up the dark caverns of earths recesses burnishing we the crags and steep sleeps with the gladness of coming day gradually in its march touching up a silver lining lini ilni 9 along the smooth lakes level brim creer creep creep ing along in its outward progress until a broad broadsheet sheet shoot of shining silver sparkles and dances in the glinting sunlight beautiful to behold and touching a field of golden goiden ripe grain that in the gentle breeze sways to and tro iro in billowy folda that reflect in a thousand glowing forms the gladness of earths product at the ushering in of another day soon hill and hamlet village and plain a are clothed in the bright morning map lightf light rf the risingsun rising sun and the busy hum of the day IS work commences a farmer by the way side is harnessing his team to the reaper or mower the good wife disposing of the mornings milking the cattle cattie 0 wending their different ways to pastures green all lite Is astir and the train whistles for ogden station and here let me say that ogden wiit wiil doubtless excel any point on the habitable globe for its utter disregard of the cardinal points of the compass the sun in direct contradiction of all known astronomical laws jaws makes its from the wrong point of the compass and when you start to go north you invariably find that if persistent in your cour cours seit elt would in time land you la in dixie land the water ap api pears to run ran in the wrong direction the city is always on orr the other side of the road from froin the one on which you alight and everything appears to be criss eriss cross while for business a very seedy looking individual at ane junction informed me that a patent offia report was wag j ulcy juicy in comparison A mixed train of coal cars box boxcars cars and one passenger car furnish conveyance to brigham city junction sixteen miles distant on arriving at tha the junction we see evidences all around us of the energy of our northern neighbors in jin building their little railway the cars at first sight look rather diminutive in comparison with the heavy ponderous coaches of the 0 P road but a few momen moments Its ride satisfies that a narrow gauge runs as smoothly and a as good time can beni benl beniades ade on it as on its more pretentious neighbor the little iron pony fairly threw gravel as it whizzed up the raad road to ward the fer terminus minus at present some aven ty five miles from the junction A few moments ride brought t us to tb brigham olty city where we disembarked wedis dis embarked to take fake a look al at the manner and style of the city and espe bially to get a view of the workings of the operative cooperative co system terns that Is ia proving so successful here some three years since under the supervision of hon lorenzo snow steps were inaugurated that have led to the present perfection A operative eon eos store was established with shares ranging from five dollars upward and people were invited to invest which they did in a small way the proceeds bf bathe the mercantile with the sale of limited amount of stock were invested in a tanner tannery to which for arrangement ran rau gement and labor saving will doubtless compare favorably with the best regu establishment of the kind kina east mr gilem the gentlemanly and efficient superintendent perin in charge took us through the building and tand exhibited some valley tan tau that is pronounced by competent judges equal to the best eastern oak tann tans ned leather the greatest difficulty that this department have to contend with appears to be beabe zhe the shortsighted short sighted policy of some of our stock dealers in selling their hides bides to exporters instead of supplying tanner ies for home consumption iou ion and for the reason that a meagre cent or two cad can be made by so doing the shoe shop came next in order of establishment on the principle that one branch of business begets another in ea operative work the bame same as in private enterprise terp ter prise rise hise mr kelly the business man ager of the shoe shop exhibited a first class la article of manufacture in the shape of browns boys shoes and ani fine boots that the wear of our oar territory are undoubtedly superior to eastern manufacture and sold at eastern prices the shop is supplee supplied d with aa ala abundance of machinery for al all kli I 1 common purposes and works from eight elgh t to twelve hands is centrally loca located an and d bids fair fain to supply it a long felt want bythe by the way you 0 u who are interested in the success of 9 operative cooperative co pera tive work keep that word want in memory while you read the conclusion of this epistle after the establishment of the shoe factory came the factory for the manufacture of cloth the success of the store the tannery and the shoe shop produced a corresponding amount of interest in the securing r of stock in the factory A building was erected of good dimensions machinery of thi the latest patterns imported import edthe odthe the internal arrangements of the factory corresponding favorably with the arrangements of the tannery and two hundred spindles were sei net to work weaving wool into cloth the tb quality equality of which is certa certo certainly fat far nai nar superior to the bame same priced cloth imported the factory looked neat and clean the machinery bright and pleasant and the foundations are being laid down deep for future prosperity to supply the factory with wool was found to tb be a difficult task but the general superintendent mr Snow was equal to the occasion and a operative cooperative co sheep herd was for formed fortriede tried by the investment of sheep by the citizens ot ol the county already two thousand sheep are basily busily engaged in preparing wool lor tor this factory and in two years more the establishment willbe will be In depend s ent of all ali outside influence through owning its own wool aien men may dispose of their wooi wool to specula speculators tors to the detriment of the general good if they see proper but this factory can go ahead in the even tenor of its way as it has haa its supply on hand and need not depend the purchase of wool to keep its spin spindles fles at work some sixteen operatives are employed male and female who work reasonable hours and receive reasonable compensation As all ail an ad adjunct an ct to these thongsa thin gsa co operative dairy was vas established for the mana facture of butter and cheese ekeh beach each farmer invested his surplus couii cows ind and today to day thirteen hands are working into the above the ibe milk from one hundred and beien beven seventy cows the cheese I 1 have taste tasted do ai and AT 1 know it to be of good q quality contiguous to the dairy a farm ot of three hundred acres was taken up stocked on the operative cooperative co principle and planted in wheat corn com wand mand and ana rye re A business manager was appointed and things set in working ord order orden ai aco operative butcher shop came next ip in order now for the the summing up first the object was not speculation remember you who are examining into operative cooperative co systems but rather to supply the wants of the people people peaple now the difference between those two ideas is much wider than thau a majority of people imagine speculation means loo loa por poc ce cent tin in the pockets of one individual afy all while supplying the wants of the peo pie ae means ena enabling every man to bul bui build ld and own his bis own domicile and supply his hid wives and rud children with food and raiment of a substantial character A mercantile house was established that for fou the time being it might serve the purpose of a paymaster to enable other i enterprises enter prizes to be established the tann tannery ery to avoid the importation por tation of ot boots and shoes and to pro dum due a home market for bides a shoe factory followed to give employment to home opera operatives lives ilves and avoid the exportation of valley fan leather a factory to use up the cobl and manufacture cloth forche for fon the people a dairy to avoid the importation of cheese aco a operative cooperative co farm to supply the opera tives in the various karlous departments with flour finally let iet lei us see aee whal whale this ibis system is doing for the people of box elder county to illustrate a man invests in all the tho vanon varion ou departments of business the store dividends bring hlin biln his groceries and dry driy goods the shoe shop shoes for his famil jamily at the factory cloth for raiment the dairy cheese and butt erthe butchers butchen ls shop mea meat consequently he can turn his attention to other departments of business improve farm and anel homestead for instance A mans wants are closely allied to bread and meat xo to eat and clothing to wear the balance follow simply as something auxiliary merchandise is made an object of secondary consideration tion and will wil I 1 eventually sink eink into insignificance in comparison with the several departments of trade the total investment is near weekly receipts 13 AcOst of running the several departments including wages 1 per week averL average ge dividen dividend 4 twenty per pec cent per annum on all investments ube abe factory has a manufacturing capacity of goo yards ads per week hon lorenzo li orenzo snow aeta acts as both president and general superintendent Inton in dent wm watkins is general accountant a board of seyen seven even directors are elected annually sibe abe abb T be president mr arr snow kindly furnished kevith me with the principal items of the information above superintendent bywater wat erpf of the educational department has also given me many items of interest educationally i yours respectfully t J s limi liml IJ ehl EHI CITY olty july E dator deseret news A few words more in im the tho int erest ereal of the alib 1 l honey bee I 1 think if my friends mr morgan and mr putnam were with me but a few minutes I 1 could convince them by comparing those small scales that are on the bees feet and then examine the milk weed that they are the same if chev will examine the milk weed beaw between en the flowers they will find more dead bees on it than they are willing to lose or if there is an any ysmall small crevice under the edge of the hive they will find bees legs fast to those scales enclosed you will find two bees fast on the flowers that have died there but a small portion of them fasten and remain on the flower many kany of them leave their feet there and return without them these are facts that close observation will prove to every man A few words before I 1 close to new now beginners you that have got young swarms that are weak close up the entrance to an inch early in the evening for the moth is very bad I 1 have had bad luves hives with the comb all riddled to pieces before one halt hait of the frame was filled yours respectfully H E NORTON the bees with a portion of the milkweed flowers which our correspondent sends us can be examined by any one who is in curious to do io so ED D N PLEASANT GROVE cirr utah co ulah utah july 15 1872 editor deseret news two days meetings were held at this lace on saturday and sund sand sunday ay the and ind mst mat the congregations were arge many coming from the neighboring towns the speakers were bishops john brown and A 0 smoot elder zeb coltrin trial bishop johnson of provo elder warren dusenberry dusen Busen berry bishop mccullough McCullou gb of alpine city elders david johns cha chas 4 devans D evans evang and L john nuttall bishops myron tanner K R T burton and VV bringhurst elder milo andrus bi bishops hops wm stiller 4 and the subjects expanded upon comprised com cm prized the duties ot of the saints the visiting of the sabbath school on sunday morning was an important feature of the oce oco islon ision the provo alpine and pleasant grove choirs discoursed is coursed excellent music respectfully yours J A SALT sart lare lane CITY july editor deseret mews news dear sin sir permit a few words from u ia 9 as we feel it ur oun duty to a answer ome statements of mr roberts Rot erts la in referring to the JN national bee jur mur lal lai perhaps he thinks that everything written in the journal is law and goepel but we dimmer differ on that point in the journal foi fon the 3rd ard of july no 11 thib thia editor says he will venture to lay down this pro proposition post tion th thau that at iii iri the absence of the drone beo bee a good solid article of honey cannot be mado mad now htow it appears that the honey season and the drone season coma together in that locality which causes him to lay down taw proposition but does it work in utah our surplus honey is ia mostly made after the let igl of augut august and as late as aa the middle of october As there are but few or no drones to be found in a strong healthy stand with a good fertile queen after the lat of august with this statement at hand band what must be the condition of our honey in utah it must be worthless but ou on the contrary we have as good an article of honey after the first of august and even better than before thal that time lime and all without any drones how astonishing this thia must be to mr roberts try beekeeping the present year then tell us ua your experience mr roberts says the drones are of use to hatch the young brood we will say if our brood bees were so weak and we had so BO few workers that we bad had to depend on drones bohatch to hatch out the young brood we should consider the swarm wot worthies unless it could be strengthened from other stocks blocks where there are many drones in a hive and but few wor workers korb kors the drones rob the young brood of their natural supply of food which is worse than the I 1 ck of heat that the drones would produce this has been the case this year with bro nobles of bountiful and ands S stepney of north ogden when people contradict a statement made for the benefit of the public without any foundation only their own private opinion we are bound to protect the public and inexperienced from confusion in a conclusion we will say if mr roberts has any drones that are hatching in worker cells we will wager an oyster supper that the eggs were laid by drones and that they are aro as fertile as workers 8 H johni MORGAN t moses THURSTON SOME lhing NEW IN beekeeping BEE BEP KEEPING bee culture is one of the growing interests of this country and every year is receiving increased attention and care in almost every locality favorable to the industrious little honey producer this is owing for the most part to 10 improved hives and other useful mechanical devices which skillfully used make |