Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-30 | Page 25 | Know Utah

K KNOW UTAH H i By ALBERT L T F. F PHILIPS fl I The Tho talk about county and ot of tho wonderful wonder wonder- ful resources which It contains continued Both Doth the th MantI and forest reserves extend Into the county which Includes acres oC ot such reserves Tho The MantI reserve reser it Is said smiles amiles upon the most grazing the most kickers and many friends of ot the forest service sen It is tho the forest with the smallest average permit members and fewest to business failures failures- among It Is th the forest where the arguments run from the ridiculous to the sublime one ono community protests against too close grazing of Its Ita watershed for tor fear tear of ot floods or ot Impure water supply where refuse to allow exchanges from cattle to sheep at nt one ono to four ratio One ranger has b been n on the tho reserve In one ono district since the creation ot of the reserve In 1303 1103 This Is believed cd to be a n record Ono One drawback to the Manti Mantl reserve is the tho multiplicity of ot ell and steps b have been taken to divide tho the herds It may be necessary Sal sary to kill a n. number as ns there Is not enough forage to provide winter range S 0 Recently a n history oC of MantI was written by Mrs rs A. A B. B of ot MantI ManU In this history she sho asks tho the question as an to when tho the Walker Valker war var started and what started it Then she says Tho The question as asto asto asto to who started the Walker Valker war will will In all nil probability never be bo satisfactorily answered Those Thom b best t ac acquainted acquainted nc- nc with tho the traits of ot the nomadic races of ot North America know how small a n. spark it takes to explode the tho dynamite in their ferocious natures nature Pitiless and bloodthirsty tho the smallest injury is avenged In deeds of ot blackest barbarity Incapable of consecutive reasoning rea rea- with violent but transient feelings it is IS' difficult dif dir to tell what slight cause precipitated the bloody war referred to too S a a aIt It has bas been held by many that tho the war was due duo duoto to the tho refusal of ot the settlers of or MantI Mantl to deliver dellver over overto overto overto to Chief Walker Valker and his braves two of the most prominent nent neat citizens of ot Manti ManU so that they might be tortured a a a Mrs Irs Sidwell in her history cites the organization of ot the theatrical society in MantI Mantl saying It has bas always been a characteristic of ot every Mormon community community com corn to seek amusement with which to alleviate the otherwise dreary monotony of ot their arduous toll toil Accordingly a theatrical company was organized in Manti lanU through the effort and kind encouragement of Esther Smith wife of ot Father Albert Smith This company styled themselves amateur thespians and many a long dreary evening was enlivened by their attempts to portray various phases of ot human life Mrs Smith was one of ot the leading spirits in a social way and the town was Indebted to her for a great deal of ot entertainment which was was was-ot of lasting instructive or religious nature a a a aManti's Mantis Manti's first postmaster was appointed In 1853 Inthe in inthe inthe the pe person on of ot Judge George Peacock The first sawmill sawmill sawmill saw saw- mill was erected in 1852 and operated by Charles Shumway the mill being located d at the mouth of ot City Creek canyon MantI ManU