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Show IN liKVKXSi: Or' UTAH. The Troy Jinua not loiiu ago ipiotid from tho Wa.hlnRton tVlflo au Item rea ling: fcrary ltmk, Undo Ham's al.l. fileuliaral nlllor, revived a bnrrel of ;jtli)tat.allieollicr day a aamilra rpm lMofoi7biil.ela to tha ae. lie ronunnoni llietn orsicelUnt iiuallly. It tevllent that .Jlali la not im amall rlaiooa In agrkulluro aa alio la lu te-lltlon, te-lltlon, tfn the I'aclflo coast Utah potatoes liavofjr miny ari enjoyed a lilgli reUtatlon. They are nercr hollow andaiealwaya white and mealy. I Haver ate Utter III the lVut or In the Initio alalia, and many cailuada are "lotted loHan Fraucliio arory (nil. The revalent Idea that Utah la d Voll cliletl to growing Joung Mur mom la not borne out ly facta. Ora lual-ly lual-ly for twenty years Mormon families have been decreasing In nuinU r, and aalongagoaalBfl a plurally of wives vtaa bocouilug una)ilar In that teril-torv. A mtTILIilttOVlJICK. When Utah waa thought fit to be organlied Into a territory the meagre Itiru of 1,0u0 waa Ueemeil by the United Htales government Iho sum-total sum-total of lis value. The country waa conildcrcd an alkali watte, aterlla an I valueless, but etan then ItroutalnM a poailatlon of 4A,W0 peoplo wholikd iroveil that litigation alono waa necernry lo turn the dee-It Into a garden. gar-den. In lS'l Utah raleM 1,iA),ihX) buihrlaof wheat, 7K,0iX) l.iuhrU of oats, n,0)0 buahela of latloy, 11,-OOObmhelaofcoin.SIS.tiOO 11,-OOObmhelaofcoin.SIS.tiOO tonsofhay nd 900,000 builiela of wtatos. Her tillable soil In that year reached 115, r)actr, valued at from $53 to flial tier acie, all i f II watered by artificial Irrigation. Utah now suiUlui a r-illation r-illation otovi r 1 ri.iiOO tsoin, iKaldea vxjvttlng much rodiicr. rciiTin H riuviitn. Th dalty itrxlucta ofUUhforUSI were iU0,ini. galloua of milk, I ,X1,UM Ivundioftaitter and 123.U0J pounds if itn. In 1SVI the ilonear woolen mill of the I'acinaiOMlwaaeetabll.heit lu Hall Lake valley, and In 1S53 Ulah iiutnlted Innwonleu mllle, eeventy. Ave dour mills, ll saw mllla, eighteen furniture fattorh", twenty iol and ehoe fsctorlts, a lloutl.lilng allk factory and seven midline ahoaainl founle-rlea, founle-rlea, from thelatlerofwhlch waairo-lured waairo-lured lu that year JlddaKM wnttli of ratlu:a from native ote, which la found lu great variety and purity. It Iscatlmatcdthattheioare In the ler rltory oO.umi.U'KI tons of Iron ore above or near tha aurfacr, with ledges B-arenlly B-arenlly llinhauiilule, Mlsndliig diejcr. tOAi.Avu i nix'iofs wrrAiA. IiiHolthalegllaturoofUtahonVlel l,OM to any rialdeut who ahoull opaii a villi of coal not leas than eighteen Indira thick wheiu It could l tiontally worked and within folly miles ol Hall Lako City. Hlnce then, up lo lsvl. theru were surveyol In tho territory IM.uta) acres of ival lands, ami In 194.1 ll wae estimated thai there were (),( Miuare miles of coal landa 111 Utah. In 1S the outiailolcoal was imi,ok Inns. (If Iho irvcloua metals there Is au almost Inrkhauitltde auily In UUli, aa there la along tha whole extant of Iho llocky mountain rang. The latest latr at which statlillcs are at hand la 1S1 nearly ten years ago. Iktween I57D aud Ubl theiu were produce.! from Utah mines filM.OOO In gold, .7tM,i7J lu silver, ft,i 1,1)0.1 n its,) and 1utl,0M In cop. tr. rliojleld has la-an largely In-cicaau In-cicaau since the latter date, OT1IL11 IlKADfllClX. In ISM Ulah produrel 0,iX1 lona of salt. which Is but abagaUlleln com-loilwu com-loilwu with tier aupplyln sight. Utah has soap factories and candy factories which uply Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming and Arttona, rock-salt rock-salt by billion lous, martd aorka, using only native luatb, allowing every color from puro white lojel bliuk, suljhur and aihalt mines, cement factories and lrct.sugar fau-torleaaud fau-torleaaud lusriy other liome-lndiitlrles which ate lu t rosirous and growing condltlin. All this means constant aiiJriNteiitluduilryas wall aa tho keenest Uiilnrss enterprise. And Iho dcndenctiof all Is iiioti agriculture where every fuot of ground iiun which a crop Is grown muit be watered by Irrigating canals and dltthra. 0CI! A UHKAT I'Kll HT. V'ourly.fouryeara ago the valley of (heat Halt Idle was n sage-bimh Ola. Iriit thirty miles long by twenty broad, wheie no sjirar of grain hat aver grown and no white mau dwell. "II was no garden of tho In nil. hens upon which the llonecrs gaitnl on thai memorable July morning," says alualhlUilanliisaklngof the ad. ml of the Mormoua then lu. "Aside from the stenlo splendor, which was Indent glotloue, inaiolflcent, there waallttletolnvlteand much to repel In tho prooct presented to the vluw, A broad and barren plain, hemmeil lu by mountains, blUterlng In the turning raja of the midsummer sun. Nowavlug fields, no verdant meadow lotcataullefrrahtho weary oyej tail onallsldrsa seemingly Interminable waaleof sage-brush, lsja.ugled with sunllowcrs tlia paiadlui of tho llsard, the cricket and the ratthsnake. livtt tlian half way across the baked and burning valley, dividing It In twain oa If Ihu al luwl, Intheln-tense Intheln-tense heat of the matter letter's Ares, In iiroceas of formation had cracked asunder, a narrow rlver.turbld and thai. low,from south to noilh, lu many aaer cntlnruivescroullsilnuousway, lleyond, a bmad lake Iho river's goul .fottcil with mountain Islands, Its briny waters shimmering In the sunlight sun-light like a silver shield. From mountains siiow-capiol, (rained an I craggy, lining their kingly lirada to be crowned ty tnegollriiauii, How llm ildlauglilugsttvanu, iwld and crystal clear, Itapingi tlAhlng, fuauilnr, Itaslilng from rock to gleu, from .rak lo I lain. Hut tha fnsh canyon llrtninsats (aranl few, r.nd Ihu arid waste they water, glistening with beds of sail and soda und uuls uf deadly dead-ly alkali, acarrely allows them lo rtsdi the tlver, 111 midway well nigh swallows and absorbs them In Its Ihltsly ssuds. Alive the line ofgray and gul I, of sage slid sunflower, the si iidnK lifllsUes an I J rl llous stcej s, rlolhol with purplu and dark green iistihisj time, tlio cak.htuth and siiiiaw-U try aud ulhi r ti only glow tin, with hero and theru a tno casting In lona aha lowj In llm valley n wlre-graaa an snip, n few acres of w Hhrreil bunch grass, and Ilia I xilj-wavlng willows and lid rose-l iis'ii-sfrliikii tho distant etrcanvrr-the only green lhlni vis IWs." WHAT TIMR HAS VI10UUIIT. Today thla valley la one vail garden, ami Hilt Lake City numbera a jaiIsv Hon of M.iXW. Inning 11 W her r.al estate traumclloiia aggirgatnl 3I,ijio,. UJ0. This brla sketch make no pie-tenie pie-tenie to do mora than Indtcata some ol Utah's possibilities. It will, however, aulllcu 1 1 show that this luticli-dirldrd Mormon community has within Itself most wonderful r- sources and Ihoii-ssndsof Ihoii-ssndsof wldu-awake men and womiu wltli ail the raftlttsenergv of Wsstern life liUthlug Diem lis. Sid and fotwald Itictavvle.srntsriil.t olid induitry. MIYI A l lANtl. Tln buglaar of iiolygamy la now ilea and tievnud reurreitloii. Voting Ulah la In line with the krtiiist ri Kim of th iMUntry, and the Territory when studied ntij understood K dis-lite dis-lite alloriliUrnwbackant thupast, a illory mid an honor to mir whole ivuti tiy. In this free laud mi 1 1 nllghtrticd lenltiry Ignotaiice and sutvrstltiim cannot long lind nuy coiner In which to hide from the elrcltlu Inllniucuof the age; and Ulah la fast forging ahead, to Inc. herself abreast with the liioeUnllghlciieil tolllon cf the conn. irj. iiivBOTnnrinK ll leoi pninw ,a weeping over her, an I lo feel Its Influence Influ-ence one iicmIb tut to spend a few inolilhllllt-Blt liskoC'lly. A.N AI'Sl f'lOl 9 1UKTM. Thetefot, when Utsli semis Hrcrr-tary Hrcrr-tary Ituk a sample barrel of lariatoes flniuayieldofDl'IsiihelsIn the acle, you may nwtauuiuil Ihal this la goml evIJincnof what she can tlo lu that line, while It may be rcmmtre. alo that our "Wii Ituisselair county tillers of the soil consider nui) bushels ofpcLi-tors ofpcLi-tors to the sola n. most I todlglous iri'p, and that Halt ltae City has grown from an Indian (ami Ing ground lo her rvsent ioiilathii wllbln tlie inemoty of many n fnjan laoUtcl, and until a llltleovir twenty jrals ago without rsllroad connection east or wist, these intlint, lisldlng, religious sealoU laid Ihefouiidatloiiaof their picsent gieat-lies gieat-lies In that valley of tha lloiky mountains, over I, (KM mllra from Hie Mlwourl river and nearly aa far from Iho t'aclflc, and Ihtlr fslth In Ihclr delusion has enabled Iheiii lo I rem nnwapl lu Hie facuofeeiyobUctr. lly aslx )iars residence among tlicm, commencing lu 18JI, 1 learned to marvel at nut rrtisict their Industry and detitnilna. Hon aud to overlook their -iullr beliefs, coufldi lit that time would sift Mil Ihu falMt from tlie Itua, anl iruvo Ihelrwostli ss human la-lngs, whoea lush aud inargy ale calsi and iltclrss. doing lo Utah with all Iho tnsUru ptejudiciw, 1 csuieawsy satis. Did that lime would vindicate Iho Mormons before the American ropla nnJ Hut olygamy waa but a htiglvar, a cudgel used vlgotously by those whom self Interest conliollisl iiiom thoroughly thauauycuduof ithlco. W. 11. II. |