Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-09-22 | Page 21 | Know Utah

r I U INow KNOW UTAH AH AHBy By ALBERT F. F PHILIpS PHILIPS 4 I ii Ah An old aid ld journal of or on one ot of the pl pioneers s neets of th the the- Salt Lake tells ot of conditions during the winter r Of 1848 49 and of or the th suffering endured d by tIle tie early arlY s ts Th The Journal journ l Bays MS The TIie bnO snow now on the surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding mountains has lias been been much d deeper which has mado the wood v very ry difficult of ot ac access while the cattle habe have hv be become become- so 50 poor boor through f sUng fasting and ad I scanty ant anty fare far that that- it It ha has b been n difficult t to 4 dy dt v the he n necessary ces tu fuel 1 and nd many mony have had to suffer o ot less lees from trant thereof The Th winter commenced at t an n unu unusual ual ualand and unexpected ne moment and found many if t th the tha brethren without ho houses s s' s or fuel but although there therb hat has been heen considerable suffering there b been n no no death bythe frost Three attempts haler been c n made madd with p pack ck animals or snowshoes Shoes to visit Fort Orl er since tho the snow V ten fell but all aU failed aUed It t Is Ii expected that the mall will betaken be- be taken e east st soon after atter the April con ference lere p S S S SIn 1 In the fr t part of ot February th the th bishops took tin an n Inventory o ot tl th the breadstuff in the valley y when it was ts reported that there re wa was little more than three three- fourths fourth of ot a a. pound per d day to for lor each soul Boul until the th of ot July and considerable W aS S ii T vi to exist which was not reported As a. a ri natural tural consequence some lome were vOre nearly nery destitute whim others had an abundance Th The cot price for tor harvest hanest h baa haa been 2 and some have sold 1 at ai 3 but mU at nt present there is none in i the market markell at t an any aprIe price h ranged front from U 4 to G 5 anc and pot potatoes to 8 from fron 6 G to 20 O per per bushel and nd though not to b bb b bought at pre present ent It is exP t d that ther thero will be good 8 supply ppl for tor Be for tor another year ur S J e S Our public works are prosperous consisting nS' nS ofa of or a ft council houst f forty feet teet quare two stories built bult b by tithing also 89 9 a n. bridge across cros the tho Western Jordan JOrda at t f f ind And six or seven b. b bridges 3 Across minor streams heams to be bet paid by a a. 1 per pe cent property tax taxi also a a. bath use house at the warm springs e S. S S e vilA A field of about acres lime b been n surveyed south of ot and bordering ori olf th the city and plotted in five live and ten acre plots and nd a a. church farm ot or about o. o acres adre res The five and ten lots Were were distributed by u casting lots Iota an and ever every man la Ii to he help hep I build a a pol pole id Itch t b h or or stone te fence ce a an shall be m most st convenient nt around the tue whole field in tro proportion to nd that li bo be draws drawn also als a a a. can canal l on tho the cast caRt side fo for th the pur purpose pose rosc of ot irrigation There rere an are aro three b gristmills and five or 51 six saw v mill mills mills' in operation arid and several BevernI m more r in c contemplation The 10 location of f a p. tanu tannery ry and foundry are cont contemplated as a. soon as the snows snova leave the mo mountains nt p a y Isolated a as a. saints government JO of ot some ome form torm was ri necessary t and nd th the result was as a a. government govern govern- m ment en that t tV V was wast S un under cr the direct control of bf t the church cJu I leaders aders It was a necessary ti to tD rule ruh with land hand o l' The e city rt Salt Lake had Ie been chartered b but t there could ben nothing bo-nothing done dOn to the setting ettIng up of ot th thC l t territory r of Utah under un-der th the th administration of ot th the United States It was vas im a ly a. a Stake of ZIon 1 It It in Is pointed out that there were verc ere no no secular s In t the 1 common sense sene e 8 no JU c could uld a a. s secular admin admin- b bo be had In form any until th provision provisional at al 01 tat f rD Des sn-cr sn w was i tor formed n l and not then until th thele the ele election t O oft of I the provisional government ov t tand and then the b became am magistrates magistrates- of or th their lr li severn several ward c However under nd r tho administration tr J-tr of ot the and the pr provisional l c government of ot the 6 state t of Salt gaIt Lal LaH Lole e c continued 21 to groW And nd With U Lt I grew W tip rI le settlements In variOus parts parts' of t the state Hence a as Salt Lake Luk grew tew so 80 did th the country o outside This explains why hy thero there are u no biff farms farina m tn the state For or their p pr protection te aph B thc Indians the tho 1 r. r J instead of ot of drifting awa away from Salt Like Lake ter teI sent out h in c colonies l i w wh who wo yo settle adO a 8 a certain IJ and their farms wo would ld radiate from the nt like the they spokes from a a. wheel whet with the thet t owner w eF l YI In la the a S J S j 1 S J 11 l' l