| Show EARLY KLMIMHEHES I tint Lucern Hrjt JIall Route la UtahAn Utah-An Early lloucer MESA OUT Arluni June 20 1697 To the Editor The lucern question again Who pioneered It 1 to UtaL This question wo discussed through Ibo NEWS many years ago and the credit aa Pioneer was not then given to Brothers Morris and Parry who sent It In 1650 Yet I would cot crlll else their claim hlob may Dot biters been represented then But this I will again lay that by the first U B government gov-ernment mall to Utah there was sent to mo Irom Washington D U by Ulaus first representative A W Babbitt besidea letters paperr etc a large number el packages ol fled gar duo and flitter eeedr tj all ainouut as said by knowing over of 1600 coal for government transportation as to retail to full coat amount brought and 1 lu Ibe lot wa one Package ntneJ Cliff Ian elover rt atieed I planted In the spring of 1851 at Bibuqulu where 1 bad been called to srlllu colony fhu plants nourished 1 but I know not to what Ue or value Iu 165 1 was called on a million lo the Biud > leb Islands ana lu 1853 by Ibo Walker war our little town was wholly destroyed One Ulan WAS killed others wounnel and all fled to layo or elaawhare On my return In 185 my Jucert vruicu it WOO with ul Irrigation was growing i still Ihe only esters thing In the golden gol-den I bad roil t and seeJ from lust lanllng became broadly I Spread Ibroullih Ulan county aDd ltdbre The That United States mall contract con-tract within Utah was taken by my blather J E Johnson carry a OLkoboth weekly mall from Bait like both to Ordtuaud Man It was sub con iractoJ 1 to Oglen by The late Phtneha Young and from Bait Lake to Maul by myself Tells lint service on tile route IOU In July 1651 which I con HLUtd until OcULr 1652 when being be-ing called 10 the laelno Islands II wag continued by Inillolla YouulI AD 10 Piontots 01 IB47 1 croadad tun 1 M q IIIhJlOlpl1 IeLru U19 0 and cameo came-o CaOII1 III n IY lu aide Orcoveem wbLt hy 1I1 Ysung ruins Ion I Split forward with I explotlct I 1 caters a flno split of mules ad when the following spring I was coli nod by him to boon bond for n Hart I Will dow wllh mnlarlallover 111 not un III 1843 c uldl fir I 10 tI It Mley While no Ins da t 7 oiingwaaa cnl Inspired anti nu la I le > Jer Ih tush thediys I our perl it acrlflce and nil I I yet I am always J ciuel L Cc lo tee or hear It repeated tint limit U not been for the treacherous reproaclteg olH sn Who UPp1 with him In I the dish thai cur grott 1ropt t Jost ta would have pioneered cur flay over tile mountains alii I Ibo Great Amerl cm dollars for Which I Uri oe be had > Marti > lion drilled uek at a lamb lo the daughter lu tarila ale 1 11 F Joiinsos |
