| Show ZION ANIMADVERSIONS BY THE EDITOR Salt Lake City Jan 9 9 According to recent press dispatches dispatch dispatch- es a gleam of hope through the clouded horizon for the bench homesteader homesteader homesteader home home- of he Reservation While the aforementioned d dispatches are a little indefinite it is quite evident that Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Smoot if doing everything possible for the relief of the dry farmer Believing it impossible to secure fa favorable favorable favorable fa- fa action in iii the ho house se during this short session the senior senator hl has se secured secured secured se- se cured the approval of the secretary of he the interior to an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill which willbe will willbe willbe be offered to the senate this week I have not as yet been able to find out the exact of the bill but the Washington dispatches s state te that it provides that patents shall be issued to persons who have made entries on the former Uinta Indian Reservation and wl who o have undertaken to maintain continuous residence for five years vears but have been prevented through lack of water providing these pay S 1 25 an acre for their lands The Bunch of representatives representatives representatives represent represent- are certainly going to cut wide a in legislation this term Salt Lake take with its 10 members can no long longer r hold the balance of power The cow counties so called are in inthe inthe inthe the majority Even should Salt SlIt Lake Lakeline Lakeline line up with the recently elected seven democrats the Alfalfas have a majority majority majority ma ma- of four And by the way speaking of Alfalfas the Wasatch county man R. R M. M Pope Pop is about the biggest yearling in in inthe the patch Already Already Already Al Al- ready the Salt Lake boys have hav b been en shown the handwriting in the caucus previous to organization They only nine officers and nd got as is many manyas as four Governor s Spry ry has not forgotten the Uinta basin He has notified the House and the Senate that he will deliver deliver deliver de de- de- de I liver his biennial message at a joint session tomorrow at p. p m. m In a conversation with him today he informed informed informed in in- formed me that he recommends in his message message that an agricultural experiment experiment experiment ex ex- ex- ex station be established on the Reservation The governor believes we e are using entirely too loo much water on our alfalfa and other produce Turning to some others who were present he said Truly at a little exhibit exhibit exhibit ex ex- ex- ex I hibit they had at My Myton ton when we were I over there some of the alfalfa was I seeded out from the roots to the top of the plant I never s saw w such alfalfa fa but the farmers are using too much water for their ultimate good One exhibit exhibit ex ex- hibit had a label on it that it had been watered nine times Now if all t the le J I farmers over this way could get ones one one- one one- s I fourth that amount of of water the they woud d feel feel lucky Theodore people especially will re- re remember C. C C. C Clapper who was one of the early settlers in th the west part of the basin in Indian canyon He has been in the southern part of the state state in the new oil field since last summer I He THe i is hero here fur for the winter and aad rears an air of prosperity He has pas also taken taken on considerable tallow and nd must be fifty pounds to to the good since leaving the basin where it will be remembered remember remember- r red ed he went through a severe siege of sickness Today I had the I pleasure of a chat with V. V L. L Sanford and J. J E. E Burt They were down to the state house to to see that everything was pulled oil off in proper shape State Treasurer Treasurer David David Mattson who looked us over last summer and who subsequently bought a bunch of real estate estate at the Provo sale is frequently in evidence This is the way the Honorable Honorable Honorable Hon Hon- David and a few cronies treated a new member from one of the C cow cow Cv v counties at the Wilson Saturday night or rather Sunday morning about 2 It had been one continual round of caucusing Saturday until nearly nearly nearly near near- ly midnight and believing that the show w wis over the country member had retired The boys one of the representatives' representatives names and sent j him a note saying there was about to tobe tobe tobe be another important caucus The member r dressed hastily and came down trying to rub his e eyes es open He joined the only bunch in evidence who shortly one cue by one bade the gentleman good goed night leaving him to wait for the nomination to The Zion d department of the Records Record's address is East South Temple at atthe atthe atthe the Annex where it will be pleased to meet any friends or acquaintances from Gods God's country Fred L. L Watrous |
