| Show NEXT HARVEST we are no alarmist nor do we deem it wise to conjure up fears for the future where none tangibly exist but if we we are a peculiar people the circumstances continually arising around us are peculiar and call for a h line of action on our part very different din dif erent from that purified by most if not hot all other tommu aa nw te 11 P x harvest are not fiot by a preas dreas adal daal as flatter flattering birg ai a might have been reasonably expected X from the quantity of snow deposited int in the mountains last winter and the consequent abundance of water for irrigation purposes the rains last week will doubtless have a beneficial effect in invigorating vig orating weak and backward backward vegetation yet a great amount of damage has already been done crickets grasshoppers caterpillars worms and grubs haye have haye have been at work more moro or less north and south and the cost of their feed in dollars and cents if footed up would bo be rather alarming we have seen patch after patch of early vegetables totally destroyed dis troyed I 1 we have the most positive evidence of the same effects in many other places plaids our old enemies here the crickets mid jaud grass grasshoppers 1 1 loppers coppers lop iop A pers C their hosts on I ap pp t OS our feun facun localities no north northend r tj 1 i nd d the damage done by the high waters 4 0 f the rivers and mountain s springs rings has been very serious serious in several places accustomed as we have been to meet and cope with these difficulties in very aggravated forms but little is said sald about them at present but nut what is the duty of our piti citizens zens with such much facts before them md and with viti other contingencies that might bo be enumerated and may not unreasonably be looked for Is it to peddle off their present store of grain at prices price that do not actually pa pay y them tieni for their labor to be hauled out of the terni Terel territory try and then pay the highest price that may be demanded for imported goods sold bold here if phoe hose who 49 9 so find that in the end it t is the best policy they can caa pursue we will confess ourselves somewhat mistaken should a scarcity of grain compel a s scale cale of prices here such as lately existed in some neighboring territories flour having rea reached ched 70 and over ill in gold those who ho have allowed the supposed present wants of today to day to blind their eyes to the still more imperative wants of tomorrow to morrow will we fear be loudest in their wail wall of want for they will be among the severest of sufferers let prudence and wisdom govern all our actions then we will be prepared as far as is required of us for every emergency and the most untoward circumstances cum stances |
