| Show LE iron co jan 25 1870 editor deseret news dear sir on the tha of august last mr NH N H carlow came into our settlement as assessor of lincoln county nevada here quiren a list of our oar taxable property for tor assessment in that county he stated aa as a reason for his demand that a united states commission for es tab lishing the boundary line betwee between n utah and nevada would be through here in a few days and that reports had reached him that ther ewas ewaa but little doubt of our being in nevada furthermore erin eriA armore ore that the time allowed by the law of nevada for the assessment of taxes had nearly expired and perhaps it might save him considerable trouble and expense to make the assessment then said carlow did not claim that the assessment was legal unless the adjustment of the boundary line should establish the fact that we were citizens of nevada the citizens of eagle eagie and spring valley did not bee eee the necessity of this premature assessment in the light mr carlow did they placed in his hands a written protest against his proceedings of which a copy was retained this protest stated in substance that we were etui atUl citizens of utah territory and should continue to consider ourselves as such until the boundary line between utah and nevada was established by proper authority when if we were set off to nevada as law abiding citizens we should pay our taxes to that state and further that at present we did not recognize the right of the state of nevada or any portion of it to assume jurisdiction over us this protest mr carlow carnow agreed to file with his returns to the proper autho authorities r ties of lincoln county sometime previous to the appearance of mr carlow carnow we had been assessed as usual b by y the assessor of iron county with t the h e expectation on his part of taking no farther action in the matter until the boundary line was established the supposed commission for defining the boundary line between utah and nevada proved to be lt lit wheelers exploring party and we supposed the subject would be allowed to rest until we were properly notified as to gur bur our future condition in october following notices requiring octh the payment ent of taxes dated hiko riko oct 1869 and signed fellow county treasurer and addressed to the tax payers of lincoln county were sent to our settlements to bo be posted on the 20 th dinst a mr ritter bitter claiming I 1 ng to be sheriff ot of lincola Lincol lineol ji co appeared in our settlements and served writs on the tax payers of eagle and spring valleys wherein they are required to appear in the justices court town ship of hiko lincoln coon the of feb peb 1870 1670 to answer complaint of the state of nevada wherein it sues for the recovery of delinquent taxes for 1869 with ten per cent interest thereon for delinquency mr ritter hitter acknowledged that he failed to comprehend the legality of this proceeding but stated was only carrying out the mhd instructions of those under whose orders he was required ed to act he was fully advised that it would not hot be wisdom to attempt to enforce the collection of df such taxes until we became citizens of nevada when there would be no neceE necessity sity of doing so as we were a law abiding abid ipg people I 1 thesis a short and simple statement of the facts in these novel proceed proceedings inis they speak for themselves respectfully your brother in the gospel JAMES JAXEs A LITTLE OTTAWA la salle co ill III january 1870 editor deseret mews wema dear sir I 1 str sEr rived arrived at this place on the ath of nov and visited my brothers living near here stopping only a few days ithen t then took the cars for cumberland county pennsylvania the place of my boyhood and visited among friends and relatives a time teaching the way of life when opportunity offered on the day of december I 1 started west and went as far as knox county ohio where I 1 stopped until the when I 1 again took the ane cars for ottawa la salle county illinois stopping at chicago frankfort and joliet and arrived at my destination on the immediately on my arrival here I 1 commenced public preaching in the district school houses in every place where 0 opportunity ort unity offered on the I 1 h had aff the pleasure of meeting my old friend bro silas richards richardg bie Bic hards bards who jd joined 0 1 ned me ne arthis place placement placemen pla pia ceron cemen on the next day dav a v bro peter madson of brigham Brig barn bain city also mso joined us we held heid a number of meetings and in a some places they were well weil attended on the of january those two brethren left for iowa since then I 1 have preached in different places in this county no people could receive any elder with greater apparent kindness or administer better to his wants yet it remains a truth that the masses do not nofa want anything to do with mormonism shall as they call it they consider it condescending to come out to bear preaching and do so only for curi cari curiosity bilty and for respect so 0 o an old neighbors nevertheless my testimony has surely left its impression nearly all the old apostates that have left the church since its first organization that are now living have havel united under one common standard and they acknowledge Y young 0 9 joseph smith as their prophet prop liet ilet and aud a u ut leader with their headquarters in one of the adjoining counties plano piano piano plano ills in many instances the members of this band are men who apostatized and made war on the prophet of god and on the institutions of heaven as revealed through him and this warfare is I 1 s kept up in the full sense odthe word against the people p le of god and the lords annotated and they having several branches organized in this country have succeeded in prejudicing the minds of the people here very much nevertheless I 1 shall baptize somer some somo and shall be well satisfied to let all others act upon their agency this organization comes with the some character being the sons of the prophet who are at the head of it and it is all the more dangerous and it certainly would if it had the power sap the very foundation of the kingdom 01 of god and lay the ax at the root of the great gathering that the lord has commanded and the preparation for the holy endowment withal with all ail lits its blessings and appendages and it would also destroy and abid annihilate those sacred and hol hoi holy institution institutions s that heaven has ordained for mans eternal glory and greatness it denies the fruits and works and the blessings that have come to the children of men through the power of the holy spirit sets at defiance the au god and leads to darkness and to death and it is also true that apostasy apo stacy and the work of ortho the opposing power to the kingdom of god does not end with this organization of spiritual ial lai darkness composed in many instances of men who sought the blood of the prophet of god god moves in majesty und and in great power and he rules in wisdom and in much mercy over all the creations of his hands and his kingdom will move steadily on amidst all opposition in the wisdom po glory of god until israels banner floats over ovet all the prom ased land and his great and glorious purposes are fully accomplished for the salvation of the living and the dead REUBEN MILLER PROVO CITY february 70 editor deseret news I 1 write you a few items in relation to importing the honey bee I 1 noticed in the NEWS recently that several persons in utah couney county are arranging to send by mr JD roberts Roberth Eo berts chols who is going east to purchase bees the production of lioney honey here is desirable and BO me far as my limited experience extends is profitable from one swarm of the california bee be last season I 1 got thirty pounds of honey and two swarms of bees the first swarm yielding fifteen pounds of honey and the hive was filled up before the close of the season and this is only a small part of what can be done the quality of the honey is decidedly the very best others have been equally successful conle from past failures entertain doubts as to the success of the a eastern bee three years ago the same doubt existed in regard to the california bee that now does so well the means of transportation from the east heretofore I 1 believe belleve tw lieve was the chief cause of failure as they had to be moved in iu their arking season and exposed to accidents and jolting over rough roads but bubnow buta nov now ow th atwith care they can can come by rail to the city in their dormant state and thenia then if placed where they need not be disturber e afterwards during c their working season beason they will prove a success there is little danger of getting too many bees into the country as the means to sustain them can be profitably increased by sowing alsike alseike and other clover also adorning the land with flowers and blossoms bies blea soma aoma which are already numerous honey for home consumption is good and to some extent saves the means now spent for sugar and erelong arelong might bo be made mado an article of export aa a i it yields a liberal and duick quick return on the capital invested to they are profitable I 1 send you yoli the following extract from the illustrated bee journal for dec 1869 1809 published by N C mitchell indian opolis indiana all of my colonies averaged me rae a little more than three hundred and twenty dollars dollus each in cash for bees sold and could I 1 have had more time to attend to my bees giving them every attention necessary I 1 could have doubled that in this calculation I 1 make no account of queens sold what I 1 have done can be done by anyone any one giving his time and attention to his bees doing everything at the right time bee culture is now in its infancy thedac the day is at hand when bee keepers will get from each colony five hundred to one thousand pounds surplus honey annually 1 I look upon the use of the melex tractor as a step in the right direction and the practical use of it in apiaries will increase the amount of surplus honey tenfold ten fold in future numbers I 1 will vill give you our method of swarming bees artificially so that any bee keeper following the directions may make almost any number of colonies from one in one season and have every colony strong with bees and honey should we succeed in accomplishing one half of what mr mito mitchell beli bell claims can be done we can well afford to engage in the enterprise when bro roberts proposes to insure a stand of bees delivered here for twenty five live dollars yours ete etc I 1 A F lyl INI macdonnald ACDONALD 1 |
