Show exaggeration ABOUT UTAH T 1 11 ERE HEBE is a great tendency in many people and especially es P e c balfy in american P eople people to exaggeration state clients a nd idere representations t are arb are made every so 1 far from fro BO the tile truth that they can 1 hardly be fairly fa irly denominated anything less than still athey areber histed misted in 1 and with an extraordinary amount of unblushing assurance sometimes thisie done f from coln coin habit occasionally from misinformation and from mere imaginings I 1 li and ld vve we app arp apprehend r hend 4 not I 1 infrequently n from a wilful desire to manu manufacture factura facture capital of sowe some kind or other political religious or d directly pecuniary the prevalent opinion once was that the whole rocky bocky mountain leion lelon mcgion and much cit 0 the he plains was a barren desert practically us useless eless cless for purposes of civilized settie settle settlement mena menk this idea is is now pretty well exploded in regard to much though it remains true of many portions of that region when the mor mons inous settled in this thib valley it was very complacently thought that they would be utterly unable to sustain themselves and consequently would all starve to death but events proved that they had such a i grip upon life that neither the arid desert nor the cruel indians the armies of crickets nor the clouds of grasshoppers could destroy their vitality under years of discouragement and privations withof without outside aid or sympathy they managed c to live the barre barren n desert was subdued and transformed into the indians were placated and turned into friends the die crickets and grasshoppers were outfought out fought and outlived out lived and with persistent perseverance in settlement ment and soil cultivation the very climate has baa been in a degree anielio ameliorated rated spring and summer rains have become more frequent the springs and streams and lakes have enlarged ardd arid in creased in number and portions of the territory years ago atte utterly i aly impossible of successful and profit profitable ibi ibl culture have gra gradually dutilly succumbed and have been made to bring forth handsome liand lland some returns to the industrious and diligent agriculturist the hills and the mountains also have bosomed un td some of their metallic treasures P so that strange to say this region of country instead of being passed by and left to tp its loneliness and solitude is now come to be looked upon as a desirable place for settlement soil culture mining trade commerce and pleasurable resort the change is indeed greaten great in the situation and in the appearances of things insomuch that ardent minds qu quote 0 to i i scripture scripts r c passages like the frilo following w inc ina the wilderness and the solita solitary ry place shall be glad for them and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose it shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing the glory of lebanon a shall ball be div given en unto it the excellency of carmel carme I 1 and sharon chin ghin in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the d esert desert and the parched ground shall become a pool and the thirsty land springs pr 8 of water as along south tem temple tempie ae street for instance here than th en the thel tendon tendency ey to exaggeration ge ration breaks out but akala and we find people alikin speaking g i in unwarrantably roseate terms of this region there is some rich land in U utah tab tah tind and now it is represented that sm such sueh rich land can be found by millions of acres acrea the climate I 1 is s modified and ind it is said that it is the most delightful 1 1 climate in the world there i is s more water here than there ther once was aasand and it is said that every valley is well watered there is some timber in the mountains and it is declared that the mountains are full of timber this city has grown andrit is to bethe beahe greatest t inland and city in ift america the climate is claimed to be 1 most salubrious the health of the people perfect to be sick is extremely difficult and to dl die dle ia 8 next to impossible the so soil soll of ta tiie tile valleys produces pre duces in profuse anee ance on the surface and is with inexhaustible mines of coal and andiron iron the mountains are seamed with useful and precious metals and covered with luxuriant timber everybody knows that spoken in such strains these representations are falsehoods this is not the most delightful climate in the tha world there are others far plea piea santer less exhaustive less enervating vatin this Is a hard climate to work in a hard climate to rear children in ln it is easy to be sick here and it is often difficult to be otherwise the mortality if not large is not excessively excess ivOy small and it Is especially severe on infants it is not a mild equable genial climate it is a sharp and severe climate the mountains are not covered with timber iron aland cealand co precious metals can not be found everywhere and anywhere for the digging the tile valleys that are well watered are few and the acres of unclaimed rich soil can not be picked up by the million irrigation is necessary to satisfactory is soil culture and only in a few places ls is is 13 water for irrigation abundant and readily available it is bot not fair it is akin to swindling to delude people by representing this region as its other than what it really I 1 is there are certainly certa ceita other parts of the world which sui pass it in general fertility natural resources pleasant and healthful climate and beauty of lan it has its advantages advantage R a and nd other regions have theirs |