Show AMONG THE MORMONS passing through one of the vast defiles of southern utah in charge of a mormon stage driver I 1 was viewing with wonder the masses ot of riven rock which arose on either side of the road gigantic forms forma which recalled forts and cathedrals pyramids and towers by turns 1 I 1 have a theory said the old man somewhat shyly about such looking rocks as these I 1 think they were split off in the earthquake at the time of the crucifixion 1 I I 1 suppose I 1 should have smiled at such a fancy but I 1 could not it seemed to me a touching fact that simple faith with which the world has almost parted today should nestle in forlorn and ill famed utah the old mormon in question was a good old man but at theotime the time was avoiding the officers to together ther with his employer 3 for both U were polygamists he took very good care of me during the journey urne and nd told me among other things I 1 a different story of the death of captain in gunnison who it may be remembered bared was killed on sevier river biver from that generally received as the truth I 1 had always understood that utah outside of the cities was unsafe for a lady to travel in I 1 have not found it so twice I 1 have made a trip across the desert under the care of old mormons cormons who were as gent gentlemanly levanly as could be expected once tired cold and utterly worn wom out at a railway station I 1 was indebted to a salt lake gentleman for small courtesies that the surly gentile agent was incapable of showing A neighbor of mine spent a summer on a cattle ranch in sole charge of two mormon boys and could not have been more considerately and respectfully treated in any place I 1 mention these little things as they contradict the general impression I 1 have been frequently alone on the ranch much in what is considered a very rough part of utah but never found cause fb for i r uneasiness there are a great many crimes with which they are charged as a class that mormons cormons dise disclaim laft and their side is worthy of a hearing how could we help admi admiring ing bad men said an elder to B R one day they came to us as they might have come to people of any denomination claiming they had repented and were baptized we coul i expel them when we found out their real character but not before their crimes had brought us all into disgrace I 1 knew of a gentile employer who 4 hired mormon boys at a dollar a day for the hard work of daggi digging D a ditch fed them on bread and bifid W aud and charged them up with the time they th ey spent ut getting their meals dy ch charged ar g r d them for almun ammunition aae to kill deer which he took sot every delay caused by a sho shower charged them in fact till they bad h almost nothing to collect and then kept them riding some weeks over the country to find him and got get that little on the other hand mormon GOD COU tractors have been known to feed fee and pay their men well and on oil time like honorable men we must remember that in building up their church these mor mons MODS took such material as they found among the poor of the old world hopeless homeless deop people such as had no future and no training they transplanted those numan human seedlings into the pure tain air they set them to work IV lovely valleys and they gave them the power to make homes burrou surrounded nd by gardens and groves industry they do show chov 7 I 1 in a marked degree and they have a 8 knowledge of irrigation far surpassing our colorado farmers I 1 may be mistaken buti but I 1 judge the Monnon fl to be open to good influences and possessed of excellent traits if you will only try to look at them without prejudice there is yet another accusation brought brou 91 lit a against ast the sect tn which may be true in part tt is said they will give neither work nor credit to gentiles nor deal with them fairly in the case of this settlement mormons cormons have given time on man many VO things they have given seeds cuttings 1 etc quite as freely as could be expected and in general proved good enough neighbors to people who were willing to work their way but for the professional politicians who infest colorado like a disease utah has no room men of that elms class who desire to live without labor are gradually and surely starved out there are no chances for them to exercise their talents As a consequence perhaps the tb taxes are very light and do not oppress the poor farmers who ae building up ud homes M H M K B in denver news leivo |