| Show SOMETHING MUST BE DONE the SOD san juan excitement flashed in the pan so BO to speak that is it ws an expended force before it had time to do either very much harm or accomplish com any good at all some borne information has been gained of a region concerning which little or nothing was waa known before by the general public but as aa it relates largely toan to an area where no one la is likely to go for anything but the precious metals this can scarcely be recognized as aa belong ing in the domain of good useful or specially desirable things gained nothing regarding mineral wealth that was not known beare has baa been brough out and until gold so BO fine as aa to be impalpable and trap imponderable nd erable can be extracted extra extrac otel teJ and solidified there is ie no justification for the expenditure of an hours hour le effort or a dollar in money in that direction that the great bunch of mountains northwest of there by two or three days graveland veland lra tra consequently so much nearer 8 dt it lake may contain an abundance of hidden bidden treasures is more than probable because evidences which may not be overcome ver come art are abundant all going to show that those mountains are the fountain head bead from which the golden sands of the son juan and lowr lor colorado came forth s with ich the henry thoun mountain tallio sending forth a steady stream of ruddy wealth there would still bt be touch more attention at home the farmer will in roost moat cases basei stick to his farm and thus add substantially steadily and surely to bis possessions while supplying the rest refit of us with in dispensable products prodoc to but there are a good many who are not farmers and who could not readily if at all turn their hands handa or attention to that occupation these theme are the ones that give up ufisasa as a tommu community anity the greatest con cern they must be fed and clothed and to do so BO they must have profitable employment A vast system of charities aties a great and continuous relief fund even it if practicable would not be desirable de aud and the problem to is to supply the employment in such shape and to such extent that those who give as well as those these who receive will be benefited it seems useless appealing to capital this pioneers nothing the ground must be broken the foundations laid aud and the field generally prepared before the attention even of capital aa pita can be enlisted in a word the people as a community must act first and perhaps altogether the proposition to erect a copper refinery here is one that commends itself to the good judgment of the people and if they make a pressure pree sure sufficiently uniform and steady in that direction something may be ae accomplished complis hed already the ogden press is calling attention to the fact that the location of that city with its natural advantages entitle it to the first consideration to in connection with such an enterprise but without detracting in the least from our neighbors merits I 1 it would be very difficult if not altogether out of the question to name dame one feature possessed by the J junction unction which we do not also have such action however generally counts and we should be making ourselves heard loud and long then as suggested yesterday the proposed home co con sumi sum tion club must be encouraged the woolen factories must not dot only be enabled to continue in business and profitably go BO but if possible others must be estah limbed and upheld there is ample patronage in the territory for four times the number we now have if only we could organize or in some manner direct it this means employment to many and the retention of the means whereby employment is afforded within our midst concerted action la is imperatively demanded more so now than at any other time in our career whether or not we have as much inchoate wealth as we ever had bad whether or not the mountains shall shall again turn to the assistance of the valleys whether any more railways shall be constructed or not one thing remains as a palpable fact we must as a community do something for ourselves thus holding what capital we have and inducing more to come out of its hiding place the rhe condition in which this city finds itself today to Is like a case cage of starvation in the midst of plenty it is one begetting and fostering crime suffering and sorrow while all the agencies aaren cles needed to create the other and healthier ier condition exist in abundance |
