| Show TIRE THE DESTROYER AT WORK destruction and death seem beem to be in a way of in 1897 all previous oue records reo orde the indian famine tile the benian earthquake the japan flood the I 1 range of afflictions in australia south booth america aud and africa the storms of europe the massacres io in turkish torri territory torys and a boore of other destructive operations already wit boomed in this year leave no room for doubt as to the destroyer being at work Q aa never before in the history of the world there nave have been period when there was wa greater slaughter laugh trot of huni humanity anity in a brief space pa of time but never myer when the destructive force waa operating in so BO many diversified we way Y I 1 and t with ao 60 much evident certainty toward the of all wings predicted ted by the she prophetic word as ai the 10 time aluie ot of the end in ILD the she world orld at large the wars wan and the storms and famines rona org of S warp war tod di mastery disturbances in the ole ele bente and among nations nat loni present in ao evidence of all things being in oom motion on that in not recorded of any babeor ago age edca she days dat of 01 the tb bierla noah and our own land b geographically and ad politically impart art from other countries where it motion g 13 and d discontent might be looked for yet does not hot escape in the way 8 y of recent disasters the great floods th abat n t heys have cost scores core and perhaps b hundred on deeds when all ail to known of lives live and MID million of dollars la in property are yet kept prominently before the people tor although the floods flood have bays receded temporarily there is prospect prope ct that another thaw quite aea seasonable ler for thle this of the she year will well swell anew the raging racing streamed in ab the ohio mr mis curl and valleys and image much more damage than has baa been reported report ou thus thui far indeed the outlook for uch such an event la mom owl sous ryon even if nothing more comes comei than bas h been experienced through the the week there will be a areat field for relieving the needy in ID the filleted fillo ted districts the weeping sweeping may ay of home born and property sino the ruining ot of the crops has ha been of so 0 o serious orloue a character that general hard ship hip and nd privation are no a voidable alks greater greaser measure of human suffer loc to is yet to come unless it shall ball be b alleviated by well ordered relief opera and theae cannot be instituted too oon or of receive too ready assist once ance from every part of the country not caught by the catastrophe in mountains monn tain the people have baues to congratulate themselves at their immunity from the III alli that other P arts yet it will not do to be b eo 00 overconfident of natural protea as aa to be careless care leai the present ito atlon here li IS that fre frea abete bots and flood would come with any sudden warm poll pell and avail a vait amount of IN dam to me so ie POSS icile union oare care in IB exercised exe relied jimay EV may be that no emergency meas oree ario will be necessary neo eary but it Is possible that mat another condition will exist an a aja abor as spring prang weather to li fairly binau Opan doo and it would be bolter better to be prepared to adopt them and not be b called calle dupon upon than to have hare inadequate preparation if they should be required with more snow enow la in the mountains mountain than has bai been the ones for years and with the soli BOH of the valleys well saturated atu rated and the channel for tream streams all lull full it la Is quite possible to offer much damage here bere from high water there Is 18 now every promise of an abundant gorop for the farmer and gardener yet vet the outlook to la not such an aa to justify reducing the supply of lood much huoh farther in the hope that bat well filled granaries gran ariee and cellar bellan are sure aure to come next harvest barve ct the failure of crops elsewhere elie where is such as aa to give as ai granoe that there here will be no plethora of marketable foods here and right at home there is ie a bare possibility that the abundance hoped for may not be fully obtained for instance many are counting on a typical fruit year yet an examination just juit completed by competent persons has haa revealed the fact that along the be east eal bench fruit district in salt bait lak ijane county of the be city th the heavy frost of november last did im mense damage that frost froit coming a it did before the map ap was waa down in the tb tress has haa ae left whole orchards orchard with a fruit bud where a heavy yield was waa anticipated fortunately the orchards orchard a little farther removed from the be mountain bases do not net seem to have been affect affected eds ao 0 severely verely oe but it if the fruit crop la is injured to any great extent this way and farm and aid garden crops kropa are touched by an untoward season or by floida and high water it I 1 la easily possible poa aible to run arlain here womer than la Is comfortable notwithstanding the she brightest prom gaea of course while the worst has haa to be provided against agal nit it to la the best beat that I 1 to be looked to and worked for and in the came daae of utah the way la is through plenty of vigorous toll toil for the production of the largest crops possible poul ble it la Is unfortunate that now shore here are so BO many idle men whose whole labor could be utilized tor for this desirable de end and but who will not be called into requisition either by their the irown own energy or the good management of others other but bus with all that la in and may be done it is ic luat usa as aa well to go remember that the des dee troyer la in at work in the earth with aeb such a force as aa should hould make the he people here mindful of the real conditions condition that prevail |