| Show STORM pew few there be indeed who have pot given expression to one form or another of displeasure regarding the present storm undoubtedly it infringed more or less upon the personal perdon al comfort and in some cases the health of a portion of the population but if they would only take the trouble to look ahead and take into consideration the results to be looked for from the bluster and snow they would scarcely be found in the list of complainants very long they are indirectly as much concerned as an directly are those who till the soil and raise the crops without which all would be losers and many sufferers the principal trouble is that thereas there Is so BO far not nearly enough of it althou although gli it Is a blessing as far as it has gone perhaps it may prove to be the one factor in our physical existence without which there would have been a premature shortage of the water supply and eon sequent failure before a general maturity of the growing grain next tall fall this is said tor for the beason reason that in adequate as it alone undoubtedly to ia the fall so far has greatly augmented the depths in the mountain tops and this added to that may pull Us through the growing season safely although there would even then undoubtedly be a dry spell at the other end of it there Is ie however promise tor for more and in the language of patrick henry let it come those who have occupied the valleys valley of the rocky mountains and engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years year turn their eyes to the mountain tops nearest them about this time of the me year with very much the they same feeling of solicitude that the devout mohammedan used to feel when he turned hia nl face toward the rising sun it to Is the hope and reliance of the time and when it falls other things fall fail with it nature has been very kind to us here so far there have been no severe nor protracted droughts and with even as am good an outlook as we have so far there ir 1 no probability of such a thing this year at the same time it is in won to be always prepared in some measure for coming events which may be unusual or the failure to arrive on time or at all of the usual occurrences occurrence sj and since we cannot at all control or dl malitsh the water supply it is always the part of wisdom to make some provision against such things not caring tor for today nor providing for tomorrow r may seem to be a very happy way ot of getting fretting through life but there to Is ever a sad break in such a program when the morrow falls fails to bring the customary necessities it looks now very much as it if we were to have a fair supply of water which is i the first and foremost guarantee given by nature that the crops wil be ample we have no disposition and cannot af tord to hope any other way |
