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Show Blossoms In The Desert .. Jf ij I V. 1 Q Work And Foresight il Paid Rich Dividends I That the desert literally "has blossomed" is evident on every side. pioneers adopted that objective as one of their reasons for being, they went about the job with foresight, devotion to work, faith in God and unflagging perseverence. The pioneers refused to give up! In the face of tremendous odds, they continued forward. The strong comforted the weak. With sorrow there was joy. With drudgery there was recreation. With heartaches and disappointments there were many personal triumphs and satisfaction in achievement. When the They worked and even harder, to make planned and prayed, and then worked the desert blossom. humble at They built home They planted crops, dug canals, first, but progressively finer. chopped timber, cut stones. With their p assion to make good there was a deep spirituality, a reverence for God, a real respect for their religion. This was actually what brought them wcstl Their insistence on worshiping the Lord in the manner. they wished. Blossoms in th desert" today include productive farms, cool streams, attractive homes, fine dairy herds, growing industries, hundreds of miles of fine roads. Irrigation projects that put are numerous. life-givin- g of acres of land water upon thousands We have chosen as art for this paqe two familiar scenes in this area two scenes so, "blossoms in the desert." of typical One is of the of the the river-oasi- s Logan Canyon. canyon road. verdure, ruqged beauty, The other is a view of Bear Lake from the With respectful deference to our pioneers for their achieveconquering the desert, we offer these stanzas from Whitman's "Pioneersl O Pioneers!" in ments e We primeval forests felling, vexing we and piercing deep the the rivers stemming, mines within, e the surface broad surveying, we the virgin soil upheaving, Pioneers! O pioneers! 0 resistless restless race! bc.O' ed race in all! O my all1 0 mourn and breast aches with tender love for yet exult, am rapt with 0 pioneers! I love for all, Pioneers! On and on the compact ranks, accessions ever waiting, with the places of the dead v y. quickly rou tiled, the battle, through defeat, moving stopping, Pioneers! O pioneers! Ar en qn yet and never 'e avar,cing on! tore some of us to droop and die? has the hour come? uhon th? march we fittest die, soon and sure the gap is tin d, Pioneer! 0 pioneers! I ' , ! |