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Show s ANSWERS TO MANY f I EASTERN INQUIRERS j i $ (Communicated.) T (Communicated.) Of late and not so very late either this office has been, and is yet, in receipt re-ceipt of numerous inquiries from away down east, the writers of which seem to fairly yearn for information concerning concern-ing this section of country. A compilation compila-tion of these questions produces a list somewhat on the following order: "How large is Utah and what show "doei a man stand for making a living within its borders, provided he arrives there possessed of a moiety of money, a team of horses and a good pajr of arms? "Has the climate any peculiar char-' char-' acteristics? "How is the soil? I "Are the Indians troublesome?" i "In order to save time and a constant con-stant and wearisome wear on the lino-i lino-i type machines, it has been deemed wise j and expedient to answer all these questions ques-tions at once and then mail a copy to each anxious inquirer at the usual rate, so here. goes. : Utah is 552 miles from one si.le to hcv j other and a few miles more in the other J direction. It has an area of 8.4.14 square ; miles, containing quite a few first gar. i den patches. A man endowed as outlined out-lined in interrogation No. 1, would I have no difficulty in getting along pro-j pro-j vided his family was limited to his ready means. In summer he could haul I lime rock to the smelter, using the money thus earned in buying hay for the winter use of his horses. The arms are especially essential. One tender--foot from northern Vermont struck town last spring minus arms and now. sleeps peacefully under a boxelder'on ; the hillside. A pair of arms is indeed ( essential. 1 , The climate is varied and delicious ! and so adjusted that no one has cause : for complaint. Any kind of weather desired is obtainable by notifying the observer twenty-four hours in advance. , I This season has been no exception to ' last, which was the beginning of an era of reform in the weather business. Prior l to that time the ice man and coal deal- ers had a corner on the weather and would at times cause great annoyance ; by a constant change. Just as one j would get his refrigerator in good run- I ! ning order the climatic conditions would change and coal would have to be bought. Finally the masses arose in ; their great vox populi way with the re- j ' suit that now we have weather of a 1 soft Italian variety with a pansy bor-: bor-: der. ! ! The soil? Well now that query str'ke3 us right where we live. It is splendid ; and there is lots of it. It is spread : all over the state in a layer averaging-from averaging-from twelve to 'steen feet. It is very 1 rich end everything grows here wheth?r it wants to or not. From indications ; the soil of Utah has been accumulating for many years and is still at work. The last question is by far the most important. While the writer does not want to prejudice any one from coming com-ing here, a wholesome regard for tvuth at all times at all times and under all ; circumstances forces the reluctantly made statement that the Indians are J just a bit troublesome and not only j troublesome but actually wearisome. i Salt Lake City, for instance, is a ! 6mall town having only 75,000 or SO.OOO inhabitants, and it is within the city limits the ruthless hand of the .savage falls heaviest in its unrelenting way. The city is peculiarly situated, being three miles from the nearest military post and the cunning aborigines often destroy the telephone and telegraph wires and tear up the railroad before commencing their carnivals of carnage, thus effectually cutting off all hope of succor. Within the past week these hand-painted hand-painted barbarians have been especially active. Not a day has passed without some new- atrocity being committed. The first incident in the week's record of carnage was on last Monday night when our esteemed townsman, the cashier of the State Maverick bank, was aroused from his midnight' slumber at Main and Steenth North street by the combined howls of a horde of Co-manches, Co-manches, Piutes and Go-Shutes. Not having time to get to the block house, and his telephone being out of order, fo the police coulu not be summoned the financier determined to sell his life as dearly as possibe and protect his family at all hazards. He had, unfortunately unfor-tunately sent his Winchester up town to be cleaned and had nothing with which to defend himself save a Colt's pistol ami an axe. Repairing to a loop hole nearest the front entrance the brave man opened fire and in a short time had sent a baker's dozen to the happy hunting grounds. How long this sanguinary struggle would have continued con-tinued no man knoweth. had not the crafty savages obtained a thirty-foot steel rail from the Shoj I Line round house with which they battered down the door. The banker plied his ax vigorously until stricken down and scalped. His wife and children escaped by hiding behind a barrel of apples in the cellar. When the citizens were aroused he was found stretched across a cord of dead Indiana badly hurt, "out still alive. He has since recovered, and is able, with the . assistance of a Wig, i to perform his duties. - The Indians are still at the morgbe awaiting identifica-I identifica-I tion. j Tuesday night the second outrage oc-! oc-! curred. Huldah Dinkelspiel, who lives on the banks of the Jordan, and who has for years supported her husband and a large family by going out wash-' wash-' ing, was unfortunately detained up ; town by missing the last car. As she trudged home with her market basket full of Frankfurters, etc., she was pounced upon by a roving band and killed.- Her little supply of food was devoured and her family left destitute. It ia a sad case as the oldest child is only 23 years of age. As we go to press her funeral is being held under the auspices aus-pices of the washerwoman's union and a regiment of infantry. Scarcely had the city rcovered from the shock caused by this latest raid 1 when a man bleeding profusely rushed down Main street with the awful in-, in-, telligence that a band of Shoshones ; were plundering the northern part of I the city and slaughtering the innocents, j The alarm bell rang and soon a deter-! deter-! mined band were en route to the rescue ' as fa-3t as the street cars could convey j them. Only two men, a brickmaker and ! a carpenter were found alive. The lat-j lat-j ter was fighting a good fight with a handsaw while the former was tearing great gaps in the ranks of his assailants assail-ants with a light pick handle. As the rescuing party arrived the Indians fled. Hon. John Albert Peterson, at one time ' a member of the city council, was found alongside Bowse, his faithful clog, at one time 28-pcund champion of Utah, who had his fangs fastened in- the epiglottis of a mud Dainted demon. The Indian had evidently lost his hold as Bowse got his. Wednesday night as a large crowd were enjoying the performance "Brown's in Town" a yell of horror came- from the foyer. . Next moment in came the ticket seller with the information in-formation that a band of Arapahoes were plundering the box office. Eaeh man grasped his rifle and awaited the onslaught which soon came. But it was short. The whites gained a glorious victory. It will be a cold day before those Indians again- attack an opera house. It was thought this would prove a wholesome lesson, but it did not. Next morning the daily press announced that a gang of Utes from Manti had raided the Troy laundry and as a result there wasn't a clean collar in the city. A I mass meeting was called and by 2 o'clock a band of determined men were in hot pursuit. They were overtaken at Provo and compelled to surrender their booty. The above constellation was inserted to show that a short space of time intervened in-tervened between the writing of this and previous- paragraphs. This space was occasioned by an attack by a band of 200 Sioux on the office. The reader will pardon poor penmanship when informed in-formed that the writer is working left-handed, left-handed, having lost his right in a hand to hand struggle with old Mashem-t.ith-a-war-club, the chief. The latter's remains are now lying in state on the pavement below. The office boy was unfortunate, having been scalped while trying to reach the elevator and is now-dancing now-dancing around the sanctum, a wrathy, hairless brat. The balance of the staff escaped injury. But it is believed the Indians will fade out soon, although parties coming here would do well to bring a rifle, a box of caps and a few bullets for emergencies. |