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Show CLEAR UP THE LAND B From tho Washington county m lino on tho south, to tho Beaver m county line on tho north, or ex M tending tho entire length of M Tron county, with few if any B interruptions, is a strip of agri- H cultural land several miles in H width, that will comparo favor- m ably with tho soil of any coun- H try on the globe. A majority of M this land is admirably adapted M for arid farm methods, and with H intelligent and energetic treat- M merit will yield paying crops of fl wheat, rye, corn, potatoes, al- M falfa, and other products without H any irrigation whatever. H Most of this land' has cither H been filed on or has been pur- H chased from tho State Land B Board. Less than one-tenth of HT it, principally in tho vicinity of H the settlements of the county, H , has been brought under cultiva- Hl tion, and that mostly with the HLr aid of irrigation. From this meagro acreage not enough H ' wheat is produced to bread the H inhabitants, and we are annualy H importing many tons of flour H r from the country to the north of H us, much of it coming from H U Idaho. H j On the streets of Cedar City M and we presume every other rK town of the county, -are num- H- k ' bers of unemployed young men, B- 'i ' merely spending their time, go- By jng to the dances and such fet '' ... -,, other nlacea-fiL.amuBemenUaa -the towns afford, sleigh riding H' ( or perhaps patronizing the boot- Hfe leggers. They work just enough 1 of their time to keep in pocket money, and good clothes on their backs. They are not sav- ing a cent, or accumulating any H1 property. They are merely ex- H I isting, and seem to bo fully con- H 1 verted to .the wisdom of the H J Scriptures which says, "Take H f no thought of the morrow, what H ye shall eat or what ye shall H 1 wear," etc. Probably the most HvJ of these young men are single H ,- a number are married and H have the responsibility of fami- H ; lies. Why is this so? H Out in the valley are thous- H ands and Jthousands of acres of H ' unimproved land which would m furnish splendid homes for f thousands of people, were it H. only utilized. Whose fault is it that such conditions are allowed K' to maintain here? Who estab- H lished the precedent of working HT' only as many months or weeks M . as was absolutely necessary to Hr produce the necessities of life, m and then stopping there? Cer- M tain it was not the wives of the H settlers, tho women, for tho B Good Lord witness they do their B full share. It is truly aid, B "Man works from sun to sun BNV (sometimes) but woman's work B is never done." B Was r.he fault with the early B settlers, who made the roads, B builded the bridges and killed H the snakes? We can scarcely H think so, for under the condi- JBm tions that maintained in those Bi early days we are convinced that H it required about 310 daya work IBB in the year to keep the wolf of fBV starvation and nakedness from mBm the door and to provide shelter i?$f3 for the family. Then, when did Wfm this thief of procrastination and &3wffl indifferenc creep into our $JlJL. midst. It is here, and there is mjffik r v no use denying it. Now, how 3KK are we joins' to get rid of it. flHB-v Some say that what we peed Bj ,s Pew o(- in the community. B This might help some. There B; I is no question but that any per- IBi k Bon going into a new locality will display more interest and energy' than one to whom all the surroundings and conditions, resources and opportunities have become an old story. But vie believe that there is a better was of accomplishing the desired result. That way is through education. Education along any line of work adds zest and interest. inter-est. We love to do the things in which wo excell. Education teaches how to do things successfully, suc-cessfully, and success is the greatest stimulus we can have. We must got out of the easy-going slip-shod methods into which we have drifted. We must be woke up, and made to realize tho condition. We must have the majority of qur young and middle-aged farmers in our Agricultural College. They muit be taught the advanced methods in agriculture, and sent out to complete the work that their fathers so nobly commenced. This is what The Record is trying try-ing to do, and while it is not pleasant to a sleepy person to be shook and awakened from a comfortable nap, it is sometimes some-times necessary. Wake up I Attend your school 1 Get all the knowledge you can of the best and most necessary occupation extant, and ,then go to work. If you have boys, take them with you and teach them to take the treasures from nature thatHho-Koldo m-torft-ifortlp intelligent and willing worker. And you men, who have' secured se-cured title to a large acreage of unimproved lan'd don't act the dog in the manger! Give the hoys a Bhow. Let them cultivate culti-vate a portion of it for a share of the land, on such terms as will be equitable and fair. You will both be better off for the exchange, and it will give the country a chance to develop and improve. Let's all pull together for the upbuilding of Iron county along the lines herein indicated. Railroads, Rail-roads, factories and mills will speedily follow. |