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Show Speaks High of the Mormons. Mr. Jas. A. Smart a Deputy Minuter of tho inlcror of Canada has some fod things to say about tho Mormon people of that Dominion. lie says "Tho Mormon Mor-mon settlement at and about Cardston tho iniiilstei legttrdcd as ouo of tho most iirosncroiis settlements in the north-west teriitorics. Tho hind Buttled by these people wnH a fotv 'ua ago cousiduicd practically unproductive, but is today, in response to thulr intelligent intel-ligent industry producing its largo a yiold us any section in tho teriitorics, Cardston has about 1,100 inhabitants, and is it thillllug little place with due municipal orgiiiUalion ttud elected officers. offi-cers. Though it is 17 miles fiom it railroad rail-road , it lms all thu nppeaiaiieu of nn up-to-date town. The Moimon eettleiB Mr. Smart says, am )argly misunderstood, misunder-stood, No more law-abiding people can bj dcslied ns rttircns. Wh'lo It' ih true tint ll t) believe lu plurality of wives, tlipy ricoisnlo and obey tho law j of (hn-idu, and, as are their co rvllgluij I is in Utah and i.thcr pat Is of fie sUltrsJ they nre strict itiniiujiimiilH. Mffl Smart found them it most ho3pl:ihlJ an I friendly jitople, to travel iiiiiQnf wh"m was cerlniuly a very great pleii s tri While in that neighborhood Mri S unit mot Meifi. John W. Taylor mull JfWf Knight, who are Iwlh regartled nal very pnuiii'ieiit members of tho Mor-1 inon Church The hitter has TccontlyH come into tl e lositssiou ol a eiy largo j sum uf money lhrough fortnnalo mining j iiivi Blineiits in MontiHKi, nnd ho is cxO pending lliis in the leeloi)ent of llij? counlry nioitud Cnrdsloii. In stookl I sc'iools and other ways ho has disposed' ' of $5)0,003, and has liroutlit In Jieailyvj T,00) people from thu stales. Theso he j will HM)iiirc to produce bcotroot mi onc.i j to ith of theii holdings. Next year not ) purpotes expending nnothor $500,000 Inl j establishing it beetroot sugar factory,' which will probably be one of the Inrg-ott Inrg-ott in Atti'Tira. Ne-is llullelin nf Aug.i ( I Ith. ' |
