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Show i'A Visitor's View of Utah. "V ,.. ' , it s The following is mi extract from a ; jfc loiter written by J. M. StuUe baker to " the South BendTimes; 'Indiana: '.j "Almost half n century ago as 11 boy L J crossed the dreary plain in the that Studobaker wagon, miulo by my own hands, nnd how well I reniember the first sight of this beautiful vnlley, and our kind reception by Brigham Young nndhissmnll band of followers, who had years before arrived hero and - endured the -trials and hardships and ' dangers from 'hardships and starvation l incident to pionepr life at that time. ; r No one will ever bo able to appieciatc l . the trials and haidships of Biighnm H jf Young pa reaching this valley, outside Jfl of the hn mediate little band that nc- jC companicd him on this mission. Jn, t $ order to establish the church of his 'iU I inspiration and belief. "Whatever oIpc, ,J may be said of Brighum Young, he was Si " a great man, and a great lender, and ' ' was wise enough to establish an(indus- I ? tiial system worthy tlio- admiration of I y . the world. His Hystoni,. thoroughly , , established home ' industries' and tho I "f cultivation of Binall faiins, and fully i ' demonstrated that in unity thero is J s? strongth. Let anyone make the trip 4 the writer has taken tho last' week by !j 5 iuWtation of our Mr. Quigley and Presi- j y t dent Parkinson of Preston, Idaho, 75 miles in a wagon through Cache valley. I il ho will exclaim, as the great inventor of I tho telegraph, Prof. Morse, said in II' Bonding his first message of the first telegraph line, "What hath God v wrought?" I believe I am justified in j 'j, ' v saying this properly applies to what K Brigham Young has done in lorming iv 'tv- -- ' tho Mormon church in this marvellously & Mf, n productive and beautiful valley. I have 1 heard it said that there are no peoplo so' ' devout and eo loyal to their church as , the Catholics. From what I have seen ! and learned, ths Mormon church can go , them ono better. I find them not only I' ! , loyal to their church, but loyal among , jk themselves They show this by their : Ik ' system of tithing. When their churches Ik are built nnd completed they are paid j" ' for, tho rich and poor pay in ac- f'l, cordance with their iheoine. You see ' 8 no tramps or beggars among tho Mor- " mons, cither in tho city or country. h) They care for their own pior. The ' laditsin the difl'orent districts have C. their rejief societies, and the poor, both town and country, aro cared for, and as j a wholo I don't think it can be denied I but they are a prosperous church and a prosperous people, nnd it aeeuiB to bo B their clear intention to continue, by '1 God's help, tho elevation of their people 1,1 I to ho highest standard of molality, ij j Christianity and prosperity. As an Ify I - - - oxamplo of this, you need only to see bM" ; thoir agricultutal' college,' one of Uio Jw j ' best in tho country, located in the m) beautiful city of Logan, Utah," wheic ) Mormons and Gentiles hhye equal chnn- t& ces and privileges in the education of Mf thoir children. My brother .farmers of g, ' ' St. Joseph county will scarcely bolicvo M mo when I tell them of tho fanning W possibilities of Utah anl South Idaho, K but seeing is believing. For example, pi t of hay and olover they raise per aero j four to six' tons ouch year, cutting two p r crops per year; nlfujfn from flvo to oight Bpl, I ' tons per acre each yonr, cutting thioo B crops per year; wheat fioui -10 to 05 11 ,l bushels poi aero; barley from 05 to 80 i$ bushels per acie; potatoes from S50 to t ' 500 bushels per acre; sugar beots from K v 15 to 30 tons per aero, and fruit of all W kinds in great abundance. They havo P1 ' been known to sell Irom 10 tti 15 dollars L - " ' - R . ni i ,1 li I v worth of cherries from a tree and 100 trees to the acre ; Htrfuvborrics from two (to three hundred dollars peracip. For laud near Salt Lakn renter! pay fiom 15 to 123 dollars per awe, for raising vegetables for the market. The size of farms is from 20 "to 100 acres. All fanners have more or less stook, cows and sheep. Many fortunes havo been made in sheep, which graze in the mountains in the trimmer j and nrq brought homo in the winter to eat up tllo crops of hay harvested. Here is 11 valloy 200 miles long,-12to"r4n"iniles wide, and can produce- and does produce tlfo possibilities mentioned. And in addition to this there can be seen as a sid3 Ibsuo soiuo.of the greatest producing produc-ing mines in tho woild. Thero have been thirty million of dollars paid to stockholders in tho mines of Utah. Fifteen mines alono paid in 1800 nearly 2,000,000 dollars in dividends. I understand under-stand the possibilities for safo invest-ment invest-ment of capital in mines are nowheie so good ns in tiio minorul belt of Utah. Lumber costs from 12 to 15 dollars per 1,000) brick G dollars per 1.000. Utah was never known to havo n cyclone, or a death from sunstroke or excessive heat. An attraction to visitors is the bathing place of Groat Salt Lake, perhaps per-haps tho most famous in the world. The bathing pavillion is built out in the lake u mile-and-n-half from shore, and at times during the warm Heaeon not less than 5,000 men, women and children are to bo seen at one time, Moating at will on tho surface of the water, which is so strong with salt that sinking is impossible. Utah lake is another beautiful body of water, covering 150 squaro miles. Its' waters are fresh and abound "with "blackbn'ssandotlie'r fish." |