Show T. T 1 II If PRATT WRITES OF THE OLD BLADE LADE Hinckley Dec 21 29 Referring to the recent articles about the old Millard J County Blade published In Deseret I remember remember remember re re- re- re member Josiah F. F Gibbs well He had a scientific turn of mind and us us- ed to lecture most Interestingly on onI I the latest in science at that time I And also his writings made very I good reading Gibbs was an ardent partisan and figured quite prominently in the heated political campaigns of that day He had a pen and woe to the man or cause that came in for his wrath As a young fellow I Z got quite a kick out of his sarcastic sarcastic sarcastic sarcas sarcas- tic articles I remember yet how he condemned condemned condemned ned the change of the road running down the river west weil to Crofton to half baIr a mile mUe north lie Ho s sarcastically it NO MANS MAN'S ROAD As I remember he be later m moped his I paper to Nephi and also edited for a awhile while a paper in Provo Gibbs organized the first Chamber of Coir COD In Millard 1 County at l I Deseret luring those times and was wasa a great bO boater boaster Iter for the Deseret coun country I coun-I try as it PO 13 then called He ran a double column in the Blade printed In large tyr A 1 heralding the opportunities opportunities of at this ew empire The advertising advertising advertising adver adver- ran E r ething like this DESERET I is GROWING AND TI Tr r p WORLD KNOWS IT Then he be elc orated elt orated on the wonderful wonder wonder- ful lithia water which was then being beIng being be be- ing shipped an 1 sold In Salt Lake and other cities as a curative water the gold and copper mines in the west mountains Baker hot springs a whole mountain of Topaz out of doors but he said nothing about al alfalfa alfalfa alfalfa al- al falfa seed as I remember I In comparison with GIbbs GIbb's prophecies prophecies prophecies the country has more than justified his vision but not in the way ho expected Not in the mines for they are mostly Idle nor In the wealth of Topaz mountain but Inthe Inthe in inthe the great agricultural and business development and the wonderful expansion expansion expansion ex ex- that has haB come Deseret was then the business and commercial center and the gateway to travel and trade of eastern Nevada and for tor a number of years was quite a busy place Where nothing but desert and waste land then lay lai since the towns of Hinckley and Delta and the great North and South Tracts have been built And while this country Is just now in the slumps it still has great possibilities possibilities possibilities pos pos- and will no doubt recover and amI forge for itself a future far greater grenter great grent- er than Gibbs over ever dreamed T. T H. H Pratt To which let the editor of the Chronicle add right now is the closest clos clos- est eat to a panic of wide nation magnitude magnitude magnitude mag mag- we have come to since 1907 The Federal Reserve System and the combined refusal of all the big press to admit it in fact a studied d intent to squelch that thought because because because be be- cause of its danger have kept the public from stampeding Into Its shell I have seen seon the panic of at 1893 you bet sheep sheep and wool not selling for freight money tighter than the paper on my wall and the panic of 1903 and I walked the streets of Salt Lake City in the wee woe tiny little panic of 1907 unable to get work for three months And right rIght now were the preventive r I have bave named named removed removed removed re re- re- re moved we would have a panic And just one thought further We Wo will come out of this slump with In Integrity Integrity In- In Intact squeezed Its It's sure but with conditions we can and will pay payoff payoff payoff off in Long Long Time Easy Payments Help From Our Creditors yes yes yes Indeed in indeed indeed In- In deed wo we will recover and become one ono of the fine tine valleys of the state getting frequent paydays paydays- hitching our wa wagons Ons to the stars stars' of livestock dairying poultry rotated crops and farming It will and shall be We believe bellove It Thanks Mr Pratt F F. lB B. Sr |