Show ffield n AND JOSEPH josph CIA 1 howard is down among the democrats FREELY MINGLES WIT WITH H GREAT MEN welcomed by editors lawyers ant and B fie is statesmen statesman and his march if IS one continuous ovation i co 1 travels from salina to richfield I 1 if one ei ever r er be he will 11 ill be apt to recollect the trip the balau balance coot 0 his life that is during over the road I 1 did when il it he be 1 I 1 had down dawn into this country me I 1 came ad to travel by several rones ron es bm party told me that it if I 1 desired a 0 oae ual d driva five 1 I 8 gi go by the moua bal another intimated that I 1 read d ros talin in I 1 hould by all ma meana bans make the journey by ot of vermillion and still another in aar ray threw himself in my way WILY and bagged me to take a straight shoot across the con country try and enjoy a delicious ride rid the celebrated U diversity niver sity lands oer over it considerable scheming on the part ot of a stranger if he wishes to gu go to richfield michile id from salina and arrive at the former place in good financial condition to go 90 wa wita th the th regular stage requires a amount mount of wealth and to hire a livery rig meana means absolute bankruptcy to ba be enre eure a man cin can or for that matter he lie might steal sharpe 0 and o malie make the entire distance wore fore being el and as assassinated as sina by the downar of the animal I 1 bad almost alf float despaired deap alred of ever leaving 1 silina salina when tom Joh johnston niton came to my tom johneton johnston is the beit known I 1 lereve leec tle I 1 maa man in central utah he ia Is a professional fess ional horse trainer a dealer in horses and drives a team tearia that for beauty tyle and peed knocks tha the spots off in this sart part of the territory when lyben tom invited invite me to accompany south of salina I 1 him on a trip gladly embraced the opportunity p picked aked up what clothes I 1 could find at my 1 1 ing bonee and an hour later was bidd bidding ing adieu to t the be landlord and a few other friend frieu s to whom hom w I 1 was wa indebted in amounts ranging from fifty cents to four dollars I 1 shall nevor nevar forget thant ride to to richfield it filled ma we with woe woo yellow 1 sand and rheumatism it was a beautiful morning and a moist rain had fallen the night previous but it bad had I 1 not affected in the least tha the dry arid country through which we were abl obliged aged to P paa at times our baggy was buried fo to 0 t the b e h hubs a b I 1 in li t the he sand rid and the flying particles of duit du it so filled tho the air that it was simply impossible to eee see anything a dozen yarda yards away oar horses floundered and were frequently off the road and aa as for ourselves we were choked and nearly buried under the avalanche of sand and pebbles which forced themselves into the vehicle these university lands which occupy a U great part of the country between silina salina I 1 and sad will soon be open to settlement the bevier sevier river tortuously its way through the valley and a 1 canal is under construe con construction tion by which it is claimed that what is now one of the most moat desolate spots in utah will be reclaimed and its soil made to blossom as the rose Wb when enthis this transformation il is I 1 brought about I 1 may possibly be induced indu cod to once more travel over the I 1 route I 1 ti did id a it to few W da das dato to ago As it is now I 1 shall return to saina by the mountain road 1 richfield who would have imagined 14 kr I 1 such a it lovely spot in thi abia s barren alkali desert 1 itina it it a j ay and a pleasure alter after a hard fatiguing ride rids through clouds ot of lolling tolling dust to strike such a charming oasis I 1 was overjoyed at the transition from misery to unbounded enthusiasm end this is the reason why I 1 pronounce the town the louliest lov liest in the valley and its people tho the cleverest I 1 have yet met ido I 1 do not intend going wild over richfield far from it there are dozens of other towns in to utah just last as pretty and just as si of bat but none I 1 4 of them are an so far removed from civilization I 1 z and so hard to reach by ordinary methods so 83 it ia is that where one finda finds himself in this bright and growing town be lie can hardly refrain from throwing up big hat and nod giving I 1 vent to a loud uproarious yell it makes him feel good to realize that he is alive I 1 and I 1 dont know bat but what a man acte tooliah and gives himself away the birdt few hours after his hie arrival richfield is a comparatively old town like every settlement in this country ita its inhabitants buffered suffered severely at tho the bands of the indians in the early gold COa and many atrocious murders were com emited in the immediate vicinity by the veng fat and bloodthirsty savages during the pait past pai t seven or eight years the town has enjoyed a steady and prosperous growth and there ia is an air air of financial stability ability el about the place plainly manifest to even a casual observer handsome residences and beautiful o chadds and gardens abound the people are quist and industrious go well dressed and theat compare most favorably with tb the edwell dwellers a IS in cities and towns which are connected by rail and telegraph with entire outside world the business h are many and not a IL few merchants I 1 chants carry extensive stocks and benj enjoy y an immense trade A fine academy is located in and a new court house la Is under way quite a number of really fine business blocks are nearing ne arina completion and the pride of 0 the city the grand tabernacle will be 1 dedicated in a few short months johnston knows bow how to handle a team of horses and juit just before we reached richfield the road im improve 1 wonderfully and be gava gave them the reins the handsome animals seemed to realize that we wished to show off and they got down to a trot that was something pleasant to see we were going at a breakneck break neck speed and anti johnston was to shake ou the lethargy and sand which bad had filled bis hie eye system tem when we noticed an old fellow follow in blue overalls and a straw hat jump over a fence a field 0 lacerno ahead and find run out into the road etwas it was with difficulty hat that the horses vl were ere restrained and whoa when they were finally checked tha the old man was nearly u under their front feet 0 by goah gosh ill he exclaimed at them hem horses are rippers dippers rip pers I 1 ill bat bet shebl them horses come from the occidental hotel down iowa in balina salina right you are old man bald said johnston and you can thank your blare stars that jou you aint under the wheela wheels thia this is the beat best team in utah yea cesi I 1 know that team the old man observed patting t ng the off horse affectionately there th e ire goers bat say I 1 what do yon faller 9 know about this chilean war youre the first people ive seen on this road in six months and I 1 am daubed anxious to know bow how our elde side is making it do you thing abin we can scoop deml em 7 r johnston Jol maton had forgotten for all about the 1 1 late unpleasantness and tho the old fellows question rather took ma me aback lam familiar war as I 1 am with all current topics 1 oh that chilean business basl was nettled settled neta seta t ed reveral months a ago go I 1 finally ventured to say and they backed down completely they care about ing swords with uncle sam anyway I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i SL I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j li yell well dod blast the luckl luck I 1 was the ame what passionate exclamation of oar new acquaintance this met me ive got a boy at home that ia is just cra crazy z y to go to the war lla ile aint worth a cuss on 0 n the farm and I 1 thought that if I 1 let him go he be might came come back home a sergeant geant tors or a maj goah gosh I 1 and there aint going to be any fight at fill all 11 I 1 the old man looked really disappointed and I 1 felt borry sorry tor for him excuse me gentlemen he finally resumed aa as johnston straightened himself and intuitively reached tor for the whip aint there any tiny other news yon you can give a feller teller 7 you eee see I 1 am clean oat out ot of the world down here and sometimes I 1 ret get a year behind on what is going on I 1 lake take a richfield paper but it is predty near as fa far r behind the times as I 1 am and it galls me to tell you that I 1 dont know hardly anything I 1 wish a good democratic speaker would come down this way I 1 want to post up like and sad launch out into politics dang it I 1 like politics political so you are a democrat are you I 1 asked suppressing a hearty laugh you het bet your boots mister every blodys democrats down here and the more I 1 think about it the more I 1 know that we are the people be you a democrat I 1 kindly informed the old fellow that I 1 never dabbled in politics that I 1 was a baptist preacher and was lamn in this country to warn sinners to flee from the wrath to come johnston give gave our horses the whip and as we forged ahead I 1 beard heard the old man exclaim baptist pre preacher acherl rats rate that man aint inano no more a preacher than I 1 am ill bet five toona to one hea bes jast out of the pen our entrance into richfield was wag not marked by any unusual demonstration everybody knew johnston and I 1 was a stranger in a strange land we put up at the house a very pleasant homelike home like place whose proprietor 1 I K wright exerted himself to administer to our wants and he fully demonstrated to my iny satisfaction BAtis faction that be he in it both a gentleman and a scholar mr air wright is a full fledged democrat Damo Dimo crat but it seem to hurt him at all and be he treats green backers farm farara Far mra ral alliance men and other missionaries with the same kind courtesy that be he extends to brethren of his own political faith I 1 like to meet a man of this kind and perhaps this will explain why I 1 see tit fit to give him special notice A newspaper correspondent is always clad of an opportunity to 0 visit it with the local editor ol 01 a country weakly weekly whenever chance brings him into a town of enough importance to warrant the existence of such a useful ornament richfield has a paper it is called the advocate and it is the oldest established journal in this part of utah its publishers ere are Bless rs 8 hales and they openly a and n defiantly proclaim the gospel of democracy mr sprague us is the edl q ff I 1 91 0 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 fa I 1 el 11 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 7 1 I J V I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 2 1 ma A DY BY MB MR OUK auz tor in chief and he makes hi his a 11 headquarters eada a sr at a mammo mammoth tonsorial w establishment situated in a avery very fashionable part of the city the newspaper 4 office proper is located several blocks below mr sprague seems to have a multiplicity of business in addition to bis his editorial labors be practices law buys and bella real estate Is city attorney and during a part of the year teaches the district sc school abart oct mr air johnsen Johns tn and I 1 Ical called ledat at the sanctum and rod were much imp impressed with the tile air of comfort and manifest cleanliness of the place mr air sprague was busily engaged in dirting aver a basket pt 91 parsnips par para snips nips when we entered and after we had introduced ourselves and were made to feel at home mr air sprague observed it beats the dic dickens kents how many pars nips we have taken in this spring on subscription this makes tha the third basket that has come in this morning 11 are parsnip a legal tender down in this country johnston JohnB ton asked well ill ril tell you mr sprague replied I 1 thoughtfully rubbing bis his chin we take anything we can get sometimes liwes its money but oftener it Is cabbage carrots potatoes baled hay bay artichokes add ard still mora more frequently pars nips they are all good and we can nee use each and every article to fine advantage in our business we have got to shut off on the parsnip question however as the supply is beginning to exceed the demand I 1 from parsnips par pare snips alps our conversation dri drifted ed into other channels and wo we spent an hour or more in mr air spragues company he ile is a very brainy young man seeming to possess more than average intelligence and anti ho he has a vaulting ambition to maka something of himself and acquire a name and place in the political world that will one day at astonish every man woman and anti child in richfield already ha he is an overworked individual and should be he continue to bustle and toil toll and worry over trivial matters as now ten years hence will sea see him a broken down and dispirited man I 1 do not say this to wound bis his proud and haughty spirit I 1 have nothing but his welfare at heart 1 and I ad I 1 trust that be may be spared to th abo 0 good people of richfield during the balance of his days A visit to the publication office of the advocate disclosed a busy scene two young ladles ladies were engaged in tending the working of a mammoth washington band hand press and the rattle and roar ol 01 0 the intricate machinery deafened us every few minutes a neatly printed sliest would emerge from the huge press and drop into the trough with a faint moan of pain and then the girla girls would redouble redo uola their efforts the press would hump up its bick back and in a short time the operation would ba repeated it was an interesting study and johntson John Joh ritson and I 1 were nearly carried away with excitement and fear it was wits bore that we wo met sir mr hates one of the oldest printers and newspaper men won in the territory nearly seventy 3 jeara eara of age ho he la is as a as many a man ruan of forty mr hales ia is one of the most agreeable old gentleman gentlemen I 1 have ever met and he hs enter entertained tamed us with many anecdotes and reminiscences of othla his journalistic career in utah among other things he told us that he lie learned the printers trade under theodore smith ol 01 Oj odea deni away back in tha the early we As I 1 happen to know theodora theodore myself it afforded me much p pleasure leasure to inform mr air hales that hie old employer was still on earth and that he had grown so fat in ogden that many of bis his intimate friend a were urging his nomination as a candidate for elder aldermanic manic honora honors mr hales seemed much pleased to hear ot of his old friend and be he charged me I 1 IV I 1 it 1 I 11 1 J I 1 I 1 40 f I 1 1 N W 1 v twi I 1 I 1 1 i I 1 I 1 J to carry him bia his best beat withes wishes when I 1 ire re turn to oden ogden there are raa nay y clever people tn in richfield and I 1 believe that johnston intro duces me to everyone of prominence I 1 enjoyed a pleasant hall hoar hour with dr 11 ll II 11 bt st john and his tile estimable wife shook handa hands with Aless rs weaver and baan bean the leading lawyers ot of the place and waa was entertained most royally by J al 31 bolitho i a lormer former iowa man who is doing a rushing business butine 13 in the hardware line he occupies bis his own building recently completed and seems to ba be having things thing all hia his own w way ay I 1 met many other citizens whose names I 1 have now forgotten bat but jat just before we escaped from the town it was our rood good fortune to encounter enc ouner the oua oue man of bavier sevier county who id ij looked upon ai as a leader in political circles and who is it here the idol of the unwashed washed nn democracy wm win it I 1 it see seems m a to me that this in is a world of disappio ointment ever since binz in this county I 1 have heard Seeg millers name spoken of with awe we and veneration by the people SeeR miller has done this and Seeg bus hits done that See emiller is the brightest politician in utah if it you are in trouble see is a yard wide and hit his name is blown in the ork cork I 1 actually began to think |