Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-09-19
THE QUEEN OF UTAH.
Past, Present and Future of Love-
ly Salt Lake City.


Mormonism ON the Decline All Over the
Territory Polygamy's Hateful Greed
Belng Driven Out BY the March
of Civilization.
'What pity that such beautiful city,
with such splendid possibilities, should be
held back from the magnificent proper
tons IL will some day assume simply by the
religious and social differences. +" Such was
the exclamation of Congressman Burrows,
OF Michigan, after we had driven around the
environs of the once famous, but now eX-
tinct, Brigham Young.
After spending two days in Salt Lake City
with the leading Mormons and gentiles, and
seeing every part of the city, with its vast
interests, and talking with the members OF
the Utah Commission and with Bishop Can
non-the latter the head OF the Mormon
church / have come 10 the conclusion that
polygamy has received its death-bow, and
that the Mormon church is on its last legs,
says Salt Lake correspondent TO the Phil
adelphia Press. If the church did not de-
pend upon recruits from Europe it would
make an assignment within two years.
About every three months missionary or
elder arrives from Europe with small band
of benighted individuals, mostly an ex-
tremely ignorant and unattrdctive people,
who have been prosecuted and captured for
the church. These are distributed around
the Territory, and go to I'LL up the links
made vacant by the operation of the Ed
munds law. Very few are dropped here.
The tithing system is entirely broken up
by the law, so far as can be seen, although
it Is supposed that it is carried on to a lin
tied degree under the guise Of voluntary
contributions The Federal Government
confiscated the valuable property belonging
10 the Mormon church and occupied by the
Desert News as tithing office. IL is an
immense square, partly covered by a build
ing for the publication office and offices for
the clerks There is an abundance of room
whore the poor, ignorant people dumped
the fourth of every thing they produced,
and which was sold to regular customers,
the same as general merchandising house.
Every fourth load of wood, grain or wool,
or other produce of the farm or factory was
brought here and given over to the church.
Some other buildings belonging to the
church organization, and used for business
purposes were confscated, placed in the
hands of u receiver, and they are now
rented TO the churen; but they are not used
for the purposes they were once Nothing
tending TO the teachings of the polygamous
branch ofthe Mormon faith is permitted.
The Federal officers, at the outset of the
Edmunds law five years ago, took charge of
the great temple, which the Mormons be-
gan to construct forty years ago, which has
cost 81, OO0, 600, and is to cost as much more
and be the finest religious edifice in the
United States, but it was soon found that it
could not be ccniiscated. IL was church
property, aud, although the business con-
Germs of the church could be taken, the
edifice could not. When | asked the SUPER
intendent of construction when the temple
would be completed he smiled softly and in
his good Mormon regulation way said:
1--WE do not know You see, sir, the
church was cut off from its regular and
honest tithing by the Edmunds law, which
gave il q backset in money matters. 1t may
be q quarter of a century yet. 1t is TO be
used not as a place of worship, but as a
place of ceremonies, marriage and other
rites, ordinations and so forth, and there is
no hurry about it"
II is my honest opinion that the temple
will never be finished by the Mormon
Church organization, for l believe the
church will fast decay. IL was once as pow
full, tyrannical and ambitious in its way, as
was Rome under the Caesars, but it Will be
remembered that the Roman empire fell
The building OF railroads here was the first
black eve to Mormonsm If they could
have been kept out Il quarter of century
longer no one knows what trouble or what
loss of life and property would have been
necessary TO dislodgc the Mormons, for
they originally intended an organization
and entrenchment which would have been
invincible except to the Invisible. Brigham
Young opposed mining, because it would
tend to bring in strangers not converted to
his practices. He advocated agriculture,
that being for him more productive of both
people and tthes The railroads brought in
those who exposed him.
While the sound OF the ox-driver pulling
around the great marble blocks for the
temple is heard, the music from the won
derful organ irt the tabernacle Is waited
out through the city, the soft low notes of
the choiy in the assembly hall penetrate the
boiling Sunlight, the old tithing house
stands. the tomb of Brigham Young is
viewed by every passer-by, and the i'm
mense banking and mercantile houses
founded by the Mormons bear their original
signs and have their original customers,
Mormonism has lost its grip
With Mormonism andits blightings out Of
the way, Salt Lake City will become pow
erful, and is a splendid field for the real
estate Spectator. Property is rapidly
doubling up, and it will continue to grow
rapidly in value.
AS soon as the gentiles get control of a
Utah city Eastern men come in and real
estate speculation goes wild. SO confident
are the gentiles of success that many of
them, and some of the shrewdest Mormons,
are quietly buying real-estate. Now East
ern money will not come here on any Sc
curity. Salt Lakes plot IS most liberal.
Her blocks are 40 rods on the sides, with
out alleys, ard the streets 1872 feet from
curb TO curb, level, clean and beautiful.
There are street-car lines, electric lights,
valuable buildings, and charming mount
ain scene in the distance, turn as you will.
Corks may be made air and water
tight by keeping them for five minutes
under melted paraiiine. They must be
kept down with wire screen.
The best whitewash for cellar is
made of lime and water only. The adj
dition OF other things binders the pur-
pose of keeping the cellar pure and
healthful.
In picking cucumbers for putting
down in brine, it is best to leave a
small portion OF the stem adhering to
prevent whitening and insure perfect
keeping.
10 set delicate cOlors in embroidered
handkerchief, soak them ten minutes
previous TO washing in pail of tepiG |
water, in which desertspoonful OF
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