Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-10-02

Our next stop was at Salt Lake |
City. This place has $4,000 inhabi-
tants. The great attractions here are
the Mormon Temple, the great Tab
ernacle' and Eother historic Mormon
houses. The Temple began in 1853 |
is now approaching completion So |
far it has cost So, 100000 and it will |
require half million to finish it. It |
is massive and elegant structure.
The building Is one hundred and
eighty-six feet by ninety-nine, the
walls at the base are ten feet thick,
and all is built of dressed granite of
very hard and enduring quality. 1t
has three towers at each end the CEN
ter ones being two hundred feet high.
Near the temple stands the taber-
nacle. This building is unique in
architecture. 1t is oval in form and
its roof rests upon large brick piers
from which the truss beams spring to
form the spans that support the roof.
No beams are in sight within, and no
pinnacles without. It will seat TO-
600 people and $4,000 can be crowd
ed into it. The great organ in the
west end of the building is one of the
largest in the world, and was con-
structed on the spot, of native wood
of Utah. The seats in this tabernacle
are free and no collections are taken.
We also visited the late Brigham
Young's residence, his tithing house
| and his grave. Mormon and Gentle
alike testify to the great tact and ex-
, ecutive ability of Brigham. His chill
dren are, we learned, generally excel
, lent citizens. One7of his sons, John
: W. Young. is wealthy and highly
, honored citizen who is always at the
) front in enterprises calculated to de-
velop Utah, and he cordially welcomes
l as citizens Gentiles as we'll as those
: of his own faith
: We visited Garfield Beach, the
noted bathing place on Salt Lake
: eighteen miles from the city, Provo
and other points, but for want of
space must omit an extended descrip-
ton.
Salt Lake Valley is one hundred or
more miles in length and from five to
twenty miles in width. The climate is
very fine It is grand fruit country
, and apples, peaches, pears, plumbs,
! grapes and various small fruits are
+ raised in abundance. Everything is
produced by irrigation; there is yet
much land unproliic and barren be-
cause still unwatered. Improved farms
. near towns are worth from $500 to
= $400 per acre, but the owners can
make money on a small tract of land
when irrigated. Millions of sheep
are raised in Utah and there are sew
eral successful wooden factories in the
: territory.
We left Utah favorably impressed
! in regard to her climate, her natural
II advantages and her future prosperity
We came away with more favorable
opinion of the Mormons than we en-
tertained of them before we visited
them. Taking the Denver & Ri
Grande at Provo we came to Denve
- by the southern route going over tn,
= Marshal Pass, celebrated the worlt
- over as exhibiting wonderful railroad
" engineering. We also saw and wa
- awed and delighted with the Blacl
= Cannon, and the Royal Gorge
- grand, imposing, awe-inspiring noun
tain scenery which we are unable t
u describe. One given to fancy an
j. thoughtful speculation cannot loo
as upon those lofty mountains an
is awful chasms and frightful gorge
I'd without thinking of the might
al forces of nature and the spiritua
n agency back of nature and of man
Il littleness and insignifcance physica
n ly speaking; but while thus thinking
In the thought comes that man can tur
10 mel these monster mountains, spa
Us these gaping chasms, straighten an
II make level these crooked gorges, an
a send his thoughts on the wings {
OF lightning over mountains, unde
r. oceans and around the globe itself.
IT. r. A DAGUE.