Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-29

out from the different stations aCrOs
the continent and new men werl
added. On this occasion n fresh hors,
would be mou ated about every tel
miles and some times less than that
The animals were pressed to thei
iullest powers ard 10 was ride aud I
record such MS was never made before
cor since by the came means."
FIRST EXPRESS DISPATCHES.
Commenting on the new order NJ
dispatch tranemiBeion the DEsERE1
NEWS ediiorially said In itA Issue OIL
Apri IL, 1860:
The first Pony Express from the West
| left Sacramento city, Cal, al IL p. m. on
| tho nigh, OF tho Bird inst, and arrived in
this city at ll:I6 p. m. OF the 18th, inside
| OF prospectus time. The roads were
heavy and the weather stormy. The
| last soventy-iivo miles were made In
| i've hours, fifteen minutes, in heavy
| rain.
Tho Express from tho East left st.
Joseph, Missouri, AT ESQ y. III. ON the
| evening Of tho 3rd, arrived ia this city
at 6:25 p. m. on the evening OF the 9th.
Tho difference In time between St.J oseph
and this city Is some hing between one
hour and fifteen minutes, bringing us
the frontier, and seven days
from Washington result that we
U onians, accustomed to receive rews
three months after date, can well appre-
ciate.
Much credit Is due the enterprising
and perseyering originators OF this en-
terprso and although telegraph is very
desirable, we feel well satisfied with this
achievement for the present.
SINE OF THE NEWS.
Some OF the items In the first in
stallment oil pony express dispatches
published in the DEsERET NEWS
usdsr tn heading "Latsst News from
The Eat J" are moot interesting In
these days OF "Reminiscences resurrec-
lion. Here are q few selections:
From a Washington correspond
II WINS learned
~ "that a bill had been introduced to
organize the Territory OF Arizong in
stead OF Arizona;n (2J also "a bill to or
game the Territory Of Jefferson, (Pike's
Peak)."
ga -" amendatory Of the net organ
izlng the Territory OF Ulah-by which
the seat Of government is to 10 removed
from salt Lake City to Carson valley and
the name of the Territory changed from
Utah to Nevada.
The proposed amendments, It is under
stood, are not to interfere with our pres
ent delegate, tho Hon. w. II. Hooper, or
tho present political status OF the Terri
tory.
The admission Of Kansas into the
Union is yet uncertain.
With many Democrats the motto is,
mo more new territories.',,
On April 2, the bill for the suppression
of polygamy was considered in The
House, which elected lengthy debate,
but no action was taken thereon.
This paragraph came from western
Utah to the NEWS by mail:
The shooting business continued brisk,
and there was no probability OF there
being any decline during the season
rs the floating population OF California
was pouring over the Sierra Nevada,
and filling up the country by thousands
wherever gold or silver had been found.
THE EARLY DAY STAGE COACH.
The early day stage coach once go
common ana useiulin western travsi
IL, like the pony express, q thing NJ
the past, except in comparatively
few isolated mining camps Of the inter.
mountain country. rnetr!sphere Of use
iulness was even more extended than
that OF the rbsy express as 1t carried
not only news, but mail matter ami
passengers by the ten OF thousands.
With them remarkably good time was
also made and many man and
woman In Utah today can remember
thA tntOfaattnn M
tacle presented when the stage coach
rolled into tho station with Its human
freight and precious packages. They
were dsys, now referred to as forming
an epoch OF limited opportunities ard
circumscribei possibilities; aud 60
they were. Yet they were not Go
81 W going and undesirable as some
people imagine. They servei their
purpose and served II well. They
brought the people OF Utah and III
rest VI the transmissouri country In
touch with the older aud better de-
veloped states OF the East and will
ever DO held In thoughtful remern.
bfance for the great good that came
from their use.
Among the uncounted thousands
who made transcontinentsl trips by
stage were aome OF the nations most
pro minent men. One OF them was
Horace Greedy. 1t was record break.
Ing ride and the NEWS man interro.
gated DIR. Faust with the result that
appears below:
GREELEY IN THE WILD WEST.
"ihe great trip made by that great
editor, Horace Greeley, In an overland |
stage In the year 1913 IL still iresh Ia |
my memory. and as there has been
a generation come to 60 10 the past
lhirty-eigbt years, who know nothing |
about the remarkable event perhaps it |
would not be amiss this year OF reml. |
nisences and jubilee to recount 1t.
ITO Horace Greeley must be given |
credit for the advice to q young man |
In New York: SO west young man,
20 wee J. Alter many years aud when |
no was OF middle age, he too, con
GUIDED TO act on his own suggestion
aud came west and see the people,
he took the stage Mt tho Missouri |
river and came to Denver travelling |
Jay and night. In crossing the Platte |
river ell his baggage was swept from |
the boot OF tho stage clach into the |
stream nnd lost.
Eat Denver ne leclured on agricul-
!ure, looked the state over and estap.
llsDed later on what Is known az the |
Greeley colony in the north western |
part OF the State OF Colorado. |
Greedy City was also name |
after him. He came on 60 Utah mi