The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
THE STAKE ACADEMY,

The SIAhE AOADILM
which is to be. when completed, one
of the finest educational structures IN
Idaho, occupies a beautiful site (the
gift of Mr.. ]. U. StuckD on the table
] land that skirts the beautiful city of
paris on the west The center, or adj
ministration building, is 62x52 feet, and
there will be a wing on either side,
each 64x42, making a building 100 feet
in length, when entirely completed. The
walls are now up to the first story, and
! the coming season it is expected that
| the administration building and the
! south wing will be completed. Each
wing will have nine class rooms, each
! 30x20 feet, two class rooms on each
floor being so arranged with sliding
! doors so as to throw them into one
large room of 30x40. Each floor and
! the basement has a corridor ten feet
wide running the entire length OF the
| building The basement OF the
main or administration building will be
| fitted up as a gymnasium, ana IS 40X4S
! feet. In the administration building is
the grand entrance to the first upper
! floor, approached by % steps of red
! sandstone with archWay Surmounted
! by triple pilaSterS of white sandstone,
! based on solid cut white sandstone.
These pilasters set out II feet from the
building, and will give it a most I'M
| posing appearance. On the first moor
of the administration building will be
the offices of the principal faculty,
stake board of education, etc. Lead
| ing from this floor will be the grand
! staircase to connect with the upper
portion of the administration building,
where will be the lecture room, with a
seating capacity of 300, and 20 feet
high. at9
From the ground to the top of the
tower it will be 80 feet deep. The base
ment is built of dark blue bastard
marble" susceptible of a fine polish,
with facings of white sandstone. The
rest of the building will be construct
ed of dark red brick with facings of
white sandstone, excepting the tower,
which will be almost entirely built of
white sandstone. Half a million brick
will be required in the construction OF
the central building and south wing,
two-thirds of which are made. All the
material, rock, sandstone, lime, sand,
lumber, etc, used in this elegant struc-
lure. is being taken out of the noun
tains which hemiin our rich little val
lev. Hon. James H. Hart, one of the
presidency in this stake of the Mormon
church, has charge of the construction,
and gives his personal attention to
every detail connected with the build
ing.
Resides the stake academy, Paris,
the county seat of Bear Lake county,
also possesses the largest church edi-
fee in the state of Idaho, known as
THE MORMON TABERNACLE.
1t is 65 feet wide, 129 feet long, and
40 feet between floor and ceiling, and
11O feet high. The body of the-build-
ing is of granite OF various colors ana
the cornices, window buttresses and
towers of fine red, hard sandstone,
roughly hewn, giving the whole sin
gular but pleasing effect. 1t was built
at a cost of $50, 600, and under the per
sonal supervision of Hon. William
Bulge, the president of the Bear Lake
stake of the Mormon church. There Is
an excellent pipe organ IN the east
nave of the tabernacle, costing in the
neighborhood of S1,5OO. The seating
capacity of the building is 1900 The
stands for the different quorums of the
priesthood are arranged in similar or
der to that of the Salt Lake tabernacle
HON. WILLIAM BULGE,
president of the Bear Lake stake
c.stake' signifying a territorial divis-
ION of Mormon church government), was
born May 1, 1928, in Lanark, Scotland
He has been prominent character II
the history of southeastern Idaho fol-
over a quarter of a century, having
been identified with the Legislative
councils of Idaho, which, in addition tC
his important ecclesiastical functions
has given him much prestige with TIT
leading and influential men of the
state. Before coming to Idaho he wa
county assessor and collector in DAVIS
and Cache counties, Utah. and deput!
United States internal revenue collec
tor. On his mission to Germany II
the sos, when but comparatively
Young man, he was the means of con
verting DR.. Karl G.. Maeser to Nor
monism.
OTHER BUILDINGS.
The new district school house of Paris
, and the county court house, are boil
elegant brick structures, the forme
costing $4,000 and the latter $40, 600. Be
, sides these public buildings, Paris i
noted for being "a city of homes" hay
mo more modern palatial residence
than any other place of its size IN tn
state.
r ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
There is a most inviting field in Paris
t for the erection of an electric hgn
corporated city, the headquarters o
the Mormon church in the stake, a.
we'll as having other advantages, it il
a wonder that capitalists have not IN
vested in this direction before this.
!, THE COUNTY SEAT INCORPOR
ATES.
Although Paris was the first settle
ment made in Bear Lake valley Dit
0 date of inhabitance running back t
: the year 1862, yet it was only on tn
e 14th of last July that she became an in
t corporated city. with w. L. Rich, ]. U
e Stuck, ]. r. Shepherd, Harry Atha.
: and w w. Price appointed as tempo
3 rary trustees. James H. Wallis is cit.
$ clerk, r. S. Spence, city attorney, ant
/ Adelbert c. Rich, city marshal. TIL
: city has a population of about 1,50C
e and besides the buildings mentioned
] has two large, handsome ward meet
e ing houses. a Presbyterian church, gen
f eral merchandising establishments
t furniture store, millinery store, drul
e store, harness shops, blacksmith shops
tinsmith, shoe shops, steam planinI
e mills, Single mills, saw mills, one 0
: the largest grist mills in Idaho, owne'