The San Francisco call., 1897-01-01

build no less than six temples, or as he
says, "all that have been built since the
time of King Solomon" These include
the Mormon temples at Kirkland, Ohio
at Nauvoo, ILL.,, for the patriarch was one
of the famous Mormons who passed
through these troublous times; at St.
George, in Iron County, Utah; at Logan,
at Manti, in San Pete County, and finally
at Salt Lake, where the magnificent tenn
pie, costing millions of dollars, towers
toward the sky.
The man who has been so prominent an
actor through all these varied scenes is
now II years old, but. is still very active.
He is native of Vermont, and has trav-
eled extensively in Europe, as well as in
this country. Mr.. Farr is a strong be-
lever in Mormonism and in Joseph
Smith and Brigham Young.
Joseph Smith was the greatest colonizer
of this or any age" said he yesterday.
He was more like Mohammed than any
one / can think of in his breadth of mind
and determination of purpose. Yet he
was singularlY affable and agreeable
man. Everybody liked him. He was a
very positive man, but his judgment was
good, and when other men saw this they
fell right in with him.
There was another thing about him {:
When he went to bed he slept He was
not nervous. He figured broadly, but
when he had done days work he dis
missed it from his mind. 1t was thus that
the next day he was ready for. other
things.
THE day is fast coming when Ire will be
regarded as the greatest man that ever
lived-not greater than Christ, but he was
not a man; he was God. But he was
| the greatest man that ever lived.
"The singular thing about all those
| temples too, was that the pattern of them
all was given by revelation to Joseph
| Smith before he died. He knew they
would all be completed just as they were.
! How could they ever:have been finished
as they are if it had not been for this reve-
lation? He was certainly very wonder
| full man. Brigham Youns, who succeeded
him, was also great colonizeE. He like
wise was very affab,e and agreeable man,
and mum bered friends by thousands. He
had positive nature, too, and a Judgment
! that won people over to him.
"As 10 the Mormon church, it is NOV
ing steadily forward. In Utah the people
are progressing in every way, as well as
could be expected. The church has be-
| tween 250, 600 and 100000 memb now,
and, besides, we have between 1900 and
| 1900 missionaries out in the field in differ
! ent places.
/ II came in 1S47 to Utah with the first
ten wagons. All the country ABOUT OalI
Lake about Salt Lake and Ogden was then
wilderness without break in it. How
| it was transformed every body knows. We
| began to irrigate the country, and
lear ned irrigation, till now l think !
know as much about it as nearly any
body that lives Irrigation has. done as
tonishlng things for Utah, yet we have
large areas of what are called dry lands
that produce twenty bushels of wheat TO
the acre.
| Business in Utah was better immedi-
ately. after the election, but it got bad
after that, and now sit has improved "a
little. l think the outlook is as good
there as anywhere know about"
1t was in 1868 and part off 1869 that Mr..
Farr built 200 miIessof the Central Pacific
| road, ON the stretch between Ogden and 4
| point near Hum boldt Wells. The officials
OF the proposed road tried to get Brigh ham