Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-01
DEsERET EVENING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY l. 1895


ing been convicted CT numbering his
own child.
Iibcrty is located about eighteen
miles northeast OF Kansas city on the
Chicago, milwaukee, st, Paul, and
Hannibal & st. Joseph railways. and
has II population OF about $500. 1t "
built on rolling land. and like most
southern towns it's business portion Is
built to face the four sides Of the court
house square. SIX churches are To-
Gated there. the Baptist. Methodist,
Christian. Presbyteriau, Catholic and
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
A fine structure used as a female col
lege occupies n commanding position
at the west side of the city, and on
high hill at the east side stands the
William Jewell College. The last named
institution was founded and the college
building erected "beto' de wnh," but
several additions and new buildings
have lately been added to It. Almost
adjoining the college grounds is the
cemetery. dating from the hfties. 1t
| apparently receives no care from any
source, and there is nothing to show
tho fact that therein are buried in one
| grave twenty Federal soldiers.
During the Civil War there was some
| hbhting near Liberty. and there are
those who claimthat tho Federal bull
let's were so near that they entered the
statue which surmounts the court
vouched for by those who have invesu-
gated, that the statue Is now the abode
of numerous honey bees and that their
| entrances resemble bullet holes.
About twelve miles due south from
Liberty Is Independence. the county scat
| of Jackson county. There are no di-
rect rail connections between the two
cities. but Independence is reached
| easily from Kansas City. from which
| IL Is distant about ten miles, by either
| steam or electric railways.
Boarding the Ninth street cable cars
| at the Kansas City pOstoliice ride Of
| three miles brings one to the Ninth
| street station of the Kansas City and
| independence Electric railway. The
ride from this point TO Independence is
over beautiful, rolling lands, "A few
parks and pleasure resorts being passed
| along the route.
| The first object of prominence in In
| dependence seen from the car Is the
Reorganized or "Josephite" church and
| the first stop Is made very near this
structure. 1t is large, handsome
! church. built of stone. but for lack of
| funds not yet completed.
Across the road southwark from the
| Reorganized church property stands
another church-a great contrast to the
| one first mentioned. a small, low frame
building in which probably thirty to
| forty people could be accommodated. Is.
| with the exception of an Clubhouse and
| a large box used for coal shed. the on
| ly structure on a beautiful tract of
| land comprising about three and half
acres. and which any observer would
| recognize to be one of the finest loca-
| tions in the city for either public or
| private buildings
! This tract Of land is known in hide
pendence as well as by the readers of
this paper as the Temple lot" or ITEM
! pie site" it having been dedicated and
the corner stone of temple laid by
| Joseph Smith at a time when the Nor
mons resided in Missouri and expected
| to remain there.
Dotted here and there over the lot
are small trees which leaf luxuriantly
| in the summer time. a rough barb wire
fence surrounds this plat of ground
which is in reality only small por-
ton of the original tract known as the
Temple lot. The small church men
| vices by the sect known as "Hedrick-
ties" which has now but a very small
following. Across the road eastward
from the church lives a Mr., HALEY, a
former resident of Utah. Although very
| aged and SO feeble as to be unable to
walk, he distinctly remembers many
places and old acdfaintances in Utah
Opposite the Temple lot to the south
live two sons of former Apostle OF
| the Mormon Church. Jerome Il. and
Justin Il. Page. These gentlemen are
engaged in the blacksmithinE trade
| and hold the patents to a new inven-
| ton in railway car construction. The
theory involved In the invention Is q
| railway coach or rather combination
of conches which are proof against
telescoping or ditching in case of COLI.
sion, and the perfect working model or
tenn of railroading minus the disasters
! now so frequent
A short distance south Of the Page
residence Is the Independence public
school building handsome, modern
structure The court house and bust
ness portion OF the city are few
blocks east OF the Temple lot. The pop
ulutlon of independence is about eight
thousand. Its churches number twelve
the Episcopal. catholic. New Germ1n
Cumberland, Presbyterian, First Meth
odist Episcopal. Baptist, Maple Avenue
Methodist. Church Of Christ CHedrick'
itc), First Presbyterian. Latter-dal
Saints CReorgarized). Christian ant
Westminster Presbyterian. Richart
HIN is presiding elder of the Church
OF Christ or Hedriclite church and thu
usual church notice announces
"Proaching every sunday Mt meeting
house on the Temple lot at II a. IN. ant
1880 p. M: Sunday school at 10 n. m
Young Peoples melting at $3.50 p. m
All are invited"
Independence contains some very fine
residences and along either side of tbs
! principal residence streets are rows o.
maple trees, the branches from tn,
trees on one side OF the street inter
twining with those on the other side
forming long natural arches of branch
es and foliage.
While in Kansas city 7 had the
pleasure of meeting with Elders George
Done Jr. and Thomas III. Chambers %
Smithfeld. Cache county; Brigham +
Dufn of Woodruff, Arizona, and vii
liam w Howard Of Roc'eland. Idaho
They are pleasantly located at 1901 Me
Gee street. are all In good health ant
spirits, and ENJOYING their work.
They gave the information thai
branches of the Church have been es'
tabished in Indepenhence and In Leeds
n small town southeast of Kansas CITY
They also Informed me that recently
one OF their conferences had been helt
in the jackson county courthouse al
Independence, and what was more sur
prising. that one conference WINS held
in the Missouri state capitol Mt Jeffer-
son City. the building having been ten
dered them for the purpose free oi
charge. Those incidents certainly prove
that the bitter feeline which was hold
against the MormOns in this state sixty
years ago hos moderated with the
growing up of n new generation.
!. FRANK PICKERING.
Kansas City, Mo. Jan. 2S. 1898.