Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-14

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Special Correspondence.
In driving from veroor TO Glover
Creek Is encountered one 0T the most
peculiar and unique bui(diBss OF mod
ern times-if building It van ne called
buildings are supposed io eo up~but
this goes dOwn-away doNUf o. you ap.
proach it from the south, the western
section looks like KaQr Naal, while
the eastern reminds vow Of the lower
section OF the Zuni vllagv-- aud 10 look
ing back az 1t, as you JrISe away TO
the north Il reminds Eoa wei Of
nothing-lt has entirely Qisappeared-
sunk out Of sight ia thy earth gvue,
clean gone
But you have not leSt Set O. boy
comes out through n0NfpW QO0r, and
addresses you very CoOCltUusly. fol-
lowed by young man. adQ then O. lJdy
appears-all invite you (G~lpe Invita-
tion 10 come In and see lhe store Il 30
persistent yet respectful ihat YOU
Yield and follow ON throbgp me small
door on through a marrow passage,
when. after q few steps. 2 sight bursts
on your view that Is bvWiluerihg-~all
the old stories of Alladins cave Monte
Ghristo's-the mammoth caFo Of Ken
lucky. come rushing into tuur mind,
and your dazed head gra~s dizzy--yuu
have lust left the desert outside stretch.
Ing out on every hand for miles dry
and bare. the air quive1ng With heat
under the rays OF the not July sun
and now, IN the twinHne. you are
walking through a grant bAGgar cool
as a grotto hy the sea.
You rub your eyes and F0pder Il you
are IN a Turkish bazaar, Of R8Eine upon
the bewildering exhibition % the
Healtheres at South KehsjpetOu, Lon
don. or in some one o. the N5tiUnal bic
ture galleries Of Europe.
Are you dreaming? No. EO1 have lust
tied your team up-in the harrow road
way out there between the corral and
the narrow doorway-f0r the doorway
Is all that is there 10 represent a house
you know you are IN soneNhere; but
where and what Is II?
As you stand on the steps holding on
10 the rail. you gaze dowO Upon a eel
lar Of huge Dimensions close under
your nearer view Is Ions C0Onter filed
with all kinds OF ornatGeutn glass
ware. In various patterns designs and
colors; interpreted with Rrlicles FOR the
1 toilet table ornaments fJr fhe mantel
/ and bric-a-brac In an styles<-abOyC III
! this display, standing on on upper
| shelf, presides a stuffed peacock whose
I magnificent tail featheps help the
/ dazzling effect with theif blight ana
| glowing colors.
As you walk down and on. Under the
I guidance Of the elder vOutp. MS voice
/ breaks the tension OF thV sprbrse as
/ he says. Here we keen UUr summer
/ drinks as you see them on this deep
/ cellar floor. twenty feet heloN, the sur
| face they are kept as coOI AZ il on Ice.
/ and the beauty Of Il Is, they don't lUse
I their flavor as they w0uiG 0n ice.'
You pass on through the different De.
partments OF a well stocked store As
/ you turn a corner. you are lni0rmed that
| you are now in the dry goods depart,
/ ment. But you don't re9lize it--your
! eyes mechanically follow tbe iuultipliei-
! " Of signs and posters that adon the
/ walls. the outside Of the VouNiers, and
| every available space-lHd there Is
I much Of it--but every inch Is covered
/ with all the gay calendars. posters and
] advertising cards, that have been sent
] WAN HUN Ill AllN WnNlIAfrN VNOhiE ~ wv
4 whole OF the United states ana Utah IN
/ particular for the past twehtS years on
/ more,
Conspicuous among thcN0 Wore 2. c.
| NJ. is announcements; Grapts Soap,
! Auerbach and Brothek Robinson
| Brothers shoes; CunningtOn CO.; Nor
| ris and Sons II. DinwoodRS e'Urniture
| Co., Geo. NJ. SCOTS beautiful COW boy
! Kingsf0rd's Oswego silver slUse starch
| Walker Brothers; McCormIck's binder,
! the old farmer welcoming ble soldier
boy back from the war to The harvest
/ field; the cake walk pictures u the old
! Virginia cheroots-all theSe Bre here
and hundreds OF others
We awOke at last 20 hnQ ourselves IN
| q dug OUT on MAMMOTH scale
| known as he Ajax Store, Carrying a
I large stock OF general NneTch0ndise.
/ It's dimensions, iOONS0 fNft-oin some
| parts of the huge excavation the depth
must be about 90 feet front the surface
the heavy dirt roof, supported by
strong tlmbers planned aud hlaced ~
the miner would timber VI tunnel "a
q mine.
This great dug OUT Is lighted IN a
| peculiar way. one part % the roof
falls away TO the south Bpuut four
feet. like a fault In mine Here tie
bIsider has put In n row Of windows
which receive the Hight fron fhe south
! and the great cave below IA Wonderfully
well lighted in every part NOM these
| windows. which are more ihah twenty
feet above the floor.
This cave or mammoth Vdue OUT Is
! the work OF a Welsh mjhef. named
I William Ajax, who came bere some
twenty-five years ago, enNlced hy The
/ rich meadows in the yicl1itS. which
! yielded him a splendid reveUue RON the
! hay. which he sold al the Mining town
| Of Ophir but with the appropriation Of
| the waters by settlers OH fhe creek
above, these once rich meadows are now
as dry and barren as the rest Of the
! sun burnt acres that exteOQ Tor miles
In every direction,
William Ajax, who died lost ran. was
a man Of considerable CULTURE ana edu-
| cation; peculiar and somewhat eccen-
trio, although he with his lan0ily have
lived IN a dug OUT all these Years, the
family have received a lihergl education
| which makes their society pleasure.
This huge hole In the groOnd was
| once but large enough TO ACCOMMODATE
! the family as a residence, but It has
been enlarged from time TO tihe until
I u has reached its present glge al the
] dirt. 10 is said. Of this excavation, was
I removed by Mr.. Ajax with q wheel bar.
/ row. he would work az his t0sk long In
/ the night as though posse sSea OF the
nocturnal propensities Of otOer burroW.
ing animals.
| The earth has been repnp,yAd IN the