The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-07-17
CHAS. IN MORMON TOWN.
he Sees Many Things Worthy Of Repro
ducfion in These Columns.

QuCUON III llESE IUlultiAS
Chas. e. Buxton is now residing
10 Spokane, Washington, He states
that Grand Junction, Colorado was
simply too hot for him. Ia passing
from G rand Junction to Spokane he
passed through Salt Lake City, and
in giving his parents here a des-.
cription of the things he saw at Salt
LAX e City, he has kindly permitted
the following excerpts for the bene-
lfit#of THE GAZETTE readers:
We have stayed nearly our al.
loted time il the wonderful Salt
Lake City, and it IS a truly wonder.
full city We have viewed the prin-
cipal places of interest, and feel
Wellrepaid for the time and ex-
pense we have been to.
1t is about 1870 b, m. and we
have just come from the organ re-
cital at the Mormon Tabernacle. I
will not try to give you a descrip-
tion of the great organ, for it is be-.
yond my power Of rhetoric. But it
is a wonderful machine think it
safe to say that the Methodistchurc
/ of Redwood Falls wouldn't hold the
organ alone It has 6, 900 pipes and
1913 stops, and the tones vary from
the soft, sweet trill Of a canary bird
to the deafening roar of a thousand,
angry gods, and still there is per
feet harmony and expression in
them all. tits said to be the sec
ond largest organ in the world, and
among the very first In tone and
mechanism. Tt seems like dream
to think Of the immense size and
beauty of man S works, both to the.
eye and ear, that Brigham Young
alone created.
The tabernacle seats u, 600 peo-
pie. The temple is an immense.
building, built entirely of stone and
marble. None but the highest.mem-
bers of the Mormon church have
seen the inside. They were 40
years completing the temple and
only toslook at it suffices to- prove
the time necessary to create such a
structure. It's situated just back
of the tabernacle.
I'VE visited Great Salt Lake yes
/ terday. The Salt Air pavilion is
another mammoth structure, the
numerous domes seeming to reach
as far up as the eye can see, and the
i dancing floor, which is the entire
second story, will accommodate TO-
900 couple. The lake is beautiful,
asdeep green, with three mountain
Gus islands rising above the salty
waters in a distance. It is said to
i be impossible for a person to sink
in the waters of the lake, the heavi-
est end Of a person keeping down,
4 and ia my case must pause to re-
mark that I guess my feet would
4 always be there.
1T was choir day at Salt Air yes
4 terday, We listened to a children S
4 chorus of 900 voices. didn t go in
/ swimming as the water was a little
/ cold for my bad knee. I have
bathed in the sanitarium It is an
immense building, covering nearly
half a block. The water, which is
very strong Of sulphur and hot as
!. one could wish for, is brought from
the hot sulphur springs in the
mountains, north OF the city. There
1 are two large swimming pools, one
i for ladies and gentlemen and one
4. for gentlemen only, besides innum-
1 cradle private tubs, plunge baths
! and Turkish baths.
Il have gained five pounds since
leaving the Grand Valley, and I
! feel much better. It has been nice
/ and cool here and the towns nearly
| obscured by shade trees, and the
4 streets are kept nice and clean, and
well sprinkled, which makes it very
enjoyable to the soul Of one recently
4 from that hot hole over in Colorado
Il The blocks here are over 600 fee
q long, making ten acre tracts, il hav
j ing been Brigham Young idea t
q have ten acre tracts for each Nor
q mon family. he contending that tha1
much land should be sufficient te
furnish a liVing for the members