The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-28
A MODEL KANSAS TOWN.
Thomas Benton Murdoch Exalts and
Magnifies Glories of Ell Dorado.
Gel Dorado Republican


It has been for years a source of ex-
IRENE gratifcaion-a matter Of con-
tinuous self-congratulation- we
have been permitted to spend the great
er part of our life in a town that is
never coarse, vulgar or slOmicky In
early days it was not questionable to
snuff the candle, at bed time, with
revolver; but the revolver was always
silver mounted; and it was not con-
sidered impOIite for one to ride into
a saloon and take ones drinks on horse
| back-but when people were in big
hurry they didn't have time to dis
mount and hitch-between drinks.
When saloons were going, while other
towns had half a dozen, Ell Dorado had
but one or two. It has from the first
absorbed its Stimulants; but 1t always
did it quietly and in moderation; and
it always gets the very best to be had.
If it is wine, it is the native product,
or the purest of Burgundy. The town
/ has always played poker, but it does
it on carpeted floors, with genuine
ivory chips, while the high art pictures
on the walls are sufficiently draped so
as not to offend the eye of the stran-
ger. The town was never fOur-huSh-
er. Another commendable characters
tic of the place is that it is clean. 1t
never neglects to regularly wash and
scrub itself and change its lingerie or
its linen. While it seeks first the king
dom of heaven, it gets itself ready to
be a successful seeker by a vigorous
application of soap and water. Drum
merS say the town buys more high
priced soap than any other place in the
state. The town not only dresses we'll,
but feeds artistically as we'll as scien-
| tifically. In fact, it is a place where
! truh1eS, caviar, tabaSCO, ROquefOrt and
| chafing dishes are the regular thing.
| No gulf products are ever sold here;
| black bass, shad, blue fish and blue
| points from the north go readily. yell
! lowish, reddish, stringy beef is never
! hung in the butchers stalls; spring
| pullets sans pedigree remain uncalled
! for, and the FL Dorado skillet is never
! creased when the charcoal brOiler can
/ be substituted; and when it is creased
| it is with the home product, tested, in
/ spected and o. K.ed by the oldest and
| most experienced judges of the art of
! sensible and polite feeding. In church
| club and. society life the piety, bril-
/ liancy and refinement on parade is
| phenomenal Eliminate a few people
! "a very few peOple-and a pOCketbOOk
full Of bills, dropped anywhere on the
/ street, would be returned to its owner
] in an hour Eliminate a very few peO-
| pie and banks would need no time
! locks, public and private buildings no
/ locks or keys. Eliminate a few peO-
/ plea precious feW-and the 4 600 re-
i
hourly live up to a strict construction
/ of the Golden Rule, but would at the
same time acknowledge the fatherhOOd
| of God and the brotherhood of man.
! And, peradventure, there be a few re-
naming who cannot or will not live up
to the high ideals daily set by their
/ fellow citizens and will not be good,
should we be called hence, no sooner
do we cross the river Styx than we
/ shall make it our pleasuTable duty to
/ call the attention of the saint at the
| gate with the keys to the blessed town
/ from which we so reluctantly took
/ passage dwelling enthusiastically and
/ at length upon the fact that it was
| born, nutured and matured in cir
| cumscribed millennium, where the devil
was never unclaimed or ever permitted
4 to roam around seeking whom he
/ might devoUr; where, in fact, he can
! never put up a claim that he was ever
/ accorded even standing room. Of
! course, it is to us a never ending joy
/ to be permitted to live in such a lovely
/ town. We have no ambition to go else
/ where; no desire for a life in a big
/ city. We do, however, have an ever
/ present wish that the town shall go to
5000 or 5000 peOple-that is, provided
! they are Of the same character and
| standing of those who are already here.
/ But
The worldly Hope men set their Hearts
! upon
/ Turns Ashe-or it prospers; and anon,
| Like Snow upon the Deserts dusty
Face.
| Lighting a little hour or two-was
gone.