Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-18


upon this continent, should be lacking
In every instinct OF gratitude and APP
probation n did not esteem this occa-
sion as one of the proudest of my life.
NOT A STRANGER,
With the many familiar faces Of old
friends and others OF more recent ac-
quaintance gathered around this board,
cannot feel that l am a stranger In
your midst therefore, there Is no pos
sibllity Of your entertaining an anger
unawares Moreover II be a stranger
20 some OF you tonight, trust that re-
lationship may soon disappear; Tor
have come, at least by proxy. to stay
II you will allow me to do 30. | nave
come to take part In some OF your
great industrial enterprises, TO help
build your cities, develop your mines,
encourage the irrigation OF your fertile
valleys and plains, to bring merchan-
disc to your storerooms, fuel 10 your
flresldes, your factories and smelters'
10 bring quickly the fruits and flowers
OF the seml-tropics, fresh and fragrant
with the early morning dew, 10 your ia
bles; and put you In easy reach OF the
land OF sunshine and flowers, and 10
AiHh Apl lNbif NlusfAg WIN a%'1
and the magnificent harbor Of San Pc
dro, upon which the government Is
spending millions Of dollars for its I'M
provement, and which will make II sec
ond TO none on the Pacific coast, and to
cause you to feel the mighty pulsations
of the worlds commerce, and It's uh-
ceasing throbs through the great lsth-
milan canal that Is sure to be con-
struoted, and to participate In the busy
traffic that win reyiyify the great coast
line OF the Pacific from South America
20 the Alaskan seas and reach out up
on the broad Pacific TO the numberless
ports of the great Orient. THIS IL
brief outline of what hope to help You
TO accomplish.
FIRST VISIT TO SALT LAKE.
il will be 10 years next November
since first came to Salt Lake. | hard
" need tell you that | did not come
down from Montana at that time 10
buy railroad or TO build one. | was
a pretty fair mule driver then, at least
i got along fairly well with PAIR
hitched to three and a quarter wagon
and this. with about $500 in gold dust
that | had mined the previous summer
in jeff Davis gulch near Bannack, was
the total result Of my first season $
mining In Montana, and comprised al
of my worldly possessions. Greenbacks
constituted the currency OF this valley
at that time, and / sold my gold dust
at n premium OF nearly 300 per cent.
thought ! was getting rich very tast
that day, but | was nevertheless reluc-
tant to part with those yellow nuggets
that | had washed out with my own
hands. was acquainted with nearly
every one of them In the buckskln
curse, and they seemed like old frlends
TO me. | was indeed then a veritaDle
'gold bug
CAME TO SEE "MORMoNs."
| came down to see the "Mormons'
md have good time; to buy some
goods for shipment to the mines, ana
in this manner 70 pass the winter
months and make little money pc
sides. In this scheme | succeeded pc
yond my highest expectations, Al that
time the business Of Salt Lake was
principally confined TO two blocks on
Main street, Jennings on one side ana
Godbe on the other, had stores AT the
upper end Of these blocks, while walker
Bros. and others were located at the
lower end The Salt Lake House, ana
The only hotel OF any considerable I'M
portance q wooden structure, stood
near the middle OF the block on the
east side
FROZEN EGGS.
The beverage used here in those days
consisted Of white whisky which
they called valley tan" There were
three of US together, each having ms
own team. Ny mules were branded
''B. H." and had done good service no
doubt, on Ben Holidays overland
stage line. We bought some produce
and started back 70 the mines, My car
70 consisted principally OF dried fruit,
butter and eggs. The eggs. Of course,
froze solid on the way back, as the ner-
curry fell several times to 40 and SO de-
grees below zero Nevertheless, they
We're in great demand when We arrived
al Bannock, in the middle OF January,
at SO per dozen. They were used, after
being thawed out In cold water, for
making tom and Jerry" That trip
was what they would call nowadays, In
national capital parlance, strenuous
one.
sHovELED SNOW LONG AGO.
/ remember We were five days In
crossing the range from Malad TO
March valley We shoveled snow all
day moved our wagons up little by lit
Tie and took our animals back to camp
every night In Marsh valley We found
very little snow and when we reached
Snake river there was none at all; but
we encountered the same ditticultiese on
the Pleasant valley range on the main
divide. As / recollect the experience OF
that trip, tackled the difficulties II
presented with the same determination,
and had the same hope OF success. as
when later l got It into my head that
there ought to be a railroad built from
Salt Lake City TO Los Angeles, and
started out TO build 1t, ] had a little
snow TO shovel on that route, but In
due course all contentious were
smoothed out, and now everything Is
''as merry as a marriage bell
In 1853 II took me "a days 20 put
then fruit from Utah into the Tom
and Jerry punchbowls OF Bannock.
but II will not be long until we VIII
put the luscious fruits Of southern Cal
ifornia on your breakfast tables in "a
hours.
A RAILROAD CENTER.
Ever since that early day | have