The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-03-29

BREAKFAST FOOD
The Man About Crazy.


Utah from an old pioneer. This vener-
able patriarch was an old man, whose
bent form and hoary locks suggested
bowed by the weight of centuries"
Yes" said he to me. 1t is not gen.
orally known, young sir, that the tern
pie is made of blocks Of granite that
came from Little Cottonwood canyon
and were brought here without aid
from the federal government. That
building, sir. was in course of 'constuc-
tion for forty years. ] am the oldest
inhabitant Of Salt Lake City, and prob
ably the only man who remembers the
dedication Of the temple. Another
scene that is as clear in my mind as II
it happened yesterday is the brilliant
spectacle presented by the Illuminated
temple on the evening OF the day Utah
was admitted to statehood. The tenn
PIE blossOmed like the rose that night.
Lights cleaned on it everywhere, and
1 shall never forget the sight"
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Think of it, A man who personally
saw the illuminatiOns OF the temple on
the night of the day Utah was admit
ted to statehood Wonderful, is it not?
This old pioneer furnishes a striking
example Of the wonderful preservative
qualities of the Utah climate. Here
is a man whose memory reaches away
back to the days of 1895. yet this old
gentleman does not use glasses, reads
the daily papers every day, has some
of his own teeth. walks without cane
and is much interested in the war
news from the far east.
The dispatches from the far east, he
tells me- remind him very much OF
those almost forgotten days OF 1893
when the gentleman who had charge
of the wire at Mole ST. Nicholas daily
let the world know that the morning
was hazy and that Baron Munehausen
was selling platter
This entertaining old pioneer has
never used liquor or tobacco during his
life, and to his right habits Of living
he attributes his wonderful clarity OF
recollection.
Speaking of the granite blocks in the
temple reminds me that the method OF
conveying these blocks TO the site of
the great edifice was an unique one,
unequaled in history. probably, except
in the case Of the pyramids of Egypt.
It is a we'll known Typographical fact
that the Wasatch range of mountains
slopes gradually downward from the
head of Little Cottonwood canyon.
where the rock was quarried. to the
vicinity Of Ensign. peak. This fact was
known and taken advantage Of by
those who had the construction of the
temple in charge. So they built a ca.
nal one summer along the crest of the
range from the head of Little Cotton
wood canyon to the summit of Ensign
peak. That winter. after the water in
the canal had frozen. the huge masses
Of granite. which were all in readiness,
were placed on the ice and let go.
They slipped with an easy motion along
l.
stopped by Farley Parleyson, a noted
athlete in the early days. The rest
of it was easy. If you win glance at
Ensign peak you viii observe that it
has natural ravine that winds down
its side in the direction of the temple
square All that remained was TO roll
the rocks TO the head of this ravine
and let them go. They rolled down the
ravine to the valley and were stopped
at the temple square by the law of
natural selection. Thus did the per
spicacious and hardy pioneers solve the
transportation problem in the early
days
If We open the door in Morocco
We must learn to do things to a lock oh,
Diplomatic hot sir
Won't help Us down there.
For they're used to the sultry siroeco-
q. ELytCSoDL OAeAtN SN-t55SStS SlS~NAA-e. q
:. oalan to the school board Anything
for change.
The Russians having mined the
mouth Of the Lao. 1t is proper to ex-
pect the next Russian casualties to
take place in that neighborhood.
Governor Wells viii refuse to accept
Governor Peabody's statement that
Demolli belongs to Utah.
One result Of that cutting serape in
Logan is that young Mr. Smith viii be
careful how he monkeys around Ken
tuckians hereafter.
But the proper way to safeguard the
president would be TO make his as
sassination appear to be a patriotic act.
Then the anarchists and other eranks
would let him alone.
It looks as If we might get a good
bit of inside information on high
finance before that Sully case is set
tied.
Those new railroad shops may not
be pretty, but they viii look good 70
salt Lakers just the same.
The county horticultural society
should also have made it clear that a
good way to preserve domestic birds IS
to have a paddock on the coop.
Judging by the weather reports. Salt
Lake still has the best Of the game.
even though we do kick