Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-07-07
M, E. CONFERENCE TOUR.
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into shower Friday evening, the first
rain we have seen since leaving Fort Dodge
on the outward trip.
Found Salt Lake City an interesting
place and ''didn it better than any other
city we visited. Brigham Young laid it
out on large plan. The streets are one
hundred and thirty-two feet wide. Double
trolley tracks run in the middle of the inn
portant streets and plenty of room is left
for fine roadways on either side.
The period of civic improvement dates
from the time the gentiles got control of
the city government twelve years ago.
When the Mormons were in control NUM-
cipal interests were subordinated to those
of the church.
Temple Square is the chief point of inter-
est to the visitor. We were escorted
through Assembly Hall and the Tabernacle
but the Temple is not allowed to be desc
Grated by gentle feet Attended concert
in the Tabernacle and were charmed with
the wonders of the pipe organ, one of the
most noted in the world. Heard Nor
mon sermon on Sunday afternoon, and for
the first time heard that our Savior APP
peared on this continent at later period
than that in Palestine, and that his place
of appearance was somewhere in the North
western part of South America. There
were number of other equally interesting
statements in that sermon.
There are thirty-one different religious
denominations in the city. The Mormon
Church is much stronger in Ogden, Provo
and some other cities in the state than in
Salt Lake City.
Saw all the principal points Of interest IN
the city, but will not dwell upon them.
At Murray, a suburb, are great smelling
furnaces which reduce nearly all the ore
mined in Northern Utah.
Left Salt Lake City Monday afternoon,
May 23rd, on the Denver and Rio Grande.
Many of the mountain formations in Utah
and Colorado strongly resemble the temples
and cathedrals IN the Grand Canyon. The
scenery along thsroad is wild and beautiful
especially the canyon of the Grand river
and the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas. Ar
rived at Colorado Springs early Tuesday
afternoon and took carriages for the Garden
of the Gods and Glen Eyrie. We had de-
cided not to make the ascent of Pixies Peak
but concluded to go to Cripple Creek and
Victor on Wednesday. It was very cloudy
in the morning, and as all did not care to
go to Cripple Creek, we later, when the
clouds lifted, took carriages for North and
South Cheyenne canyons. The South can
yon is we'll worth visit. The seven falls
are very picturesque. A stairway of two
hundred and sxty-six steps leads to the top
Of the falls. When we got to the top some
one proposed a trip, to Helen Hunt Jack
sons grave. The clouds had again thick
ened, but we haye been told so often that it
seldom rains in Colorado that we ran the
the risk, and consequently, made very,
very moist acquaintance with Rocky Noun
tain thunder shower. And we didn't find
Mrs Jackson's grave either. That was our
one disappointment, for after it was all over
thunder shower was very light thing to
us whose lungs were flied with the ozone
of the mountains and whose souls were i'm
bued with the glorious freedom of the
Rockies
A little more than days journey over
the Burlington brought us to St.Louis,
Friday evening, AS we had seen the
Worlds Fair at Chicago and the Buffalo
Exposition we decided to make our stay
rather brief
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition is a
marvel, and all who can do so ought to see
it, as it will probably be many years before
another such gigantic undertaking will be
made.
Monday the 30th, did not seem much
like Memorial day.
Left St, Louis Tuesday morning at 844
over the Pennsylvania-Y andalia line and
and reached Philadelphia at 1920 p M.
Wednesday, just five weeks almost to the
minute since we left the city.
Since leaving Philadelphia, April 9th,
we had travelled about 1880 miles by rail,
more than 200 miles in coach or carriage,
and probably $50 miles by trolley; but, so
far as we know, no shadow of an accident
had come near us.
We have been asked several times, Did
you see any place in which you would
rather live than New Jersey?p We were in
many places in which we could live we'll
content were friends and relatives with us,
many places more beautiful than here, but
every place lacks something, and with its
varied climate and productions, combined
with its geographical location, New Jersey
offers inducements equal to those of any