Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-24

Flrty.clghl years ago that little baud
~ heroes ana horoiuca for th'ro Wrro
women among them, ana children 10
share the tolls and SACRIFICES of nus
bands ana fathers ana divide WIN
them the prosperity ANA fame at the
future lifty-cight yrurs ago, ms daS
almost Al this very hour they halted,
worn ana weary upon yondor foothills,
and drank I'm with gladdrnod oyos ana
grateful hearts tho lull beauty ana
suhlimny Of tho picture the contrast
ed splcndors of mountain NolloN lnko
and stream glorious ana gOliprlnR M
the summer sunlight
MAS 80 GARDEN SrOT
II VaH no garden Of the IlcHpcridos
upon which the pioneers gu2od mat
memorable Iuly mnniug aside rom
tx scenic splcndoL which was indeed
glorious, magnificent there was liillH
10 invite ana much iu rrpol ln I'm"
prospect presented 70 lhoN yloN \
broad and barren plain hpmmyl I'M ~
MOUNTAINS, hlHtcrIng u thu burning
rUyg or the midsummer sum- no WtNa
ing fields. mo- gwuyWR forests mn were
dmt meadows Ia roHl ana rclrcHh the
weary eye, but on an sides u Hcoma
ngly mtemmnblc waste Of sngoOrlfh,
hospnnglcd with un0oNors, tho para.
disc Of the lizard, the cricket ana the
rattlosuulte Loss IMAM lWll way
across the baked ANA burning valley
dividing A iu twain lH # the vast
bowl IN the Intense boat Of the Mas
ter poitor's nrcS I'm process of lurma'
ton had cracked usundrrru narrow
river, turhld and shallow from Noulh
To north I'm many selponUln curve
Sweeps ON ils snuous way Beyond,
a broad lake, the rlNcrs goal dotted
with mountain islands ita briny waters
ehimmeling IN the sunlight like Wl'
yer shield,
From mountains ow.cuppcd, scanned
and craggy llftlug their kngly heads
10 be crowned boy the golden SUM- noW
limpld laughing streams cold ana
crystal clooG lcdplug d0shng foUn'
ng flashing, from rock 10 glen, from
peak 10 plain But the fresh canyon
streams are far and few, ana the Orld
waste they water Rlslcnlng with bodA
Of salt and soda and pools Of deadly
alkull, scarcely allows thcm 10 reuoh
the river but midway well nigh sWal-
lows and Hbsorhs them IN ils thirsty
sands Above the line Of gray ana
gold, ~ suRc ana mnllowor the SLOPE
clothed with purple Hud dNlksRlcrn
patches These, the unk.bugh, the
equnwhorry ana other sodnt RrOWihH,
with here and lhoro a tree casting
ils lone shadow ON hill or In valley u
Wiro.prRe8 swamp, II few noros of With
cred hmch.WugR and the lu2lly wave
INK willows and wld.roNo bushes
frlnpmg the distant streams, the only
urppn thiugH Visible,
SILENCE AND DESOLATlON,
silence ana dogoRlion rciRn, A VIII.
onco unhrokom save by the crlokota
Ccasoloss chirp, tho roar Of the noun.
tain torrent. on the whir and wtpr
of the passing blld, A dcsOlation Of
centuries whore earth seems hoOYcus
forsakcn, whore hermit Nature, wntchs
Ing waiting weops, ana wOrshIpa COD
amid eternal eollIudcs,
Far over and beyond an those oy.
tends the pioneer Chiettnins precedent
gdZo II sees not merely the present
but the future not only that which ~,
hut that which NJ 20 bo when from
these barren sands shall rise, nv rose
proud Venice from the sea, a city Rh
m AdrOtlCs island queen. ana mo- less
wealthy, famed ana powerful II soos
the burning plains to blooming gardens
Turn the desert cnanRp % nm oasis,
the sterile valley the ropronch NJ Ma.
turo, which nuughl before had borne.
loemmg Win varied liln ana yielding
rich fruits and rare flowers FOR the
NlstonnnCc aud delight of man An
nanlmUto sarah u barren Rachel
transformed BY the touch Of God to a
inyml mother Of children, The curse
~ centuries " litol, the letters Of ages
are STRICKEN on and the rodoomod
olrlh, llko llool captive, looks M
to heaven ana 1milos, Ctcp towns
ana hnmlcls multiply earns, folds
orchards and vineyards nh the land
Egypt--tho wilderness are past, an,
other Canaan appears aud here IN n
Moses to mltc the rock a Joshua IN
eit IN Judgment and divide TO Israel
his inheritance
At STARTING TIME
The pioneers, At starting numbered
precisely twelve times twelve men,
lhroo women and two children, the
women accompanying their husbands
and nrlmg nv nurses IN sickness, the
children coins win their parents,
While on the way however the census
'of tho camp underwent a variety of
changes, 50 that II was not IN all
respects the original company, M or
gonlaod at Winter quarters IN April,