Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-18
VETERANS RECALL
DESERTS CROSSING
co.sts Of Senator Clark Given a
ROYAL Welcome on Their
Tour.
MANY TRIBUTES OF REGARD.
n. Angeles Paper, Give High Praise
u the mormon" Patbhnden OF
The Great Southwest Country

.rbo trail Of the old pioneers through
49,, y,pthwest In their most recent con-
ano.t Of glory, appears to be one OF
,eortv welcomes and large receptions
more extensive scale than was In
av vav anticipated when they left
r,ab. Tho Los Angeles Times pays a
'J,,.ipg tribute to their work, and to
a. men personally who are guests Of
tbe c,ty and OF President Clark. 1t re-
.,rrs their visit in the following arti-
Gle.
Ubrled over lines Of glistening steel
s,ross the sun-palnted desert where
,he hoofs Of their plodding oxen ana
bsavy cart wheels broke the untram-
rDslaj wastes more than 90 years ago, a
tC,,rseoue little veteran band from the
Mormon capital came into Los Ange,
i1s over the salt Lake, the special
l,,.sts of President Clark during their
Connective stay of several days here,
Thlrty men and women, comprising
ro,rly all the survivors Of the little
b9nd of adventurous pioneers who fol-
ior,ei The lead Of Brigham Young into
almost barren southern California over
bap a century ago, these venerable
men and women found themselves yes
tsrlav and last night looking upon d
land of enchantment
For the first time in half a century
.be members of this little party crossed
+ba deserts and the mountains again
mo California by the old trail which
tbey knew SO WELL but In a manner so
different and to a country so unlike
the one they first looked upon.
They Tecollected full well the CALI
fornla they found and left almost u
continuation of the arid wastes. They
have returned after many years TO find
that California as much d thing Of
The past as are their OK carts beside
the swift palatial trains which SUI
pergeded them. Therein lay the won-
dtr and the chief pleasure Of the trip.
Leaving salt Lake City Monday night
IN an elegant special Pullman coach,
they arrived IN san Bernardlno, which
they founded in the early days, yes
terday morning, and after q day Of
entertainment there, arrived IN Los
Angeles last night IN almost the same
number Of hours that the Journey for
merry required days in the making To
them, with the recollection of the
hardships, the sufferings, and priva-
tons Of those early journeys still
alive IN their memories, II is thing
little short Of magic
IMPRESSIONS ARE VIVID.
So wildly impressed upon them are
the scenes Of the first trail breaking
days that they still know today every
foot and crook Of that once long and
weary way. The rocks and the noun
taIns. the parched arroyos and the
dwindling creeks and bracklsh water
holes, the narrow passes ana dehles
they stil remember by name, and
the hours Of the journey both day
and night were spent by the travellers.
singIy or I'm animated groups point
Ing out spots over nearly every ward
Of the way made historic by some event
more or less thrilling or fraught with
deep human interest and often direct
tragedy.
There were scenes which william
Robbins pointed where thoy had run
short Of water, where their cattle died
and where all hands were saved from
starvation by the timely arrival Of an
other party
Along the winding way Of the Big
MUDDY they traced their way through
NE plains, living the tollsome days am
Train fitted swiftly westward.
LIVING IT OVER AGAIN.
Going down through the winding
way OF the Caion Pass, which the bull
teams discovered for the railroads yeafs
ago. IN the full moonlight Of early yes
eTday morning, every man and woman
N the party was wide awake watching
through the windows Of their car tha
chansing landscape, familiar even I'M
Inc half shadows Of the night.
why, 1t all seemed so real TO me, "
exclaimed W, w. Cluff. chat / forgot
tne present, forgot our luxurious train
ana modern mode Of travel, forgot the
iiong intervening years, and In reality
hYea over again In vivid recollection tn
last slow crossing OF the desert. Had
anyone asked me this morning how old
am. would have answered without
hesitation, 'Twenty-one.
And thus wildly has the trip I'M
pressed Itself upon the minds of ALL
ATS. NIlff who spent three months I'm
we crossing 81 years ago, pointed out
several places by the Hayside spots
"Aerc they pitched camp for a week
~ a time while the men secured tho
surrounding hills for fresh meat, or
checked the advance and closely guard.
~ tne camp while watching the move
Hthis or macauding bands Of Indians
hNt however well the venerable Vls-
''is may recall the uuchanginC land
nI'IhN OF the immutablc harshness Of
we desert, there was little left them
p.'"eeu the mouth Of the Caion Pass
'nl The Pacific upon which to hang d
''suso of recognition.
s1HuI u with its orange groves and
n,r' NJ fruit bearing lands in the
,"t>s, san Bernardino ana Riverside
rll'ed identification. how bewllderina
n'us' nave appeared the first glance
lIF last evening OF the little Spanish
gals2" WI '''' 'N"'
NO REMINDER or PAST.
Bishop W W. Clun leaning far out
u' N' ear window, saw nothing 20 re.
.'NI hun Of the Mexican mission IN
myriad electric arcs puncturlne
hioom Of busy tmnscontinentaI
'.Lola yard. Stnming his eyes tc
st. utmost he utterly failed to Identify
al9t on the east bank Of the river
ue uhsplnned his oxen one even
r' lu't Oh years ago, while the bells
.'e little church at the head OF the
,I ',ross the narrow stream chim-
wv me Angelus hour.
,tr non Musser, historian Of the
,''. mon Church looked In vain fol
VII D'Ie' lone hin IN the center Of the
,b' aurmolnted by gallows
o.. . ne describes IN his Journal that
'''V' every week meets his doom
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