Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-09-06
A GREAT MORMON TEMPLE
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! Gothic architet ture 1t will accommo.
date 5000 people and is only used as a
place to holc Un, ir stake meetings
There are fifty, sour stakes to the church
and il is subdivided into four stakes
Each ward has its own stake house, or
meeting house, where they hold their
/ Sunday schools. The Sunday afternoon
| service in tabernacle is free to all who
wish to attend The church is said to
own about $50, 600, 900 to $40, 000 600, in.
vested in city property They have
their own bank, printing Office large
department store called the ~ G. NJ,
J., or Zion Cooperative Mercantile In
stitute, controlling interest in the street
railway and power company and own q
couple of railroad lines that run out of
the city.
One Of the grandest places for visi-
| tor to go while in Salt Lake City is the
Great Pavilion, located at Salt Air
beach, on the greet Salt Lake It is
situated thirteen miles due west from
here and is reached by thirty minutes
ride on the Salt Lake 81 Los Angeles
railway, which Is owned by the Mormon
church too, as is allo Salt Air. This pa
vilion was built at cost Of over $780,
600, and was opened " the public July
A, 1893 Its length is 200 ieet, while
its extreme width is 355 feet. Tho top
Of the main tower is over $50 feet above
surface Of water. A thousand couple
can dance at one time on upper floor.
The Eagle Gate is . historical place Of
interest. 1t was formally gateway to
the playground Of Brigham Youngs
children. This Is located block from
the temple, sad a half block from the
haehiye and hen houses, where his wives
an& children lived. Across the road is |
an immense building called the Amelia
palace. Here he and his favorite, or
last, wife lived. Brigham Yonags mon
ument is located at an intersection Of
the road at southeast corner Of temple |
block, his grave in the she'll at north |
east corner. The grave is entirely COW
cred with granite slab and has an iron |
picket fence around it. He died August !
30, 1877. The church has been presided !
over by .s5iasnts Joseph Smith, Brig |
ham Young, John Taylor, Wolford |
Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow and Joseph |
7, Smith in the order named
The Mormon church in general has d |
population Of over 300, 600 The Univer- |
sity of Latter Day Saints is located in |
block opposite church. The first Nor /
mon Sunday school in Utah was estab. |
lished in 1S49
win Loekington, who used to live in
Viroqua over eighteen years ago, is To- |
Gated here ia the barber business in con |
nectiOn with one Of the large hotels. |
Will is claimed to have the finest barber |
business here. The west seems to agree |
with him; he ia locking fine and healthy |
and says he could not be induced to live |
anywhere outside Of Salt Lake City. |
Barber prices are much better out here |
than IN Wisconsin, There is also anoth- |
er Viroqua boy here, John Gosling, who |
has very fins position in railroad bust |
ness. He also likes the west, plays in a |
band occasionally and travels around in |
a private car when he goes out on q trip.
Can say this trip and climate is doing |
me p great deal of good and I have ex- |
perienced wonderful change in health. |
Am lost in amazsment at the grand seen |
cry, Expect to be in Wisconsin about |
two months from now
Yours truly,
Z