Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-08-17

to take tin cup with you to
drink out of on the way up. l
neglected this injunction and
had to kneel down to drink.
AS you get up to the timber
line. the treesseems to die. The
stream gets smaller and small
er as you ascend, until by and
by it ends. Well, you may ask,
how far did you go up? l star
ted at l o'clock p. M, and at 5,
was up to the timber line, at
which point nothing can be seen
and no vegetation can exist, no
stream ii water; on the the left
was a large pond or lake of wa
ter. At this point | began to
80 slower and slower, and often
leaned on my stick to rest. l
began to feel like | was a long
ways from home, so quit. Oh,
how ! hated to, but as l had to
find my boarding place simply
turned about and could see the
top. A person needs all day to
go up to the top of Pixies Peak
and come down again, and even
then he will have done a good
days work. | made the trip
down in II hours. My, but
didn't | take long strides.
Sunday morning l thought
would put in the day attending
meeting, at the Brigam Temple.
First building went in was
a sort Of church, quite a big or
gan, but the inside nothing out
| Of the ordinary. There was talk
ing. Nine elders setting in a
row, and one would rise up and
talk. did not know what was
the matter with me, | couldn't
distinguish a word that was
said, at last learned they were
talking in Danish, then the Ger
mans had their meetings. AT
ter noon l attended in the Tab
ernical or Beehive, that noted
building that the acostics are so
perfect that a man told me if a
pin was dropped the sound could
be heard at the other end of the
building. The big organ the
Prof. plays on looks like a small
one, thirty feet away, and is
connected by electric wires to
the great organ. Some time,
one tone would sound, then two
and sometimes it would below
so loud that it sounded like dis
tant thunder. Why can't COM
mon folks have more like it?
The building will seat about
5000 people, and could, on
case Of necessity, accomodate
10000. 1t has a gallary on 3
sides, and the organ end is re-
served for the Choir, and has a
seating capacity for 500. There
was present on that day, it was
a fast day, being first Sunday
in the month. l was talking to
a Mr.. Platt, son of one of the
founders, his father surveyed
the sight for this Temple. 1t
cost about $5,000,OOO, and was
forty years in building when
completed, and is not thrown
open to the public. He told me
chat they got the stone for it ~
miles south of the city, hauling
it with OK teams, and has cross
ed the plains several times WITH
OK teams. The Lord must sure
ly inspired Brigham Young how
to build that wonderful Taber
nical, which was put together
without a nail, but with wooden
pins, the sielng alone is nailed
On. They have water fountains
| to Quench their thurst.
The City is we'll laid out, it
reminds me of Greedy, COL, on
ly much larger. They brought
Lumbarda Popular, and Maple
shade trees soon after locating
the city. | saw some of the
houses that was built out of
dried mud that is stillstanding.
Quite a lot of fruit is raised
here, especially peaches. Have
a statue of Brigham Young and
some othe distinguished men in
the public square.
l took the train today at 2 b.
M, for Salt Lake. They have
built a pavillian out there, and
have all kinds of amusemens.
1t costs Is cents to ride out, and
Is cents for the use of a bath
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