Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-23

ter during his visit. "You win no
doubt be surprised when / tell you that
| first visited salt Lake In 1850; %
years ago said Mr., Smart 81 was
then II years Old had home In
Kalamazoo, Mich, and good one,
and no good reason for leaving II, eX-
cept the disposition general with boys
TO nave their own way. TO see things,
and do th.rgs, quick Well, / had my
own way and not entirely to my liking,
but | had It. went west young man,
long before Horace Greedy gave his
famous adYiCe. j found the edge Of the
known 90 st. Joe. Mo. Beyond that was
the great unknown, the desert, the wild
animals and the wild men, ali Of
which ana whom ! yearned TO meet,
ana greet and Fhould an occasion
arise, do and die with them. | met In
81. Joe q man who II my memory
serves me right, was named sharp he
was q plaiusman Of experience. and
had 20 do with carrying mail across
the desert to the Mormon settlement
which had been planted midst the
Rockies by Brigham Young and his
follower. I3y much persuadng, l sue
coeded In convincing Mr. Sharp that /
could be of use to him on "a iaunt
Of some 2,400 miles he was about to
suit ] was mounted on mule, and the
strenuoslty Of life as lived with that
mule was so vivid, that it blots from
my memory all other incidents Of that
journey, YOU know a mulel his con-
trarncss his cantankerousness his long
list OF Cussedness well this mule had
'em an, and then some. Memories of life
as lived with that mule plotted out, and
left blank, memories of Dillowy grass
grown plain. sand shifting, sun blister
ing deserts, bitter waters, sagebrush
steppes, snow capped peaks, bounding
buffalo, babbllng brook roaring river
ana rowing red men, | only lived for
and have remembered the strenuous
struggles with that mule And do you
know that my experience with that
mule had much to DO with
fitting mo for the battle Of the
life OF q Snowman, and association with
the eXcentrlclties OF genius found IN the
ranks OF this profession, with which
my life has been associated.
My memory OF Salt Lake Is dim ana
indistinct, a little ny speck on n world
Of wilderness, The walls around the
Church properties NJ yonder, that still
stand today must have been there In
1880. for they are the most distinct OF
my recolleotions Of salt Lake. Mem
'l l"f vi lliNN llhl' hfI'l lllt east OF lUe
Missouri until the railroad made It's
way across the continent and travel
ing shows come into existence Then
began TO make frequent visits to your
city | brought here Denman Thomp-
son. Jenreys Lewis. Geo knight, and
many other attractions.
salt Lake Is today and has been ever
since I have known It, the best patron
Of amusements OF any city OF like pop
ulation I'm the country and far better
than some Of much larger population.
There rs a reason for this, Theatrlculs.
particularly those Of the better class.
have ever b9en encouraged In your
city there has never to my knowledge
been any hostility Of churches 10 the
attlcal diversions, In fact my nfoyma-
ton is that the Mormon Church COM
mends, not condemns, them, Then the
local management here has always been
respectable ana responsible, which was
not the case IN many places previous to
a decade ago"
What do / think OF the theatrical
trust? what changes has It brought to