Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-02

the ruins OF an old MILAN old gold
mill where seekers OF wealth years
ago. shook little pans for the yellow
beads. There is gold In the sand yet
put hardly In paying quantities explain
the settlers. The Cliff Dweller' an end
paddle splasher steans Zip and down
the river This boat makes regular
trips through the Cascades--one OF the
most enchanting spots In America The
banks OF the river rise to h height OF
1000 feet and high up on the sides OF
these walls are the ruins on old cliff
dwellings While being shown the land
IN Little Green River valley the Salt
Iakers visited an engineers camp. His
days work WAS done and his transit
was az the side OF the slit In his tent.
The engineer himself was a tat. good
natured appearing fellow with thick,
sold-rimmcd glasses and two weeks
gro with of beard He wanted his callers
to stay and eat bite of bacon and
biscuits cooked over the camp Are but
It was getting late and o'clock was the
hour set for the banquet opening The
trip across the river was made safely
again. with the oars In Mr.. McDonald's
hands
THE SETTLER ARRIVES
During the ride towards Green River
the travellers noticed the outlines OF
wagon, moving slowly along the bench
TO one side. The progress was slow:
the wagon. slhouettcd against the sky,
resembled a ship when II IL a speck on
the line where sky meets sea. Some
settler coming In" said one OF the
guides. In time the wagon drew closer
and II was then discovered that wo-
man was ION board this prairie
schooner The couple were Mr.. and
Mrs. Sherman Gngals OF Iowa, who are
| just making their home short dis
| lance to the north OF Green River.
| There are dozens of such "schooners''
| travelling towards ports where hardy
| pioneers are casting anchor without
| any ceremony or driving of the first
| spike, or band or shouting Green River
| began a remarkable growth a year ago
| Green River was then merely a water
| tank station on the r. q. w. II con-
sisted of a hotel for the accommodation
of train crews--no one else ever stopped
| at the placed water tank, coal shed
and, nothing else Sagebrush and
coyotes owned the valley Today Green
River has modern buildings. popula-
ton of 1000, with settlers coming in
every day, and Is a modern, energetic,
western frontier town,
RUDE AWAKENING.
As the sun dropped down behind the
hill ridges. the conversation lagge1 I.
The trip to Green River is worth while
its sunset Away to the west could be
seen the Silent city" ridge of fau-
tasticaly shaped peaks The western
| sky had become one cNnanse Of colora,
! There was n mass OF red, with here and
there streak or yellow, which changed
/ To a deep golden, The white ileecy
clouds We're tinted with gold. The dim
| outline OF the distant San Rafael range
became black and distinct as the linz
| pld blue gave way 10 the stronger hues
| Of the foreground, The scene changed
slowly as dark settled down over the
valley, 1t was not long until the
yellow spots on the plain below marked
the site OF Green River. The moon
rose slowly ana flled the valley with
sllVery light. The river became a
stream Of silver, The travellers were
silent each had sublime thoughts. Sud
denly someone broke the silence. II
was Harry Gushing, ~ could eat a
skunk he said,
BANQUET SERVED.
The days doings came 10 an end
with a banquet served In the audi
forum, the towns public building
| There were tempting dishes galore;
there were speeches. short talks
Mayor Rod Mcdonald was ;oastmaster
, drawing high honors. The affair wa;
/ arranged by Mrs. Rod Mcdonald Mrs
Howard Merritt, Mrs. Lougherty. Mrs
4 g. w Middleton, Mrs Olsen and 9th.
crs. During the evening Mrs. Beasof
sang solo, accompanied by Mrs. Elred
The Symphony orchestra OF Green
River rendered several selections. In
vocation was spoken by Rev. Mccain
Davis, formerly OF this city. and now
pastor OF the Green River Presbyterian
| church
Harry Cushing. travelling passenger
agent OF the Rio Grande. chaperoned
the newspaper men. II was n great
trip TO a great place. Tell EN- about
u.s." said the crowd which bid the writ
ers Good night" tell 'em we want
good people here" The half has not
been told of this little city, which is
growing to wonderful proportions al
! most In a day.