The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26

tAttSiSg eAtAo thO VI 6tlA 10 WVnO(AAAA- ~
is 30 by 33 feet and has over 5000
pipes, which vary in length from Il
Of an inch to % feet. 1t has four key
boards and ITO stops. 1t requires a
ten-horse power electric motor to
pump 1t and any sound desired can be
produced. was at one of their or
gan recitals, and was rather disap-
pointed in not hearing the choir. But
/ found out that the choir was in the
organ. The organist played Nearer,
My God, To Thee" and of course
everyone is familiar with the words,
and If you were to shut your eyes and
go in there. you could hardly tell the
difference from large choir singing
instead of an organ playing. Tho
temple and the tabernacle and the
grounds make a beautiful picture.
But | am not through telling you
about Bill yet. When Bill was twelve
years old, a good Mormon wanted him
to strip cane for him one day, and for
his days labor he was to receive a
pint of sorghum molasses. They did
aot get quite done that day and this
good brother told Bill that night if he
would promise to come back in the
morning and finish up the job he
would give him an extra spoonful of
molasses. Well, it was getting late
and / thought would have to go.
Bill says that If | only had time he
could beat that story, too. | said
that II he could beat that story, ]
would lay over a day to hear it, which
did and here is the story:
In addition to giving ten per cent
Of your earnings and what you gave
on Fast days, you were expected to
give freely to what was called the
perpetual emigration fund. It's per
petual in this way: What you gave
went to pay for efnigrants coming to
Salt Lake. if they were not able to
pay their fare from England or wher-
aver they came from, so their fare
vas paid by the church. Then the
migrant was expected to pay this
pack to the church. So you see the
church was getting $40 for everyone
%''N NeshhS AloIh do IildI WAS
The fare. Now in addition to the ten
per cent, Fast days, perpetual emf,
grafton fund, etc, etc, you were ex.
)ected TO give ten per cent of your
abor. Now there was a good Nor
non who had three yoke of oxen and
one yoke was bull and he had
not only made one trip from Salt
lake to Omaha and return, but had
made several with this yoke of oxen.
md when he was not busy he would
laul rock for the Temple. 1t took one
nan with three yoke of oxen four days
o haul one rock. Wen, one morning
This good brother went out in the pas
.ure to get his oxen and found the
Dull in bunch of tall weeds, dead
He was fatter that morning than he
had ever been in years, and the good
brother, | suppose, had a revelation
md he thought probably the Lord
wanted some meat. So he skinned
lin and took the meat up to the
church and turned it in and got $50
% his credit on the perpetual emf
;ration fund think our good broth.
ar was not well posted on Scripture,
'r it Slipped his memory if he ever
lid read how, in the olden times, the
choicest of the herd or flock, the one
without spot or blemish was offered
n the sacrifice. Then, again, he
night have been better posted than
We give him credit; he possibly had
n mind that story which tells us of
he stone that was once neglected in
he building, but afterwards became
The head of the corner. Well, to fin
sh this story, lady came from Eng,
and and the fare was $40, so this
brother already had thirty dollars to
his credit for meat, so he paid the
other $40 and married the woman.
1t was through Bill that | met the
)3rty to so through the park There
we're only three of us, Mr.. Harry
Smith, Mr.. Edward Harding and my
self. Mr.. Smith is a gentleman OF
about fifty years of age, and has been
hunting and trapping and for thirty
years was a guide for hunting parties
Ill through Montana, Wyoming, Idaho
and Utah. He knows the name of ev.
cry valley, mountain peak, etc, etc,
and has made six trips through the
Yellowstone Park. In plain words, he
S married to the hills. He has new
er seen an electric street car in his
life and that's not all; he doesn't care
whether he ever does or not. Most
men who have lived that kind of a
life can generally tell some pretty
good stories, and most of them exag
gerate to quite an extent. But not
80 with Smith. He never said very
much, but what he did tell you, you
could believe every word of it. Mr.
Harding was from Indiana and about
my age, both of us corn fed, but he
lad been in this country over five
years. hunting and trapping. and he
of course knew beef from buffalo
grass. which was far more than
knew. So | could listen to both with
interest.
st. Anthony, Idaho, is about eighty
miles from the Park. We left st.
Anthony Aug. 3 and arrived at the
Riverside entrance at 2:20 D. m. on
Aug. 5. On our first days drive J
saw sheep herder's Christ, which
consists of a large nile of rocks that