Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25
JESSE KNIGHT AS
SHELTER BUILDER
President BrimhaII Declares That
A Miner May Still Be
A Christian.
DEDICATION OF NEW PLANT
II Is Made In Service mt Silver City
And Prayer by President Smith
At the Plant.

That Jesse C. Knight of Provo has
founded new era for the mining In
dustry in which he has proved that a
man may be at the same time a Chris
tian and a miner, was the tribute paid
to him at Silver City yesterday after
noon.
The words We're spoken by President
G. II. Brimhall, a fellow townsman n,
and were applauded by thousands of
people on whose breasts fiuttersd
badges declaring them to be from
Provo, Eureka, Nephi, Payson, Span
ish Fork OF Salt Lake.
Behind the tented rostrum where
President Brimhall spoke rose the ma
jestio heights of Eureka peak, around
which are circled the great mines from
which Tintic's wealth Is poured III
the immediate background were the
steep roofs and tall sides of "holsting
works which proclaimed with their
slanting piles of blasted rock that here
stood the property of the Swanseas.
Before the rostrum on the lower
slopes of the hill was the new knight
smelter, and far off in the valley below
were the shimmering roofs of the salt
Lake route station on The main line
to Los Angeles. The setting was a
peculiarly inspiring one in which TO pay
n tribute to Mr.. Knight for the work
at Tintic which has made his Colorado
and other mines famous, and his new
smeter a necessity, while through his
refusing to take advantage of the
many tricks of the mining game"
has made him meanwhile great citi-
zen.
A DELAYED TRAIN.
The celebration yesterday was com.
plete success except for perhaps 1000
people who took the 8 O'Clock Rio
Cirande train out and returned on II al
Z O'clock. The train began going wrong
by holding an lat home" In each sid
ing after leaving Provo, and finally
stalling three times on the Tintlc
branch road, landing its passengers
worn out and tried, at 23O p. m. H.
stead of at 1880 a. IN, as scheduled
Returning at p. IN. the same train,
this time increased TO IA coaches, kept
the same program of long stops and
arrived at Salt Lake at 1886 y, m
Not a drop Of water had been placed In
any OF the cars for the return trip,
and sometimes the inconvenience OF
passengers on the long journey amount p
ed TO actual suffering, Mrs James r.
Dunn OF Provo tainted when the train
stalled on the Incoming trip on nigh
tresrle. and her husband after going
through every one OF the IA cars was
unable TO secure drop of water Tor
her "
The people who turned out to pay q
tribute OF respect TO Uncle Jesse
Knight numbered nearly 5000 They
came by way OF both the Rio Grande
and the Salt Lake routes, and in hun
dreds of wagons and represented every
part % Utah, the greater number being
from Salt Lake. Utah and Juab coun-
ties.
Al the smelter site every preparation
had been made 10 insure the visitors a
successful holiday Long benches OF
which an excellent lunch was served
had been arranged and there was am
pie lunch for everyone In spite OF th'
fact that the crowd was nearly three
times as big as had been expected.
Early In the afternoon services wert
held In rostrum built of plank and
covered with canvas, In which Leading
citizens Of Salt Lake. Provo and other
points took part, On the stand Were
Presidents JOS. r. Smith and Anthor
II. Lund Alexander Campbell, OF the
Salt Lake Mining exchanges Senator
George Lawrence, President Brlmhal
of The Il. y University, President Dris-
coll OF The Eureka Commercial club
MIR, Knight. Frank Christensen; Presi.
dent Geo, w. McAlllster OF the M. &
M. association; Lon J. Haddock, Sec