Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-16
Visit of Church Officials the Sub
iect Of An interesting
Account.
,MINGLE PLEASURE AND WORK
Trip Through the West is One ""'r'
Diversion and Imparting oi
Counsel Are Merged


in Los Angeles, the Los A"seie9
Times of Monday last has an INTEREST
ing account. With its story d iour-
coIpnn halftone reproduction of
rbotopranh taken by the staff photos-
4 ranhe,, is presented. Elder Joseph H.
Fl Robinson. president OF the California
,,,ss,or &c referred to In the Times
q nc .the Rev. Joseph Robinson" The
account as 1t appears in the columns
OF the Times, is as follows;
when the private car Merlin
n ,,,,Ied into the Arcade depot yester-
day on board was President Joseph
LIE. Smith, head OF the Churcn OF ye
Seue Christ of Latter-day Saints or the
81 world. otherwise, the Mormon Church.
d A little group of friends stood near to
q welcome the leader.
President Smith is accompanied on
his tour by three leading Church Oh
fcials, men. with one exception, OF
advanced years With their serious
boards and their silvered hair. they
presented decidedly patriarchai ap-
4 pearance.
John r. winder, aged 81. is fig
ure of Importance, officially Presldent
Smiths first counselor. patriarch
u
and stalwart and carrying his many
Years well. is President Smiths elder
brother George Albert Smith, IN
early middle life, and filed with the
zeal of the faith. Is one OF the Twelve
Apostles Bishop Charles W. Nipley'
keen of business is the presiding DISH
on. The other members of the party
are Mrs. Joseph f. smith, Mrs George
A. Smith. Mrs. Nibley, and tive. sons
and four daughters of President smith
To the noted Church officials wei
come was extended by Rev. Joseph y.
Robinson of the local Church OF Lat
ter-day Saints, Tenth street and Grand
avenue. Kenneth C. Kerr. salt Lake
commercial agent, extended coruiai
invitation from the mayor ana tne
chamber of Commerce of Riverside,
urging President Smith to visit the
San Fernando valley before he returns
TO Salt Lake. Southern Paciic pas
senger men We're also present to see
that President Smith was eAlehaeu
every official courtesy.
LINKS PRESENT WITH PAST.
The present visit of President Smith
IL of more than passing interest de
Is one of the few leaders, who, through
their own lives still links earliest
pioneer days with the present. Joseph
F. Smith is a son OF Hyrum Smith,
who with his own brother, Joseph
smith. was lxilld at Carthage jail, Han
cock county, Illinois. on June 10, lS4a.
Whatever place, ultimately, Hyrum
and Joseph Smith may hold in the So
cIal history of America, there is no
question that, like rugged John Brown
of Harper's Ferry. the Smiths We're
fiiebrands to the uiiregenerate; uncom-
promising zealots and martyrs to their
own opinions. They might had they
chosen, have saved themselves from
In n preP1.
they calmly faced the mob and died.
Coming OF this bloud-and-iron ances-
try. IL liz not surprising that President
Joseph f. Smith, himself. should pos
sess many Of those hard-headed indom-
liable traits that make for the cause
of leadership. Despite many years
open hostility. President Smith has dog
gedly pursued his way, leading his peo-
nile who now are scattered over the
earth, and number, he said yesterday,
IN his interview with The Times repor-
ter some 100000 a simple, God-fearins
people, for the most part, he added,
tillers of the soil, planters OF vines and
orchards, men Of the hardy pioneer
type, who make the waste places of
earth blossom like the rose.
President Joseph Fielding Smith IL
one of the easiest men to interview.
Plain spoken, kindly, he answers ques-
ton frankly and talks in the straight
ucated farmer.
PURPOSES OF TOUR.
In response to questions. he outlined
briefly his plans and purposes on tho
present tour. He and his party, ne
said. We're on little pleasure 1aunt, i'll
which some business was added as
matter of course: a tour of inspection,
In SENSE through the colonies of the
faithful; to see how things fare with
them, and to advise with them for the
good OF their souls The old gentleman
said al, this simply and plainly, With
out suggestion of his own Importance.
His party, he explained, left salt
Lake on June 20. stopping first at Ia
4 Grande Ronde. IN northeast Oregon.
y Prof j. j. Mcclellan, organist In the
great Salt Lake Tabernacle. went along
to play on the new organ In the spen-
did new Oregon church. The people In
this colony are farmers, and number
5000. They are prospecting
Next "a pause was made at the saw
mills on Hood river, Oregon, whore
George w Stoddard and Charles w.
Nibley have important numbering
camps. Then, by way of diversion, a
run was made to Astoria. famed as the
original and lll-starred port from
which the resouie John Jacob Astor
had planned 10 control the fun trade
IN the Far West by making Astoria
tho Pacific outpost In a chain OF stu
tons crossing the unknown northern
frontier, Portland WAS visited next IN
order, July g. where also 200 friends
were met In conference.
The next stopping place, VIVA, is In
the upper Yosemite valley. Here, about
100 colonists have recently settled, com
ing from Alberta. From Vina the
Merlin went TO Gridley, where there
is a prosperous colony OF 400 hard
working farmers affiliated with tho
Church.
Visits to San Francisco, Palo Alto
and Santa Cruz added variety TO an
Interesting itinerary.
BUSY DAYS HERE.
Speaking Of his plans In and around
Los Angeles, President Smith explained
that on Monday he and his friends viii
visit Catalina Tuesday. Mt Lowe;
Wednesday, San Diego, Thursday. Los
Angeles, possibly the beaches. or River
side. as guests of the salt Lake
AZ Long beach, Mrs. A. w. McCuno,
wife OF Il well known mine owner OF
Peru, win entertain President Smith
and party
Asked whether the long-drawn con-
roversy over seating United states
senator smoot had, through heated
hnd lll-advised comments on the re-
nslon OF I.atter-day Saints. injured the
1 cause, President Smith replied frankly
NV IN his opinion, the publicity re-
yea on that OCcagiOn had served an