The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1909-08-07
SALT LAKE CITY.
JON I. PENN TELLS WHAT HE SAW
AT THE MORMON CAPITAL.
vii Touch a Denver and Chicago On
His HOmeward Journey.

Salt Lake City, Aug. /, 1909.
To the Editor Of The Leader:
am here mixing with the NOR
mons and having a jolly good time.
] find them a very soclable lot Of
people always ready and willing
to give you any information re-
Igarding the city. All visitors are
cordially invited to attend services
in the tabernacle. which will seat
| ten Thousand people comfortably.
1t is an immense building, oblong
IN shape. length ESQ feet by $50
feet in width. The acoustics is so
good you can easily hear a pin drop
from one end to the other of the
building. 1t. is elegantly finished
on the interior. The large organ
is a wonderful musical instrument,
installed in the tabernacle. This
organ has over five thousand pipes.
The choir has over three hundred
voices, male and female. / had
the pleasure of attending one of
their organ recitals; the music was
perfectly grand.
The Mormon Temple is a
separate and distinct building.
The temple is Of white granite. Ii
was commenced IN February. 1853,
and completed in 1892; cost over
four million dollars. The architec-
ture and workmanship is grand.
The Mormons are not the only re-
llgious denomination in this city.
There are thirty.one churches of
various creeds in Salt Lake City.
Several large school buildings
compulsory education. The State
of Utah furnishes all school books
free to the children. The court
house is beautiful building; cost
over two hundred thousand dollars.
The grounds are beautifully en-
bellished with shrubbery and fiow-
ers and cover ten acres.
The streets are very wide, 1872
feet wide, including sidewalk.
They are all nicely paved. Many
costly buildings in this city, some
few "sky scrapers. " The residen-
tial district contains some beautiful
homes. The statue of the immortal
Brigham Young has a very promi-
nent space on Main street near
Temple Square. The historic Salt
Lake is fourteen miles from the
city. 1t is a beautiful sheet of
water, clear as a crystal with a
slight greenish cast; said to be one
hundred miles long and sixty wide.
Passenger trains run out there
every hour. 1t il; fine resort in
the summer. The wafer contains
% per cent salt. There are hum
dreds of people bathing every day.
The Saltair Pavilion is the larg-
est in the world. built over the
water. l6is an imposing struc-
ture. Many places Of amusement
at the lake for ladies and children.
The tops Of the mountains, some Is
or 20 miles away. are now covered
with snow, which is a pleasant
lsight for one from Dixie land. :"
have enjoyed fine health on this
trip, never sick a day. / left New
Orleans january 18th, visited many
cities and States in the Wild and
Woody West" and ! have had a
dandy time.
had a glorious time at Seattle,
WASH, attending the exposition.
It was fine. the exhibits were very
numerous and interesting. The
buildings and grounds were beauti-
full. spent 10 days there and had
a good time.
/ will leave here tomorrow, Aug.
End, for Denver, Colorado. spend a
couple Of weeks there, then go to
colorado Springs for few days,
then on to Chicago. expect to
Hand in Brookhaven about Septcm-
Der 1st. hope to find the people
of Lincoln county in good spirits,
with fine crops Of both corn and
cotton no boil weevil.
MY prayers and best wishes to
all. Yours.
JOHN E. PENN.