Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-15

Itdropped at one end OF the hall may be
heard distinctly at the other end, over
200 feet away. The seating capacity is
under 5000, but 10000 people can crowd
into the building. The tabernacle Or
gan, built originally Of native timber
by Utah worl<men, and recently en-,
larged, is one Of the great pipe organs
|sof the world.
No. A Book case. containing Mormon
Church works and general literature,
prose and poetry. Ops
No. S. The pioneer odometer. This
machine was invented by two of the
pioneers who crossed the great plains in
f1S4i, and was USED by Brigham Young
and his company to measure the dis
lance from the Missouri river to Salt
Lake valley. The difference between
the measurements made by this in-
strument and those OF the government
surveyors who subsequently passed
over the route, was less than GO feet.
No. 6. The pioneer printing press. Up
on this press was printed Dune 15, 1850.
the initial number of the 'sDesel'et
News" the first newspape published in
the Rocky mountain region. This pa
per. originally q weekly, then a SEMI
weekly, and now a. daily. Yields a pow
erful influence Throughout the Inter-
mountain west. e
No. q. The Book of the Pioneers in
two Volumes a compilation authorized
by the Utah Jubilee commission Gully,
1880, and presented to the State of
Utah as a souvenir of the semi-can-
tennial celebration of the arrival OF the
pioneers upon the shores of the Great
Salt lake. It contains the names of the
original pioneer company and many OF
those who arrived in Salt Lake valley
Immediately after them, also auto
graphs and brief biographical sketches
of over 100 of the veterans who struck
the first blows in the redemption OF the
Great American Desert. The volumes
are Handsomely bound in leather aid III
native metals, including silver and gold.
Their production cost about LOCO.
No. 8. Portrait of President Joseph
Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born at
Sharon. Vermont. Dec. 23, 1905; died
at Carthage. Illinois, June 81. 1874.
No.S9. Portrait of Patriarch Iyrum
Smith, brother to Joseph Smith, with
whom he was associated in the found
ing of the Church. QS00-1S44).
No. 10. Portrait of Brigham Young,
founder of Utah, and second president
of the Church. QS01-1S7T).
No. H. Portrait of John Taylor,
preacher, writer and third president Of
the Church dS0S-1ssiD.
No. II. Portrait of MILFORD Woodruff,
pioneer and fourth president of the
Church. dS0T-1S9S), II
No. Is. Portrait Of Lolanzo Snow.
fifth president of the Church. ds14-
1901).
No. IL. Portrait of Joseph r. Smith,
sixth and living president of the
Church. (Born 1889
No. Is. Portrait of Heber C. Ilimball,
pioneer and first counselor to Presi-
dent Brigham Young. QS01-1S6S).
+ No. 16. Portrait of Willard Richards,
first editor of the .Deseret News, and
first postmaster Of Salt Lake city.
(1SG4-1S54l.
No. IL. Portrait of Parley p. Pratt,
colonizer, preacher and poet qso7-
51S5D s,
No, Is. Portrait OF orson Pratt. pl-
oneer theologian and mathematician.
Mr.. Pratt made the original survey Of
Salt Lake City, the parent city OF the
inter-mountain region: (1S11-1SS1).
No. 10. Portrait of Orson Hyde, edi-
tor and scolonizei. dS05-1S7S)
No. 70. Portrait of George A. Smith,