Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-13

n tanning the impressions of an
eastern buyer in the western
sheep market. appears in the clay
Robinson & Co.'S Live Stock Report.
published at Chicago under date OF
Aug 5. The communication is signed
with the initials -. c." and is a.
follows.
salt Lake was sizzling sc degrees in
the shade. and the only cool thing In
human shape that / saw there was sam
Newhouse sitting In his office away UP
iu the clear sky looking around him
upon one Of the most glorious views
that the eye OF man can conceive. The
Great salt Lake looked like "A mirror
Of glass and the mountains with mot
tied sides OF green and gray were
catching the waves OF heat that rose
from tho sun-baked valley Southwark
We're massive chimneys belchinR forth
smoke. In Peerless motor car. kindly
lent us by the above gentleman. we
took "a look at the city How Il is inn
proving The broad streets are stu
there but the buildings have Improved.
Two massive hotels will place the city
1n the forefront In this respect. a big
theater is begun. at least hole for
the foundation was being dug and sew
eral splendid business blocks tell OF en-
terprise and prosperous times
In the midst OF all Us the temple, from
an architectural point Of view thing
OF beauty and Joy forever. Ever End
anon / gaze upon II for 10 my mind IL
ranks with the cathedral al Cologne.
Westminstor In London. Notre Dame in
Paris and there are touches In u which
Vic with the monument to Scott In
Edinburgh II is on tho severe side.
Clean-cut, classic. its graceful towers
1t place for worshiper. whether he be
"a nrsYfauf4pF g. IN
the religion Of today rests on the sent
Ineut OF the past Centuries ago 10 wa
a voice In the wilderness. Solomon
built his temple, Rome and Greece fol-
lowed with fcrvor, II Is the fashion OF
tho world to worship In Vauited chan
cells and even the mattcr-of-fact Nor
mon, trained to economy and hardship,
could not resist the temptation. And
tho love Of the beautiful. innate ga
mans breast. broke forth IN the valley
OF the Salt Lake Just as II captured the
dwellers by the Tiber,
Next morning we were on the train
going southwark. You run through "A
lovely valley, irrigated with n plente-
Gus flow Of water. The grain fields look
we'll. the second crop OF alfalfa ia
green and wholesome looking, aud the |
serried ranks OF numerous orchards |
are on every side. Neat homesteads are |
shaded by great cottonwood trees. How |
cool and inviting they look, and by |
many OF them are sparkling artesian |
wells. Everyone is busy, for II is the |
harvest season. Now and again YOU |
see a threshing machine. swallowing |
the golden sheaves. Under a broiling |
sun every man, woman and child seem |
TO be busy. Our train runs for a while |
by Utah Lake, big body OF fresh |
water lying among the mountains and |
fed by streams that come rolling down |
narrow canyons.
Provo is reached and there We change
cars for Heber city. II IL mixed |
train, slow but sure. and creeps gradu-
ally up the mountain pass. masses of
granite towering skyward. The stream |
which dashes and roars below has been
brldled by an electric company and far |
up the sides OF the mountain IL a fiume
which carries a big body OF water II |
enters tunnel and then from a great
height IL falls through iron pipes 10 the
wheels below, and the unseen power IL
distributed to the centers OF population |
IL is a wizard-lke miracle hut the re-
suits show that II Is reality. You get
through the canyon and emerge gradu-
ally into little valley, bjou place
amid mighty mountains. a green oasis,
for the crops have not ripened At the
depot we are taken In hand by Presi-
dent Joseph Murdoch and Counselor
Jensen. The Mormon takes you into
his home. They must have imbibed
this characteristic from the Scotch
proselytes who focked to the land OF
the Latter-day Saints in carly days. I
and they come still After travelling IN
many lands the hospitality Of this little
valley stands out IN bold relief The
of the life the warmth or
the welcome, the give-and-take in tn |
family. carries me back to Joyous days
mid heather hills. You miss the toddy
and the tea. Perhaps IL is as we'll
our mission was TO see the sheep
upon the summer range. Heber, Provo |
and Salt Lake also, are fun OF sheep
men, They winter their Hocks on the
desert east and west ~ Utah lake. and |
over I'm the lower attitudes toward the |
Green river. In spring they move them |
10 their Landing grounds on the lower
many ~ them owning the |
and they use for this purpose Then |
" hen the season permits and the forest !
ranger says YES. they go on the forest !
reserves As they say about Little 3D. |
Peep. they climb the mountains high, |
nigh, following the snow the succu-
ent grasses that seem TO spring out ~
ne white Vreaths giving the ewes "A |
Nondrous flow ~ milk. There are als1 !
an endless number OF weeds fun Of uuT- |
ure, specially among them the blue
lelL fast growing plant with a stalk |
'ull OF sap and generous WaNy Leaves. |
L attains four or FIVE feet in height.
80 We left HebCr to make the Straw !
berry Valley. There was quite a party: =
Messrs. Murdoch. Jensen. Broadbent
"a son-in-law OF Mr.. Murdock). Moroni
smith and his little son ~ Eve years
lanes clyde. j 4 Johnston and tho
writer. We had three rigs. a Stude-
baker top wagon and two buggies we
passed through "a BEAUTIFUL farming
'ountry. past pleasant orchards. one
IF them especially well looked after
hen up long canyon pull OF about
% miles What q rough road Il was,
ieetling rocks pine and cotton wood
rees on every side and little rils com
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