The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-05-06

of the day. Forming Judgment
from the map / was under the
impression that Salt Lake City
was not a great distance from
Denver, but after travelling all
that day, all the following night
and all of the next day until . p.
m, Irevisedmyidea of distances,
and on looking the matter up l
discovered that our route be-
tween the two cities was 742
miles.
We arrived in Salt Lake in
time to hear the closing part of
the elders prayer at an after
noon meeting of the Mormons in
the tabernacle, and to catch the
tones of the great organ, said to
be the largest in the world.
Salt Lake is a beautiful city, with
basiness streets 1872 feet wide
and sidewalks 20 feet in width.
Along the cutters of the streets
on each side a stream of swift
running mountain water, gives a
unique, refreshing and pleasant
appearance to the place. The
city is by far the incest laid out
and prettiest we have yet seen,
and seemingly would be a charm
ing place to live SO far as sur
roundings are concerned. Just
how far the Mormon question
would affect this of course |
am unable to say, though thecon-
slant growth of the city and in
flow with Gentiles to wipe out
any intolerant feeling, and | UNI
derstand that Norman and Gen
tile are united in great com
mercial projects for the building
up of the city. During our visit
we inspected the temple from the
outside. 1t is a b eautifu
structure 1856 feet long and 90
feet wide; the main portion of the
building is 100 feet high, and one
of the towers reaches 235 from
the ground. The building is OF
white granite and is said to have
cost S. 5000, 900, and vas forty
years in construction. Gentiles
are not permitted to enter the
: temple, all Mormon public meet
ings being held in the tabernacle
, situated in the same square, and
9 which has a seating capacity o.
5000. We visited Fort Douglas.
an army post adjacent to the city
, and 700 feet above the lake, where
a beautiful view Of city and sur
: rounding country may be had.
with towering mountains visible
on every hand.
) Our ride over the Denver {
| Rio Grande ended at Ogden some
I forty miles to the north of Sal
: Lake, and there we changed totht
e Southern Pacific railway for the
last stage of our journey to the
: coast, and for the climb over the
western range of the Rockies
I Here we had another panor am;
I of mountain and desert. W.
crossed the great Salt Lake JUS
: before dusk set in. The lake i.
4 about fifty miles wide here, ant
l it took us about two hours t.
. make it as we had to run on SLOW
! time, as the road had been jus
built up after a wash-out. Whel
we got up the next morning W.
|, were in a desert land Of sage
a brush and sand, but with noun
{ tains in view all the while, some
: times close at hand, sometime.
5 far in the distance. In going VI
: our last climb our train had tw'
immense engines pulling and on
pushing, and part of t h /
: struggle was through some fort,
!, miles of snow sheds, and for {
short distance of this the cars
: had to be tightly closed to keel
out the smoke and gas, but ever
with the car closed we caugh
. enough of this to make it un
. pleasant breathing, and one wo
? man in our a was overcome
by the fumes. W. were all glat
= to reach the summit and breatl
again the pure mountain al
. though the snow was all abou'
us. On the descent the change
: of vegetatation was very motto
able, with more trees and larger
!. ones on the mountain sides. TIL,
, evidences of the ocean influence.
, becoming more and o
), apparent as we made the deScen'