The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-04

lcashcd and turned loose upon the land
an emigration train composed OF every
method Of overland locomotlon then IN
existence wcuded ITS way past Kim.
ball S and the next day was camped
where the city and county building now
stands Horses, mules, oxen, COWS and
the hand Of the human all contributed
toward pushing this caravansary TO its
goal and in some cases. toward the fin
ish. These methods of propulsion were
anonymously mixed. showing a long,
hard drive across the plains. Little
anybody cared for that then. The
knowledge that they were so near the
end of trialcd tribulatioDs made them
temporarily oblivious TO the means by
which the grand finale was being accom-
pIlshed. They camped al kimball g,
and next morning, after a hasty break
fast, three boys of tender years but as
fun of the American pioneering instinct
as their stature would permit deter
mined that the umberiug train should
no longer hold back from them the
view of the promised land, so out they
struck afoot for the head of Farley s
park. reaching it in 4 couple of hours.
All at once the vista opened before
them, the scene Of the valley was uu-
folded, It's green fields, sparkling
streams and apparent freshness offer
ing so marked a contrast to what they
had been experiencing for the last
three months that their cxuherance OF
spirit found vent in long, loud cheers.
One of these boys for many years has
been TO fortune and TO fame well
known. being the portly. good paturcd
and hospitable millionaire and politi-
elan of Provo. c. Ed Loose. Another
was bis brother, Warren, boybood aud
manhood fast friend of the writer
hereof, the third member Of the party
being, incidentally, said writer. Each
of us had then wcalth-ot glowing
prospects, and mopey--to get. The
other two got it
Route for Notables.
II would he quite out of the question
10 euumernte III the brief space of my
disposal all the people Of prominence
who arrived that way before the rail,
road came along In 1868 and took them
the other and straiChter way through
Weber canyon. One of the more dis
tInguished men and for a time decided
lv the most talkedof man in the world
got nearly as far as kimball's s on his
way here, when he collapsed and died
all at once from consumption. His
name was John G.. Heenan. the man
who some three or four years pre-
vlouslv had whipped the English cham
pion, Tom Savers, to death in the prize
ring and been robbed of his victory.
Late in 1860, ShuvIer Colfa2, speaker
of the national house of Representatives
and afterwards (1S69. 1879 vice, presi-
dent of the United States, came along
per overland stage. having had rough
and boistcTous trip, repletc with dan-
gers and privations. He remained 10
our midst several days, during which
he delivered lecture on the life and
death of Lincoln to an immense audi
encc He was a fine speaker Gin both
senses of that word) and made a good
impression upon majority of the peo-
pie lie was brother-in.law to y. j..
IIolhster. for several years collector of
internal revenue for the government
here aud connected with The Tribune
during portion of the time.
Railroad Makes Change.
Eminent actors and actresses we're
conspicuouslv absent until the railroad
brought them II there was an cxrepa
tion 1T was in the case of Julia Dean
Hayne, who dropped down on US by
stage from Montana. Even then her
powers as an actress were very great,
although her charms were somew hat {
faded. and she became an instantaneous
success, her visit being a long one,
about a year She also passed the big
stone housc-Kimball's 's-hut il was as
= parting guest, III the fall of 1866. and
she never camc back. ber death occur
ring 4 year or two later
OF course we had Il string Of cclcbri-
| ties when tho tide set in; in fact they
| fairly 'trod upon each others heels
so fast they came But as their com.
ing or going bad no relation 10 or con
nectior with tho subject in chief, they
| will be passed. over for tho present