The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-14
.POMPE|| STEPPED IN |
SIN, RELICS PR0VH
Utah Man Says Excavations
Reveal Shocking Immoral
ity in Ancient Days.
VISIT TO HOLY LAND.
Former Representative Ham
mond of Grand County Re-
turns After Extensive Trip.
VISIT TO HOLY LAND

"The man or woman who believes'
in the judgment Of God against city
of wickedness, and the Bible readers
who believe that the destruction Of
Sodom and Gomorrah was justified On
account Of tho sins OF tho people OF
those cities, will find comfort in ths
retold story Of the destruction Of Pom
peii as it is being unfurled in the un-
earthing Of that former great city,' y
said B. F, Hammond of Moab, one Of
the two Democratic members of the
house Of representatives of Utah in
1909
Mr.. Hammond arrived in Salt Lake
City yesterday afternoon after having
spent two and half years in Europe,
Asia and Africa. He spent one week
visiting the ruins Of Pompeii which
was buried IN VOLCANIC disturbance in
A D. 70. At the present time more
than fifteen miles of the streets Of the
city have been excavated under the
directions Of the Italian government.
The city will be open to public inspec-
tlon within the next few months.
Was Great City.
During the years that the Italian
government has been conducting the
work Of digging out the old city it has
given special attention TO the work Of
watchful is the Italian government
that it is next to impossible to get
even bit Of rock or dirt from tho
former great city.
81 spent the better part Of six days
In the old city, said Mr.. Hammond.
sit is to be regretted that the his
torlans Of that day did not make a full
record, for Pompeii must have been
great city. This IS already shown by
the excavation.
AS the work Of uncovering the city
progresses, evidence is brought to light
every day that Pompeii, at the time of
Its destruction, was ono of the really
great cities of the world. Even today
Pompeii would be considered q great
city:
>"There Is ample evidence that Pom
peii was center Of art, of education
and OF business. The excavations have
also revealed the fact that Pompeii
was very wicked city, and that AZ
least part Of its citizens were given
to seeking :hat in life which even Rome
IN It's worst days could not equal.
Filled With Wickedness.
"Signs aud bas relief relics have
been unearthed of such an obscene ns-
ture that it is impossible to describe
them The boldest newspaper in the
United States would not dare to pub
lish what some Of those signs and pic
lures represent. To do so would mean
the barring of that paper not alone
from the United States mail but from
every respectable home in the land"
While rating his week at Pompeii as
one Of the most interesting OF his en-
tire trip, Mr.. Hammond has had some
other interesting Journeys. One Of
these was to Jerusalem.
1.-The old city, that part within the
walls, is dirty and filthy, the streets
are narrow and the beggars are so nu-
merous that it is impossible to get 100
yards without being greeted by one or
more of thcm,'' said Mr.. Hammond.
HThe new city. that outside of the
old walls, IS modern. There are one or
two first class hotels and the spirit
of progress is in evidence.
As for the old CITY it is we'll to
stay away from it, except for it's his.
torical interest,"