Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-08

OF the three trains are not scheduled
to stop at any of the 3S stations in
run of 10 miles, save at one flag
station. Aside from regular stops
the trains run 900 miles at one
stretch. The Los Angeles limited
makes three stops in $40 miles. And
why should they stop? Nobody wants
to get off, and there is no one to
get on. The box car siding or Sec
ton house and depot that compose
a town in the desert do not tempt
one to get off at sunset and wait
until the following day.. Rather are
you delighted to have through
ticket and you want to keep going.
Here are millions of waste land.
but that's about all there is to
waste. Beside the trains tn, only
moving thing seems to be the sand:
it was behaving beautifully for it
was raining, but the great heaps and
drifts and dunes. piled in the valleys
and mountain crevices showed plain
ly how lively it sometimes gets. The
run to Salt Lake is 784 miles and is
made in a little over "a hours. The
highest altitude en- route is reached
at Boulter over 5000 feet above sea
level
Before reaching Salt Lake city
you reach the lake itself, body of
water so salty that nothing grows
near it's shore. Out some IL miles
from the town are the pavilion and
bath houses. The lake is constant
ly receding and at some distant day
will disappear entirely. Along its.
shore great vats are pumped full of
water and the water evaporates.
leaving nice fine salt. which is put
on the market by train loads. Ev-
cry five pals of water make over
one pail of salt.
Salt Lake City is laid out on the
square, whether Brigham Young,
it's founder, was square or not. Its
streets are very broad and it's blocks
liberal in size. One street is said
to be 20 miles in length. Intending
to spend only a few hours between
trains. we got a general view Of the
seeing car.
The temple grounds are made to
be the center of the city. First
street east begins at the temple,
First street south begins on the
south side of tho temple: SO also the
west and north streets begin on the
west and north. So that east 10th
street is recognized at once as 10
blocks east of the temple and South
Sth is eight blocks south. The tenn
pie and tabernacle attract tourists
out of curiosity, not but what many
modern building are more beautiful
and roomy. The exterior of the
Mormon temple is very dark and
discolored and already shows plain
ly the marks of time. The guide
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nacle which in outside appearance
and shape resembles a large turtle.
The roof is made of timber pinned
together with wooden pins; in the
center it needs no support, but
around the edge this great she'll
rests upon stone piers. Between
these columns or supports are the
windows for light The center is
seated with pews that face the great
organ and platform, while gallery
above runs entirely around the sides
and rear. The guide taking US to
the farther point in the gallery, q
man appeared near the organ and
dropped what was said to be pin,
but sounded like shingle nail.
We were too far away to verify it.
He rubbed his hands together and
it sounded like two pieces of sand
paper grating Then he whispered.
but it was a semi-voice instead Of a.
whisper Our Mormon lady guide in
formed us that she was unable to
take US through the temple as only
good mormons are allowed to en-
ter it," But she added significantly,
Many of the mormon members
have never seen the interior Of the
temple" What it takes to be a
good mormon" we did not learn.
She further said, "All the public
are now held in the taber-
nacle; only two services ar per-
formed in the temple-baptism for
the dead and eternal marriage
1t is interesting to know what
baptism for the dead means. Au-
thorities say, that if your relatives
or friends died without hearing Of
or accepting the mormon faith, you
may make it possible for them to ba