The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-06-22

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there across the surface. Then as the
sun arose. covering all nature with it's
beaming smile, the fact that it had
showed during the night mattered but
little, for nee in our lives at least,
we had seen a morning dawn in the
mountains.
The Devils slide was an interesting
feature of this rocky country, Just be-
fore we reached Salt Lake and Charlie
Symms was quite anxious to get his
clutches on it for a e stunt in
Shrinedom, but as no one seemed en-
thusiastic about moving it t Sioux
Falls, Charlie will have to content
himself with taking his candidates GU
over the L. Il.
I'VE arrived in Salt Lake City about
9 o'clock Saturday morning. We were
met by Rotarians and given an auto
ride about the beautiful city which we
enpoyed very much and decided this
was where we would like to live. Salt
Lake City is the finest city we have
seer in he west up to date. Our trip
through the city was given us through
courtesy of a brother Rotarian, who
was a mining engineer and well posted
on all things of interest and could
reel off statistics Of the city. county
and state in a manner that would put
the best talking machine to shame.
He could swear in a manner absolutely
musical and We were quite disappoint-
ed when our ride actually came to
an end. We wanted to ask for more.
Among other interesting things he
old us was the fact that Salt Lake
City was 60 per cen gentiles or Jews
as they call them, and 40 per cent
Mormon, but that throughout the state
it was quite the reverse, SIS to 80 per
cent being mOrmons. There is the
homliest lot of women and girls in
this mans town we ever saw any
where and if it were not for the beauty
of the city and the nice looking men
we would have had the nightmare.
Following our ride we were taken
to the great Mormon Tabernacle and
given a special concert on hat won
derful pipe organ, said not be excelled
by any similar instrument in the
world. The concert was given by
Rotarian Campbell, who has been the
organist for the past Is years. 1t
would be impossible for me to describe
the effect OF the beautiful tones and
the magic touch of the master hand
that played this great instrument. The
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wonderful instrument seats over 5000
people and is unique in it's construc-
ton, having been erected without the
use OF nails. The roof is pinned to-
gether with wooden pins and tied with
rawhide thongs. 1t is today the largest
auditorium in the United States with
out a center support to the roof.
I'VE were taken from there to the
beautiful hotel Utah and given a
wonderful luncheon. Dick Dickey,
vice president Of the Salt Lake Rotary
club, presided as the president and
a large number Of the club had already
gone to Los Angeles. Songs were
INDUCED in and we had a number of
speeches by Doc" Smith of Omaha,
Luther Brown, Cedar Rapids, Billey
Coppeck, Paul Rankin, Ed Robinson
of Sheffield, England.
I'VE had just a few minutes visit
with Lloyd Hyde, son of DR.. and Mrs.
A. w. Hide. Lloyd holds a very respon-
sible position with the Tracy Trust
d Insurance company and is located
in one of the finest buildings in the
city and owned by Mr.. Tracy. We had
the pleasure Of meeting Mr.. Tracy,
who is one Of the foremost citizens of
Salt Lake and a very pleasant man.
1T was while here that in some
manner ! turned my ankle and went
lame. DR.. Ben Bridge Of Ames, Iowa,
took the matter in hand and the next
day it was so much improved that