The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-09

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! none but the high priest could
enter, and he only once year.
In that inner sacred shrine, all
sorts of mysterious rites were said
to be performed and the glory of
over the Ark OF the Covenant.
Finally when the temple was
! profaned by the Romans. nothing
iswas found inside but that sacred
! vessel.
Also Tabernacle
! Just so 1t viii be one day with
| the idea OF secrecy.~and mystery
serves similar purposeto that Of
the sacred rites and passwords of
the lodge. It makes folks think
there's something wonderful in
side.
Do you know. I've often
thought that seven-eightts of the
| wonder about death is the mystery
which wells it. Probably one day
| we shall all learn. as millions have
before us. that there's nothing OF
the other sid e of the veil SO yer;
| different from what we have
known on this side.
Well, to get back to Salt Lake
and the Mormons- In addition to
the mysterious temple, they have
the wonderful tabernacle to which
everybody Is welcome and gladly
admitted building far more
wond erful tn an the temple archi-
tecturally, because built by these
same supposedly ignorant pioneers
with a self-supporting roof $50
feet long $50 feet wide and SO
feet high. restin gupon, pillars OF.
red sandstone, The tabernacle r.
a. marvellous triumph of skill 1t
contains one of the finest pipe
organs in the world, seats 5000.
persons, has perfect acoustics ana
anyone is welcome to attend the
services.
Your true Mormon has no diff,
Guilty with the Volstead act He
has always ABSOLUTELY eschewed
alcoholic drinks of every sort. In
this respect he has gone the.
ancient Israelites one better But
he also abstains from all hot
drinks, tea and coffee-and Post
UNI. I suppose-for what reason
cannot imagine. and tobacco for a
very excellent reason: viz, that 1t
is an internal expense and does no
good and wish I'd never started
it.
Have Good System
The Mormons, or Latter Day
Saints as they prefer to be known,
are wonderful people. They are
the best farmers in our country.
take care Of their own poor, ask
no help from anyone and, while
they are strong believers in an
orthodox hereafter, they place
particular emphasis Upon ones
bread and butter here and now.
Come with us and we will teach
YOU the true God and also how to
raise six crops of alfalfs in one
year," say their missionaries. ana
in the great nationwide panic~of
1898 practically no Mormon home
had ever been mortgaSed
I think any halfway intelligent
gentle could engage in no moro
profitable vacation than to spend
six or eight weeks IT the Mormon
districts of Utah and learn how
they operate. econ omically- Twen-
ty years ago. when touring Cali
fornia with the distin suished lee
turer and writer on Arid America,
William e. Snythe. I gave TO him
the phrase. "the economic Nor,
=, or', ~ anhooving that nLe.c1s, on
whom any gentle could we'll
afford to emulate. I still feel that
we do not know and probably
never will know how very much
we owe to the economic theories
practically promulgated and illus,
trated by these wonderful pion-
GERS of the '40's.
Utah. as have said, is one OF
the richest mining states in thu
union. Compared to population.
it is til e very richest. The annual
production of gold, copper. silver,
lead and zinc now averages close
TO S120, 000OOO,s which was $3.50
for every man, woman and child.
in the state-wnich. l think. is
the record for any state in the
union.
Now Brigham Young suspected
that Utah was immensely rich in
the precious metals and he knew
just what mining craze would
mean Ito the civilization he was
Eve cannot eat gold and sill
YER he said. For this reason he
always discouraged mining and
encouraged agriculture, stock
raising and manufacturing, and
that is the reason why Utah today
is great rich agricultural state
of splendid farms and homes, and
not a land of. tin cans and buried
hopes.
Arc Discontented
II you have ever listened to
Apostle Reed Smoot, senior sena-
tor from Utah. you know that