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Show 1 GENTILES iThat Sounds Easterners! Mount Olivet Was J)y the General 'Sivernment. 'I Every Religious De-iBmHave De-iBmHave Plot; Monu-5t Monu-5t Potter's Field. thc burial place for Gen-;iango Gen-;iango that sounds to the fn In th AtlHTit! Si tpace conform to tho metro 4hen, What a world ftonody mmpi Is " Why fjpiivot, even at this ni; I Kirlal pla'.o '"r Gentile.-" jflnrst white-haired Amerl-HPerhaps Amerl-HPerhaps ho may be ono lis homo, talked In tho lake at--' Ighf with Bun, back In the )- "i" Jys of Tribulation. iMtys of trouble and trll -Kw, but dauntless entiles ' Tied to branch Hold Out. .fcentlle. niirt In life, fhey lby side i' !')'-HbO !')'-HbO olive branch to the Jty Col)' .1 v. i .s il m: in. .ii M Brlgh.i in Youtu: JBombcr ; no nn ml. r, It cemei. i rv m.-l IBl Mormons. 1 ho C'oun-jlKct C'oun-jlKct of land t.j Hi.. flBSract i.j J Ktery prop' A i -1 . jom thti Proi-st fl for a Inn lxl I'M. . . .1 I ltd il"V. r I I fAhaslzol their I i 1 1 i n. - - .Bis; be -ni -) i alw;i' t mould BSP only f.iir to li.it Bled i ifingi i V pn tin Iir-t all" ga-jBbe ga-jBbe trn. Tit'- Th"' J Blest, ha thcii Mount B itovc merit jjB the l.'ii . h Hknd on list . .1 ill-. Interest BenllUv ity It Bi 1ST. A Gentiles jfc meeting and debated Hlr.ct thing to ho eonsld-. eonsld-. i -It- After Oon ii was fleclded that -e I... i . t ylrig within th... rniln..r BTorl I 'oopla - iiioii It--' Vr, belfj ".!, 1 1 io tl.oi lHi So' III J land fc. Tb!.- Bte ecu). ftions as ih Sei BBy J . i 1 Js prot (Kauai j , 1-77. th.- v,., . Bwai"i. t.. s-n flBnus for tin Vhe oiii' i - i Bpnonii- rfBof of t h i .1 ni IIBnt Epls'-oi 1 1 "fcatlo.i.. Baptist .i . - io -Ml States Stipulated. Bs not numi Bwro to . i VKCongi, "Mlii- BtOUB dVlnuiili i I I par stln. ..ii" bid reg i nation than i!. 11 fllH ill IHts nrpiiu'. ! 'an enjoyin. .. n,. i Bd to t,'rrh vBrtgnaU-il. s-nl.j HtfHled to AH. Jp the t .. i Ii.,li, arid I. ws Bemrti- . ijH t ':'i' and havf .il- Bn aero V'Jt along with i , ... i i . VCiB.10'' ''"ar.l Miuil.iilv ' Bph COliM tna I..- i !,. - i rn. ,Bfelve an m ground DBBPreto-ntathoi I I '"Io also ai".l i . ii g0Hror h. ii. tWBdetioi ilnatlon " In all iHoiy jniir J'Klou." reason ither jUty ar.d in. . hi "ts plan of all. .(in. ni, tWP.e n"r offerfil to llufti 11 '"' " ' '" '' HMhlch Ht rt . .J il,.. , , ni. tf.-.B tf.-.B deKtlnh .. -,,,,, ,inly ,sm tllom ;i ' w..-iiii u.-i. M ';Ptr the Giouiid. jfd brKnn th... nrl; of r6',B off c i" ' ' 1 a nue. Sin... tint n Otley h.la hr-. , . ,,i ,, iflBj'y f a naturally s.-.-mr-lUBT spent Is vUli.u. in n,,. Illr T 'h" ' ''''' ,ir"1 outside the cemetery, supplied from Red Butt- canyon. Jt Is visible In the large Kims conservatory and gropnhou., In the Ideal receiving vault copied after those in Kaatorn cemeteries; In the plecea of areh-Itecture areh-Itecture one sees in cemeteries resembling Chinese pagodas; In the various buildings for living quarters, office nnd those for the convenience of cemetery employees nd the. storage of cemetery equipment Everywhere la indicati m f money wisely if not lavishly expended for the idea oh-talned oh-talned that next to our affection for th-living th-living our hearts should g out to our dead. But not a dollar was expended on Potter'a Field Lots Sold and Cared For. Russell Tracy, secretary nnd treasurer of the Cemetery association, talking with Th Tribune said: Purine 'he flrt fifteen or elchton ran lh lot wera sold for from M( to pr lot. or from $2" to J.l.i pir half lot. nrvl eoch owner in ehirg-l v!th on annual tax for the care end unter of jmc of from $4 to V pr jrear per lot, be.fr a mnlntenaere tax for th jr. n'rnl Improvement of the remetery of about t2 per rp.r. It iu aftsnrard f .tir.t thni It m m almost I n 1 j h ! I . ) to compel people ' " pay this nnnunl tnx. it- lolly ni many owners own-ers moved away an. I left no one mifAcleUUy Interested In the appearance r.f the plot to ptiy ttila nnnunl tax. Perpetual Osre Plan. In nhout the tinrd adopted a rule In nffoct that thereafter no lot ehouM bo except on the rerpetual can' plnn or for a sum not only eufflelent to pay 1t proportion of the preneral expsnice of the cemetery, but also for a sum which would enable the hoar.l to create a slnkliiK fund which by the time all of the, ground was eoM. would amount to each a fum that the Interest upon It would pay ho nccejpary expenses of malntnlnlng the cemetery. By this means, the ordinary care and water for all lots sold after that date un-i provided for. but there was no method of compelling payment of tho annual tax from those who htid previously i-.ueht lots with tho underF'.andlng that they should make t lit annual payment. The board then oMred ihe s Upertntendent to cense glvblg cure and Water to all lots which had not perpetual care unless the annual chnrce for rare an. I water was paid. This resulted In mnnj- of the lots bMnr abandoned, not only by the owners, but bv III Cemetery association as well. The uraNs dlc-l from want of care nnd water and these lots became unsightly and a disfigurement not only to the adjoining lots, but to the entire cemetery, All Lot3 Cared For. About a year aco the superintendent wn instructed to Improve and care for every lot In tho cem !-ry, with the exception Of those which had been sold to certain lojfp-n T vv made a reayonnble charge for this service, nnd this charge aril tax int the rate of a roar for an entire lot or $3 for a half lot), becomes a lien upon tho lot. nnd the superintendent was Instructed to notify the owners of this lien and that no tntenn-nt could lc mode until un-til this tax or lien was paid: and wh.n the delinquent tax or Hen uion any lot amounts to $2A or more tho dlr.- tors are authorised to sell enough Of the lot to pay same This will compel each lot In tho cemetery to pay-Its pay-Its proportion of the expense for water and care, and will result In a irr.at lmpiT. ement In the appearance of tho entire cemetery. Potter's Field. Potter s Field! The term is odious, for one cannot help associating its origin with the thirty pieces of silver with which it was bought in order to bury the body of Judas, the betrayer of Christ, in Europe th- burial place f paupers I siiu known as Potter S Field. What Irony lh-poet lh-poet puts into the lines rtattle his bones over Uie stones lU'i naught but a pauper whom nobody owes to arouse resentment at man's Lnhuman-lt Lnhuman-lt t man Much as one would like to call it the Stranger's Field, tradition will not have It so. History and habit are consistent and the law ordains thru the burial places of the lrnng-r and pauper shull bo written "Potter's Field" In government gov-ernment documents. Hence, Potter's Field nt Mount Olivet. Monuments in Potter's Field. Ono would not expect to 80S monuments monu-ments In a Potter's Field, but there are a number In Mount Olivet. Nothing Imposing, Im-posing, of course, yet large, marble head-BtOnes, head-BtOnes, som- four feet high, nnd all of thorn cost i.ioney. As In tho Stranger's Field in Cits cemetery, many of th-gr.iv." th-gr.iv." showed the decay b-n-ath and the caving in of th- earth, Those cave-Ins cave-Ins would loosen the support of the monument and cause It to lean over the now unsightly grave or fall entirely. No attention is paid to the leaning monument monu-ment unless some, relative of the dead happens along and Is inciln-d to straighten straight-en it tip. Seldom kucI) appears, it is Poller's Field the single hlemlsh on the most beautiful burial ground In this Intel-mountain basin. Secretary Tracy Explain?. Mr. Tracy' attention was called to Potter's Field and the s-et -ta t offered an explanation. He said: There ore two acres In the southeast part of th- cemetery which ere set apm-t and described de-scribed by tho Secretory of Vnr as th- ' Cotter's Cot-ter's Field. No ih.unu Is made for this ground further than lho cost of opening nn.l losinii th- grays, but graves in this section receive no caro from the cemetery, as the uhmx lat Ion has no money except Mich ns Is received from lot owners and Individuals for the caro of particular Iota and jrrar. and It would bo unjust to thoss who pay to dlvort a iirtlon of this fund to the core of emus belonging to people who are Indifferent as 10 th llnal noting place of their .lend, especially espec-ially as (hey arrt frequently perfectly able to pay for' a grave In the single Improved section sec-tion of the cemetery. Frequently people win bury their friends In th 1-. iters Held and Hi... jay for carrlnger In addition to those occupl-d by the mourners, and for flowers upon tho day of the funeral, from two 1.. Five times the amount II would cost to secure c. grave In the single Improved section, where, up .n piiv 1. ..1,1 of 5JJ f..r the ground f.r adults, and 16 for the ground for chlblren. the gr:i.-will gr:i.-will receive perpetual rare, whl.h means that the grass will bo cut and watered for all time, without any further charge. General Appe&iance. In marked contrast to the Jols and graves in tho City -tu-i try, Mount Olivet Oli-vet presenta an uppearance of uniformity uniform-ity pleasing to the beholder. The mode In vogue, In the cemeteries of the Kast has been carried out her- the past few years. No coping of any kind will le permitted to Inclose lots or half lots In future The lots nre graded to a slight elevation above the paths leading to them, and this is sufficient to fix the boundary lines In tho mind Of course this rul- I-- not retroactive and cannot apply ap-ply to thoso lots already surrounded bv briwnstonc or granite coping. Bin there Is no wood coiling anywhere on the grounds, and the old-fashioned shrub fences to be seen h-re and there attract one's attention rather than criticism. Il WOUld be :i jdtv to unroot them All the lots under perpetual care are In one division of the cemetery. Those without that provision are In another. Tim City cemetery will never reach that perfection in unlfonnit) , Cemetery Sculpture. Many r.f the monuments at Mount Olivet Oli-vet present new ideals of cemetery BOUlptlgV and represent a great nulla) of money. The obi r.nd wealthy t'atholle families of the city retain their p..dlng.s In Mount Olivet. Tho Cemotcry association wis granted the free us'-' of. the water used The thHt thing suggested after the gmnt of land whs given was to pr-empt a water right 'J hls was don- and tin ;... rnrn-nt confirmed con-firmed It. First Interment. Over B200 Interments are recorded :.p to dab The first person laid to rest In th-burial th-burial plot if I'ort Douglas was Mary Tracy, a child. The amount of money In the sinking fund f"t perpetual care of lotg after the cemetery is mi-d with tho dead is S27.000 at this writing, it is Invested in flrt mortgage hms upon property valued it double the amount of the loan. Most of the citizens buy half lots n tho cemetery, as these Will accommodate six bodies. |
