Show I 1 I 1 SALT LARE LAKE TEMPLE I 1 i I 1 it t has to be ba cl closed ased si against an ungrateful public because bee ause of vandalism at tb the e salt lake L 11 0 temple the authorities have h bad cocose to close it against the general public there are exceptions however the deseret news Newa say saya 3 the bishops of tho several city wards will be furnished with tickets by the presiding Bishopric which the they y will be permitted to distribute to worthy members in tle the church in their respective spec tive wards and no one without such ticket will ba allowed to ta children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian aged and infirm people should not attempt to climb the stairway airway people and very timid people had bad better not go to tue trae top of the tower there is no need nead to tell la bittar attar atar day saints not to writs write upon or in any way deface this saiyed structure but proper means will be taken to protect it from vandalism hereafter her calter strange stran ge to say the salt lake tribune views this arrangement with apparent favor it says ever since the of the stonework stone work on the temple aud the set sat r ting of the statue in position eliere ero has been a 8 teady steady stream of sightseers going up t those hose long flights of stairs to see the statue and to get the superb yiew view beheld from the upper platforms but the privilege has ben been so shamefully a abused bu ed that the church authorities have felt obliged to shut shot the gates against the general public and hereafter admit only such as they haye have good reason to believe will not misuse the courtesy extended to them the tha relic fiends have pulled strips of the heavy gilding from the lower part of the statute besides beside scratching up the pedestal with knives and paasila pan pen sila and while on the dav UD or down dawn have even climbed se BC ai dargi in the interior to chip off pieces of pl plaster cornice cornice to carry away as souvenirs moreover not being contest with that they have spit tobacco juice all over the premises on the statue on the stairs and into crevices of the tha wood and stone work where the nasty mess can be reached only by who brushes then several visitors tora have within haaring of i the attendants expressed a fervent desire i 1 for dynamite that they might blow up the whole damn thing saints and all in short the visitors were mak ing such ravages that something had to be done and the only thing eting was to shut hut out the general public as aa has beon been stated the status statue has hag been re gilded where the defacing was done the broken cornices cornicks cor nices are being repaired and as far as possible the tobacco juice has ha been cleaned up it is a shame that the public cannot behave hselm when courtesies are thus extended to it |