Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 27 | Fisher Lauds Disie Lecture Material

FISHER LAUDS 0 0 0 Q ci LECTURE MA T RI fi I I The wonders wonder and beauties of or Utah's I natural scenery and the charm of ot life lite In this thia wonderland of ot the till West Vest will willbe I be spread throughout the country on the lecture platform by the the- Hev Frederick Fred Fred- erick ining Fisher who Is now v In I Washington cou county nty a assembling material mate mate- rial z-ial for tor his Ills winter lecture course The lecturers lecturer's addresses are Illustrated illustrated Illus illus- and nd the pictures he throws on the screen In the course of ot his hi talks are said to be nearly perfect That I he was wae Impressed cd very deeply by the scenes and conditions he has hall found In Dixie 1 is I made evident 1 by y the following follow follow- ing letter which he has hall written to a friend in Salt Lake Lake- Dixie is probably the fairest largest largest largest larg larg- est and most important region of ot America not on any railroad I 1 hope It will always remain such that In Instead instead instead in- in stead of a railroad rushing the world through this rare beautiful homeland and wonderland you will have some flome someday day clay the most splendid system of ot highways highways highways high high- ways In America with St. St George as asa asa a center and stretching not only to the railroad but to every settlement every I scenic masterpiece In this greatest scenic part of or America reaching to Grand Junction on the east Los Angeles Angeles Angeles Ange Ange- I les on the west Phoenix on the south and Salt Lake on the tho north then Dixie Dixie Dixie Dix ie will be as famous In America as It Is ts I dear to its Us children now then St. St George will be one of ot the many beautiful beautiful beau beau- cities of ot the world with rare homes embowered with at the foot toot of ot Its rose colored cliffs guest palaces as sie noted as those of Florida and California and e 1 o er fr r bit of nf ofin In the nook nuI and nd f of or D ablaze In spring or with hlo blossoms radiant nt In autumn with fruit 1 l I 1 think Dixie with it its Ib renar climate marvelous setting In m I the he theof theof of the worlds world's greatest g 1 homogeneous population If If f II thrifty godly j 1 l i is is- d titled ti i 1 grea great t tu future t u reo I have seen Been many mun o M II since I 1 came to the Dixie the het heigh Sugar Loaf the homes homeR amid the n the white wall valI of or the t temple tempi th I Iott off ott horizon of ot the mills I 1 hall shul forget while the thc sports the theof I of ot luscious fruit of or the tho fruit tea val will long linger with m me Till Ito 01 8 marked marke-d part of ot that festival to 10 me methe methe the spontaneous good gool nature ar and I. I of ot the great grent crowds crowd A Aern Wet em ern roundup like this without profanity iii nature or but full tull of ot neighborliness clean life liCe fe and clean sport can not be edited d anywhere on earth It Is a wonderful testimony to the value of or religion and prohibition In a town Jh a I count the greatest after aCter all of he impressive scenes since I came camo to Db Dil DilSe le Se the plain homely scene of ot a S Sip p pl temblOr Sabbath Sabboth afternoon In tn the tho t Gh tb b with its Us sea Bea of ot upturned t fac c cot i of ot a sturdy home lovinS devoted rural ru f fral ral people while the tho music of ot th the ld Shepard psalms floated out on the lb quiet air and tho the soft sort green n bree bree u of the paradise o ot of Utah came through h the open doors and gently fanned tanned h lb white haired brows of pioneers rs and the tresses of ot youth and hope a Wealth fame and the world may come to Dixie but she can never h hav hv anything better than scones scenes like th thi 8 May she ever keep kelOp the simple real life of ot her primitive days