Show EOPLE AND AND THINGS n By FR FRED D BAGBY Early Salt M Making king Making of salt was one of the first enterprises undertaken by the Lat Lat- day r Saints after their arrival in rn inic the th ic valley vaHey of oC the Great Salt Lake Old DId ld records show that the pioneers rs ad lad manufactured bushels of salty salt salty y y August 26 of 1847 and this industry in industry in in- has been maintained and developed de dc- de- de to the present time lime when v itIs it itIs itIs Is one of the big businesses of the hate The primitive methods used to toI tomake I make salt in early days are brought to mind by a a notation InI in inthe inthe I the 69 directory which lists Mor- Mor ni as a I In those days daS before the evaporatIon evaporation tIon process was as extensively f sed most of the salt aIt it Is ls said d was as made through boiling the water so 50 that salt saU boiling was an f f occupation followed by more mort than one early day Salt Laker i In this um connection it might be mentioned that one of the early salt alt plants was located on the west shore of Antelope IsI island nd in Great Salt SaU lake and the crumbling crum crum- bling remains of or this old plant I L were pointed out to the writer welter by Captain Edwin G. G Brown during cruise which we took to the Island bland about 3 32 years ago aro As I I recall this Incident J. J Cecil tAller Alter then thena as now of the weather w bureau was with us us and we enJoyed enJoyed en- en Joyed a swim in the clear clearwaters waters r of the little bay at the head of which had been located the salt plant p Under the Ss one of the first prominent names we encounter is that of C. C R. R Savage pioneer photographer photographer and dealer in jn art materials and supplies George Savage was a trader and Levi rev was listed as a farmer fanner fc t. t The Sharp Family IN Next we find names of ot early members members mem mem- bers ers of ot the Sharp help helped cd to tomake make history in Utah and some of whom play played d imp important roles in the development of the state First we find that Adam and James Sharp were vere freighters while William H. H was a dentist John Sh Sharp rp Sr Sr was b bishop hop of the Twentieth ward while John Sharp Jr was list listed d as a freighter and Margaret Sharp was recorded as a widow residing in the Tw Twentieth nt eth ward vard Elijah T T. Sheets w was b bishop shop of ot the Eighth ward and J James mes Shel Shelmerdine operated a a- a ahat hat factory One Sherman whose first n name me was not recorded was a blacksmith black black- smith mith at the Railroad shop N Publisher and Editor r p Next we we fl find d the he name of Edward Ed award a- a ward L L. L Sloan who was listed I- I as a ft photographer residing Inthe Inthe in inthe the Twentieth ward Mr tIr Sloan c compiled the directory of 69 and i later founded the Salt Lake nee Her t aid k i George Geore A. A Smith is recorded as u territorial historian with lila his office of or lice fice an and d residence in the Thirteenth ward J. J Fewson Smith wa was patriarch of oC the church Charles F. F Smith was auditor of or the Overland Express While hile Joseph F. F Smith who later became beeme president of the L. L D. D S church was n an apostle Ellas Smith grandfather of the present l insurance commissioner of Utah Elias Ellas A. A Smith Jr was as probate Judge of Salt Lake county and andone andone andone one of the noted jurists of early days Leonard L Smith was amail a a. amail mail maU contractor Robert Robed Smith kwas was was a guard of city prisoners A. A 0 O. Smoot was vis' vis listed d as a a. farmer I In the Twentieth ward Snow v filled the off office of of- f fice of territorial l attorney gen gen- eral John Spencer was asa wasa as a deal dealer r tt 1 In groceries and provisions on East Temple street between See Sec jj ond South street and Broadway Harrison Sperry was Will listed as a ai i farmer fanner A A. C. C Sprague was wu I proprietor of the California stables corner of of Second South and and West Vest Temple streets |