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Show I OUll tiOUIH llttlU X lltlLMI. TllKTroy,N. Y 7tnu of November Novem-ber Colli coutalna a long and Interesting Interest-ing article from the graj hlo I ou of W. II. H, who haa contributed much valuable matter lo that enterprising dally. This article Is on Halt I-ako City, and glvea reminiscence of tho cltal of 'Morinonlom' which will atlurt correct Information ou a aulject that I little uudentood III the Kl.I, although most tieoj la have an Idea that they know all about Halt I.ske and tho "Morinona." r'or liiatance, the very flrtl pargrah rolatra something some-thing which, though nearly forty-four yean old, It not known to tho average American. Ho aaysi "What a charming pldnre do Halt Uke City an lite rlltrglrl tailor present In the litos-oinhu month of Juue when viewed from I mlgu Peak, a tody butta rising ebruttly from tha high tcnch illrectly north of ttiu city. At an elnv. lion ofabout 1000 feel abote tho valle), which extends soutlittsrd firly mlloa, upon the very pinnacle of this jwak, tho Mormons forty years ago unfurled tha stsrs an I stripes of their well-lwloved Isn I, an 1 from Us base, looking down tho broit 1 1 alley, look funual possession of what was then Mtxlouii ttrrllory." Thla It a tlgulllcant fact lu Mormon" Mor-mon" hlitory. It gives sufllclent contra con-tra llclloutu tho commmly accepted notion that,"the Mormons Hod to Utah (oust ape coutrolot the United ritate and set up an Independent government of their own." The story of tho ouruy of the ploueers, of their entrance Into this valley, and of the Incident of tho halt at the mouth of I.iultraMon Canyon, when President Presi-dent Vouug dcsorlod tho ipot ho had seen la vision nil 1 pro claimed this (ho I lace, I told In a pirating an I accurate manner. Tho doiorlj tlon of thevlute of that alloy from that point isartlitlo audetloand In fine literary taste. Tho rlter promlie to write further of the view from l.uilju I'ea'i whtre, ho says, the star and atrlpo true a rt a 1 ti the brii "a an enalgn to tho nations," ant he gives the fallowing noudoniatlon of tho occurre ncei tt liU), Hlmedlltely follottol tilts conlltlj of the touiierit "llrUhiiuatll filtoiiMli 'I ii la Iborlgliii'a !r'o on" I i ml, in apo ch an 1 1 roinpl In oitlon, ho was il no lime lu . ilsli t I n i pin bis foltownrt t trk toigln t ir oropt, iiilllni Hint nr fir dim il dllcutsto hrlgalo tho uu,u ai i nukliu ailn or sun drie I hr eks for li Imini.r tisrls (in It t aflr silorat in towarl the lake anl a lath in Us llmpll and In tlgorallng waters, tho resident and lrly rituruo.1 to a spot between the fork of L'lty t'roek, tba present eblel source of water U ply for Halt Lake City. Hlnpptng here and strlklog tho grotm I with his ctiue, he evelaltninh "llsrowllllo Hi lemple of nurtlod' Anhoir liter It was air eed that ihochy should bo la! I out In bl sjks of ten acres each. In lots of an acre and a quarter, tho streets lo bo eight ro.li wl le, with sllo-wslks sllo-wslks of Iwenlv foil l a o'clock In Hie etcnloga iupejng was liel Ion Ihe Temple Tem-ple square and It was deel led by sob thst rrom that spot the eliy should bo Isl out an I there tho 1 rmplo I ulll ln lb 3llh of J sly one of the Aral aett of tho Ism I of lone it teal to erect "a liberty pole," from which they Hung to Hi breeie an titnri in llsg elxtv feet long litis flag wss m I by Mormon women. The llmisritlon of lndeen deiiconasrohl; aeopy of the Constitution Constitu-tion of !h Unltod mslo ws formslly presentnl to 'liotcruor oiing,' an I with shout nnd cheers till annexation of Muxleo by the Moruon was founally eompletfrl." The fulfllmentof President Young's predlcllmln rfjard lo Ihe Temthils Ihu relatetll ' Todsy, a few eeks over forty-four years from thst tlmo, bebnl 1 tho last stone rcrtlv lo l plsce-l In tuoTimple, which will not l done unlll an lmnieno I ronxa tlguro represeiilllnr tho angol Ostirlcl, misleled after the llsrtlioldl sla lue of Ulieity Is plsced In nlllon on Hie eentral eittsrti grsnllo tower of thoill Hit Tho height of Oils tower Is .lu feci without the sialiie 1 bo bull ling Is built oflsutlful gray grstilto,qusrrle.t In ttio liioittiistn east or thocliy lliafoiinla lions are slitren fret (hep. S.MHI Hie muain of Ilia rock workors, which hss hoi n a familiar sonn I r ir so msny years, will cee, and this rp luring tin nuiuent tn (bo ureul les ler will t-o an ol Ject of a much Interest as lbs 1 sbornaclo itseir It was liegun whl ii Hie city contained but a hail Ihli i f souls. Today Hi istpulstlon IslW.ltsi." W. II, II. onro resided In thirclly, and he Is among Ihe few autl-"Mor-mont" who haa the cvuragu aud the truth tospesk of men and thltiga as he foiind'lhem, and he alwny tell It well. |