Show I THAT THAT WAS SALT LAKE LAKE- V Veteran teran Utahn Recalls Town I Traffic Muse Mule Cars Caps J Ju u Light e I T TI I n note nole This Thin l is 14 the r In a series of nf articles r relating In Incident l In and experience In early Salt Sal Lake Iq 11 da drays n ni ns recalled b hj by of or that period I By By CL CLARENCE CLABENCE RENCE WILLIAMS j I He sat twi twiddling his thumbs as he unfolded things that took look place hereabouts when he was a young fellow He looked j I into space as he related d the story of the capital of the Beehive I t J C ww 8 3 der 4 I t. t ANTEDATES ANTEDATES TIlE THE ERA OF JUKE BOXES AND JIVE William WiIIiam Henry HenlY Mitchell Hunts lost chord of yesteryear I I i f I Ir r r j. j x y oi J a A Lk L OLD SALT LAKE THEATER WAS SOME BUILDING Pioneer recalls women had a lot more clothes on then state By gum his gum his quiet voice raised raised Ill have to dust off my memory if you want me to answer all your questions It was agreeable William Henry Mitchell speaking He is a native of El EI Paso Ill but he came out outto outto outto to Utah when times were different than they are today Mr Mitchell Mitchell Mitch Mitch- ell who will be 82 years old July 27 has lived in various parts of the state lIes lIe's Glad to Talk Well my boy Ive I've been Ive been wan tin tinto to tell the story of my life Ion for a along along along long time If youve you've got patience to io listen Ill I'll try to remember a afew afew few tew happenings and landmarks in Salt Lake when she was in swaddling swaddling swaddling clothes Mr Mitchell said he had been around Salt Lake City for more I Ithan than half century Course that means in Provo Thistle and Springville he as asserted as- as Im an old retired railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road agent I 1 was with the old Denver Rio Grande nearly 40 years The company retired me mein mein in 1930 Now if you want to know something something some- some thing hing about the in those early days I can tell you a few interesting points he reckoned Recalls Old Station I remember how the passengers used to come in at the old Rio Grande station just below Second South and west of Fifth West streets People dressed a darn sight different then You know what I 1 mean He poked me inthe inthe in inthe the ribs They had a lot Jot more clothes on The women I mean Everything moved slower There wasn wasn't t so much traffic on the streets of Salt Lake 50 years ago Boy a pedestrian had hada a heap leap more odds against being hit he ic chuckled He paused to think Quickly raising his bent head he resumed I think the greatest noticeable growth in Salt Lake City is its many nany large buildings I 1 remember bet jer the old Deseret Bank building It t stood where the First National bank is now You had to walk walkup walkup walkup up several fights of stairs to get into the main entrance Salt Lake was poorly lighted there wasn wasn't t near the things to make people get lazy I always liked to come here because because because be be- cause I had lived in typical jerk jerkwater jerkwater jerkwater water towns Photo 50 Years Late At this moment William Henry was interrupted You want a picture of me Say you you'd d have got a better picture of me 50 ye years rs ago he asserted But Ill I'll pose this time Mr Mitchell was agreeable and walked over to the L D S church museum on the temple grounds and sat at the keyboard of an old organ the kind he remembered very well The veteran was in Salt Lake to visit friends and relatives and said he had to report back home in Provo Talks of Andersons Anderson's Tower The old landmark I remember so well is the historic Salt Lake theater he quietly remarked I used to love to go to a show there once in awhile That was some building Another interesting old landmark was Andersons Anderson's tower That was northeast of the capitol on the brink of City Creek canyon can can- yon Anderson owned a huge amount of property in that section He conceived the idea of building this tower from which the tourists could get a view of the city But Buthe Buthe Buthe he never made any money 1 Those who drove sightseeing vehicles vehicles they they were horse-drawn horse th then n of course course wouldn't wouldn t take tourists up there because Anderson Ander Ander- son refused to give them a cut cuton cuton cuton on the 25 cents he wanted to charge for climbing the tower for fora a look at the valley That's where his Scotch blood turned against him Well I guess that's all I can remember except one thing I 1 Iwas Iwas was around here when they had mule cars he concluded So long Ill I'll be seem ya he waved |