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( sS ) ' f fH H G dP1v 'Ar.Er9 Ar.Er9 ArEr9 ' . k , ( Editor s Note This ThJs is another inthe in inthe Inthe the Stories of the States series ) ) By EDWARD EMERINEVNU EMERINE EMCRINE EMERINEWNU WNU JVNU VNU Features FeaturesOld FeaturesOld Old Jim Bndger Brldger Bridger , at hIS hISlonely hislonely hislonely lonely fort on Green rivertalked nver fiver , I Italked talked to the leader of thestrange the thestrange , . strange band and learnedthese learned learnedthese learnedthese these emigrants were headedfor headed headedfor headedfor for the Great American Amencan Des Desert Desert Desert ert beyond the mountains mountams He Hetned Hetried Hetried tned tried to dissuade dlssuade the leader , a adetermmed adetermined adetermined determmed determined sort of man and andpessimistically andpessimistically . pesslmlstlcally pessimistically remarked remarkedthat remarkedthat remarkedthat that he would give glve a thousanddollars thousand thousanddollar thousanddollars dollar dollars if he ever saw an earof ear earof earof of corn grown in Salt Lake Lakevalley Lakevalley Lakevalley earI I , valley valleyThe The emigrants moved on and a ahundred ahundred ahundred hundred years ago on July 24 1847 1847Brigham 1847Brigham 1847Bngham Brigham Young looked out across acrossa a scared seared and desolate land of sage sagebrush sagebrush sagebrush brush and alkali alkal ! and saidThis saidThis said saidThis This is the placeOne place placeOne placeOne One lone tree clung to 1 te fe In theentre the theent theeat ent eat re valley Heat waves wares wa ' es dancedai danccdal dancedas danccd danced al as d hot brzaths breaths br aths of air came up thecanyon the thecanyon thecanyon canyon If It there were Inward doubts doubtsamong doubtsamong doubtsamong among his folloers followers follow follo\\ follo \ ers none is record recorded recorded recorded ed Obediently ObedlentI ) the band mo moved mov , ed mto into mtothe intothe intothe the desert desert'Iormon desertlformon Mormon 'Iormon Iormon lformon ' COlvert Convert COlvertBngham ConvertBrigham ConvertBngham ! Bngham Brigham Young was a native ofVermont of ofVermont ofVermont Vermont and of Revolutionary Revoutlonary ] ancestry an ancestry ancestry cestry He had become a convertto convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of theLatter the theLatter theLatter Latter Day Da } ) Saints Samts the Mormon Mormonchurch Mormonchurch Mormonchurch church When Joseph Smith the thefounder thefounder the'ounder theounder founder ' was killed kllled at Nauvoo III Ill IIIBrigham IllBrigham 111Bngham Brigham Young was chosen to take takehis takehis takeus his place placeRocks Rocks and hills hllls and desert did didnot didnot didnot not deter him They were butthe but butthe butthe the materials with which hewould he hewould hewould would bmid bUIld In this tills strange landhe laud land laudhe landhe he and other otber Mormons would befar be befar befar far removed from religious and andpOl1hcal andpolitical andpolitical pOl1hcal political d differences Ierences Here they theywould theywould theywould would have a land of their own ownA ownA ownA A dreamer was Bngham Brigham Young Youngbut Youngbut Youngut but ) he was a doer as well Perhaps Perhapshis Perhapshis Perhapshis his e eyes ) es saw more than the mirageson mirages on the desert cesert ! that day He mighthave might mighthave mighthave have envisioned the Territory of Deseret Des Deseret Deseret eret the beg nning of an Americanepoch Amencan American Amencanepoch Americanepoch epoch the birth of a vast and producbve productive pro productive ductive ducbve region The valleys and andmountams andmountains andmountains mountams mountains that his people were to tocoonlze tocolonize tocolonize coonlze colonize ] later were before him hum and andthere andthere andthere there was a temple to be bullt built bulltclhes builttitres builtcities clhes titres and towns to be laid lard out ind in m md d istnes istrues to be developed canals andditches and andditches andditches ditches to be dug and andater water \\ater ater ' \ to bespread be bespread bespread spread over the thirsty so 1 ] 1Faith 1Faith Faith Saves Crops CropsThe CropsThe CropsThe The Mormon leader likened the thegroup thegroup thegroup group t tpa tp a swarm of bees beginn beglnn begin ng nga nga nga a new hive The Beehive became becametheIr becametheir becameiheit theIr symbol and all men were were"orkers wereworkers wereworkers "orkers orkers workers " The hardships of crossmg crossing crossmgthe crossingthe crossingthe the plans pia pla ns and mountains mountams were "ere ere " asnothing as asnothmg asnothing nothmg nothing compared to conquering conquermg thedesert the thedesert thedesert desert There were discourag dlscourag ngdays ng ngdays ngdays days dayshen when \\hen hen ' \ hunger stalked Huge Hugeo Hugeocusts locusts to tocusts ] custs came to eat their crops Have Havefa Havefa Havefa fa th Have faith ' Pray And Andthey Andthey Andthey they had faith and they prayed Out Outof Outof Outof of the sk es swarmed seagulls-thou seagulls thou seagullsthousands seagullsthousands seagulls - thousands sands and thousands of them-and them and themandthey themandthey them - andthey they devoured the locusts ' Bngham Brigham Young stated his wantsand wants wantsand wantsand and the group s needs and buildersset bUlders builders bUldersset buildersset ] set to work ' \ ark The tamed famed Mormontabernacle Mormon Mormontabern1cle Mormontabernacle tabern1cle tabernacle ! was built without nall nails naila or orsteel orsteel orsteel orsteelMonumental steel steelIonumental steelMonumental ! \ Monumental \Ionumental Ionumental Cffort Effort CffortAt EffortAt EffortAt At the ground Ie level , el of the Salt SaltLake SaltLake SaltLake Lake Mormon temple are huge earth earthstones earthstones earthstones stones each weighing welghmg three tons tonsand tonsand tonsand and 50 in m number A mountain of I l 't t . , ' D A H 0 0Leyn \ L AL Q3 au t u S 33 - i li - - s sI A/ A Aau / -Leyn Leyn - - . . 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A R I Z 0 N A granite 20 miles away furnished thematerial the thematena thematerial matena material ] Huge granite blocks werequarried were wereI werequarned werequarried quarned quarried in a canyon slung withchains with withchams withchains I chams chains from heavy carts and drawnby drawn drawnby drawnby , by oxen to the site Over 40 years yearsfrom yearsfrom from the tune time Bngham Brigham Young des desIgnated designated designated Ignated the temple site slle the construc construe constructlon construetion construetion tlon tion was complete the angel Moroni Moroniset Moroniset Moroniset set in lD place and 75 000 people took tookpart tookpart tookpart part in the dedicatory services ButBngham But ButBrigham ButBrigham Brigham Young had been dead formany for formany formany many years yearsThe yearsThe yearsThe The climate ehmate of Utah Is drystimulating dry dryshmulatmg drystimulating shmulatmg stimulating and wholesome Tbe The Tberky Thesky Thesky rky sky ; is so clear that no cloud cloudspecks cloudspecks cloudspecks specks it on 300 days a year yearLackmg yearLacking yearLacking Lackmg Lacking rain the \ Mormons I\Iormons I Iormons piO- piO piOneered pioneered pio pioneered - neered Irrigation in Amenca America Amencabrmgmg Americabringing Americabringing brmgmg bringing water from the mountains moun mountams mountarns tams tarns to Irrigate Irngate crops in thedesert thedesertToday the thedesert thedesert desertToday desert Today Utah s chief crop is sugar sugarbeets sugarbeets sugarbeets beets but vegetables and fru tru fm ts is are aregrown aregrown aregrown grown In m profusion Other crops cropsare cropsare cropsare are wheat oats potatoes hay alfa alfal alfalfa alfalfa ] fa corn barley and ryeMore ryeMore rye ryeMore More than two mill on sheep 100 100000 000 dairy cattle and a hall half millionbeef mIllIOn mIllIOnbeef millionbeef beef cattle are grazed in m Utah Woolproduct Woo Wool Woolproduct ] product on amounts to 20 millionpounds mIllion mIllionpounds millionpounds pounds annuallyManufacturmg annuallyManufacturing annually annuallyManufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturmg in Utah began With Withthe withthe withthe the Mormon pioneers who wove wovewoolen wovewoolen woolen \ \ ooen ] clothing clotlung mined mmed coal quar quarned quarreed quarned ned reed fock rock rock canned tru fru t and vegeta vegetables vegetables vegetables bles made sugar from beets m in mstalled installed installed stalled gnst grist mills mulls slaughtered cattie cat cattle cattie tle tie for meat made butter andcheese and andcheese andcheese cheese and ut lized used other ra v products prod products products ucts at hand The great coppermines copper coppermmes coppermines mmes mines came later with smelting smeltmg and andrefin andrefin andrefin refin ng of ores to folio v Bmgham Bingham BmghamMagna BinghamMagna BinghamMagna Magna Tooele Garfield and Provo Provobecame Provobecame Provobecame became mill towns to\Y1lS to Y1lS \ The Geneva Genevasteel Genevasteel Genevasteel steel plant at Provo is the largest m in mthe inthe mthe the West with a mountain of oreclose are ore areclose oreclose close beside it at . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ .b b . . = R R4 t -4 4 - 1 v vw vA vk vGS w k A GS ? " 00 M Mx x Y oil oiltJ8s tJ8s tJ8sm tJ8sa m a u utMORMON tMORMON I\IOR'ION I IOR'ION IORION \ ' SHRINE Notabe Notable ] among Salt Lake City s attractions attractionsIs Is the Mormon temple Last of the Latter Day S\IDtS S IDtS Stints ' \ temples In Utah Utahto Utahto to be completed the Salt Lake City edifice was begun In 1853 aud and not notcompleted notcompleted completed unt.1l unt1l until . 1893 The temple Is bUilt oC of gramte granite many of the larger largerblocks largerblocks blocks bemg being cartcd carted by ox tcam teams ' ! before a railroad was bUIlt in 1873 1873Seen 1873Seen Seen m in silhouette to tbe the left Is the famous Mormon tabernacle noted notedfor notedfor for Us its acoushcs acoustics and organ We cannot eat gold and silverwarned sliver silver sliverwarned silverwarned warned Bngham Brigham Young but manywere many manywcre manywere wcre were lured by those and other met met- metals metas . - . als as ] to explore the desert and moun mounta mounto mounta ta to ns us M neral resources of Utah Utahare Utahare Utahare are varied vaned including mcludmg gold silver silverlead silverlead silverlead lead iron manganese gypsum oil oilcoal oilcoal oilcoal coal copper salt z nc and many manyothers manyothers manyothers manyothersIn others othersIn In southern Utah the climate issemi Is Issemi issemitropical semitropical semi tropical but m lD in the northern a f a ad ' d N Y4 9 9b b 4 4zi zi , 94- 94 949 944Z5 - % 4Z5 4Z5N i 9 4A ' 4Z5r 4Z5wfe ; . iff N th < L < \ A ? W/ W Wt , / t - % . ' ' r / wfe f 4/ 4 42 + 2 t a1i4-1 a1i4 1 - wN sp 7a 7aa a 111 111i i -2 2 - V t > ' & # . . ffii't ffiit } ' 11 " : ; tt I Ic CniEF CHIEF c lcr EIECUTI EXECUTIVE C-CCUTH C CCUTH ' - E HerbertB IlerbertB Herbert Ilerbert ' B Blaw 1\law 1 law Maw \ native of Ogden is servinghis scrvmg serving servinghis , his second tour four year term as Ut-ih Ut ih Uhh Utth - s sgovernor sgovernor , gO\ gO gOernor governor \ ernor A law lawyer ) er teacher e\ e e'servIceman e exserviceman ' \ . 'servIceman servIceman ' serviceman and ] legislator eglslator he bas has basbccn hasbeen hasbeen bccn been prominent prommcnt in lD m Latter Day Samts Saints Samtschurch Saintschurch Saintschurch church affairsand affairs affairsand and eastern parts there are skiingand skung skiing skungand skiingand and winter wmter sports at h gh alt aU tudes tudesUtah tudesUtah Utah scenery will "Ill Ill " comparewith compare comparewith comparewith with any in the world IIercarc Dere Here Dereare Hereare are mountains mbuntams as grand as the theAlps theAlps theAlps Alps sunsets that nva rival ] those of ofItaly ofItaly ofItaly Italy and Greece Marvelous Marvelouscanyons Marvelouscanyons BIarvelouscanyons canyons rQ n3 mammoth a m mot m o t b h stone stonebndgcs stonebridges stonebridges bndgcs bridges weird rock form\hons form hons formihons formhonsand formihonsand formilionsand ' \ and other master mastcr works of nature na nature naLure ture Lure arc are found throughout thestale thestaleThe tbe the tbestate thestale state stale staleThe I The mountain lakes and streamsprovide streams streamsprovide streamsprovide provide fine fishing fishmg and the forests forestsI forestsabound forestsabound I abound in m game-bear game bear game - - bear elk antelope antelopegrouse antelopegrouse antelopegrouse grouse deer prairie pralne chickens chlckcns and andothers andothers andothers others . . . Utah once a formidable desert desertnow desertnow . , now teems with populous c t es andthriving and andthnving andthriving thnving thriving villages Once parched andburned and andburned andburned burned ground has been bcen changed togreen to togreen togreen green fields gardens and orchardsPaved orchards orchardsPaved orchardsPaved Paved highways hlghv.ays hlghvays . air aurlnes airl ] nes and sev severa several sevoral era eral ] transcontinental transcontmental railroads ralroads ] pro provIde provide provide vIde transportation transportahon What wonders wondersa a hundred years have wrought ' This year every city and hamlet hamletIn hamletin hamletin In Utah is prepar ng a celebrahon celebration celebrahonThey celebrationThey celebrationThey They will w1l ! celebrate the centennial centennla ] ofthe of ofthe ofthe the arrival arnva ] of Mormon p oneers Lessthan Less Lessthan Lessthan than 75 per cent of o1 the people arenow are arenow arenow now Mormons but all will JO ] 0 n inthat In Inthat inthat that celebration ceebratlon ] regardless of creed creedThe creedThe creedThe The build ng of Utah was the open openmg openmg opening mg of the West It was an epoch in inAmencan inAmerican inAmerican Amencan American h story |