Show archibald bevan concludes story of his life liffin in jocele To oeSe continued from last week inasmuch as it was necessary to put in the sewer and gas line before the paving could be laid a vast amount of trench digging had to be done while I 1 was a member of the senate we enacted into law some very importing import int leg islat 0 on such as the workman s compensation comp e the mine tax anti cigarette Cig erette law saw adopted the sego lily as the state flower and many others of importance among my associates in that body of men nineteen was geo H dern who afterward became governor of utah then secretary of war culbert S olsen who be came governor of cal forma fornia mr who ran for governor on the republican ticket but was defeated and became the president of the braz lian mission in south america jos chez afterwards elec ted state attorney general travel my first trip east was with a tram train load of cattle C R mcbride 11 was alim sh nning cattle for white and sons of salt lake city sent me a telegram requesting me and charley gowans to meet him in salt la ce e city at ten 0 clock that night we went to old gar field beach caught a bathing train and jo 30 ned tied him there we went to omaha nebraska and delivered the cattle to a packing company we came back on a passenger train my first trip to california was made in september before the san francisco earthquake arriving in that city we took the steamship st paul and went north to the mouth 0 of the columbia river mak ing our only stop at astoria proceeding up the columbia for about miles we arrived in port land at night and remained aboard the boat until morning we spent several days visiting the alaska exposition I 1 spent one sum mer in oregon with a surveying party we surveyed a R R from baker city oregon up into sump ter valley this road was built for the purpose of shipping saw timber to the saw mills at baker city just before world war I 1 broke out the united drug co planned to have a rexall convention at london england I 1 arranged to go sent money to boston to pay my transportation across the ocean I 1 took the train for new york city while in transit I 1 learned of the war starting on arriving in chi cago I 1 went to the office of the steamship company and was in formed that unless england got into the war they would make the trip but by the time I 1 reached new york england was into it arriving at the mcalpin hotel I 1 received a letter from the drug co ca telling me that due to the war breaking out the convention was cancelled they also return ed my money and invited me to come up to boston which I 1 d d the officials of the company treated my royally I 1 then went back to new york and from there went by tram train to washington D C visited the white house the smithsonian institute the treasury building the bureau of printing and engrav ing where all paper money and stamps are made also the united states capitol and both house and senate which were in session in 1917 1 I was president of the utah rexall club and received an invitation to go to boston to at tend a convention of the dents and secretaries of the van vari ous clubs of the U S and cana da the company agreed to pay my expenses for the trip I 1 accepted I 1 the invitation and took my wife along after the meetings were I 1 concluded a special tram train took us to mansfield mass to vis t an im mense chocolate factory where chocolate is made from nuts tons of chocolate in powdered and cake form were made here from there we went to new haven conn and I 1 Vs visited ted the rubber factory where gloves baby liples hot water hot bot ties rubber tub ng etc are made we then went to new york city As it was evening we were all taken to the winter garden theater and after that was out we all went to see zid afeld s midnight follies we spent several days viewing the s ats of the city before taking the train for home stopping over in chicago accompanying us on this trip was mr F A druehl one of the original 40 men who organ iced the united drug co also his son walter druehl and his wife also win eddie druggist from brig ham city I 1 have made six def ferent trips to california and vis cited a number of places of interest including catalina island about 22 miles out in the pacific ocean from long beach here they have the glass bottom boats so you can see the fish and marine growth in the ocean all colors and varieties of fish made a visit to la braya where the tar pits are located here is one of the freaks of nature ponds of tar these have been in ex istance for thousands of years and have been a trap for all kinds I 1 of I 1 ving creatures down through the ages any living creature that has fallen into these tar pits has been preserved by this liquid and they have been able to recover many specimens of animal life dinosaurs and many specimens of animals are made by sculptors and placed around the grounds many of these specimens can be seen in the art museum in los angeles another place of interest is the in los angeles where lectures are given in a dome shap ed building where you sit and list en to the lecture and look up at what appears to be the dome of heaven dotted by the stars and planets the lecturer points out the various planets gives their comparative size as compared with the earth and sun they also show the stars and planets as they ap pear in the southern hemisphere showing the southern cross etc in this bul ding they have a huge telescope all of the elements both liau d and solid and gasse ous are on display honor day tooele thoele north ward latter day sa tits sunday school HONOR DAY december 12 1937 awarded to archibald bevan in recognition of ten or more years active service as an officer or teacher in the sun day schools of tooele thoele ward too ele north ward or in the stake or since 1900 alfred M nelson perry C gillette sherman lindholm mrs A H gordon was hostess tuesday evening to members of her club at an 8 0 clock dessert luncheon guests present were mrs ted gillette mrs rollo kirk mrs elmer gordon mrs sidney atkin mrs warren mercer mrs claude atkin special guest for the evening was mrs ray hall first prize was awarded d to mrs elmer gordon with second going to mrs rolo kirk |