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Show r SALT LAKE TABERNACLE FOR THE G. A. R. MEET sioRnoA Tiae?tticic wvnv.?. neersta mtLec held Salt Lake City has been selected as tbo meeting placo for tho noxt reunion of tbo Grand Army of the Republic. Tho city is quaint, beautiful and full of historic Interest. U Is tho capital of Utah, tho ZIon ot tbo Mormons, tho ono city in tbo west to which history, romance nnd religion beckon tho slght-secr. Iti' 1847 tho founders, a handful of pioneers, the Immortals ot tho Mormon Mor-mon people, ended their memorable pllgrlmago through moro than 1,000 miles of unbroken wilderness nnd laid In tho dosert solitudes tho foundation of a sreot lntormouututn empire. Today To-day it Is tbo center of a vast region filled with wealth and diversified resources re-sources nnd the sceno of activity In mining, manufacturing and commercial commer-cial affairs. Tho old and tho now nro strangely blended In Salt t.ako City, tho bomoly Temple Square, To Left, Assembly Hall; In the Center, the Tabernacle; to Right, the Great Temple. architecture of halt a century ago. standing in tho shadow ot stately modern mod-ern structures. Almost the first thing tbo visitor docs upon reaching Salt Lako City is to visit the Temple, which stands within sight and sound ot tho business contor". Wdrk begin on tho Tomple with tho first beat of tho city's heart and continuod unremittingly for 40 yoars. It cost over $4,000,000 and Is ono of the notablo buildings of the continent. It stands upon an eml-nance eml-nance and towers abovo all surrounding surround-ing objects, its whole form outlined against file Bky line beforo nny otlier sign of tbo city can be seen. Us exterior ex-terior is graven with tho curious symbols sym-bols ot tho Mormon creed, and its loftiest splro is surmounted, .fully 215 feet above tho earth, by tho golden figure of Moroni, tho angel who revealed re-vealed tho religion of the flatter Day Saints to Joseph Smith. Tho interior ot tho Templo Is sacred; none but thoso ot the faith are over admitted through its Iron doors. Within It are celebrated mar--Trage-and-irairti smut-rites; -and -rmrnT nro tho mysteries Its granlto walls conceal. Within tho high wall that surrounds tho Templo stands also the great turtle-shaped Tabernacle, tho general assembly as-sembly ball of tho Saints. This building, build-ing, in which tho business meetings ot the Grand Army of the Republic will bo held, Is ono of the most curious structures In Amorlca. It Ib an Im mense auditorium, elliptical In shape, and scats 8,000 people. It Is 250 feet long by 150 feet wldo nnd SO feot In height. Us self-supporting wooden root rests upon pillars or buttresses ot red eandstono, which stand 10 to 13 foot apart in tho whole clrcumtcrcnco ot tho building. Tho pillars support wooden nrchea ten feot In thickness and spnnnlng 150 feet. Thcso arches are put togother with wooden pins, thero being no nails nor Iron of nay kind used in tho framework. This Is duo to the fact that when tho building build-ing was constructed, 1865-67, tbore wero no railroads across' tho plains, and nil the manufactured matorlal used in tho construction had to bo hauled by express from tho Sllssourl river. The acoustic properties of this enormous assembly hall aro tbo marvel mar-vel ot builders. At a distance of 20C feet the dropping of a pin cnu bo distinctly dis-tinctly beard and a wblspur Is audlblo 200 feet away from any standpoint la tho building. In tho west end of this building Is tho groat ogan, conceded by visiting musicians to be ono of tho finest instruments in-struments In Americn, If not in tho world. It was constructed ovor 30 years ago entirely by Utah artisans nnd mostly from native materials. Tho dimensions ot tlto organ nro 30 by 33 feet, and tho front towers havo a height of 48 fret. It has 110 stops and accessories, and contains a total of over 5,000 pipes, ranging In length from ono-quartor of an Inch to 32 foet. During tho summer season an organ rccltnl la given dally at 12 o'clock noon, by Prof, John J. StcClollan, the Tabornaclo organist, nnd recognized as ono of tho lending organists ot the world. In tbo immediate vicinity of Temple j squaro aro many Interesting features pertaining to tho Siormon faith. Opposite Op-posite tho Tomple stands the Tithing ! yard, whero all fnlthf ill Saints are sup- I posed to pay every vpnr one-tent bcl their earnings and profits to tho church The wisdom of the Grand Army delegates del-egates In selecting Snlt Lako .City for a meeting plnco will bo npparent to oyery visitor, for not only Is the city unique boyond compare, but the routes of travel through tho .canyons and over the passes of the Colorado Rockies make tho Journey going and roturnlng'tho most interesting of any railroad trip tn America. I |