Show JP RESIDENT PRESIDENT B YOUNGS TRIP TO TOOELE E T CITY august 16 IW EDITOR DESERET NEWS DEAR lea DEA D R BROTHER this morning at 8 president B young took leave of the city to visit tooele thoele and hold a two days meeting the morning was fine and clear the air salubrious and comforting and the grand old mountains on the east and on the west seemed to salute each other with a gay good morning arwe as we passed rapidly from the one range to the other on looking in the distance upon our beloved city great salt lake city the city of orchards it dazzled like a priceless gein gem locked up within the fastnesses fast nesses of the everlasting hill hlll god Is known in her palaces 11 we arrived at E T city about noon moon and were joined there by elders john taylor wilford woodruff and george A smith row Bow berry derry of tooele thoele co and bre bresien hlen hien en of E ET T city welcomed us sending out an efficient escort c of mounted men to meet us on the way A arter after a sumptuous meal ibeal we assembled with the saints under a neat bowery to hold bold meeting and bear instructions from the almighty aleigh ty through the prophets and apostles Apost les leq present ent there were present of the first pres dres present presidency esi esl dency brigham young of the twelve apostles jo john taylor wilford woodruff fr george A smith and george Q cannon george D watt reporter meeting calletto called to order by bisa op singing by the choir and prayer by elder john taylor elders taylor cannon and woodruff fr addressed the people pe p e then meeting was dismissed b by y elder geo A smith T the he company repaired to tooele thoele passing assin g by brother lorenzo D youngs habitation habit habitation ailon atlon where we watered our animals and drank some new milk on approaching tooele thoele city all was gaily and joy we were met bya by a martial band on the suburbs of the town and were escorted by I 1 it into the city then between two rows of or school children dressed in white and gay colors and bearing banners with appropriate mottoes and crowds of citizens old and young they all at once shouted a hearty hurrah waving hats bats and handkerchiefs in testimony of the welcome they gave to the president and his friends kuch demonstrations of joy and welcome are a ways wass gratifying yet I 1 thought that they were not entirely with danger for we cannot expect that horses and mules understand the waving of hats and handkerchiefs and loud shouting and may become unmanageable through fright the president with elders geo A smith and geo Q cannon put up at the bishops and the rest of the company among amone the citizens tooele thoele saturday 17 atan early hour the people of tooele thoele began to assemble under a substantial bowery situa ted ledor tedor ou the north side of anew meeting meetinghouse house in the course of completion meeting called to order by bishop singing by a very good choir prayer by elder isaac groo elders geo D awatt watt john taylor and wilford allford woodruff addressed the meeting which was dismissed by elder geo A smith 0 rpm pm after singing zions captive I 1 ac el elder eider er G D watt offered prayer followed with singing by the Grants grantsville ville choir elders orson oison pratt and geo Q cannon and president B young addressed the saints the president spoke 50 minutes after singing by the Grants grantsville ville choir the assembly was dismissed with benediction by elder john taylor we noticed on the stand this afternoon br T B 11 stenhouse sunday 18 last night we were visited by a brier brief thunder storm and a r Ight slight sprinkling of rain the theair air this r morning ruing I 1 is les ies oppressive we are glad to join hands bands with bishop peter 31 aughan maughan from cache valley who arrived in tooele thoele yesterday afternoon accompanied by francis gunnel and the editor of the da dairy daily IV telegraph elders joseph F smith and W S godbe are on the stand today to day meeting called to order by bishop singing prayer by y elder eider er geo 0 Q cannon bishops lorenzo D young oun a and frederick kesler have just come u upon on t the e s stand rid singing b by choir elders iders geo eo A smith wil wll ford lW W S godbe president B youn young and elder oder joseph F smith addressed oe the saints the tooele thoele and Grants grantsville ville choirs singing between their remarks meeting dismissed by elder george A smith the tenor of the teachings given during the session of this interesting conference was big with savoring importance to the saints the spirit of god seemed to cry aloud unto the people through th the elders to observe the word of wisdom for er individual in and social health and for tempo temporal ral rai and spiritual salvation at 3 pm the president and company bade adieu to the saints in tooele thoele and after a somewhat dusty ride of four hours and a half we reacted our homes again in the city both young and old were pleased to seethe see the president and generous hospitality strewed its blessings lavishly around among the many mottoes that attracted our attention one read as follows wed leave our work our school our play to meet with brigham any day this little couplet very aptly portrays the feeling which everywhere prevails among the settlements tle tie ments when they are favor favored edwith with the visits of the president and his friends tooele thoele city numbers some fifteen hundred persons it has two schools consisting of two hundred scholars it Is erecting a very substantial meetinghouse meeting house of rock walls vea two feet thick dimensions 40 by CO the vails walls are completed f plated and the roof timbers on it Is expected that this building will be finished in january I 1 next or sometime during the spring of 1868 insl its cost Is estimated at between fifteen and sixteen i thousand dollars the belling will be twenty I 1 one feet from the floor and it Is intended to erect a gallery in the rear of the house wiil will be situated a and supper room it is a good house and I 1 am satisfied that the tooele thoele saints will be proud of this magnificent improvement they are also building a social hall which la Is being done by shares this house Is substantially built of rock its dimensions 60 byco by 30 it will be e used for a dancing hal hall for dramatic representations and other social and intellectual purposes it Is estimated that this building will cost twelve thousand doi dol dollars lars the toole and Grants grantsville ville choirs sang sweetly from the quality of the melody they produced I 1 conclude that there exists among the members of these choirs unity of effort to honor the lord in their songs of praise while strict musical method should not be ignored a arttelt heartfelt he appreciation of the songs of zion and the spirit of praise should not be sacrificed to it in the performances of these excellent choirs their exist a heartiness and oneness in the blending of good voices which make their songs not only pleasing to the ear but they reach the heart there are no distilleries or whisky shops in tooele thoele I 1 observed two dry goods stores the wheat crop Is better than usual the corn crop promising the oat crop very fair A number of very good dwelling houses are in the course of erection and general prosperity content plenty and happiness everywhere prevail respectfully G D WATT |