Show written for this paper 1 EDWARD STEVEN SONS TRAVELS jackson co mo blo sept 1895 1833 after the closing of our conferences conference tuesday night tb tho lost we accepted an invitation of the citizens olt izena 0 of st john to deliver a lecture on emigration to utah and our ayster oi of irrigation every evening in the pavilion seemed to inore iner esne aee in interest and aad numbers on our way to this place through a beautiful part of kansas as we approached pro ached the garden of adsms adame s first bode abode on tola thin earth our party were we arrived at 6 p m yesterday yeat erday having left st br john at ai in the morning our plea pleasure ture however was wag marred by sad and news newa brought to our party pany by elder ellas elias kimbell who fell in ID with us ue upon his bla way to the kentucky conference elder charlet Robi of Moot Mont pelie pelle was waa ing bla big only chalvis picture admi admiring it in so BO doing I 1 bad occasion to remind him that in taking a alki nea with us ua we must lo ie rn to leave the original at home ilithe hands bands of the lord and that in ID 1868 1858 while I 1 was wae miles from home on a mission I 1 had to make the sacrifice of my fourth child it 16 was wae less lees than ten minutes alter after that news newa was waa imparted impart Im td unto him by brother elias kimball of the demist demise of the very child we had bad ju juet a t looked at how soon boon joy was turned ioto into sad aad nook nei I 1 he had allabe all the kind words anu and which we could pour into the of one so suddenly bereaved brother Rob luson bore it bravely a as possible poul ble last night we alcot within a stone antonee 11 throw of where bishop edward partridge was waa tarred and leathered feathered anu abused near unto death it was wai aull about fifteen walk to the temple lot some of our party who bad never been out of the bounds of beautiful utah before complained of the sultry nights and nd opi beat of these low laade ian do fog of taip morning to la like a cloud hanging around the mountain tops tope the cool nights are all the mere highly appreciated when rolling and tumbling in bed here seeking a bre breath tb in mr air it la is said aid to be no not hot juist ubi now at this place and prostrations prost rations it wre re of frequent t occurrence boon alter after the rising sun BUD eight or of out our party were on the temple lot tb grou at attraction of the entire courtr near the little me ting houst under the blaue of a tree which bus bee spread pread out its ita branches bran obea seven years longer than when elders jadoon black anil and myself found refuge under its ita genial shade from the hot sun un our cur party found themselves on the clean grass graas in a group A gentle breeze got io in so ao that by tb the aid of lane iana we could flod find rest reat and enter into pleasant conversation of tb time when out our loved Fro prophet phet beer anu revelator Bev elator in 1881 and at other stood oo on these theae eacret ground ill then a and by unerring revolution revelation point out this an aa the sacre spot pot where a temple should be erected unto the lord in this gene generation generate rati on rider elder A kimball his wife rod and the elders in fact all 11 II of ns no joined in saying this was really one of the happiest days of our life one of our elden mid eald he be would not miss thin blessed opportunity for the beat farm in utah alter after resting we ira under the bade of a tree on the spot pot where the temple to la to be erected eight of up knelt in agrout where each one off elied up a prayer in turn remembering Z on and her waste places loved one at as home the elders abroad and the gathering of israel EDWARD STEVENSON independence jackson co mo sept after our thanksgiving to theford the lord on the spot where the great temple is i to be built we took a picture of the group rou pas as a souvenir the scene looked too pretty to pass the favorable opportunity our party desired to see eee inside tb church of the re rc organ ZA zd order where such each registered his firmes and ana we took the electric cars to kansas city 12 miles there are two lines ru running DiDing between kansas city slid aud independence mo the cho dummy runs part of the way aang the banks of missouri river by passing on each line a fairer Judil judgment mout may be formed of the country which in independence la Is rolling ground an effort was made some years ago to build up and connect both there are i mail towns towne and Waa bloK ton tonis toni Is gardens between and many reel real defaces of comfort and beauty we leave the river most moat of the la is d is ie rolling but as aa a rule the prairie land la in more level most of our party wort delighted with the towns fillup lot foi eats and open lands landa tor for there i is a variety after riding on the cable nod and electrio electric oar cats to the union depot nod and malin main street brode wo rode to the packing house ut of armour co of kansas city M rho plant covers coven thirty acres ot of land jand there are employed hand who kill about as many cattle to iu one day our party was waa conducted through tb establishment orient by a porter it la Is amazing to see the dispatch and akil dab played A herd of cattle le i passed up and ver over bridges from ore building tu to another up grade until it reaches ui u t several to the thea laug ter ing room where they are dropped cui and passed from rom hand to hand butil further on abe be beeves in halves are passed as by magic in a continuous ht ream on to the packing ruo ruoms utis anu ano dually are eoon BOOD in a frozen cou ditten and are shipped everywhere hugs hugeri it their season go up and come out jut iu in barr barrel elp while others are am kru keu aito eider hams barns and shou laore on i fr may imagine bow last fast they abe go ir fr no m une one department to another when pass pa B ali rough in c me ne day I 1 bellevo this bia plant is ia the greatest of lis its kind in the world alter after seeing the elders off elder kimball and I 1 returnee to to prepare to leave these parts for par far west pawing through Lib liberty efly clay county mo me some desired us to remain over sunday to speak to the people but two more days daya could not well be spared having written be ore from the wate places of zion I 1 shall dwell only on ouch points as aa may interest your rea derc derp our journey will be to cameron Came roo 64 54 mile in clint cilc n county mo via the burlington Burli nifton 2 route one fare then 3 will hire a two boree borge carriage for we tiie day albe party to handle the team it la 10 miles mileo to far west weal tience 7 miles mile to Kin kingston goton and 6 5 miles milea on to hauna mil 44 miles mile the round trip then it is 22 miles from cameron to Gail atio on the rook book island rall roa t 65 cents full tare I 1 mile buss ride to Goll atio 15 oen con a 9 then it to is 5 miles to adam A abuan bins P this la Is the program marked out oat so ao far the distances d 18 and cost coat will be of 0 interest to many the weather continues louea intensely Inte niely hot and people on every bond band appear won derf der fully distress aj and of its ita being the hottest and your year that bus baa been witnessed before la in thin part for sti an observer to look over the she great mass of humanity crowding one another some in justly robes robea be with jewels jewe lilli while so ao many who do their level best beet to keep up in appearance and come far fair short abort vea even or of the common comforts com forta of life leads one to r n fleet on the words worda 0 the lord unless ye are one to ID temporal thing at y cannot be one in heavenly t inne inge rhon to louk look over these waste places of aop leads jeada us ua to lieda oe EDWARD STIL VENSON |