Show A ak P H LW IA A E t 00 editors note tills this is another in the stories of 0 the states series by EDWARD EMERINE features old jim bridger at his lonely fort on green river talked to the leader of the strange band and learned these emigrants were headed for the great american desert beyond the mountains he tried to dissuade the leader a determined sort of man and pessimistically remarked that he would give a thousand dollars if he fie ever saw an car of corn grown in salt lake valley the emigrants moved on and a hundred years ago on july 24 1847 brigham young looked looke dout out across a seared and desolate land of sage brush b r u sh and alkali and said this Is the pl acell one lone tree clung to life in the entire valley heat waves danced and hot breaths of air came up th the e canyon it if there were inward doubts doubt among his followers none is recorded obediently the band moved into the desert mormon convert brigham young was a native of vermont and of revolutionary ancestry ile he had become a convert to the church of jesus christ of the latter day saints the mormon church u r c h when joseph smith the founder was killed at nauvoo ill brigham young was chosen to take his place rocks and hills awl desert did not deter him they were but the materials with which lie he would build in this stra strange land lie ho and other mormons cormons would be far removed from religious and political differences here they would have a land of their own A dreamer was brigham young but he was a doer as well perlin perhaps P his eyes saw more than the aag mirages e on the desert that day ile ho might have envisioned the territory of des cret the beginning of an american epoch the birth of a vast and productive region the valleys and mountains that his people were to colonize later were before him and there was a temple to be built cities and towns to be laid out industries dus tries to be developed canals and ditches to be dug and water to over the ahls sty soil faith saves crops the mormon leader likened the group to a swarm of bees beginning a new hive the beehive become became their symbol and all men were workers the hardships of crossing the plains and mountains were as nothing compared to conquering tile the desert there were discouraging days when hunger stalked huge locusts came to eat their crops billave I have llave faltha have faltha pray I 1 and they had faith and they prayed out of the skies swarmed seagulls thousands and thousands of them and they devoured the locusts locust sl I 1 brigham young stated his wants and the groups needs and builders bull buil aers hers set to work the famed mormon tabernacle was built without nails or steel monumental cliffort lif E fort at the ground level of the salt like lake mormon temple are huge earth stones each weighing three tons and 50 in number A mountain of I 1 D A H 0 e la T aa is 0 SALI LAKE 11 L 11 0 aak it olk 1 1 r 1 ar U k bilins 4 y al P novo SKIING I 1 r OIL 0 r C OAL 19 0 11 I 1 fala A I 1 6 0 4 W cattle aa ital N Z 0 BRID 0 0 CANYON 0 N A u AP K prospector 11 ONLY ar US cc 14 A granite 20 26 miles away furnished the material huge granite blocks were quarried in a canyon slung with chains from heavy carts and drawn by oxen to the site over 40 years from the time brigham young designated the temple site the construction was complete the angel moroni set in place and people took part in the ile dedicatory services but brigham young had been dead for fop many years the ile climate of utah Is dry stimulating and wholesome the sky Is so clear that no cloud specks species it on an days a year lacking rain the mormons cormons pioneered irrigation in america bringing witter from the mou moun n bains to irrigate crops in the desert today chief crop to Is sugar beets but vegetables and fruits are grown in profusion other crops are wheat oats potatoes hay h ay alfalfa corn barley and ry rye e more than two million sheep dairy cattle and a half million beet beef cattle cattia ate are grazed in utah wool production amounts to 20 million pounds annually manufacturing in utah began with the mormon pioneers who wove woolen clothing mined coal quarried rock canned fruit and vegetables made sugar from beets installed grist mills slaughtered cattle tor for meat made butter and cheese and utilized other raw products at hand the great copper mines came later with smelting smelling sm elting and refining of ores i to follow bingham magna tooele thoele garfield and provo became mill towns the geneva steel plant at provo ische largest in the west with a mountain of ore close beside it k 1 W 1111 N ka 1 VU k 7 I 1 M k I 1 1 IMM I 1 AM MORMON BIOli aiON SHRINE notable among salt lake cites attractions Is the mormon temple last of the latter day saints temples in utah to be completed the salt sall lake city edifice was begun in 1853 and not completed until 1893 the temple Is built of granite many of of the jhc larger blocks being carted by ox teanis teams before a railroad was built in 16 n 1873 seen in silhouette to the left Is the famous mormon tabernacle noted for its acoustics and organ we cannot eat cat gold and silver warned brigham young but many ciany were lured by those and other metals to explore the desert and mountains mineral res resources bourges ourges 0 of f ut utah all are varied including kold gold silver lead iron manganese gypsum oil coal copper salt zinc and many others in southern utah the climate is semitropical semi tropical but in the northern CHIEF EXECUTIVE herbert H B maw native of ogden Is serving hla second four year term as utah 1 8 governor A lawyer teacher c ex 1 serviceman and legislator ho he has been prominent in latter day saints church affairs and eastern parts there are skiing and winter sports at high altitudes utah scenery will compare with any in the world biere here are mountains as grand as a s the A alps ills sunsets that rival those of italy and greece marvelous Marv clous canyons m mammoth a m rn 0 t it stone bridges weird rock formations an and dother other master works of nature are found through throughout ot it the state the mountain bakes akes and streams provide fine fishing and the forests abound abound in in game bear elk antelope grouse doer deer prairie chickens and others utah once a formidable desert now teems with populous cities and thriving villages once parched and burned ground has been changed to green fields gardens and orchards paved highways airlines and several transcontinental railroads provide transportation what wonders a hundred years bears have this year every city and hamlet in utah is preparing a celebration they will celebrate the centennial ol of the arrival of mormon pioneers less than 75 per cent of the people are now mormons cormons Mor mons but all will join in that celebration regardless of creed the mie building of utah was tho opening of the west it was an epoch in american history |