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UTAH  AND  HER  PEOPLE. 


Illustrated. 


CONTAIN  I  XI  i 


SKETCH  ©IF  OTAM  &m  O&OIBI&OINO&IKI,  mfiiii  MomiNe  ©IF  UTHJIE  LM 

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Compiled  and  Published  by   William   j{.   Tf/orton. 


OEO.   y.  CANNON    &    SONS    COMPANY,    t'RINTKRS, 
SALT    LAKK    CITY,   UTAH. 


JBg  Oraon  JF.  lUhltucv. 

[TAII    owes    her    existence  to   a  religious   movement  similar 
in  some  of  its  phases  to  that  which  peopled  the  shores    of 
New    England    with    representatives    of    the    Anglo-Saxon 
race  and  laid  the  foundation  of  the  mightiest  government  of  modern 
times.     No  complete  history  of  the  United  States  could  be  written 

/without  some  reference  to  the  Pilgrims  and  Puritans  who  fled  from 
persecution  in  the  Old  World  to  find  religious  freedom  in  the  new. 
No  sketch  of  Utah  would  be  complete,  or  even  possible,  without 
some  reference  to  the  Mormons,  or,  to  give  them  their  proper  style, 
the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Latter-day  Saints;  for  it  was  that 
Church,  persecuted  in  the  East  and  pausing  midway  in  its  westward 
flight  from  Nauvoo— its  last  foothold  within  the  confines  of  civiliza- 
tion— that  sent  forth  the  Pioneers  who  founded  Utah,  and  has 
ever  since  furnished  the  bulk  of  the  bone  and  sinew  that  has  built 
up  the  State.  Mormonism  and  Utah  are  inseparable  themes;  as 
much  so  as  any  coupling  of  cause  and  effect. 

The  founder  of  the  Church  was  Joseph  Smith,  a  native  of  Ver- 
mont, who,  as  a  boy  of  fourteen,  in  the  forest-fringed  districts  of 
Western  New  York,  received  visitations  from  on  high,  apprising  him 
of  the  apostate  condition  of  Christendom  and  authorizing  him  to  establish  anew  upon  earth  the  true  Church  of  Christ.  His  first 
visitation  was  in  the  spring  of  1820,  when  the  Father  and  Son  appeared  to  him;  opening  the  new  Gospel  dispensation.  Subsequently 


.JO.KKIMI     KMITII.    Tin-:    I'll KT. 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMON1SM. 


PRESIDENT    BRIOIiAM    YOUNG. 


he  was  visited  by  an  angel  named  Moroni,  who  revealed  to  him  the 
existence  of  some  golden  plates,  hidden  in  a  hill  near  the  village 
of  Manchester.  These  plates,  temporarily  entrusted  to  him  by  the' 
angel,  were  covered  with  ancient  hieroglyphics,  which  Joseph  Smith, 
by  means  of  the  TJrim  and  Thummim — also  delivered  to  him  by 
the  angel — translated,  and  gave  to  the  world  as  a  result  the  Book 
of  Mormon.  It  is  a  record  of  the  ancient  inhabitants  of  America, 
from  the  time  of  the  Tower  of  Babel  down  to  the  early  part  of  the 
fifth  century  of  the  Christian  era,  and  is  mostly  a  history  of  a  people 
called  Nephites,  a  branch  of  the  House  of  Israel,  who,  led  by  Lehi 
and  his  son  Nephi,  of  the  tribe  of  Manasseh,  and  followed  by  some 
of  the  children  of  Judah,  came  from  Jerusalem  about  the  year  600  B. 
C.  and  peopled  South  and  Norlh  America.  To  these  descendants  of 
Abraham  the  Savior  appeared,  after  his  resurrection,  and  taught  the 
fullness  of  His  Gospel,  supplementing  and  preceding  the  teachings  of 
other  prophets,  the  last  of  whom  was  Moroni,  afterwards  the  angel 
custodian  of  the  golden  plates,  who,  while  yet  a  mortal,  about  420 
A.  D.,  hid  them  in  the  hill  from  which  they  were  taken  by  Joseph 
Smith.  This  place  of  deposit  was  called  by  the  Nephites,  Cumorah. 
The  Book  of  Mormon  takes  its  name  from  Mormon,  the  father  of 
Moroni,  who  recorded  upon  the  plates  the  history  of  his  people, 
the  white  progenitors  of  the  dusky  and  degenerate  American  In- 
dians. 

Among  other  angelic  visitants  connected  with  the  rise  of  the 
Latter-day  Church,  was  John  the  Baptist,  .who,  on  May  15th,  1829, 
conferred  upon  Joseph  Smith  and  Oliver  Cowdery  the  Aaronic 
Priesthood,  empowering  them  to  preach  faith  and  repentance  and 
to  baptize  by  immersion  for  the  remission  of  sins.  This  was  followed 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MOHMONISM. 


by  a  visitation  from  the  Apostles 
Peter,  James  and  John,  who  con- 
ferred upon  Joseph  and  Oliver  the 
Melchisedek  Priesthood,  which 
gave  them  power  to  bestow  the 
Holy  Ghost  by  the  laying  on  of 
hands.  Thus  equipped,  with  the 
Bible  and  Book  of  .Mormon  as 
their  doctrinal  standards,  supple- 
mented by  immediate  and  contin- 
uous revelation,  this  twain — 
known  as  the  First  and  Second 
Elders  of  the  Church  -with  others 
ordained  by  them,  went  forth, 
preaching  amid  the  hottest  per- 
secution the  restored  Gospel, 
healing  the  sick, casting  out  devils, 
and  otherwise  "confirming  the 
word  with  signs  following." 
Their  first  converts  were  made  in 
Western  and  Southern  New  York 
and  Northern  Pennsylvania. 

The  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of 
Latter-day  Saints  —  nicknamed 
"Mormons"  for  their  belief  in  the 
Book  of  Mormon — was  organized 
at  Fayette,  Seneca  County,  New 
York,  on  the  6th  of  April.  1830. 


I'KKKIDKNT    JOHN     TAYM>K. 


Within  a  year  it  moved  bodily  to 
Kirtland,  Ohio,  which  became 
during  the  next  seven  years  its 
headquarters.  In  1831  it  estab- 
lished a  colony  in  Jackson  County, 
Missouri,  the  site  of  the  future 
city  of  Zion,  the  New  Jerusalem, 
which  the  Saints,  who  are  of 
Israel,  mostly  of  the  seed  of 
Ephraim,  gathered  out  from  all  na- 
tions, expect  to  rear  in  fulfillment 
of  prophecy,  preparatory  to  the 
second  coming  of  the  Savior. 

Persecution  followed  them  both 
to  Ohio  and  Missouri.  In  the  fall 
of  1833  they  were  expelled  with 
fire  and  sword  from  Jackson 
County,  and  early  in  1838  the 
main  body  of  the  Church,  having 
lost  some  of  its  prominent  mem- 
bers by  apostasy,  abandoned  Kirt- 
land, with  the  Temple  they  had 
built  there, "  and  concentrated, 
twelve  to  fifteen  thousand  strong, 
in  and  around  Caldwell  County. 
Missouri,  where  they  founded 
Far  West  and  other  flourishing 
settlements.  There  trouble  again 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMON1SM. 


arose,  caused  by  religious  and  political  differences  between  them  and 
the  older  settlers,  and  in  the  fall  and  winter  succeeding,  the  Jackson 
County  tragedy  was  repeated  on  a  larger  scale.  Under  an  order 
issued  by  Governor  Lilburn  W.  Boggs  and  executed  by  Major- 
General  John  B.  Clark  and  others,  in  command  of  an  overwhelming 
force  of  militia,  the  entire  Mormon  community,  after  many  of  them 
had  been  killed  in  battle  and  in  massacre,  their  leaders  imprisoned, 
their  homes  devastated,  were  driven  in  mid-winter  from  the  confines 
of  the  State. 

Kindly  received  by  the  people  of  Illinois,  the  expatriated  com- 
munity settled  on  the  east  shore  of  the  Mississippi,  in  Hancock  County, 
where  they  founded  their  beautiful  city  of  Nauvoo,  surrounded  by 
other  Mormon  settlements,  both  in  Illinois  and  Iowa.  There  they 
remained  for  seven  years,  increasing  rapidly  by  immigration  from  the 
Eastern  States,  Canada .  and  Great  Britain,  until  they  aggregated 
twenty  thousand  souls.  Religious  and  political  animosity  still  pur- 
sued them,  and  finally,  on  the  27th  of  June,  1844,  their  Prophet. 
Joseph  Smith,  and  his  brother  Hyrum,  the  Patriarch  of  the  Church, 
who  had  surrendered  for  trial  on  a  trumped  up  charge  of  treason  and 
riot,  were  murdered  in  Carthage  jail  by  an  anti-Mormon  mob,  while 
under  the  pledged  protection  of  the  Governor  of  the  State.  Justice 
was  never  done  upon  the  murderers. 

Under  Brigham  Young,  the  successor  to  Joseph  Smith,  the 
Mormon  people,  in  February,  1846,  began  their  famous  exodus  from 
Illinois,  leaving  Nauvoo  with  its  Temple,  which  had  just  been  dedi- 
cated, to  be  pillaged  and  desecrated  by  their  enemies.  From  their 
scattered  camps  in  Iowa  and  on  the  Missouri,  in  the  summer  of  that 
year,  went  forth  at  the  call  of  their  country  the  Mormon  Battalion, 


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I'RKHIIIKXT    WII-iFORI)    WOODRUFF 


SKtTCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


500  strong,  to  assist  the  United  States  in  its  war  against  Mexico. 
In  the  spring  of  1847  the  Mormon  Pioneers  (one  hundred  and 
forty-three  men.  three  women  and  two  children)  led  by  Brigham 
Young  in  person,  leaving  the  main  body  of  their  people  en- 
camped upon  the  frontier,  started  upon  their  historic  journey 
to  the  Rocky  Mountains.  Traversing  the  trackless  plains  and 
snow-clad  mountains  lying  between  the  Missouri  River  and  the 
<  Mvat  American  Desert,  on  the  24th  of  July  they  entered  Salt 
Lake  Valley,  where,  in  the  midst  of  desolation,  surrounded  by 
savage  tribes  and  suffering  untold  hardships  and  pri- 
vations, they  founded  Salt  Lake  City,  the  metropolis 
of  the  Inter- Mountain  region;  the  parent  of  more 
than  two  hundred  cities,  towns  and  villages  that  owe 
their  existence  to  the  Mormon  people  and  their  great 
leader  Brigham  Young.  The  residue  of  the  migrat- 
ing Church  followed  the  1'ioneers  to  their  new-found 
home  in  the  wilderness;  thenceforth  the  gathering 
place  of  Mormon  proselytes  from  all  parts  of  the 
world. 

When  the  Mormons  settled  this  region  it  was 
Mexican  soil,  a  portion  of  the  province  of  California, 
which  the  Mormon  Battalion  had  helped  to  conquer; 
but  in  less  than  a  year  after  the  arrival  of  the  Pioneers, 
who  raised  the  stars  and  stripes  and  took  possession  . 
of  the  country  in  the  name  of  the  United  States,  it 
was  ceded  to  this  nation  by  the  Treaty  of  Guadalupe 
Hidalgo.  The  early  settlers  established  the  Pro- 
visional (iovernment  of  Deseret.  and  petitioned  Con- 


gress for  admission  into  the  Union.  Their  prayer  for  Statehood 
was  denied,  but  on  the  pth  of  September,  1850,  Congress 
organized  the  Territory  of  Utah,  and  Brigham  Young,  by 
appointment  of  President  Millard  Killmore,  became  its  Governor. 
He  served  as  such  for  two  terms,  and  in  1858  was  succeeded  by 
Alfred  Cumming,  a  native  of  Georgia,  the  first  non-Mormon 
Governor  of  Utah.  Just  prior  to  his  installation  occurred  the 
"Echo  Canyon  War,"  in  which  Governor  Young,  having  issued 
a  proclamation  placing  the  Territory  under  martial  law.  called 


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SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


out  the  militia  to  resist  the  entrance  of  a 
United  States  army  under  General  Albert 
Sydney  Johnston  into  Salt  Lake  Valley.  An 
amicable  adjustment  of  the  difficulties  between 
Utah  and  the  Federal  Government — difficulties 
based  upon  misrepresentation  followed  in  time 
to  avert  bloodshed. 

Though  no  longer  Governor  of  Utah,  Brig- 
ham  Young  remained  President  of  the  Mormon 
Church,  and  as  such  was  the  real  power  in  the 
land.  Under  his  wise  and  vigorous  adminis- 
tration the  Church  was  built  up  rapidly,  the 
whole  surrounding  region  explored  and  colon- 
ized, irrigation  established,  arid  lands  reclaimed, 
cities  and  towns  laid  out,  Indian  tribes  placated, 
local  and  foreign  missions  opened,  immigration 
encouraged,  and  the  Territory  from  north  to 
south  made  to  hum  like  one  vast  hive,  the 
home  of  these  busy  bees  of  industry.  The 
settlements  founded  by  the  Mormon  people  on 
the  shores  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake  formed  a 
nucleus  for  Western  civilization,  and  made 
possible  the  colonization  of  the  vast  arid  inter- 
mountain  plateau  known  as  the  Great  Basin. 
Idaho,  Montana,  the  Dakotas,  Colorado,  Wyoming,  Nevada 
(once  a  part  of  Utah)  Arizona  and  New  Mexico  owe  their 
existence  as  organized  commonwealths  to  Utah  and  her  founders. 
It  is  claimed  that  a  Mormon  colony  gave  California  her  first 


EARLY    DAYS    IN    UTAH-THE    PONY'    EXI>KKSS. 

newspaper — antedating  by  three  years  the  Deseret  JVeivs,  the 
pioneer  journal  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  region — and  it  was  the 
picks  and  shovels  of  Mormon  Battalion  boys,  honorably  dis- 
charged after  faithfully  serving  their  country,  that  brought  to 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


light  the  auriferous  wealth  of  the  far-famed  Golden  State.  For 
twenty  years  after  the  settlement  of  Salt  Lake  Valley,  Utah 
was  comparatively  isolated,  working  out  her  destiny  amid  the 
many  unpropitious  elements  by  which  she  was  surrounded; 
battling  with  crickets,  grasshoppers  and  drouth,  and  now  and 
then  taking  up  arms  to  protect  her  children  from  pillage  and 
massacre  by  the  marauding  and  merciless  savage.  An  occasional 
emigrant  train  passing  on  to  the  coast — a  visitation  more  fre- 
quent after  the  discovery  of  gold  in  California — with  the  regular 
fall  arrival  of  Mormon  immigrants  and  trains  of  mer- 
chandise from  the  frontier,  was  about  all  there  was  to 
remind  the  dwellers  in  these  mountain  fastnesses — "a 
thousand  miles  from  anywhere" — of  the  civilization 
they  had  left  behind.  In  the  ox-team  and  handcart 
days  it  took  news  three  months  to  travel  to  Salt  Lake 
C'ity  from  the  Missouri  River,  and  almost  the  same 
length  of  time  from  the  sparsely  settled  Pacific  Coast. 
The  pony  express  and  overland  stage  coach  subse- 
quently did  much  to  abridge  time  and  distance,  but  it 
was  not  until  1861  that  a  transcontinental  telegraph 
line  brought  Utah  into  immediate  communication  with 
the  outside  world,  and  not  until  1869  that  the  shriek 
of  the  locomotive  broke  the  stillness  of  the  mountain 
solitudes  and  threw  open  the  peaceful  settlements  of 
the  Saints  to  the  encroachments  of  modern  civiliza- 
tion. 

A  new  era  then  dawned  upon  Utah,  an   era  of 
electricity  and  steam ;  telegraph  lines  were  constructed 


all  over  the  Territory,  railroads  built  in  various  directions,  and 
the  channels  of  trade  widened,  extended  and  multiplied.  In  all 
these  enterprises  President  Brigham  Young  was  the  leading 
spirit  and  most  conspicuous  figure.  The  Deseret  Telegraph 
line,  built  by  the  Mormon  people,  under  his  directioo,  preceded 
by  two  and  a  half  years  the  advent  of  the  Pacific  Railroad.  This 
period  saw  the  inception  of  that  mammoth  business  concern, 
Zion's  Co-operative  Mercantile  Institution,  organized  by  the 
Mormon  leader  to  unite  and  consolidate  the  commercial  interests 


MAIN      .-iTKKin.    Si  ALT     I.AKK    flTY.    IN     1H«M>. 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


of  his  people.  It  also  witnessed  the  reopening  of 
the  mines,  which,  uncovered  by  General  P.  E.  Con- 
nor and  other  non-Mormons  in  1863-4,  ^a(^  lan- 
guished for  lack  of  capital.  Sampling  mills  and 
smelters  were  now  erected,  ore  and  bullion  shipped, 
and  Utah,  ever  at  the  van  in  agriculture,  began 
forging  to  the  fore  as  a  great  mining  common- 
wealth. With  the  influx  of  non-Mormon  popula- 
tion consequent  upon  these  developments,  came  the 
organization  of  rival  political  parties,  the  first  that 
Utah  had  known,  upon  lines  running  parallel  with 
religious  and  other  differences  between  Mormons 
and  Gentiles.  By  these  names  were  the  two 
classes  in  the  community  commonly  called,  though 
they  were  known  politically  as  the  People's  and  the 
Liberal  parties.  The  Salt  Lake  Herald  and  Salt 
Lake  Tribune,  both  great  newspapers,  the  former 
independent,  the  latter  anti-Mormon  in  tone,  came 
into  being  as  successors  to  other  journalistic  rivals 
of  the  Descret  IVews;  and  non-Mormon  churches, 
of  which  there  had  been  a  few  in  Utah  from  the  beginning,  were 
now  rapidly  multiplied.  Against  these  powerful  agents,  mostly 
working  with  a  more  or  less  united  purpose  for  its  disintegration, 
Mormonism,  strongly  entrenched,  continued  to  hold  its  own. 
In  the  midst  of  the  changes  thus  inaugurated,  Brigham  Young, 
the  founder  of  Utah,  died  at  Salt  Lake  City,  August  29th,  1877. 
As  early  as  1862  Congress  had  legislated  upon  the  subject 
of  polygamy,  the  plural  marriage  system  of  the  Saints,  practiced 


THK     OLD      COUXCII-i      HOITSK,      WIIEKK  TIIK   FIHUT  .O.KIX   WHKK   IIKI.II 


by  Joseph  Smith  and  other  Mormon  leaders  at  Nauvoo,  but 
never  publicly  promulgated  by  the  Church  until  1852.  Never 
at  any  time  did  more  than  two  per  cent  of  the  Mormon  people 
practice  plural  marriage,  though  all  or  most  of  them  believed  the 
principle  to  be  divine.  Mormon  polygamy  was  nothing  akin  to 
the  polygamy  of  the  Turks  or  other  Oriental  peoples  of  the 
present  time.  It  was  the  Patriarchal  order  of  marriage,  practiced 
by  Abraham,  Jacob,  Moses  and  other  ancient  worthies,  and  was 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


one  of  the  principles  of  the  Gospel  as  restored  through  the 
Prophet  Joseph  Smith.  To  the  Saints  it  was  a  key  to  the  celes- 
tial kingdom — the  highest  degree  of  heavenly  glory — where 
family  relationships  formed  on  earth  according  to  divine  law,  are 
perpetuated.  The  anti-polygamy  act  was  not  enforced,  and  for 
twenty  years  remained  a  dead  letter,  the  Mormons 
regarding  it  as  unconstitutional,  since  it  infringed 
upon  a  principle  of  their  religion,  and  many  non- 
Mormons,  including  men  high  in  the  councils  of  the 
nation  sharing  the  same  view.  It  was  declared 
constitutional  by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  in  January,  1879,  a  test  case — that  of  the 
I'nited  States  vs.  George  Reynolds — having  been 
submitted  in  order  to  draw  forth  a  decision  upon 
the  subject  from  that  august  tribunal. 

In  March.  1882,  Congress  enacted  the  so-called 
Kdmunds  Law,  under  which  an  anti-polygamy  cru- 
sade was  inaugurated  in  Utah,  Idaho  and  Arizona, 
wherever  the  Saints  had  settlements.  The  Edmunds 
Law.  like  its  predecessor,  made  punishable  by  fine 
and  imprisonment  the  marrying  of  plural  wives,  but 
went  further  than  the  statute  of  1862  in  that  it  not 
only  inflicted  heavier  penalties  for  that  offense,  but 
also  made  punishable,  as  unlawful  cohabitation,  the 
living  with  plural  wives;  in  fact,  the  mere  acknowl- 
edgment of  a  plural  wife  was  construed  and 
punished  by  the  Federal  courts  as  '-unlawful  cohab- 
itation." During  the  progress  of  the  crusade,  in 


March,  1887,  the  Edmunds  Act  was  supplemented  by  the 
Edmunds-Tucker  Law,  under  which  most  of  the  property  of  the 
Mormon  Church  was  forfeited  and  escheated  to  the  Government. 
Upon  the  sufferings  inflicted  during  that  time  of  trouble  no  citizen 
of  Utah  lovestodwell.  From  1884  to  1890  the  Territory  was  raked 


I. loN    AND   IIKKIIIYK   HOITHKH.  .<.»«.  ,,r  M«IUI,AN  yoi-xu-.  rA»iu. 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORIWON1SM. 


from  one  end  to  the  other  as  with  a  sharp-toothed 
harrow,  and  the  Church  made  to  weep  bitter  and 
even  bloody  tears.  Hordes  of  deputy  marshals, 
turned  loose  upon  the  helpless  community,  hunted 
their  victims  with  the  assiduity  of  sleuth-hounds. 
Men  and  women  were  agonized  to  an  extent  almost 
unbearable.  One  man — a  Mormon  citizen  of  high 
repute — was  shot  and  killed  by  an  over-zealous 
deputy,  who,  indicted  and  tried  for  manslaughter, 
was  acquitted  in  the  District  Court.  Delicate 
women,  fleeing  from  arrest,  often  in  the  night-time, 
died  from  terror,  exposure  and  exhaustion,  or 
suffered  injuries  from  which  they  never  recovered. 
The  exchequer  of  the  Federal  courts  was  swollen 
to  repletion  from  fines  collected  in  polygamous 
cases,  and  the  penitentiaries  were  crowded  with 
convicts  for  conscience  sake.  Nearly  a  thousand 
convictions  under  the  anti-polygamy  statutes  testify 
to  the  rigor  of  the  crusade  and  the  sincerity  of  the 
Mormon  people  in  the  crucial  test  of  their  integrity. 
Scarcely  a  man,  and  not  one  woman — for  the 
women  and  children  were  imprisoned  also — 
weakened  under  the  terrible  strain  brought  to  bear 
by  the  iron  hand  of  the  Government  through  its  local  represen- 
tatives, and  purchased  immunity  from  persecution  by  a  "promise 
to  obey."  Among  those  who  went  to  prison  rather  than  be  false 
to  their  convictions  and  renounce  a  principle  of  their  religion, 
were  Lorenzo  Snow,  George  Q.  Cannon  and  Francis  M.  Lyman, 


THE        (JAKIX)        HOl'SK.        KKM1I.KN.-K    OF     |.|,K«II,KM     .!..„*     HVI...K. 

three  of  the  Twelve  Apostles  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of 
Latter-day  Saints.  Hundreds  of  other  Elders — among  the  most 
reputable  men  in  the  community — were  fined  and  imprisoned  for 
like  cause,  and  nearly  all  the  Church  leaders  were  driven  into 
exile.  The  settlements  of  the  Saints  in  Mexico  and  Canada  were 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


greatly  strengthened  by  emigrations  from  Utah  and 
Arizona  during  this  troubled  period.  1 'resident  John 
Taylor,  who  had  scceeded  Hrigham  Young  as  the 
head  of  the  Church,  died  in  exile,  July  25th,  1887,  a 
victim  of  the  crusade,  a  martyr  to  his  religious  con- 
victions. 

With  the  advent  into  power  of  his  successor, 
President  Wilford  Woodruff,  came  in  September, 
1890,  the  Manifesto,  discontinuing  the  practice  of 
plural  marriage.  The  people  were  told  by  their 
leader  that  the  Lord  accepted  of  their  sacrifices,  and 
desired  them  now  to  submit  to  the  law  of  the  land. 
They  obeyed.  An  era  of  good  feeling  ensued. 
Mormons  and  (ientiles  atliliated  socially  and  politically 
and  were  friendly  as  never  before.  Local  political 
lines,  upon  which  a  long  and  bitter  fight  had  been 
waged,  were  obliterated,  and  the  citizens  generally. 
regardless  of  past  prejudices  and  atliliations,  divided 
on  national  party  lines  as  Democrats  and  Republicans. 
Presidents  Harrison  and  Cleveland,  in  successive  pro- 
clamations, pardoned  all  polygamists.  and  the  Mormon 
Church  property,  confiscated  under  the  operations  of 
the  Edmunds-Tucker  Law,  was  restored  by  act  of 
Congress  to  its  rightful  owner.  Utah,  a  Territory  since  1850, 
was,  on  January  4th.  1896,  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  State. 

The  present  leader  of  the  Latter-day  Saints  is  Lorenzo 
Snow,  who  on  September  I3th.  1898.  eleven  days  after  the 
death  of  Wilford  Woodruff,  succeeded  him  as  President  and  as 


Till-:     KACil-K    <iATK,     KRKCTK1)    11Y     HKJGHAM    YOl'XU. 

Prophet,  Seer  and  Revelator.  Eighty-five  years  of  age,  but 
with  powers  of  mind  and  body  unimpaired,  he  has  taken  hold  of 
the  helm  of  the  Church  with  a  strong  and  steady  hand.  A 
natural  financier,  his  first  moves  have  been  largely  of  a  financial 
character,  to  relieve  the  Church  of  the  heavy  burden  under 


SKfcTCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMON1SM. 


which  it  has  labored  ever  since  its  finances  were  crippled  by  the 
confiscation  of  its  property  under  the  Edmunds-Tucker  Act. 
President  Snow  is  also  a  man  of  fine  spiritual  perceptions,  of 
literary  tastes  and  poetic  temperament,  and  possesses  to  a 
marked  degree  the  love  and  confidence  of  his  people.  His  two 
counselors  in  the  Presidency  of  the  Church,  are 
George  Q.  Cannon  and  Joseph  F.  Smith,  both  able 
and  distinguished  men. 

The  prospects  of  Mormonism  were  never 
brighter  than  now.  Its  devotees  in  all  the  world  num- 
ber about  three  hundred  thousand  souls,  mostly 
dwelling  in  the  "Stakes  of  Zion,"  of  which  there  are 
forty,  located  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  from 
Canada  to  Mexico.  The  outside  missions  number 
fourteen,  and  comprise  most  of  the  countries  of  the 
globe.  The  Mormon  Church  organization  is  recog- 
nized as  the  most  complete  and  effective  in  existence, 
surpassing  even  that  of  the  powerful  Roman  Catholic 
Church.  Without  entering  into  a  detailed  description 
of  it,  suffice  it  to  say  that  at  the  head  of  the  Church 
are  three  High  Priests,  constituting  the  First  Presi- 
dency, and  next  in  authority  to  these  are  the  Twelve 
Apostles;  then  come  the  First  Seven  Presidents  of 
Seventies,  the  Patriarch  and  the  Presiding  Bishopric 
— the  last-named  High  Priests  having  charge  of  the 
temporalities  of  the  Church  under  the  direction  of  the 
First  Presidency.  Each  division  called  a  Stake  is  pre- 
sided over  by  three  High  Priests,  who,  with  a  High 


Council  of  twelve  members,  administer  its  affairs  subject  to  the 
control  of  the  General  Authorities.  A  Stake — which  term  in  a 
territorial  sense  is  usually  synonymous  with  County — is  sub- 
divided into  Wards,  each  presided  over  by  a  Bishopric,  under 
whom  are  Priests,  Teachers  and  Deacons,  officers  in  the  Aaronic 


BRIGHAM     YOl-N<;-S    (jRAVK. 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MOHMONISM. 


Priesthood,  as  High  Priests,  Seventies  and  Elders  are  officers  in  the 
MeUhisedek  Priesthood.  The  High  Councils  are  the  appellate  courts 
of  the  Church,  the  Bishops'  courts  being  the  lower  tribunals.  The 
extreme  penalty  imposed  by  these  courts  is  excommunication.  The 
present  personnel  of  the  First  Presidency  has  been  given;  that  of  the 
Twelve  Apostles  is  as  follows:  Franklin  D.  Richards,  President; 
Brigham  Young.  Francis  M.  Lyman,  John  Henry  Smith,  George  Teas- 
dale,  I  leber  J.  Grant.  John  VV.  Taylor,  Marriner  W.  Merrill,  Anthon  H- 
Lund.  Mathias  F.  Cowley,  Abraham  O.  Woodruff  and  Rudger  Clawson- 

Utah  has  had  fifteen  Governors,  all  but  two  of  them  non-Mormons 
and  all  but  one  appointed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States.  The 
solitary  exception  is  the  present  Governor,  Heber  M.  Wells,  son  of 
General  Daniel  H.  Wells,  deceased,  formerly  a  leader  among  the 
Latter-day  Saints.  Governor  Wells  is  the  first  Mormon  Executive  since 
Governor  Young.  He  was  elected  in  November,  1895,  and  installed  in 
January.  1896.  The  other  State  offices  are  about  equally  divided 
between  the  two  classes  of  the  community.  The  population  of  the 
State  has  always  been  overwhelmingly  Mormon. 

Among  the  many  points  of  interest  in  and  around  the  metropolis  of 
Mormondom  are  the  Temple,  the  Tabernacle,  the  Lion  and  Bee  Hive 
Houses,  the  Guardo  House,  the  Eagle  Gate  and  the  Theater;  all  pro- 
jected by  Brigham  Young,  and  completed,  with  one  exception,  during 
his  lifetime.  The  exception  is  the  Temple — the  sixth  one  erected  by  the 
Saints — begun  in  April,  1853,  and  finished  and  dedicated  in  April,  1893. 
The  Tabernacle  has  an  auditorium  capable  of  holding  ten  thousand 
people,  and  contains  one  of  the  largest  and  finest  organs  of  the  world; 
The  Tabernacle  Choir,  a  famous  body  of  singers,  carried  off  the  second 
pri/e  in  a  choral  contest  at  the  World's  Fair  in  1893.  The  Lion  and 


T A HKKN ACL.K.    HAIVT    I..AKK    C'lTY. 

Bee- Hive  Houses  were  President  Young's  residences, 
and  the  Eagle  Gate  stands  on  the  spot  that  was 
once  the  entrance  to  his  premises.  The  Theatre, 
built  by  him  in  1861-2  to  furnish  wholesome  amuse- 
ments to  his  people,  has  one  of  the  finest  auditoriums  in 
America.  Other  objects  of  note  are  the  Assembly  Hall,  the 
City  and  County  Building,  the  Saltair  Pavilion,  the  Gar- 
field  Bathing  Resort,  Fort  Douglas,  the  Pioneer  Monu- 
ment, and  last,  but  not  least,  the  grave  of  Brigham  Young. 
Fort  Douglas,  on  the  hill  east  of  the  city,  was  founded 


SKETCH  OF  UTAH  AND  MORMONISM. 


tNTKKlOR     MOKMO3V    TA1JKRNACI..K,  HALT  I.AKK 


by  General  P.  E.  Connor,  commanding  the  California  and  Nevada 
Volunteers,  in  October,  1862.  Saltair,  on  the  Lake  shore,  erected  in 
1893  by  Mormon  capital,  is  a  most  beautiful  specimen  of  architecture, 
ane  without  doubt  the  most  magnificent  bathing  pavilion  on  the  face  of 
the  globe.  A  new  enterprise,  an  attraction  quite  as  unique,  is  the  Salt 
Palace,  built  at  Salt  Lake  City  during  the  current  season.  It  is  used  for 
expositional  purposes,  and  was  reared  by  the  united  effort  of  Salt 
Lake's  progressive  citizens.  Aside  from  these,  Utah  has  many  other 
notable  structures,  such  as  the  State  University  at  Salt  Lake  City,  the 
Agricultural  College  and  Brigham  Young  College  at  Logan,  the  Brig- 
ham  Young  Academy  at  Provo,  the  St.  George,  Logan  and  Manti 
Temples,  and  the  numerous  handsome  church  and  school  edifices  that 
dot  the  landscape  in  every  direction.  The  free  school  system  of  Salt 
Lake  City  is  one  of  the  finest  in  the  Western  country.  Utah  with  her 
wonderful  climate,  her  unlimited  resources  and  countless  attractions, 
offers  the  greatest  inducements  to  capital  seeking  investment  and  to 
people  in  quest  of  homes. 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELlEVK. 


LCXJAN,     MA.NTI     AND    ST.    (JI-X)U<iK    TK.M  1M.KS. 


A  TYPICAL  MORMON   HYMN. 


JtV    K.r.IXA    K.    SHVOW. 


r\  MY  Father,  Thou  that  dwellest 

In  the  high  and  glorious  place  ! 
When  shall  I  regain  thy  presence, 

And  again  behold  thy  face  ? 
In  thy  holy  habitation, 

Did  my  spirit  once  reside  ? 
In  my  first  primeval  childhood, 

Was  I  nurtured  near  Thy  side  ? 


T  HAD  learned  to  call  Thee  Father, 

Through  Thy  Spirit  from  on  high  ; 
But,  until  the  Key  of  Knowledge 

Was  restored,  I  knew  not  why. 
In  the  heavens,  are  parents  single  ? 

No,  the  thought  makes  reason  stare  ! 
Truth  is  reason  ;  truth  eternal 

Tells  me,  I've  a  mother  there. 


a  wise  and  glorious  purpose 
Thou  hast  placed  me  here  on  earth, 
And  withheld  the  recollection 

Of  my  former  friends  and  birth. 
Yet  ofttimes  a  secret  something 

Whispered,  "You're  a  stranger  here  ; " 
And  I  felt  that  I  had  wandered 
From  a  more  exalted  sphere. 


I  leave  this  frail  existence, 
When  I  lay  this  mortal  by, 
Father,  Mother,  may  I  meet  you 
In  your  royal  courts  on  high  r 
Then,  at  length,  when  I've  completed 

All  you  sent  me  forth  to  do, 
With  your  mutual  approbation 
Let  me  come  and  dwell  with  you. 


.IllMKI-ll    I.^MI-IH.  I.OKKNXO    MN-OW.  OKORCJK  <J.  CANNON. 

KIU'ST    IMx'KSIDKN*^-    OK    TIIK    ClirKCII    OK  .IKSKS    CHRIST    OF    LATTKK-DAV    SAINTS. 


the  /[ftormons 


ElJ>er  jfranfcltn  D.  TRicbar&s,  prest&ent  of  tbe  twelve  flpostles  anfc  Cburcb  IMstorian. 


ARTICLES    OF    FAITH. 


1.  We  believe  in  God,  the  Eternal  Father,  and  in  his  Son, 
Jesus  Christ,  and  in  the  Holy  Ghost. 

2.  We  believe  that  men  will  be  punished  for  their  own  sins 
and  not  for  Adam's  transgression. 

3.  We  believe  that,   through  the  atonement  of  Christ,  all 
mankind  may  be  saved,  by  obedience  to  the  laws  and  ordinances 
of  the  Gospel. 

4.  We  believe   that  the  first  principles  and  ordinances  of 
the  Gospel   are:  First,   faith  in  the   Lord  Jesus  Christ;  second, 
repentance;  third,  baptism  by   immersion   for  the  remission  of 
sins;  fourth,  laying  on  of  hands  for  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

5.  We  believe  that  a  man  must  be  called  of  God,  by  "pro- 
phecy  and   by  the  laying  on   of  hands,"  by  those  who  are  in 
authority  to  preach  the  Gospel  and  administer  in  the  ordinances 
thereof. 

6.  We  believe  in  the  same  organization  that  existed  in  the 
primitive  church,  viz.,   Apostles,   Prophets,  Pastors,  Teachers, 
Evangelists,  etc. 

T.     We  believe  in  the  gift  of  tongues,  prophecy,  revelation, 
visions,  healings,  interpretation  of  tongues,  etc. 

8.     We  believe  the  Bible  to  be  the  word  of  God,  as  far  as 


it  is  translated  correctly;  we  also  believe  the  Book  of  Mormon 
to  be  the  word  of  God. 

9.  We  believe  all  that  God  has  revealed,  all  that  he  does 
now  reveal,  and  we  believe  that  he  will  yet  reveal  many  great 
and  important  things  pertaining  to  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

10.  We  believe  in  the  literal  gathering  of  Israel  and  in  the 
restoration  of  the  Ten  Tribes.     That  Zion  will  be   built  upon 
this  continent.     That  Christ  will  reign  personally  upon  the  earth, 
and  that  the  earth  will  be  renewed  and  receive  its  paradisic  glory. 

11.  vVe  claim   the  privilege  of   worshiping  Almighty  God 
according  to   the  dictates  of  our  own  conscience,   and  allow  all 
men  the  same   privilege,  let  them  worship  how,  where  or  what 
they  may. 

12.  We  believe  in  being  subject  to  kings,  presidents,  rulers 
and  magistrates,  in   obeying,  honoring  and  sustaining  the  law. 

13.  We  believe  in  being  honest,  true,  chaste,  benevolent, 
virtuous,  and  in  doing   good  to  all  men;  indeed  we  may  say  that 
we  follow  the   admonition  of  Paul,  "We  believe  all  things,  we 
hope  all  things;"  we  have  endured  many  things,  and  hope  to  be 
able  to  endure  all  things.     If  there  is  anything   virtuous,  lovely 
or  of  good   report  or   praiseworthy,  we  seek  after  these  things. 

Joseph  Smith. 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


As  to  the  personality  of  God  the  Father,  the  Latter-dav 
Saints  refer  to  the  following: 

"And  God  said,  Let  us  make  man  in  our  image,  after  our 
likeness.  *  *  *  So  God  created  man  in  his  own  image,  in 
the  image  of  God  created  he  him,  male  and  female  created  he 
them."  (Gen.  i:  26,  27.) 

"For  man  indeed  ought  not  to  cover  his  head, 
forasmuch  as  he  is  the  image  and  glory  of  God." 
(I.  Cor.  xi:  7.) 

"Then  went  up  Moses  and  Aaron,  Nadab  and 
Abihu  and  seventy  of  the  elders  of  Israel,  and  they 
saw  the  God  of  Israel,  and  there  was  under  his  feet  as 
it  were  a  paved  work  of  a  sapphire  stone,  and  as  it 
were  the  body  of  heaven  in  his  clearness."  (Exodus 
xxiv:  9,  10.) 

Jesus  the  Son  of  God  is  declared  to  be  "The 
brightness  of  his  glory  and  the  express  image  of  his 
person."  (Heb.  i:  3.) 

"Who  is  the  image  of  the  invisible  God,  the  first- 
born of  every  creature."  (Col.  i:  i$.) 

The  omnipresence  of  God  by  his  Spirit  univer- 
sally diffused,  is  thus  declared: 

"This  is  the  light  of  Christ,  as  also  he  is  in  the 
sun  and  the  light  of  the  son  and  the  power  by  which 
it  was  made;  also  he  is  in  the  moon,  and  is  the  light 
of  the  moon  and  the  power  thereof  by  which  it  was 
made;  as  also  the  light  of  the  stars  and  the  power 
thereof  by  which  they  were  made;  and  the  earth  also 


and  the  power  thereof,  even  the  earth  upon  which  ye  stand;  and 
the  light  which  now  shineth,  which  giveth  you  light,  is  through 
him  which  enlighteneth  your  eyes,  which  is  the  same  that 
quickeneth  your  understandings,  which  light  proceedeth  forth 
from  the  presence  of  God,  to  fill  the  immensity  of  space.  The 


NT.     MAHVM    <\\  I  III   l>l<  M.      i     vi  inn   I. 
•  rm  rwMru*  *»i-  n»~i  • 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


light  which  is  in  all  things,  which  giveth  life  to  all 
things,  which  is  the  law  by  which  all  things  are 
governed,  even  the  power  of  God  who  sitteth  upon  his 
throne,  who  is  in  the  bosom  of  eternity,  who  is  in  the 
midst  of  all  things."  (Revelation  to  Joseph  Smith, 
December  27,  1832.) 

"And  the  earth  was  without  form  and  void;  and 
darkness  was  upon  the  face  of  the  deep,  and  the  Spirit 
of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  the  waters."  (Gen.  i :  2.) 

"By  his  Spirit  he  hath  garnished  the  heavens." 
(Job  xxvi:  13.) 

"Thou  sendeth  forth  thy  Spirit,  they  [the  beasts 
of  the  field]  are  created;  and  thou  renewest  the  face 
of  the  earth."  (Psalm  civ:  30.) 

"And  shall  put  my  Spirit  in  you  and  you  shall 
live."  (Ezek.  xxxvii:  14.) 

"There  is  a  spirit  in  man:  and  the  inspiration  of 
the  Almighty  giveth  them  understanding."  (Job 
xxxii:  8.) 

"And  it  shall  come  to  pass  afterward  that  I  will 
pour  out  my  Spirit  upon  all  flesh."  (Joel  ii :  28.) 

"It  is  the  Spirit  that  quickeneth."     (John  vi:  63.) 

"But  God  hath  revealed  them  unto  us  by  his 
Spirit;  for  the  Spirit  searcheth  all  things,  yea  the  deep 
things  of  God."  (I.  Cor.  ii:  10.) 

That  the   spirits  of  men  are  the  offspring  of  God,  is  shown 
in  the  following: 

"And  now    verily  I   say  unto  you,  I  was   in  the   beginning 


ST.      MA  UK'S     C'ATIIKIJKAl.,     (EPISCOEAI*) 


with  the  Father  and  am  the  first-born;  and  all  those  who  are 
begotten  through  me  are  partakers  of  the  glory  of  the  same  and 
are  the  Church  of  the  first-born.  Ye  were  also  in  the  beginning 
with  the  Father."  (From  revelation  to  Jos.  Smith,  May  6,  1833-) 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BbLIEVfc. 


••Furthermore  we  have  had  fathers  of  our  flesh  which  cor- 
rected us  and  we  gave  them  reverence;  shall  we  not  much 
ratlier  be  in  subjection  unto  the  Father  of  spirits  and  live?" 
1 1  li'h.  xii:  9.) 

••I  ascend  unto  my  Father  and  unto  your  Father; 
and  to  my  God  and  to  your  God."  (John  xx:  17.) 

"And  again  when  he  bringeth  in  the  first  begot- 
ten into  the  world,"  etc.  (Heb.  i:  6.) 

"Forasmuch  then  as  the  children  are  partakers  of 
tlt'sh  and  blood,  he  also  himself  likewise  took  part  of 
the  same.  *  *  *  Wherefore  in  all  things  it  be- 
hooveth  him  to  be  made  like  unto  his  brethren,"  etc. 
(Heb.  ii:  14-17.) 

••Beloved,  now  are  we  the  sons  of  God,  and  it 
doth  not  yet  appear  what  we  shall  be;  but  we  know 
that,  when  he  shall  appear,  we  shall  be  like  him;  for 
\\e  shall  see  him  as  he  is."  (I.John  iii:  2.) 

"Where  wast  thou  when  I  laid  the  foundations  of 
the  earth?  Declare  if  thou  hast  understanding.  * 
When  the  morning  stars  sang  together  and  all  the  sons 
of  (iod  shouted  for  joy?"  (Job  xxxviii:  4-7.) 

'•Then  shall  the  dust  return  to  the  earth  as  it  was, 
and  the  spirit  shall  return  to  God  who  gave  it." 

I  Ki  ili-s.  xii:  7.) 

The  resurrection  of  the  body,  extending  to  the 
resuscitation  of  all  who  have  lived  and  died  on  earth, 
to  be  judged  in  the  resurrected  body  for  the  deeds 


done  in  the  natural  body,  is  a  scriptural  doctrine.  a*  may  be 
seen  from  these  texts: 

••There  is  a  space  between  death  and  the  resurrection  of  the 
body  and  a  state  of  the  soul  in  happiness  or  in  misery,  until  the 


I.- 1    ^IIYTKKIAN     flirKCII. 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


time  which  is  appointed  of  God  that  the  dead  shall  come  forth, 
and  be  reunited  both  soul  and  body  and  be  brought  to  stand  be- 
fore God  and  be  judged  according  to  their  works.  The  soul 
shall  be  restored  to  the  body  and  the  body  to  the  soul;  yea,  and 
every  limb  and  joint  shall  be  restored  to  its  body; 
yea,  even  a  hair  of  the  head  shall  not  be  lost,  but  all 
things  shall  be  restored  to  their  proper  and  perfect 
frame."  (Book  of  Mormon,  page  354.) 

"Now  this  restoration  shall  come  to  all,  both  old 
and  young,  both  bond  and  free,  both  male  and  female, 
both  the  wicked  and  the  righteous."  (Ibid.,  p.  267.) 

"Marvel  not  at  this,  for  the  hour  is  coming  in  the 
which  all  that  are  in  the  graves  shall  hear  his  voice, 
and  shall  come  forth;  they  that  have  done  good  unto 
the  resurrection  of  life,  and  they  that  have  done  evil 
unto  the  resurrection  of  damnation."  (John  v :  28,  29.) 

"And  I  saw  the  dead,  small  and  great,  stand 
before  God,  and  the  books  were  opened,  and  another 
book  was  opened,  which  is  the  book  of  life,  and  the 
dead  were  judged  out  of  those  things  which  were 
written  in  the  books,  according  to  their  works.  (Rev. 
xx:  12.) 

"There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and  another  glory 
of  the  moon,  and  another  glory  of  the  stars:  for 
one  star  differeth  from  another  star  in  glory,  so  also 
is  the  resurrection  of  the  dead."  (I.  Cor.  xv:  41.) 

That  baptism  of  water  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost  is 
essential,  the  following  show: 


"Go  ye  into  all  the  world,  preach  the  Gospel  to  every 
creature,  acting  in  the  authority  which  I  have  given  you,  bap- 
tizing in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the 
Holy  Ghost.  And  he  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be 


FIRST    METH01MST    C'HUKCH,    HA,, 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


saved,  and  he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned.  *  *  *  As  1 
said  to  mine  Apostles.  I  say  unto  you  again,  that  every  soul  that 
believeth  on  your  words  and  is  baptized  by  water  for  the  remission 
of  sins,  shall  receive  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  signs  shall  follow  them 
that  believe.  *  *  *  Verily,  verily  I  say  unto  you,  they  that 
believe  not  on  your  words  and  are  not  baptized  in  water  in  my 
name  for  the  remission  of  their  sins,  that  they  may  receive  the 
Holy  Ghost,  shall  be  damned  and  shall  not  come  into  my  Father's 
kingdom."  (Revelation  to  Joseph  Smith,  November,  1831.) 

Jesus  answered,  verily,  verily  I  say  unto  thee,  except  a  man  be 
born  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit,  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  God."  (John  iii:  5.) 

"Go  ye  into  all  the  world  and  preach  the  Gospel  to  every 
creature;  he  that  believeth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved;  but  he 
that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned."  (Mark  xvi:  15,  16.) 

"Then  Peter  said  unto  them,  repent  and  be  baptized  every 
one  of  you  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  for  the  remission  of  sins, 
and  ye  shall  receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  (Acts  ii:  37,  38.) 

"But  when  they  believed  Philip  preaching  the  things  con- 
cerning the  kingdom  of  God,  and  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  they 
were  baptized,  both  men  and  women.  *  *  *  Then  laid  they 
their  hands  on  them  and  they  received  the  Holy  Ghost."  (Acts 
viii:  12-18.) 

That  this  Gospel  will  be  preached  to  all  people,  both  living 
and  dead,  see  the  following: 

••lor  Christ  also  hath  suffered  for  sins,  the  just  for  the  unjust, 
that  he  might  bring  us  to  God;  being  put  to  death  in  the  flesh,  but 
quickened  by  the  spirit,  by  which  also  he  went  and  preached  unto 


UAITIST  OHUROHJcwura  .,,.  «»,»„  ..„,,.  A«»  .•««». 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


the  spirits  in  prison,  which  sometime  were  disobedient  when  once 
the  long-suffering  of  God  waited  in  the  days  of  Noah,  while  the 
ark  was  a  preparing,  wherein  few,  that  is  eight  souls,  were 
saved  by  water."  (I.  Peter  iii:  18-20.) 

"For,  for  this  cause  was  the  Gospel  preached  also 
to  them  that  are  dead,  that  they  might  be  judged 
according  to  men  in  the  flesh,  but  live  according  to 
God  in  the  spirit."  (Ibid,  iv:  6.) 

The  living  Saints  may  perform  ordinances  for  the 
repentant  dead: 

"Else  what  shall  they  do  which  are  baptized  for 
the  dead,  if  the  dead  rise  not  at  all?  Why  are  they 
then  baptized  for  the  dead?"  (I.  Cor.  xv:  19.) 

"And  saviors  shall  come  up  on  Mount  Zion  to 
judge  the  Mount  of  Esau  and  the  kingdom  shall  be 
the  Lord's."  (Obadiah  i:  21.) 

"God  having  provided  some  better  thing  for  us, 
that  they  without  us  should  not  be  made  perfect." 
(Heb.  xi:  40.) 

That  the  true  Gospel  is  to  be  preached  to  pre- 
pare the  way  for  Christ's  coming  and  the  end  of  the 
world,  see  the  following: 

"And  this  gospel  of  the  kingdom  shall  be 
preached  in  all  the  world,  for  a  witness  unto  all  na- 
tions, and  then  shall  the  end  come."  (Matt.  xxiv.  14.) 

"And  I  saw  another  angel  fly  in  the  midst  of 
heaven,  having  the  everlasting  gospel  to  preach  unto 
them  that  dwell  on  the  earth,  and  to  every  nation,  and 


kindred  and  tongue  and  people,  saying  with  a  loud  voice  Fear 
God  and  give  glory  to  him,  for  the  hour  of  his  judgment  is 
come :  and  worship  him  that  made  heaven,  and  earth,  and  the 
sea,  and  the  fountains  of  waters."  (Rev.  xiv:  6,  7.) 


THK    .I10WISII     SVXAQfMifK, 


WHAT   THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


That  Satan  will  be  bound,  the  earth  he  cleansed 
from  corruption,  the  kingdoms  of  this  world  become 
the  kingdom  of  our  God.  and  that  the  reign  of  Christ 
and  his  triumph  over  error  and  Satan  shall  be  com- 
plete and  universal,  are  supported  by  the  following 
te\; 

••And  I  saw  an  angel  come  down  from  heaven, 
having  the  key  of  the  bottomless  pit  and  a  great  chain 
in  his  hand. 

••And  he  laid  hold  on  the  dragon,  that  old  serpent, 
which  is  the  devil,  and  Satan,  and  bound  him  a  thous- 
and years. 

•  And  cast  him  into  the  bottomless  pit,  and  shut 

him  up.  and    set  a  seal    upon   him,  that  he   should  de- 

the   nations   no  more,  till    the    thousand   years 

should  be  fulfilled:  and  after  that  he  must  be  loosed  a 

little  season."     (Rev.  xx:  1-3.) 

"And  the  sea  gave  up  the  deed  which  were  in  it; 
and  death  and  hell  delivered  up  the  dead  which  were 
in  them:  and  they  were  judged  every  man  according 
to  their  works. 

"And  death  and  hell  were  cast  into  the  lake  of 
tire.  This  is  the  second  death. 

••And  whosoever  was  not  found  written  in  the 
book  of  life  was  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire."  (Revelations  xx: 

13,  14-) 

"And  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of  heaven,  saying.  Behold, 
the    tabernacle   of  God  is   with   men,   and    he   will   dwell    with 


C.1JI        II.'K'II          ,^<      III...1. 


them,  and  they  shall  be   his  people,  and  God  himself  shall   be 
with  them,  and  be  their  God. 

•'And  God  shall  wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes;  and 
there  shall  be  no  more  death,  neither  sorrow,  nor  crying,  neither 


WHAT  THE   MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


JACKSON     MCHOOr.i. 


shall  there  be  any  more  pain :  for  the  former  things  are  passed 
away."     (Rev.  xxi:  3,  4.) 

"But  the  day  of  the  Lord  will  come  as  a  thief  in  the  night, 
in  the  which  the  heavens  shall  pass  away  with  a  great  noise; 


and  the  elements  shall  melt  with  fervent  heat,  the 
earth  also  and  the  works  that  are  therein  shall  be 
burned  up. 

"Seeing  then  that  all  these  things  shall  be  dis- 
solved, what  manner  of  persons  ought  ye  to  be  in  all 
holy  conversation  and  godliness. 

"Looking  for  and  hasting  unto  the  coming  of  the 
day  of  God,  wherein,  the  heavens  being  on  fire,  shall 
be  dissolved,  and  the  elements  shall  melt  with  fervent 
heat? 

"Nevertheless  we,  according  to  his  promise,  look 
for  new  heavens  and  a  new  earth,  wherein  dwelleth 
righteousness."  (II.  Peter  iii:  10-13.) 

"Behold  the  Lord  maketh  the  earth  empty;  and 
maketh  it  waste,  and  turneth  it  upside  down,  and 
scattereth  abroad  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

"And  it  shall  be,  as  with  the  people,  so  with  the 
priest;  as  with  the  servant,  so  with  his  master;  as 
with  the  maid,  so  with  her  mistress;  as  with  the  buyer, 
so  with  the  seller;  as  with  the  lender,  so  with  the  bor- 
rower; as  with  the  taker  of  usury,  so  with  the  giver 
of  usury  to  him. 

"The  land   shall  be  utterly  emptied,  and  utterly 
spoiled,  for  the  Lord  hath  spoken  this  word. 
"The    earth    mourneth,    and    fadeth     away;     the    world 
languisheth  and  fadeth  away;  the  haughty  people  of  the  earth 
do  languish. 

"The   earth  also  is  defiled  under  the   inhabitants  thereof, 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BbUbVb. 


because   they    have  transgressed   the  laws,  changed  the  ordi- 
nance, broken  the  everlasting  covenant. 

''Therefore    hath   the  curse  devoured  the  earth,  and  they 
that    dwell   therein  are   desolate;   therefore  the  inhabitants  of 


M>\VKI,I,     -M    IKx.l. 


the  earth  are  burned,  and  few  men  left."     (Isaiah  xxiv;  1-6.) 

And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that  day,  that  the  Lord  shall 
punish  the  host  of  the  high  ones  that  are  on  high,  and  the  kings 
of  the  earth  upon  the  earth. 

••And  they  shall  be  gathered  together  as  prison 
ers  are  gathered  in  the  pit,  and  shall  be  shut  up 
in  the  prison,  and  after  many  days  shall  they  be 
visited. 

"Then  the  moon  shall  be  confounded,  and  the 
sun  ashamed,  when  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall  reign  in 
Mount  Zion.  and  in  Jerusalem,  and  before  his  ancients 
gloriously."  (Isaiah  xxiv:  21-23.) 

"And  at  the  name  of  Jesus  every  knee  should 
bow,  of  things  in  heaven  and  things  on  earth,  and 
things  under  the  earth; 

"And  that  every  tongue  should  confess  that  Jesus 
Christ  is  Lord  to  the  glory  of  God  the  Father. 
(Phil,  ii:  10,  u.) 

"And  in  the  days  of  these  kings  shall  the  God  of 
heaven  set  up  a  kingdom  which  shall  never  be  de- 
stroyed :  and  the  kingdom  shall  not  be  left  to  other 
people,  but  it  shall  break  in  pieces  and  consume  all 
these  kingdoms,  and  it  shall  stand  forever.  (Dan.  11:44) 

••I  saw  in  the  night  visions,  and,  behold,  one  like 
the  Son  of  Man  came  with  the  clouds  of  heaven,  and 
came  to  the  Ancient  of  days,  and  they  brought  him 
near  before  him. 

"And  there  was  given  him  dominions,  and  glory 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


and  a  kingdom,  that  all  people,  nations,  and  languages,  should 
serve  him:  his  dominion  is  an  everlasting  dominion,  which  shall 
not  pass  away,  and  his  kingdom  that  which  shall  not  be  de- 
stroyed." (Daniel  vii:  13,14.) 

"The  wolf  and  the  lamb  shall  feed  together,  and 
the  lion  shall  eat  straw  like  the  bullock:  and  dust 
shall  be  the  serpent's  meat.  They  shall  not  hurt  nor 
destroy  in  all  my  holy  mountain,  saith  the  Lord." 
(Isaiah  Ixv:  25.) 

"For  as  the  new  heavens  and  the  new  earth, 
which  I  will  make,  shall  remain  before  me,  saith  the 
Lord,  so  shall  your  seed  and  your  name  remain. 
(Isaiah  Ixvi:  22.) 

"Then  cometh  the  end,  when  he  shall  have  de- 
livered up  the  kingdom  to  God,  even  the  Father,  when 
he  shall  have  put  down  all  rule  and  all  authority  and 
power. 

"For  he  must  reign,  till  he  hath  put  all  enemies 
under  his  feet. 

"The  last  enemy  that  shall  be  destroyed  is  death. 

"And  when  all  things  shall  be  subdued  unto  him, 
then  shall  the  Son  also  himself  be  subject  unto  him 
that  put  all  things  under  him,  that  God  may  be  all  in 
all."  (Cor.  xv :  24-26,  28.) 

As  to  eternal  marriage  and  the  glory  and  domin- 
ion of  the  redeemed,  it  will  be  seen  that  when  the 
first  marriage  was  performed  in  Eden,  the  pair  were 
immortal.  Death  came  by  sin,  but  life  was  restored 


through  the  atonement.     Adam  and  Eve  are  therefore  man 'and 
wife  for  eternity. 

"And  the  rib   which  the   Lord   God  had  taken  from  man 
made  he  a  woman,  and  brought  her  unto  the  man. 


HTH    DISTRICT    SCHOOL,. 


WHAT  THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


"And  Adam  said.  This  is  now  bone  of  my  bones,  and  flesh  of  my 
flesh:  she  shall  be  called  woman,  because  she  was  taken  out  of  man." 
(Genesis  ii:  22.) 

"So  God  created  man  in  his  own  image,  in  the  image  of  God 
created  he  him;  male  and  female  created  he  them. 

"And  God  blessed  them,  and  God  said  unto  them,  Be  fruitful  and 
multiply,  and  replenish  the  earth,  and  subdue  it;  and  have  dominion 
over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the  fowl  of  the  air,  and  over  every 
living  thing  that  moveth  upon  the  earth."  (Gen.  i:  27,  28.) 

"For  since  by  man  came  death,  by  man  came  also  the  resurrec- 
tion of  the  dead. 

••For  as  in  Adam  all  die,  even  so  in  Christ  shall  all  be  made 
alive."  (I.  Cor.  xv:  21,  22.) 

••Nevertheless,  neither  is  the  man  without  the  woman,  neither 
the  woman  without  the  man  in  the  Lord."  (I.  Cor.  xi:  ri.) 

••Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that   hath  part   in  the  first  resurrection: 
on  such  the  second  death  hath  no  power,  but  they  shall  be  priests  of 
(i-id   and    of   Christ,  and  shall    reign    with  him  a  thousand   years 
(Kt-v.  xx :  6.) 

••And  he  that  sat  upon  the  throne  said,  Behold,  I  make  all  things 
new.  And  he  said  unto  me,  Write;  for  these  words  are  true  and 
faithful. 

'And  he  said  unto  me,  it  is  done.  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the 
beginning  and  the  end.  I  will  give  unto  him  that  is  athirst,  of  the 
fountain  of  the  water  of  life  freely. 

-He  that  overcometh  shall  inherit  all  things;  and  I  will  be  his 
God,  and  he  shall  be  my  son.  (Rev.  xxi;  5-7.) 


OP;;TRAI>K 


WHAT    THE  MORMONS  BELIEVE. 


1<X)KT    DOUGLAS    PARADE    GROUNDS. 


Resources  ant) 
Attractions  of  'Qtab. 

[Tht  fallowing  interesting  information  is  taken  from  a  woi  k  of  the  above 
title,  compiled  by  H.  L.  A.  Culmer  for  the  Salt  Lake  Chamber  of  Commerce.] 


/  ITAH  occupies  an  important  position  in  the 
1*1  trans-Mississippi  group  of  states.  It  adjoins 
^^  Colorado,  Nevada,  Arizona  and  Idaho.  It  is 
275  miles  in  width  and  345  miles  in  length.  The 
splendid  Wasatch  Mountains  sweep  down  its  center 
and  the  Uintah  Mountains  cross  its  upper  half.  It  is 
a  region  of  snow-clad  mountains  and  broad,  beautiful 
valleys.  A  hundred  streams  flow  from  the  mountains 
and  meander  through  the  vales.  It  has  a  number  of 
fresh  water  lakes  of  considerable  size,  and  that  wonder- 
ful inland  sea,  the  Great  Salt  Lake,  is  a  far-famed 
feature  of  its  topography.  Within  the  border  lines  of 
the  State  there  exists  a  most  remarkable  variety  of 
country,  containing  many  unique  features,  and  some  that  have 
made  it  world-famous,  such  as  the  Grand -Canyons  of  the  Colo- 
rado, and  other  wild  scenery  of  the  southern  portion  of  the  State. 
Lying  between  lofty  mountain  ranges  are  beautiful  and  verdant 
valleys,  capable  of  sustaining  a  very  large  population,  and  afford- 
ing a  variety  of  scenery  that  makes  the  whole  State  singularly 


A     CiKOUI»    OK     A.MKKU'AN     IXDIANS. 

attractive  and  a  charming  place  of  abode.  A  greater  portion  of 
its  area  constitutes  the  eastern  and  fruitful  portion  of  the  Great 
Basin, — that  strange  region  whose  waters  are  lost  in  the  earth 
and  never  reach  the  ocean.  The  eastern  half  of  the  State  is 
drained  into  the  Colorado.  The  population  of  Utah  is  about 
240,000;  its  area  is  87,730  square  miles.  The  mountain  chains 


RESOURCES   AND   ATTRACTIONS   OF   UTAH. 


usually  run  north  and  south,  and  nearly  all  of  them  contain  zones 
of  precious  metals.  Probably  no  other  State  in  the  Union  con- 
tains within  its  borders  such  a  variety  of  resources.  No  other 
State  could  be  so  nearly  independent  and  self-supplying.  If 
intercourse  were  totally  cut  off  from  the  outside,  there  are  very 
few  of  the  necessaries  or  luxuries  of  life  that  could  not  be  pro- 
duced within  the  boundaries  of  Utah  in  abundance.  It  is  an 
empire  within  itself.  This  fact  will  be  easily  realized  by  a  study 
of  the  endless  variety  of  products  described  in  this  account. 
Although  it  is  but  fifty  years  since  settlement  began  in  Utah,  the 
extraordinary  scope  of  our  possibilities  in  mining,  agriculture, 
industry  in  ranch  and  range  production,  and  internal  commerce 
already  developed,  proves  this  beyond  question;  and  much  of 
what  is  now  imported  might  easily  be  produced  in  our  midst, 
should  it  become  necessary.  With  every  variety  of  climate, 
which  is  generally  salubrious  and  agreeable,  there  are  the  valleys 
for  the  farmer,  the  gardener  and  the  fruit  grower;  the  foot  hill 
slopes  and  terraces  for  the  sheep  raiser;  the  mountains  for  the 
miner;  the  scenery  and  hunting  among  the  mountains,  the  water 
fowl  and  grouse  of  the  prairies  for  the  pleasure  seeker;  the 
thermal  springs,  the  Salt  Lake  air  and  bathing  for  the  invalid, 
and  plenty  of  opportunity  and  occupation  for  the  man  of  business 
and  enterprise. 

CLIMATE  AS  A  RESOURCE. 

The  wonderful  climate  of  Utah  has  received  the  attention 
of  some  of  the  best  writers  on  the  subject  in  America,  and  in 


many  very  important  features  it  has  been  acknowledged  to- 
approach  the  "ideal  climate," — a  treasure  that  has  been  sought 
as  eagerly  as  any  boon  which  the  world  offers.  To  be  thorough 
in  recording,  however  briefly,  extracts  from  the  leading  articles 
that  have  been  published  on  the  climate  of  Utah,  we  must  refer 
to  the  testimony  of  Father  Silvestre  Velez  de  Escalante,  the 
first  white  man  to  set  foot  on  Utah's  soil,  who  started  from  Santa 
Fe  and  reached  Utah  Lake  on  the  23rd  of  September,  1776,  and 
thereupon  inscribed  upon  his  tablets,  that  "Here  the  climate  is 
so  delicious,  the  air  so  balmy,  that  it  is  a  pleasure  to  breathe  it 
by  day  and  by  night." 

No  region  excels  ours  in  natural  advantages  for  the  well- 
being  of  its  citizens.  We  have  a  great  inland  sea  rolling  at  our 
feet  possessing  inherent  virtues  in  its  waters  essentially  tonic  and 
invigorating  to  the  general  system.  We  have  thermal  springs 
of  varying  degrees  of  temperature  and  of  varied  properties;  we 
have  the  sunshine  peculiar  to  a  dry  climate  and  we  thrive  upon 
it;  the  sunshine  coming  to  us  through  a  clear,  pure  atmosphere 
reflects  cheerfulness  and  makes  the  world  smile.  We  live  in 
nature's  sanitarium  subjected  to  healthful  influences  and  dwell- 
ing under  a  cloudless  sky.  Our  most  favorable  climatic  proper- 
ties are  dryness,  coolness  and  equability.  Dr.  Standart  claimed 
our  ideal  climate  to  consist  in  the  varied  topography  of  this 
inter-mountain  region.  The  cool  fresh  air  of  the  mountains, 
light  and  pure;  the  peculiar  local  atmosphere  of  the  Great  Salt 
Lake;  the  distance  inland;  the  sheltered  situation  of  our  valleys; 
their  elevation  above  sea  level,  all  combining  to  create  what 
many  travelers  have  found  here,  "the  most  unique  and  wonder- 


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ful  climate  on  the  face  of  the  globe."  We  have  no  cyclones, 
blizzards,  sand-storms,  tornadoes  nor  earthquakes.  The  velocity 
of  the  wind  is  less  in  winter  than  in  summer.  This  is  true  of  no 
other  place  in  the  United  States,  except  San  Francisco.  In 
autumn,  the  climate  of  Utah  is  simply  unapproachable  in  all  the 
qualities  that  make  weather  delightful, — clear,  sparkling  and 
bracing.  From  September  until  Christmas  the  sun  shines  per- 
petually, and  out-door  exercise  is  delightful.  The  annual  aver- 
age mean  range  of  temperature  is  51.5;  the  average  monthly 
range  is  47-5>  and  the  average  daily  range  is  18.6.  This  means 
that  we  have  winter  and  summer;  the  seasons  make  their 
rounds;  we  have  snow-fall  and  frost,  sleigh-riding  and  skating 
in  winter,  showers  and  blossom-time  in  spring,  warmth  and 
fruitfulness  in  summer,  and  bracing,  open  weather  in  the  autumn. 
This  is  not  a  country  where  the  weather  is  mild  all  the  year;  we 
have  the  changing  seasons,  the  real  summer  and  the  real  winter, 
which  is  desirable.  Professor  Jones  says:  It  is  undoubtedly 
true  that  a  climate  where  there  is  no  difference  between  Christ- 
mas and  the  4th  of  July,  where  every  day  is  like  every  other, 
except  for  the  dust,  is  a  first-class  place  to  die  in;  but  to  live, we 
want  a  climate  that  will  stir  up  our  energies,  that  will  bring  out 
all  our  powers  and  keep  us  alive  and  aggressive,  without  making 
us  suffer  because  of  its  rigor;  this  we  have  in  Utah." 

There  is  scarcely  any  dew  in  this  country,  so  that  the  nights 
are  as  dry  as  the  days.  We  have  no  rainy  season,  but  we  have 
showers  all  through  the  summer.  We  have  no  fogs  nor  drizzling 
rains,  nor  fierce  and  cold  winds,  and  on  the  average  315  days 
out  of  the  year  are  clear  and  fair.  The  average  date  of  first 


snow  in  the  valley  is  November  ist.  It  never  snows  later  than 
the  middle  of  April.  The  first  frost  comes  towards  the  end  of 
September,  and  there  is  none  later  than  April. 

Physicians  recommend  this  climate  particularly  for  those 
suffering  from  pulmonary  diseases,  which  cannot  exist  here  ex- 
cept in  a  relieved  and  modified  condition.  Dr.  Niles  has  covered 
this  feature  thoroughly,  not  only  by  his  own  extended  observa- 
tions, but  by  conference  with  others.  He  states:  "The  most 
rapid  and  satisfactory  results  have  been  noticed  in  that  largest 
class  of  American  invalids  whose  deteriorated  health  and  loss  of 
nervous  mental  and  physical  vigor  has  been  caused  by  overwork, 
worry,  mental  strain,  etc.,  and  which,  without  any  recognizable 
specific  cause,  exhibit  various  distressing  symptoms  or  functional 
disorder,  such  as  neuralgias,  sleeplessness,  dizziness,  mental  de- 
pression, weak  digestion,  disturbance  of  the  circulation,  etc.  As 
might  naturally  be  expected,  these  troublesome  patients  usually 
respond  promptly  to  the  pleasant  and  complete  change  and  to 
the  invigorating  influence  of  this  climate." 

AGRICULTURE. 

It  will  be  difficult  to  treat  of  this  subject  without  conveying 
the  impression  that  the  writer  suffers  from  chronic  enthusiasm 
and  cannot  describe  any  resource  of  the  State  without  resorting 
to  the  superlative,  but  no  statements  will  be  made  in  these  pages 
which  cannot  be  verified  by  undisputed  evidence.  It  is  not 
everything  that  can  be  grown  in  this  State.  Bread  fruit,  ban- 
anas, mangoes,  sago  and  other  tropical  fruits  or  products  cannot 


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be  produced.  Oranges,  figs  and  lemons  can  only  be  grown  in 
the  southern  part  of  the  State;  but  the  agricultural  products  of 
Utah  are  wide  in  their  range  and  almost  without  exception  they 
are  of  excellent  quality.  Although  our  farms  are  small,  we 
grow  enormous  crops  to  the  acre.  The  expense  per  acre  is 
large,  but  the  yield  compensates  for  the  cost.  Nearly  all  our 
farming  requires  irrigation,  which  almost  doubles  the  labor 
otherwise  required  upon  a  crop,  but  irrigation  means  high  culti- 
vation, and  it  is  therefore  possible  to  produce  from  fifty  acres 
as  much  as  one  hundred  acres  elsewhere  would  yield,  so  that  a 
given  area  will  support  a  larger  farming  population  in  Utah  than 
in  other  places.  The  soil  is  usually  magnificent;  charged  with 
natural  fertilizers,  rich,  deep  and  vigorous,  seeming  anxious  to 
respond  to  the  efforts  of  the  husbandman  when  once  the  life- 
giving  waters  are  spread  upon  its  surface.  There  has  never 
been  a  ton  of  artificial  fertilizer  brought  to  this  State  to  our 
knowledge.  The  soil  is  charged  with  calcium-phosphate  and 
other  chemicals  which  nature  requires  to  invigorate  and  sustain 
the  fruits  of  the  field.  That  subtle  something  which  replaces 
the  missing  ingredients  in  the  soil,  is  supplied  in  the  waters  of 
irrigation. 

GRAIN. 

WHEAT. — The  soil  and  climate  of  Utah  are  well  adapted  to 
the  cultivation  and  growth  of  wheat.  The  latest  official  returns, 
gathered,  however,  with  great  care  and  accuracy,  showed  an 
average  yield  per  acre  of  twenty-two  bushels  in  1890.  The 
United  States  report  for  the  same  year  shows  17.2,  and  the  Ag- 


ricultural College  report  shows  an  average  from  irrigated  lands 
to  be  twenty-nine  bushels  in  1891.  The  price  rarely  falls  below 
sixty  cents,  and  frequently  reaches  seventy-five  and  eighty  cents. 
Utah  wheat  exhibited  by  the  Agricultural  College  of  Loganr 
received  an  award  at  the  World's  Fair.  Under  our  system  of 
irrigation  and  consequent  high  cultivation  the  yield  per  acre  in 
exceptional  instances  has  been  astonishingly  great.  In  1889  the 
American  Agriculturist  offered  a  prize  of  $500  to  the  farmer 
raising  the  largest  crop  of  wheat  to  the  acre  in  any  place  in  the 
United  States.  The  prize  was  secured  by  Wm.  Gibby,  who 
produced  4806  pounds  of  clean  wheat,  being  eighty  bushels  and 
six  pounds,  from  one  acre  of  ground,  accurately  surveyed,  on 
the  outskirts  of  Salt  Lake  City. 

OATS. — Those  who  keep  up  work  horses  are  willing  to  pay 
twenty-five  to  thirty  per  cent  more  for  Utah  oats  of  ordinary 
quality  than  for  a  fair  grade  of  Eastern.  Utah  oats,  therefore, 
command  a  good  price,  and  when  the  market  favors  export  a 
comparatively  high  figure  is  asked  and  received. 

BARLEY. — There  was  no  barley  exhibited  at  the  World's 
Fair  equal  to  that  produced  in  Utah.  Our  barley  has  always 
been  considered  superior  to  any  other  produced  in  the  United 
States.  It  is  very  heavy, — fifty  to  fifty-five  pounds  to  the  bushel, 
thin-skinned  and  in  every  way  superior. 

CORN. — Although  Utah  does  not  pose  as  a  corn  country, 
there  are  nearly  ten  thousand  acres  under  cultivation.  The  hot 
sultry  nights  which  corn  requires  are  not  characteristic  of  our 
climate,  but  in  some  of  the  southern  parts  excellent  crops  are 
produced. 


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RYE. — Comparatively  little  is  cultivated  in  Utah,  although  the 
quality  is  superb  and  the  yield  above  that  of  the  average  for  the 
United  States. 

GRASSES. 

ALFALFA. — This  is  one  of  the  most  important  crops  of 
Utah.  It  can  be  grown  on  rough  ground  that  is  too  dry  for  grass 
and  too  broken  and  stony  for  grain.  The  cultivation  of  alfalfa, 
or  lucern,  has  proven  one  of  the  greatest  blessings  enjoyed  by 
the  farming  people  of  Utah.  Excellent  crops  have  been  secured 
by  merely  clearing  off  the  brush  and  casting  the  seed  over  the 
ground.  It  takes  longer  to  get  a  good  start  this  way,  and  it  is 
more  difficult  than  if  the  ground  is  stirred  or  broken,  but  it 
thrives  better  in  the  end.  Probably  one  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand acres  are  now  under  cultivation. 

HAY. — Clover,  timothy  and  redtop  hay  are  grown  in  all  parts 
of  the  State.  Hay  cures  beautifully  and  retains  its  nourishing 
quality  better  in  this  State  than  elsewhere,  owing  to  the  dry  at- 
mosphere. Utah  grasses  exhibited  at  the  World's  Fair  were 
pronounced  beyond  comparison  with  any  others  shown  in  the 
agricultural  building. 

VEGETABLES,  ETC. — The  Utah  potato  is  justly  famous  all 
over  the  United  States.  In  1890  there  were  some  eight  thou- 
sand acres  under  cultivation, yielding  a  million  bushels;  but  that 
was  an  off  year;  our  annual  product  is  usually  much  greater. 
The  late  Secretary  Rjisk  said,  "Utah  beats  the  world  for  pota- 
toes." 


Utah  has  also  a  fine  reputation  for  carrots,  which  sometimes 
yield,  of  good  quality,  as  much  as  eighteen  hundred  bushels  to 
the  acre;  also  for  onions,  turnips,  parsnips,  radishes,  etc.  The 
great  beet  sugar  factory  at  Lehi  has  developed  the  cultivation  of 
sugar  beets  throughout  the  middle  counties. 

We  annually  export  large  quanties  of  cabbage,  cauliflower 
and  celery,  the  latter  growing  exceptionally  fine:  and  for  home 
consumption  we  raise  an  abundance  of  beans,  peas,  lettuce,  cab- 
bage, squash,  tomatoes,  asparagus,  etc.  In  the  southern  part 
of  the  State  cotton  is  very  successfully  raised.  It  averages  six 
hundred  pounds  to  the  acre,  which  is-  an  enormous  yield,  the 
average  for  the  Southern  States  being  usually  about  one  hundred 
and  seventy  pounds. 

THE  ORCHARDS  OF  UTAH. 


The  same  causes  which  give  excellence  to  the  grains  and 
vegetables  of  Utah  also  stand  for  orchard  products  of  a  high 
class.  Fresh  fruits  are  exported  in  considerable  quantities,  and 
wherever  sent  take  a  high  place  and  command  a  ready  sale.  In 
general  terms,  the  superior  characteristics  are  firmness,  beauty, 
and  above  all,  fine  flavor.  Plums,  German  prunes,  pears,  apri- 
cots, cherries  and  grapes  of  splendid  quality  and  handsome 
appearance  are  raised  in  great  quantities;  strawberries  and  rasp- 
berries are  both  native  to  Utah;  also  red  and  black  currants; 
under  cultivation  the  yield  is  very  large  and  of  surprising  quality. 
In  the  height  of  the  season,  strawberries  come  to  market  in  the 
greatest  abundance,  of  magnificent  appearance  and  fine  flavor. 


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MINING. 

Active  mining  commenced  in  Utah  in  1870,  although  some 
developments  had  been  made  in  the  Cottonwood  districts  during 
the  previous  year.  From  that  time  until  the  present  this  industry 
has  proven   the   principal  source   of   revenue  to  Utah,  and  has 
contributed  much  to  its  prosperity.     As  early  as  1872,  the  pro- 
duction  amounted  to  $2,547,916,   the   following  year  it  had  in- 
creased to  $4,523,497,  the  annual  production  steadily  growing 
until  it  reached  its  climax  in  1892,  when  the  production  of  gold, 
silver,  lead  and  copper  had  a  seaboard  value  of  $16,276,818.00. 
The  output  would  have  continued  to  increase  year  by  year  had 
not    anti-silver   legislation    in    Congress    depressed    prices    and 
caused  a  number  of  properties  to  shut  down.     As  a  result,  the 
output  for  1893  was  only  $12,832,074.00,  the  falling  off  being  in 
silver,  lead  and  copper,  while  the  production   of  gold  increased 
over  forty  per  cent.      Utah's   collection   of    specimens    of    the 
various  minerals'  of  the  Territory  won  the  highest  prize  at  the 
World's  Fair.     To  give  a  complete  account  of  the  development 
and  possibilities   of  each  of  these  would  require  a  volume  of 
itself,  but   some  idea  of  the  mineral-  resources  of   Utah  may  be 
gathered  by  a  brief  reference  to  a  few  of  the  most  important. 
COAL. — Of  the  two  principal  coal  fields  that  have  been  so 
far  developed  in  this  State,  one  is  at  Coalville,  Summit  County, 
the  other  in  Carbon  County,  extending  from  Castle  Gate  to  Sco- 
field.     In  one  year,  Coalville  produced  49,080  tons,  and  Carbon 
County    331,878    tons,    while    an     unknown    but    considerable 
quantity   was  produced  in  other  parts  of  the  State.     Splendid 
coal  beds  also  exist  in  a  number  of  the  southern  counties. 


IRON. — There  are  iron  deposits  that  can  be  worked  with 
profit  in  Cache,  Weber,  Wasatch,  Salt  Lake,  Morgan,  Juab,  and 
many  other  counties  of  Utah,  but  the  greatest  of  all  is  in  Iron 
County,  which  possesses  one  of  the  most  remarkable  deposits  in 
the  world.  Near  Cedar  City  is  the  Iron  Mountain,  computed 
to  contain  fifty  million  tons  of  fine  iron  ore.  Prof.  Newberry 
has  said  of  this  mountain :  "The  deposits  of  iron  ore  near  Iron 
City  in  south-western  Utah  are  probably  not  excelled  in  intrinsic 
value  by  any  in  the  world.  *  *  *  There  are  certainly  no 
other  deposits  to  compare  with  them  west  of  the  Mississippi  for 
the  manufacture  of  pig  and  bar  iron  and  steel,  and  it  would  be 
difficult  to  estimate  the  influence  they  would  have  on  the  indus- 
tries of  the  Pacific  Coast." 

SULPHUR. — Excellent  sulphur  mines  exist  in  Washington 
County  and  in  other  parts  of  the  State,  but  the  important  de- 
posit is  that  owned  by  the  Utah  Sulphur  Company  at  Cove 
Creek,  Millard  County.  This  surpasses  any  other  deposit  in 
the  known  world,  the  sulphur  being  far  richer  and  more  abund- 
ant than  in  Sicily,  from  which  the  world  draws  its  greatest 
supply.  One  thousand  tons  were  shipped  in  1893  to  St.  Louis, 
Chicago,  Omaha,  Denver,  Kansas  City  and  Portland,  Oregon;, 
but  the  trade  is  increasing  and  the  developments  at  the  mines 
will  now  permit  a  much  larger  output. 

PLASTER  OF  PARIS. — At  Nephi,  Juab  County,  the  Nephi 
Plaster  Manufacturing  Company  supply  the  whole  of  Utah  and 
ship  large  quantities  to  California.  ,  The  output  of  1893  was 
fifteen  hundred  tons,  of  superior  quality.  The  raw  material,, 
gypsum,  from  which  this  is  made,  is  said  to  be  the  purest  known. 


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SALT. — A  company  at  Nephi,  Juab  County,  is  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  refined  salt  from  the  rock  salt  found  near  by, 
and  another  company  is  doing  a  large  business  in  the  sale  of 
rock  salt  as  mined.  A  number  of  the  lower  altitude  counties  of 
Utah  can  produce  salt  to  advantage,  especially  Sevier  County! 
but  the  principal  source  of  supply  is  in  the  Great  Salt  Lake 
itself,  which  is  probably  the  best  and  largest  deposit  of  brine  in 
the  world.  Its  waters  carry  about  twenty  per  cent,  of  salt. 
Around  the  Lake  are  salt  farms,  where  ponds  are  made  by 
building  levees,  to  obtain  salt  by  solar  evaporation.  This  salt 
is  stacked  in  piles  and  is  ready  for  market  as  coarse  salt  for 
stock  and  for  the  amalgamating  works  throughout  the  mining 
regions.  About  one  hundred  thousand  tons  per  annum  are 
usually  gathered  in  this  way.  The  Salt  business  of  Utah  amounts 
to  about  two  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  annum. 

ASPHALTUM. — The  asphaltum  fields  of  Utah  are  in  the  north- 
eastern part  of  the  State,  almost  the  whole  of  Wasatch  and 
Uintah  Counties  being  impregnated  with  the  mineral  in  a  great 
variety  of  forms  and  conditions,  the  principal  kinds  being  gilson- 
ite,  ozokerite  (130,000  pounds  produced  in  1889),  wurtzelite 
(often  called  elaterite),  asphaltic  limestone  and  gilsonite,  which 
are  the  only  forms  that  have  been  profitably  worked.  A  com- 
bination of  the  two  has  been  used  successfully  in  paving  the 
principal  streets  of  Salt  Lake  City. 

Asbestos  of  good  quality  is  found  in  Beaver  County.  Indi- 
cations of  Petroleum  that  are  likely  to  lead  to  a  profitable  de- 
velopment are  found  in  Carbon  County,  near  Pleasant  Valley 
and  near  Green  River.  Graphite  is  discovered  in  Box  Elder 


Couuty  and  in  Utah  County.  There  are  large  beds  not  far 
from  Provo  and  some  near  Goshen.  One  of  the  most  remark- 
able deposits  known  of  Selenite  is  found  in  Wayne  County  near 
the  Fremont  River.  Mica  is  found  in  Box  Elder  County,  in 
Davis  County  and  Uintah  County.  The  deposit  in  Box  Elder 
County  promises  to  furnish  an  article  fit  for  commerce. 

CLAYS. — A  great  variety  of  rich  and  beautiful  clays  exist 
in  Utah,  almost  every  county  having  a  deposit  of  some  kind  of 
clay.  In  Salt  Lake  County,  near  Draper,  is  a  vast  bed  of 
kaolin,  from  which  articles  of  delicate  and  purest  white  pottery 
have  been  made  on  an  experimental  scale. 

Veins  carrying  BISMUTH  have  been  found  in  Beaver  County 
near  Beaver  City,  carrying  from  one  to  six  per  cent,  of  the 
metal.  This  metal  has  also  been  found  in  the  mines  of  Bingham, 
but  there  are  no  reduction  works  in  this  country  designed  for  its- 
extraction. 

SODA  and  NITRE  exist  in  Weber,  Utah,  and  other  counties, 
and  ALUM  in  abundance  in  Iron  County. 

MINERAL  SPRINGS. — It  would  be  impossible  to  describe  the 
mineral  and  thermal  springs  of  Utah,  so  great  are  their  variety 
and  so  widely  scattered  throughout  the  various  counties.  The 
best  known  are  the  sulphur  springs  on  the  outskirts  of  Salt  Lake 
City,  whose  curative  properties  have  aided  the  physicians  in 
accomplishing  wonderful  restorations.  The  Idanha  water  of 
soda  springs,  near  the  northern  boundry  of  the  State,  secured 
the  first  prize  above  every  competitor  at  the  World's  Fair, 
rival  waters  being  submitted  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 


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COMMERCE. 

The  commerce  and  trade  of  Utah  are  confined  to  no  limited 
field,  but  embrace  within  certain  proportions  nearly  all  the 
varied  interests  that  belong  to  the  country  at  large.  In  these 
matters,  as  in  most  others,  while  the  proportions  of  our  opera- 
tion* may  not  be  so  great  as  to  excite  wonder  and  admiration,  it 
must  be  admitted  that  in  point  of  variety  no  other  State  or  Ter- 
ritory can  view  us  with  disdain.  We  have  examined  into  the 
commercial  activities  of  many  States  separately,  and  have  been 
struck  with  the  prevailing  feature  that  each  State,  as  a  general 
proposition,  maintains  its  activity  in  special  lines,  -but  in  Utah 
this  is  not  the  case.  The  range  of  subjects  which  the  man  of 
trade  in  this  State  is  called  upon  to  consider  is  bewildering,  and 
as  varied  as  the  numberless  resources,  mineral,  agricultural  and 
industrial,  that  are  briefly  referred  to  in  these  pages.  If  each  of 
these  interests  can  be  developed,  as  we  believe  they  will  be,  in 
proportion  to  their  merits  and  the  opportunities  that  exist  in  this 
State,  the  future  of  trade  and  commerce  in  the  years  to  come 
will  be  exceedingly  great. 

In  the  larger  cities,  such  as  Ogden,  Provo,  Logan  and  Salt 
Lake  City  a  genuine  jobbing  trade  is  supported.  We  have 
wholesale  jobbing  houses  devoted  exclusively  to  dry  goods,  or 
clothing,  or  groceries,  hardware,  fruits  and  produce,  grain,  boots 
and  shoes,  machinery  and  other  single  lines.  Their  trade  is  not 
confined  to  this  State  alone,  but  extends  for  hundreds  of  miles 
into  other  regions.  The  general  credit  of  the  merchants  and 
traders  of  Utah  is  first-class.  Failures  are  comparatively  few. 


INDUSTRIES. 

The  subject  of  home  industries  has  commanded  the  atten- 
tion of  the  people  of  Utah  from  the  time  of  its  first  settlement. 
Isolated  as  it  was  in  the  beginning,  necessity  compelled  the  pro- 
duction of  many  articles  which  other  communities  import,  and 
drove  the  people  into  finding  means  to  manufacture  them.  It 
was  thus  revealed  that  from  the  many  resources  that  lie  about 
us  a  large  proportion  of  the  materials  used  at  home  could  be 
made  here,  and  in  early  times  the  self-supplying  faculty  of  the 
residents  of  Utah  was  developed  under  great  difficulties,  and 
they  learned  to  do  many  things  in  a  primitive  way  that  have 
since  been  refined  upon  and  expanded  until  the  quality  and 
quantity  of  the  goods  manufactured  in  this  State  are  by  no 
means  insignificant.  "Home  manufacture"  has  been  so  long  and 
so  steadily  a  familiar  watchword  with  the  people  of  Utah  that 
there  are  not  many  communities  in  the  West  that  have  attempted 
such  various  lines  of  industry.  Not  all  of  these  have  succeeded, 
yet  we  will  bear  comparison  with  many  older  States.  There  is 
a  genuine  determination  among  the  people  of  Utah  to  establish 
and  sustain  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  State.  We 
accuse  ourselves  and  each  other  of  a  lack  of  interest  in  these 
matters,  but  this  only  shows  that  we  are  alive  to  the  necessity. 
The  volume  of  manufactured  material  produced  is  a  proof  of 
our  sincerity  in  this  direction.  The  leaders  of  the  people  in 
early  times  told  them  that  they  had  all  the  material  necessary  to 
make  them  one  of  the  most  prosperous  and  independent  peoples 
on  earth,  if  they  would  only  make  use  of  the  material  that 


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nature  had  placed  at  their  disposal.  Repeated  efforts  under 
adverse  circumstances  gave  the  start  to  a  manufacturing  com- 
munity, and  as  early  as  1850  the  industrial  products  of  Utah 
amounted  to  $291,220.  In  1860  this  amount  had  increased  to 
$900,153.  Ten  years  later,  according  to  the  census  returns,  it 
was  $2,343,019,  and  in  1890  the  returns  showed  that  there  were 
310  enterprises  of  this  character  in  operation,  mrning  out  a 
product  valued  at  $5,836,003.  The  capital  invested  was 
$4,405,881.  The  plants  cost  $3,215,511,  and  they  used  that 
year,  raw  material  worth  $2,137,291.  3,274  hands  were  em- 
ployed, and  the  wages  paid  were  $1,597,177-  We  have  good 
reason  to  believe  these  figures  to  be  under  statements  even 
for  1890,  but  were  the  data  of  today  obtainable,  a  consider- 
able increase  would  now  be  shown;  but  these  dry  figures 
must  impress  every  thoughtful  reader  that  the  people  of  Utah 
engage  heartily  in  the  development  of  their  industrial  possi- 
bilities, and  by  this  means  maintain  their  prosperity  and  con- 
tribute to  the  well  being  of  the  population. 

SOCIAL  AFFAIRS  AND  AMUSEMENTS. 

The  people  of  Utah  are  fraternal,  progressive  and  well 
abreast  of  the  American  tide  of  advancement;  in  each  town  and 
hamlet  there  is  a  marked  degree  of  ambition  toward  refinement 


and  intellectual  development, — for  there  is  not  a  settlement  with- 
out its  library  and  improvement  association, — and  in  music, 
painting,  oratory,  social  culture,  and  in  general  educational 
matters,  the  people  occupy  the  front  rank  with  any  -Western 
commonwealth.  Among  the  other  good  things  that  Utah  has 
to  say  for  herself,  these  are  not  to  be  overlooked,  for,  notwith- 
standing the  allurements  of  better  health  and  prosperity,  many 
excellent  people  accustomed  to  social  advantages  and  refine- 
ments, have  hesitated  to  make  a  home  in  the  West,  because 
they  fear  to  lose  the  opportunities  of  intellectual  culture  for 
themselves  and  their  children.  There  need  be  no  such  fear. 
In  the  larger  cities  of  Utah,  there  are  art  associations,  liter- 
ary clubs,  a  university  club,  press  club,  lodges  of  all  the 
leading,  Masonic,  Odd-Fellow,  and  other  secret  aid  societies, 
fine  churches  of  nearly  every  religious  denomination,  dramatic 
associations,  public  libraries,  and  similar  institutions  that  go  to 
make  up  a  cultured  environment.  At  a  recent  exhibition  of 
paintings  by  the  Society  of  Utah  Artists,  a  great  many  original 
paintings  of  much  merit  proved  that  in  this  branch  of  art  we 
have  developed  further  than  any  other  State  between  Illinois 
and  California.  Several  Utah  artists  were  represented  at  the 
World's  Fair,  and  some  of  their  works  were  purchased  by  the 
City  of  Chicago  for  the  permanent  exhibition. 


GORGEi        O 


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Yellowstone  National  Park* 

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is  one  embraci  g 

Scenic  Colorado 

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Mercur, 

UTAH'S  GREAT  GOLD  CAMP, 

Can  be  visited,  and  a  return  made  to 
Salt  Lake  City,  the  same  day. 
The  ride  over  the  little  Salt  Lake  & 
Mercur  Railway,  as  it  creeps  over  the 
Oquirrh  range,  will  well  repay  you, 
and  a  visit  to  Mercur,  the  home  of 
the  largest  cyanide  mill  in  the  United 
States,  if  not  in  the  world,  will  give 
an  insight  into  the  unique  method 
employed  for  the  extraction  of  gold. 


and 

All  the  Great  Mining  Districts  are 
only  or  best  reached  via  the  Oregon 
Short  Line. 

Sixteen  Passenger  Trains  arrive  and 
leave  Salt  Lake  City  daily  over  the 
Oregon  Short  Line,  affording  the  very 
best  service  between  points  in  Utah. 


D.  E.  BURLEY,  G.  P.  &  T.  A. 

SAL.T 


S.  W.  ECCLES,  Gen'l  Traffic  Manager. 

CITY, 


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