Scenic Beauty And History Of Utah Described By Youthful Visitor Ski Lift Among; M a n v Unusual P I a <• v s Yisitrd Salt I,:ikc City Kieli In His torical Beauty: Buiid iiij^s Arc Cmtstial By Billie Amlcrson, Age 12 Geography has a’ways been a fascinating subject to me and to be able to make a trip across the country by air and rail, when I attended the National Editorial Association Convention in T’ 1 recently with my father. Ed M. Anderson, a director, was much more thrilling than classroom les sons. Our itinerary included twelve states and it took us two nights and a day and a half to get to Sal? Lake City. Utah, the scene of the convention. The f rst imp ressions we rain ed wen by a city-wide tour. Int er we had ti.e orp r? unity of seeing in deta i -on. f the most Located in ft- ctf the -'a'< capital, standing at the fo t of cne of the many beautiful moan ta.r.s. As we entered the cap!: 1 gilding we came into a very sracious room with paintings of the pioneers and Brigham Young coming into the valley on the walls and ceiling. Off at the left. \. e w< re told, were the Senate and Congress chambers. We were the n taken to the museum. The museum had. many fine c -licetions such as a cradle slept - by sem" of the first pioneers, v. ..irons ..sc tue-y came in and puces of their china. There were also some very beautiful dresses worn ,:i that period, which I l.iied very much. From there we Sail Lake Lily's Beautiful Six Spiretl Mormon leinple I ... - This great granite strueture stands as a monument to Brigham Young and the Utah pioneers. This historic temple was begun ii 1851} and completed in 189.5. .vere taker, upstairs to the hall, .vhere in the planter there were many designs - one a very real s'. c design of Santa Claus. Then we were taken to the woe In which the governor sees -oecial people. We were told it has bt i n called the “Gold Room" for it is done in gold and is very beautiful. Wo then left the capi !o! to travel on. From tiiere we were taken to Temple Square to see the great I "CAN I CUT THE COST OF MY AUTO INSURANCE?” If you're a select risk driver you can qualify for economical protection with Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio. h-»■ ■ » sJi'S- w. • ..?» tJ _ v. | Select risk company AM t Automatic renewals t Owned by policyholders Leonard Shepherd, Jefferson, N. C. Frequent local service between Express points Phone 9? UNION BUS TERMINAL West Jefferson, N. C. G REYHOUN ’.I,Tnv n Temple. Construct: n on :! began ::1 1853 and :t was .1 n - ;.-hed :n 1893 .It was designed by ”, - <_• 5i;ji-n Young and the archi tect was Truman O. Argett. The building is 1 ..Ml 1-2 feet long and 1.181 1-2 feet wide. On tup of the < ast tower :- a iarge golden figure which rep resents Monnoi. a book of Mor ns cl character. It is 12 feet. 5 1-2 inches high. It is made of ham mered bronze covered with gold leaf. It was clone by Cyrus E. Dailln. who was from the State of Utah. taken from Little U U r.wcodl Can1, n about 2b miles from the temple site. Bob re the railroad was constructed :n 1873. ox teams were used to transfer the nw U rials for it. The f tmdati, r. walls are 1G feet thick, the base ment wails are 9 feet thick arm the main walls are o fee: thick. The cost of the temple is esti mated at $3.500.bud. It can be entered only by mem bers given permission by the Archbishop, so we did not sc the inside. In Temple Square is a’.s • the Tabernacle which, too, was de s.lined by Brigham Y ung. It has a capac.tv of 8.000 a'.tiv ;gh on special occasions it can hold 11. 250. The >5 me - shaped roof con lumber. When it was fir-t con structed this lumber v. ho ld mg’‘her with 'Ac ' ion pegs and e iv\ : ide tii"" ■ The- original :,1 in looo and m Iu47 the bu 1 1 : was rcroofed •.v:’: aluminum. Th - fana us T oernacle organ. d with G.oi’d pipes. The pipes was hand carved and h-.nd built. At that time it was the largest in tlie U. S.. \. hi. h is no longer true. Tb.e builder was Joseph i? if Lues, b rn in England. The first organist was Joseph J. i Use Blue Dragon Dust For the control of Mexi can Bean beetle, Cabbage worms and other insect pests. 1 LB. PKG. _S .2: 4 LB. PKG_—_ 9t 23 LB. BAG_ 4.00 50 LB. BAG- 7.50 4 LB. COPPER DRAGON TOMATO BLIGHT DUST $1.00 Ray Hardware Co West Jefferson, N. C. Dane;. In 1948 the organ was com pletely rebuilt. The console was chan sod from four to five key boards and the pipes were changed from 6.8f>8 to in.1118. The tabernacle ch hr was start-! ed by Br.chant Young with 320 \ ,o.That number has been kept ever since. Around the w< rid there are 1.NO.000 mem !■<:-' of tin Mormon religion.' Somewhat less than one-half of that number live the State of Utah. Vw also had the privilege on Sunday afternoon to go to Kenny , •• e' p: » Mine, the largest open-i ut copper mine in North America, which produces about 3 per tent of our copper. Oper ation began in 1004 and except, i.i. t.i j.i-. a lew interruptions it — (Clyde Anderson. Salt Lake City, Photo) MAN-MADE WONDER—This, the largest open-cut copper mine in North America, is the major mining operation of Utah. The I’tah Copper Division mine of Kennecott Copper corporation at Bingham Canyon, Utah, provides about 30 percent of America's newly mined copper in normal times. The excavation covers approximately 855 acres, from which a total of 1,173,321,423 tons of both waste and ore have been removed. Kennecott operations constitute a substantial factor toward Utah's prosperity. ha? been going ever since. The mine covers approximately 855 acres from which a total of 1.173.3:11.423 tons of wa.st and ore h;.\f 1 e.-n removed. Th mine has 45 love’s averaging :.h mt 70 feet high and varying from To to 250 feet wide. There are 138 miles of standard gauge railroad track at the mine. Normally the mire employs approximately 2.400 men. The annual ; ay roll is appri xirr.ately $0,000,000 If y< u like salt you should 'nave Leer, with us when we went swimming in the Great Salt Lake. If you wonder why one can float like a cork, it is due to a 27 per cent salt content. Salt water is heavy and it won’t let you sink. The group went over to Geneva steel works, but I had a very bad cold and didn't go. but slept in stead. The most thrilling place which we visited or. the entire trio was Brighten, twenty-live miles from Sait Lake City, where one climbs from an altitude of 4. 255 to 8.729 feet in a ski lift. There art enairs on huio iur uy a motor. We all had the privi lege to ride up on it at a much slower speed, and were able to take some good pictures. The snow-capped mountains in early summer were an unusual Sight for me. [ urge everyone, who has the privilege to go to the State of Utah to be sure and see these and many more beautiful places. It's a very beautiful State are: I thank each and everyone v. ^ had a part in making it a won derful trip. I know you would have liked it, too. !Vo Ashe You ills Enlisted In Navy There has been a steady in crease in the number of enlist ments in the Navy from this re cruiting area during the past two months, it was reported*by Chief Machinist’s Mate A. N. Whaley, U. S. N„ Recruiter in charge of the U. S. Navy recruiting substa tion. Lenoir He stated that enlistments dur ing June totalled 132 in the area, of whom 101 were first enlist ment- for three years or more, 23 were 18-year-olds who enlist ed for one year of active duty and 8 were reen'istments of for mer Navy personnel. There were five men accepted from the Lenoir sub station, all of whom were enlisted three years. 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