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Show 26 Tm Ae their hands are famed throughout the world of art. The sculptors of this city are noted throughout all the length and breadth of the land. The student will find institutions of learning here which are unrivaled save by the greatest colleges of the old and new world; the youthful of an education here as quickly a pupil can acquire the leading elements as anywhere in the republic. | e In the public school system we have buildings which aggregate in value more than $600,000. They are amply provided with the latest improved text books and the teachers employed are among the best to he had. The young man or woman who graduates from the public schools of this city is qualified to go out and fight the battle cf life. In addition to the public schools there are many private institutions which are famous for their course of study and standard of excellence. Life and property are as safe here as in any well-governed police and fire departments, as a whole, are very capable. buildings which have been erected for the accommodation city. The the busi- The public of ness of the people are large, magnificent and commodious; the officers who fill the positions of trust and honor are efficient and capable. = The are streets of the handsome outside * city in the specimens of the are well macadamized Lake’s business mercial center. ter is unrivaled Ea business portion paver’s and kept are industry ever well and in good paved skill. and Those condition. Salt houses compare favorably with those of any other comThe reputation of the city as a safe commercial cenby any. Through the panic which occurred some time Gar SS and industry goes on unceasingly. real commencement period our own and of this It has only been a century since the great work, fair city, once far away partaken of the transfiguration. and through half in the wilderness, The first half of that has watched of her existence was passed in practical isolation; weeks of weary travel were necessary to communicate with or reach the nearest point of commercial importance, and here people were at the first taught self-reliance and learned well the necessity of individual labor and effort if success were to be gained. “ mK * Fifty years ago—nearly half of our proud nation’s life—and the beautiful, fertile valleys of Utah were nothing but wildernesses. Here and there a solitary Indian trader built himself a hut and plied his lonely occupation, or occasional bands of untamed and uncouth red men would pause for a moment in their pursuit of the roving the deer. The soil was virgin to the plow, mountain streams rushed unchecked where now worship, and stand the unused temples dismal to meet of justice, howl of the the of waters learning, coyote of of or roar buffalo or and rivers the lake, commerce of the and and wild-cat of or mountain lion alone broke the stillness of the night. Fifty years ago these noble mountain ranges—from which the hand of man has dragged untold treasure for a full quarter of a century—lifted their rugged crests untouched as when the God of nature left them, His work accomplished. * When the great placers # 1K of California first began to pour their golden ¥ stream into the lap of the nation, a little band of pioneers, not in quest of gold, trailed westward for weary weeks across plains, rivers The person who inclines to devotion will find ample room to worship. Nearly all the denominations are represented by church edifices, suffi- and mountains until, as if finally exhausted, they halted at the mouth of a canyon whose rocky course they had traversed. Away from their ago, not a bank failed in me. metropolis. VIEW OF SALT LAKE CITY—OENTRAL PABT. cient in capacity to accommodate all who may seek in them the consolation which a belief in the teachings of any creed affords them. More might be written and said, but is there not enough in the foregoing to invite attention to the many blessings which are enjoyed by who live in the Peerless The, Business City of the Interests of Salt Great Basin? C. M. JACKSON. Lake and instituted the grand system of City. government which was the irst introduction of mankind to unqualified liberty. Few realize how little time has passed since those eventful days, and now thought of that period is almost as of ancient times; it is all a part of history. xs None of us the stormy can fully % x appreciate the fact that a short ventury ago is the a few sparsely-settled colonies, huddled together on the western shore of foremost nation Atlantic, was all that on the face of the existed earth. Few of what were there now the valley, bound in by snow-capped mountains on all surface scintillating like a bed of choice cut gems—lay the great saline sea, continuing on beyond the range of vision, its even splendor only broken by mountainous isles rising here and there abruptly from its depths. Then, as if charmed by the glory of the scene, in a sacred spirit of thankfulness and peace they said, “Here will we rest.” With energy and foresight they began their toil in the hope that they might Little more than an hundred years ago this now greatest of all nations was undergoing an heroic yet terrible struggle for existence. Children of the present generation, reading the history of their country, cannot but experience an almost joyous feeling of pride when they review in thir mind’s eye the wonderful bravery and glorious achievements of those fathers of the Republic who so gallantly and under such awful difficulties fought for freedom, and when that was gained, conceived stretched sides except the west, where—reflecting all the hues of a July evening’s sun, its placid bosom heaving as if in gentle breathing, the ripples on its at that period—which now seems so long ago—who in their fondest dreams, sanguine though they might have been, could have pictured the marvelous transformation that has changed the face of this continent from desert and forest to bright fields of promise and busy cities, where, among seventy millions of people, the march of progress in art, science enjoy the fruits of their labor, and with the determination up a commonwealth that would ever be an providing an inheritance for their children. fruition of their fondest anticipations, and cf building honor to them and of Nearly all lived to see visitors of the present can bear evidence from the surroundings of the thrift, prudence good judgment spoken tion. with of those more noble profound men and reverence : : women as whose generation names succeeds will day and be genera- But it is in the present and future rather than in the past that interest lies; her condition and possibilities are the themes that claim attention now. Salt Lake City lacks but one advantuze jossessed in the time of its incipient growth by the most favored city of the globe— that is, location on or direct communication with the ocean. But she has other advantages of such diversity and extent that the lack of this is not seriously felt. A recitation of her wonderful resources. reads like a fairy tale, and those who stop to investigate are amazed. The actual business interests of the city are practically in embryo form as yet, but their development thus far gives assurance of nighty progress and growth when the territory naturally tributary to her shall have entered upon the era of production that it is capable of maintaining through all ages to come. — the people feet |