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Show lee gece i at < HM iz , ln SN S a No. (13: rc _ MRS. B. RUSSELL, JEAN MISS The The Carnival Queen. * feet: es BY VIEWED AS new State, but Much may be said of the beauty and resources of the city named in public interest seems to center in Salt Lake and the From the elevation east of the city, on honor of America’s dead sea. 1847, under the emerging from Emigration canyon, the pioneers of and saw leadership of Brigham Young, first looked across the valley The . sunshine July the in glimmer and gleam Lake Lake the Great valley stretching rustic away to the west, south and range, guarding a scene To the westward untouched by the hand of man. bounds the valley—majestic mountains, ‘though beauty range grandeur of the Wasatch the valley of matchless the Oquirrh lacking the on the east, mountain The solemn stillness broken only by the musical murmur of of flowperfume breeze, summer soft crystal, as clear streams, cold and ers, and over all the cloudless sky. The long journey ended, the “PromHow the hearts of the sturdy pioneers must have ised Land” in sight! thrilled, standing with uncovered A ‘ ee SAS wr > - * heads ok in silent thankfulness! * That was the beginning, and today the traveler catches his breath as he sees for the first time the same valley, made many times more Waving grain, bending fruit beautiful by the unceasing labor of years. trees, cosy homes, prosperous villages, and the pride of the valley, Salt A quaint old town, with something solid and substantial | Lake City. blazed the trail, of the nature of the men who partaking about it, Here ploughed the fields, and endured the hardships of pioneer life. are mingled the charms of an over-grown country village, the stir and bustle of a western city, and a cosmopolitan air that takes one’s breath It has a population of over 60,000, the business streets are paved away. with Utah asphaltum, two electric light and one gas company supply light, and for fuel, natural gas drawn from the wells seventeen miles north of the city and furnished at reasonable rates. * Es YOUNG Goddess JENNINGS, of Liberty. shadows are grassy banks and rippling streams that sing their songs of mountain peaks covered with overlasting snow. The altitude is 4260 feet, and beside all other charms, where else can the dweller breathe pure mountain air tempered by salt sea breezes? TOURIST. A HARRY oe Salt Lake City owns its water system—valued at about three millions, There and what purer water than the melting snows of the Wasatch? are over one hundred miles of well-kept avenues, shaded by stately poplars and sweet-scented locusts, while on either side, under cool * * * Tourists say the public buildings seem to compliment the mountains, in sincerest flattery, imitating in gothic spires the lofty peaks. * * * First in interest is the Mormon Temple, a magnificent structure of solid granite. Mormons say the plan o: the Temple was “given by revelation,” and no services are held to which “Gentiles” are admitted. It was built for the ordinances of the church only. Assembly Hall, another beautiful building, in which public services are held, and the Tabernacle, with its wonderful acousic properties, fine organ and choir of well-trained voices, make ‘‘Temple block” a place of interest to residents as well as strangers. The City and County building, costing one million, the interior finished with Utah onyx, is one that any city might be proud of. But to the average American, who is happiest where he can make the most money, what are beauty and picturesque surroundings, compared with the undeveloped resources of this youngest one in the sisterhood of States? * % % Utah will not, like Cinderella, be obliged to sift cinders in a dark corner, while her older sisters win love and admiration. Instead, she will come in for her full share of praise, and may prove a somewhat dangerous rival without the aid of a fairy mother. For to charms that attract is added the better one of holding all the admiration she may win. She comes into the Union flushing when her beauty is extolled, thrilled with honest pride when her natural resources and mineral wealth are commented upon. Surely she is a welcome member, bringing so much with which to enrich the family she graces. % a The Wasatch mountains have been, not inappropriately, called the “Alps of America,’ and as Salt Lake is nestled close up under the shadows of this noted range, her citizens may indulge in a day’s outing with little exertion or expense. The lakes and streams are full of mountain trout, the air pure and exhilarating, the scenery gre~ ad be- — |