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Show BOULDERDRUGGISF .niBB uui Visitor Praises Beautiful Valley Near Provo And Was Especially Impress-ed Impress-ed With The Magnitude Of The Utah Copper Mine Of Bingham, Recently Eben G. Fine and uncle of the editor, visited this state and I was so impressed with the beautiful I scenic effects and natural resources 0 that he wrote the following little H sketch of his trip through Utah: ' U My Dear Nephew: 1 want to thank you for your kindness In showing me so much of your city and state and giving me such an Insight Into its wonderful resources during my recent visit. It has been my privilege to pass ; through Utah several times since I was married ln Salt Lake City nearly near-ly thirty years ago and I have each time noted substantial progress In the growth and development of the country, but it seem- to me your .people .peo-ple are not making the most of their wonderful opportunities. A people who have lived in comfort tree from much of tho keen competition competi-tion of other sections and in a measure meas-ure set apart from the people of other oth-er states a sovereignty in themselves them-selves are apt to grow in them-and them-and fail to grasp the great opportunities opportun-ities that are offered Uiem but 1 believe be-lieve Utah people are waning up as evidenced by such thriving cities sr Salt Lake, Ogden and Provo, and it seems to me your future la especially especial-ly promlslng, I was especially impressed with the beautiful valleys and the rich farm lands about Provo t hat ought to make it a thriving city especially when Its canning and packing plain is completed and in operation together togeth-er with your splendid woolen mills through which I had the pleasure of being shown by Air. Violet and it seems to me all that is needed is for your people to pull together and spend a little money, or better still, a lot of money in road building and In the development of your splendid mountains moun-tains whose chief charm lies in their ruggedness and thcif abrupt rise from the valleys to such dizzy heights all in such close proxvnity to your beautiful city and therefore offering attractive playgrounds for your citizens citi-zens and tourists alike. I am glad you persuaded me to linger lin-ger a few days longer in your state in order that you might show me your great copper camp, Bingham, for although I had heard and read much of this great enterprise, I was not prepared for what I saw during my visit there. I have traveled and seen much of our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the northern boundaries boun-daries to the City of Mexico and have seen something of our country's great industrial enterprises but in my Judg-i Judg-i ment Bingham easily takes first rank ' as the most unique city in t7ie country coun-try and the Utah Copper Company, the greatest industrial proposition The city of Bingham with its one m"'" street winding and meandering up six or seven miles of the canyon with so much of commerce and of life flowing through this one artery, Is to me, extremely interesting and nothing short of marvelous but the Ut0, Copper Company with 1U many railroads girdling that great mountain' of copper which they are literally shoveling down and hauling away together to-gether with Its great bridges and tunnels tun-nels and smelters handling forty thou Band tons of ore daily, is the marvel of marvels a monument to one of the most daring enterprises ever con-reived con-reived by man. If Utah had contributed nothing more to the wealth and enterprise of the country than the Utah Copper Company, she would still tave done enough to have earned a name and lasting fame in the galaxy and I count it a privilege to have seen with m:- own eyes, this "seventh wonder of the world." |