Show JONES GEOGRAPHY OF tomorrow the state and city educational boards will meet for the purpose of adopting text books to be used in the schools of the state and city included in the list of books to be selected will be a geography of the state of utah one of the candidates for favor in this line being a work recently completed by marcus E jones A M of this city which if adopted will be used as a supplementary volume to tarr and ys the tones jones utah geography is the product of home talent even to the maps the plan is is simple and unique the book begins with the origin of the land in utah traces it through its various changes as it ii emerged from the sea describes the causes and effects of the movements and fixes its conclusions by copious illustrations and summaries it then takes up the natural features as they are today in detail then it passes to climate and life because they are conditional on the natural features after thus laying the foundation the geography takes up agriculture settlement government cities and towns education and closes with a general summary review questions and statistical tables brought up to date this compact and simple arrangement and the absence of repetition enables a great amount of information to be presented in a limited space apace it is by far the most complete concise and authentic geography of utah ever printed chapter I 1 deals with geological history and the causes of earth structure in so simple a way that fifth grade el pupils can grasp them chapter II 11 begins with an admirable and entirely new relief map showing the physical features of utah in a vivid way and takes up the natural features as they are today grouping them into the great basin and colorado river and then subdividing these into natural groups and laying the foundation for the after groupings of cities and towns and the explanations of the reasons for the development of utah ay ak we see it today chapter III sets forth the mineral re sources of the state in the right place because of the close relation of minerals to the causes of earth structure in their origin the dim cult problems of the origin of minerals smelt ing processes mining etc are boldly attacked and simplified so that children can readily comprehend them such things are usually left for geologies geo logies and technical works but the writer assumes that nothing is too difficult for the average pupil if it is properly simplified in suitable language all the mining camps their minerals and veins are briefly described coal asphalt oil gypsum salt and all other deposits of value are mentioned and the more important ones described and located chapter IV gives an accurate description of the great salt lake past and present chapter V on climate and life is an innovation giving very much information that is new that part on life zones is particularly interesting and is reinforced by a beautiful zonal and mineral map the characteristic plants of the various s life zones are figured the flora and fauna timber etc are described in such a way as to make their origin and uses plain chapter VI takes up agriculture irrigation and grazing chapter VII under the heading of settlement traces the origin n and purposes of the development and shows sho w s the system of settlement growth of routes of transportation and their relation to the natural features chapter VIII takes up the system of government in its three branches traces its modifications ficat ions through the state county and town gives the various officers boards salaries and terms of office chapter IX groups and describes the cities and towns according to their relation to the natural features previously described and gives their industries and attractions illustrating them by suitable engravings chapter X treats of education and fully explains the educational system of the state and citing traces the growth and development to the schools the book closes with a brief general summary outlines for study etc the book contains fifty nine illustrations four of which are maps and two of these are double page these maps are not re pro dictions duct ions of ancient works of this character but were made for this work and are up to date the zoral and relief maps are valuable and finely executed if adopted in our schools this geography would be invaluable while grey heads would be greatly interested in its perusal and study |