Show Alluringly Told Tale of nf Glorious Climate r Never In the history of or the railroads entering Utah has the genEral passenger traffic been as heavy as it has during the present pr sent year Y ar The e many attractions of or the state and of or Salt Lake City In particular are drawing more and more tourists hither While the traffic Is heavier In the summer season the local roads are preparing to winter traffic to Its utmost to the benefit of or Utah The California business bustness Is just beginning and the railroads are making efforts to bring brings f as s much us as possible of or this traffic through Utah persuading as a many manyas as th they y can an to make the trip to this region for the delights it possesses in I Along Alon these th lines General Passenger Agent Hooper and Assistant General Passenger P Agent Heintz of or the Denver Rio Grande and Rio f Grande W Western Stern have prepared an attractive booklet descanting on the allurements possessed in winter by Colorado and Utah As soon as this booklet IB is printed U tt will wili be given n wide circulation throughout the entire 4 east The virtues of or Utah IStah will be thus set forth 1111 J 1 ILE E THE CLIMATE of Salt Lake V VI 1 City and the whole state of ot Utah is 15 temperate tem the tho year round the autumns and writers winters are particularly delightful Blue aides and sunlit days ar are as proverbial during this period asin as asin asin in summer In point of ot latitude Utah Is t Just as In longitude l it la 3 western for it it lies t below I the gI fy e eo ir o oa 3 and extends southerly to the tho norbern boundary of or Arizona and New Mexico Is It then a land of or relaxing winters y no means eu In imagining r an a untried rf I mate a in any latitude it is a common error arror to overlook two Important factors elevation above sea level leel ant anu humidity of ot the air The altitude and the slight Blight humid hand condition of oC the atmosphere ni give to tot the a Salt Lake basin a che cli climate mate peculiarly local and of a quality ul KoJo 1 conducive uc to good health the h year er round The Th mean annual range of or temperature in Salt Lake City Is degrees and the average annual precipitation is but 1217 inches while the average relative hu humidity humidity humidity IB III but ED roS S p per r ent In a great many states the rainfall in a n month or two exceeds exceed the annual precipitation r in Utah It U fe seen therefore that Salt Lake City has no rainy Reason no fogs or drizzles IZ Neither e has i it 1 cyclones Ir bliz blizzards rz or tornadoes tornado 8 nor destructive del earth earthQuakes earthquakes Quakes The velocity of or the wind win I Is Ia loss IMS lossin lossin in winter Inter than in summer Rummer This Thill Is ts true of or no other r place lace in Ina America m lc except e San Francisco rI There e are no damp a winds I Therefore a low t p uro i ro la Is not un uncomfortably comfortably fr ably c cold O d dt o or penetrating reit t The Tun The accuracy of r the tho th thO the thermometer e or in Salt li Lake 4 4 x 1 s t x J Al t 4 1 1 l 1 1 4 1 1 r rn gym 1 1 f GEORGE W HEINTZ v General Passenger f Agent A of the Denver Rio Grande Grando and Rio Bio Grande Western I t City It Is S frequently challenged by visitors from the Ule east el t because they do not ex experience e ae an much C Q ue as in the t regions though ot the tho conditions n S St Sg as I to air a temperature may be In favor of g th the totter latter tt But where YU tf tl thermometer t ha has haa been beeR de ely ly observed in the two fo Io th therla r l to Is enough evidence of or the fact that thus there th Is IB a very verj ver decided differ difference sees ence sensation IO of cold experienced cr during the winter though the h air 1 tem ter temperature racy may be exactly the same e in th the thet t e i t vo tiro places It Is no mere theory u r but t an i actual condition though one may not be to explain the phenomenon phenomenon or con eon vise the skeptical New N Yorker of its it s I truth The om pride of oC climate and th the e feature in which it ft excle rl all others Is i e Its equability There fIr to is no region as ag dry oui n and MS as this where r the HIP dally daily range rang e I of temperature is I IU so o small It is the sud den and variation of temperature a e tr Ir i that are ee se difficult to be borne In this I rW land it takes a several e 1 days for fo r i 4 the temperature to change n 30 or o ar 40 de degree I green gree ree whereas S in the east such a change than chan thano e o nOun urs In an hour or two What the th I rd of Spit tl Lakes temperature a cannot 1 Is the 1 fact a that J the er resident t has h his cold coW winter Inter n weather at night j when h he situ sits by the l fire or lies In bed be d under r an n extra t blanket while by bt day I 1 I h he hat har t knows know the us use of a heavy hear over overcoat overcast coat cast Tills This to is Illustrated olna in the io govern i moat meat tables table by the sensible tempera j tan ture or the th temperature u c actually felt o on onIt n i ort r I tn the surface of the body It ha ate there th fa Is scarce another r j I known k n c e so 0 absolutely friendly to toman toman t man and so i valuable an ally against a the forms of disease that lout lour ton i upon Mm him alt all the way wa from the cradle to the tits grave Physicians have no fear in i n SIt Salt Lake I e City as a a na ne I r r mS lc aa rural tural for r the sick 81 a recuperating ec p i sting place pla for the overworked ed and a pleasure resort r ort for the remainder e of oC af f I m a An eminent physician has hall ha cov coverd CO erd frd tb the health breath feature thoroughly not no t only by Ida his own extended observations fist but 1 t by conference fer rne with others H states t I j Ta rite most moat rapid ra hl and satisfactory re suite snits have haye h been noticed In that large huse i class etaM fla ef of American Invalids whose whoso deteriorated deteriorated orated and loss o ot of nervous men tal tat and physical vigo has hafl been caused bv by bb v ov rw rK R worry mental strain etc et an and d without any recognizable specific specify c exhibit various val ou distressing distressing ton toese of functional disorder dl order such as neu raids sleeplessness dizziness mental de do depression weak digestion disturbance of or tion the circulation etc As A might naturally be expected these patients usually re respond respond spond Sf dc promptly t J to ot the pleasant and corn com complete plots t change and to the balmy 1 ing ng influence of or the winter climate The high dry air all and sunshine is unfavorable for the production and development of germ gorm diseases and Salt Lake City is much freer from these diseases than other cities of or the same size The fresh rr h air of ot the mountains light pure and dry the thene peculiar pecullar ne ullar atmosphere of the Great Salt Lake LaUe basin the distance inland the sheltered situation and the elevation above bOve sea level I el all combine to create what many travelers tra eler have found in Salt Lake City Ha a most unique and wonderful climate t The pleasures of or outdoor life lire and sports In Salt d Lake dc City and vicinity are in no noway noway way a interfered with by inclement gl nr weather e before the middle of or January and while an Inch to an inch and a half in occurs monthly in February and March this Is rapidly rapid evaporated or ab absorbed absorbed absorbed in the dry earth Thus Thug while a slight fail fall of or rain or snow may occur a at t any time the sunlight of or the succeeding g hours will wilt entirely dissipate It The golf got gf f course loses none of oC Its attractions during winter and there are many who follow the links finks the year round The Utah streams and lakes arc filled d with trout and those adjacent to t the th e Great Salt lake Jake are favorite feeding places laces for ducks In countless t numbers Hundreds of thousands si can be seen during durin ii i the close season at the mouth of Bear Bea river rier and also on Spring lake both near the city and where two commodious and an d elegant club houses have hac recently been erected The duck clubs Include in their mem nem prominent men of Utah and a ld ad joining states and life is very gay dur ing the beacon son which opens Oct 1 Driving along the broad thorough fares and through the parks into the theco country co and horseback riding over er tho the surrounding hills are favorite diversions The crisp bracing air is at once exhilarating and Invigorating The Great Salt lake Is but a no few f wn miles lles distant dl tant and bathing In Its briny waters wate rs Is the star attraction until late in the th e falL raiL Then the cool nights chill chili the tho water wate r so that It is not comfortable to bathe al 11 though many test Its Us delights through the th entire winter season Reason The peculiar peculia r properties of the water 22 2 per cent of which Is s solid matter give to the bather bath batha a feeling of and exhilaration n that al tempts t oh him to return t day after t day dey It is easy to float on this f inland l sea a In l fart tart the human body cannot sink and an d while receiving all the delights and add benc bene fits of a vast fait bath you ou may float upon n the surface smoking your our cigar or read ins rag your favorite book with perfect sat The situation of oC this minia ture ninety miles long and forty miles resting among peaks of th the e Wasatch Va range and dotted with numerous numer numerous numerous ous little grassy islands is one oC rates ra est t beauty blaut but its appearance is loveliest lovelies lest t when the sun sinks behind the hills coloring sky and water the e most gor gorgeous go Or goons grous hues huls Then Salt Lake City itself Itsel Is Ig a most mos t quaint and mh interesting place The Tho e late lat e Colonel I jo John lf writer I r and a tray trav traveler t eler eter said that It was one of the three thre unique cities In America It Is not only onh unique In Its great Mormon temple tab tabernacle to and church institutions but bu t quaint and picturesque In appearance e with its wide streets adobe houses an and anil d martial rows of poplar and cottonwood d trees treel Within access by b street str t car Carline linos a are located the th Hot and Warm Varin Sulphur Springs the waters wate of or which have hav bee heen n ma made maa 3 famous by their healing qualities s in rheumatic and all stomach liver an and ald d kidney ailments Within a block of or o you ou hotel Is the Sanitarium to which is piped the Hot Springs water and where r baths of all descriptions can comfortably be Indulged In There Thore are so many strange sights In and about Salt Lake City and so many man attractions to the win winter winter winter ter tourist that to detail all of them would require a book of many pages In Inthis Inthis this publication therefore we have out outlined outlined outlined lined a few of the Important features re required rEquired bj by b persons pe ons searching sea for lor a winter residence that th combines health with pleasure and leave INC to other books the detailing of those countless attractions of or mountain canyon anon and lake that are with within withIn in an hours ride of Salt Lake CIt City The reports report of the United ted States Stat s signal service contains statistics showing the thO th rg relative a humidity of m mot most t localities es throughout holt the rho country and from these reports the following figures are taken New pw England 73 per cent ent middle At Atlantic Atlantic lantic states 74 per cent south Atlantic states 7 79 per cent Ohio valley and Tennessee Ten Tennessee 73 77 per cent Florida 75 is per Er rent ent New York City 72 per TIer cent San Fran Francisco Cisco disco 76 75 per cent New Orleans Orlean 79 per pr percent percent cent and t tah average for far state stater 51 ai per cent Average A erfie monthly temperature and at twelve t elve principal cities titles and nd towns town of or Utah Tern Tem Pre Average porn pera i era P ni nl Relative ture tune tation January Janu f 16 Inches 6 AA f per cent February 2870 22 Inches 65 G 6 per pr cent cant March 1770 Inches 56 per cent a theist cent Inches Inell 4 41 per 1 cent May 17 Inches 4 cr 46 5 per cent June 43 Inches 39 29 per cent July dub 73 AO M 00 Inches per cent August 72 r 63 60 Inches 37 IT per cent ent September 62 f 29 D inches AA 15 per pel rent October 90 Inches 49 per cent November roM W RO Inches W 54 1 per pr cent December 2660 Inches Inch 6 38 68 3 per cent Average temperature Total precipitation 1217 inches Annual humidity GOS per cent |