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Show DUSTER ASD CAM LAKZ W'uen a rrj.i trve!e ea-i by way of Ht. b.iii-, alt.-r n-.o-iiirg a uii the Miitoitri rivt-r.iy tn:dv;y l'-tw-fi-ri '.'o'lm-il HbMl- and t. .I'K, hf ran !y if ev.-r h. .r- any p'.a-i farther wi-t tnaiiN'- river r- f.-rrl to. !bw-in-sH men t.illt of trading witii D-n-ver: tcuri-f, '.r iiiU-ntii.g loiiritU, Hpfak glowingly of Color.utu Springs, and would tike to that Fike-'d Fr-ak rogiuii wiii-n-Auna L'ick'-n.-on'd horc wad -p'irrcil in bilii ilank-s. Beyond Colonuio -ornn by many to ho eo:tf':Ierwl a .rl of t f,,.,.t ThnU. In St. Foul can b- turn: 1 nunu-mu entenihrrg nir-reiiant-t who have hrnnl of a ..o!.d Salt Lake, and have done hii-iues willi it; hut ieven they will brighten up wonder fully if iv-nvor or Cokrdo i? ! uanu-d. They have direct communi-j communi-j ration with Denver by rail; and Ht. Lou in is btrongly impressed with the belief that the Union Faeific railrotul in run largely iu tho interest of Chicago, with a decided discrimination discrimina-tion against St. liOiiw. This opinion obtains throughout Missouri, and to a large eitut along the linen of railroad running east from the commercial com-mercial capital ol that Suite. Hence, if a new line of railway is projected westward, its prop' ted terminus i to be Denver. If a parly of leading buaine.-t;; men take an c-X'-ursion oomhiniug buiims. with pleasure, their tuiniug point will be Denver. And in ninct(-en '-.wcs out of twenty they would m 3ia.ii think r.f " roughing rough-ing it" on a trip to thy While Kiyer, Jnclian reservation, as making the trill to L'lab. Why is thM ' Trtu ream uid present tiicUHclvt-Jt. Thy Tnion 1'a.citic Company, Com-pany, lo counteract certain ai tion by the JKauifjd I'aciti" Company, which was aimed at tho monetary prosperity of the L:. 1'., made the pusseuger tariff betw een Ciieyeiine and Ogden much higlier than between tJmaha and Cheyenne, with a iew lo inllu-oncc inllu-oncc travel over the whole line instead in-stead of receiving K;imiti I'aeilic pas-acngers pas-acngers criming by way of Denver at Cheyenne. Secondly, Denver adver tises itself and is advertised, steadily, persistently, cue-rg. ttealiy; and Salt Lake is advcili.-cd as a business centre cen-tre and place ot commercial importance import-ance to a very limited extent. Of cour.-e it is talked of as the, "capital of Mormondoiu:" its public buildings and attracti vo scenery in tho surrounding sur-rounding canons have been photographed photo-graphed by Mr. Savage, and the views have, been taken fur mid wide, being the largest amount of advertising done regarding Utah. But this gives tho world of commerce little idea of the business and importance of Salt Lake. A few tirms east and west know something of it; and yet there are merchants who have eloiic business with Salt Lake to the amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars, who imagine that there are emly about two or three stores in Utah doing any kind-of kind-of a respectable business. If a railroad enterprise is talked of E;iat, its direction being westward. Denver will promptly send tk deputation, deputa-tion, or invite a deputation to couio to Colorado, and will urge the importance import-ance of extending that enterprise to the capital of that Territory, pointing point-ing out its vast resources as a satisfac tory reaemi why such extension will pay. The people bestir themselves and lend practical aid. They arc desirous de-sirous of increased railroad comratrui-catkm, comratrui-catkm, and they show it. If a railroad rail-road is projected to or from Salt Lake, we are proportionately pleased; but we never send any deputations EiLst er AY est, neither invite any here; ner ask the projectors of any of these railroad enter rises running westward west-ward to come to Salt Lake. Cur business men appear well contented with one outlet for a traffic, that has at least trebled in three years, and bids fair to more than treble iu the ensuing three years. True, they will admit the desirability of hav iug a rail-jruad rail-jruad extending from this ci ty to Den- j ver; of ha ving one running llirough I -Nevada, of having another connect- j j mg with I loehe, ot having one iroiu : 'Summit County to this city, of being in direct railroad communication with Montana and Oregon; all this is acknowledged; but is anything beiu done by the business men of Salt i Lake, or has anything been done by them with the exception of two or ;threeto secure either ol these de- I sired rcsttlts '.' 1 That Salt Lako requires these rail-: rail-: toads is admitted, and requires no ; arguments to sustain it. That they .will be b'lih sooner or later the 'growth of the country and tho exigencies exi-gencies ol business make certain. ! Hut win Siit Lakes do anything to expedite ex-pedite the work " If a lot of the chronic growlers in town, who have . means, would lend some active aid in this direction, anil seek to enhance 'their own prosperity with that of ! others, instead of driving business ! away, they won ki be doing something which would make their names live in the grateful remembrance of the people of the Territory. 1 Some DirTmcrs of Keiitucky'have been nine weeks without rain, and crops are rejorteci suile-ring. In Tennessee Ten-nessee and other portions uf the South the drouth is of a serious character, the wheat and oat crop especially being injured by it; and in some ' ices tobacco has not been planted. |