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Show UTAH A3 A SUMMER KESJRT. Salt Lake City, an inland burgh, enjoys greater advantages ns a Bum mer resort than many cities on the Ben coast possess; and Utah territory, hemmed in and traversed by lofty mountains, bavirjg only one outlet tho Pacific railroa.1 has more facilities facili-ties for a summer Banitarium than can bo found in any other Btate or torritory. A few minutes' rido takes one to the moat delightful and heV.th ful saline bathing that crista any-whero. any-whero. The bathing beach U one hundred and fifty miles in length, and croeta the more thickly populated portion of the country. Then, a drive of an hour from any of the towna or Battlements will orry one into deep canon and mountain gorges, where cool breezes aad pure air are always to bo met. The hot Bulphur springs and mineral waters abound, and the , elioiate is unexcelled. All of these j would bo prized beyond estimate were I they to bo found in other places. Could any of the states ho blessed by nature in these respects as Utah has been, it would become at once one of ll,a nmat nnnnlr reanrls fnr summer tourists, invalids and pleaaure-huuiers. It is to the credit of our citizeus thit thoy take advantage ot nMurVa bounteous favors, and to this fact is due, in a large degree, the excellent health of the people. But there is something lacking to make of Utah what its capabilities justify ua in saying could be miuie of it the most popular summer home on tho continent. Colorado, with only a tithe of tho advantages possessed poss-essed by Utah, is yearly overcrowded with tourists. The trouble with us is that we havo not improved our opportunities. oppor-tunities. If any one comes to this territory it is merely for business, or out of curiosity. Our visitors are almost exclusively those who 'atop ofl" to rest a night in their transcontinental transcon-tinental journey. They do not cine to find health, to indulge in our luxurious saline and mineral btln, or inha'e our bracing, life giving air. Only a small ptrcentage of the money- spending people who pass their time iu enjoyment and recreation, recrea-tion, know how completely they could be satisfied here. The fault is ur owd, and the blame rests upon ik aloue ad a community. The eflort has not been made to entice hither this desirable floating population, ami should it come we are not prepared to entertain or hold it longer than until mere curiosity has been gratified. Looking at the matter in the light of basiueaa, the territory is losing thousands of dollar yearly by a failure fail-ure to act. While other sections of the country are reaping rich harvests from vhis free Eource, Utah seems contented to ask no ehareo! the gains, which she could easily acquire by a little eflort. What we need here ia a greater number of enterprising capitalists. Some first class summer hotels ou the shores of the lake, with men in them who "knew how to keep a hotel," would prove a profitable investment, as also would some money spent iu providing better accommodations accommo-dations for the comfort and convenience conveni-ence of bathers than can be found in a iix by six box, and a pail of fresh water. Trees and shadu are unknown on the lake shore, though both are eo attractive and could be ouily and cheaply provided. Tho existence of th valuable mineral tarings iu this c'ty is scarcely known btyonJ the corporation limits, and a knowledge of Utah's beauties of scenery, and t-x-1 cellence of climate, hardly exists nul aide of the territory. The lack of enterprise on the part ol residents cannot always keep these things in the dark. If we do not understand how to take advantage of a many of nature's best gitts, other persona will step in one of these Utys and secure the reward, Whether it is better that the Utter should be ihe result of our neglect, we leave to tne judgment of those who have it in their power to grab the beuefits to be de rived from a judicious improvement of the opportunity presented. |
