| Show ALT A L LT T LAKE K E CITY A municipal uni ilcin I 1 cipal 11 1 il eci elect elections I 1 ions 1 I I 1 ual anil and colo coln ado lo do P ri salt lake city nd ad il do demer or coll P silt salt luke lake 1 ulah hall L labor 1 igus ani the ic city III c election bolh aln ot of february loth 1 n I ht 1 I theo the loto at toof or of 6 salt 1 lakshas lake lias more an 0 I 1 t two laari politics urit riot t the iho field ol of tho the silt salt ai t lake chamber I 1 commerce but it would bo be idle 1113 3 to isa iga political apolitical event of so much signi it ca 11 as the lim passage of 0 the mormon cupi capi from mormon mariana to gentile control an irinco that three years ago a lion ou years lit tho the future and which old d riot not havo have taken place now be but t tor for ins hros of congress dis franchising all i artmen actual ts anil and pore who would riot not acan in oath to oberne tho laws nit ligawy ialy it donld not dot hao haae been awit now ther T but for the new people u alio lie have me itous to us in the paa three yeara it s lie ordinary election it was as 0 contest b between 0 tween gentilo gentile suit awl moir ilor on bas always hien been a ben eon two civil civilizations briefly anil and aly y characterized as asiatic dad european incan or american judo 0 0 IV canto hero here from district judge budor nas aas the id head bead of the gentile committee 3 was alert colt courageous point ful good natured resourceful coin patient pat lont tuo tile a spectacle alf it arid and cheerful perform roof duty a signed assigned of 0 devotion to a use is by men many of whom havo have lon g R leaders themselves inon of all r ties tea and ad creeds andoe ond 0 noyreed no creed ox pt patriot ibin such as was never liall lied cil lit in a democracy except per ils in Ina ments of supreme nat lopal pill ril tho the gentiles of utah havo have al 1 pres presented ontI a remarkable ot of lion to A ca couso but bit heretofore they va lacked tho the incentive to coho cohesion sion d arid and energy inspired only hope of 0 success the drons exhibit the r samo auto unity devotion slid and suppression but 11 are re not BOV a democracy they are a craty bracy in which a godman god man min orders d the of course it t tho he mormons cormons aro are rapidly changing ey 1 have mado made and aro are making arge acs 3 of ir araud and but tho the volo veto polled on th sides was a fair and honest vote ie 0 gentiles succeed to the iho control of 0 city they have bavo been long and dely ay iy traduced traducer trad but in truth they are arc ither cr better nor borbe than their mert in the other Stat esaud cities the ho union they abey havo have a great ro re much will bo be expected of em but their countrymen countryman aro are ring tho the government of states and all over the land with fair M is and there need bo be no ft with robeet to lo the new regime in 11 city they will do as well as men tinder ilider tho the circumstances and ith 0 means at their command arid and it if the iho 7 the accession of men and of pey during the ho next two years which n every reason to bouat on thern them I 1 never bo be another contest for or tile the control gentile it I 1 mormon Mor moi of 01 course tiro tho contest 11 I 1 90 0 o on lor for the ca county rity and lor for other A II 11 towns and cou counties titles aud and tor for the citory itself but the gentiles are ara pro illig 9 olden golden bri bridge d a so to speak upon rich kh the cormons mormons 1 may pas front from their I 1 rt to belter tulu roand a and U idio the 11 rmon dream ol of setting up a kingdom I 1 he literal fonso must bo be abandoned f y have still hill left their share in the luigs wo we all enjoy if they boy will have 0 amo rights that all our free ind and 1 appy millions have it la Is impossible 1 t they thill long remain blind to the I 1 it t lint the change Is for tho the better ihrer ir natural regrets ru its a t their 0 r kingdom awhile y III rouse tile W ves and look to 9 future 1 till now eyes now hopes arid and hearts it li 13 all working out right zurich bach tor for politics VIAU AXI ASH CoL CO i a former letter lottor I 1 said that utah salt lake havo have tho the advantage ot of 10 ado lo and beria e r lit in oil all respects e that the tha latte r are ara east cast ot of alio lie I 1 t tho mississippi at al was waa not ing act lay statement questionable XO inn say ay that I 1 w was as on an the dally daily pross press I 1 denver and black hawk and central I 1 a 11 ll or gevan von yea years rs before buforo I 1 canto camo to lii III anil I 1 brive bavo been hero twenty onn one rt rl r IliaNo given much attention to n attrial I 1 rial resources and developments ho both oth colorado and utah and nd profess know what I 1 am talking tal kloff about kirilo r bo blatto atto her eral of 0 ible 4 b bli land lam some alleys rr krchma in tho the mountains but it ties lies in 1 I acut v of the mountains and ox lt t for r irla perhaps twenty miles w in ani and file ho valleys ol of the platte the 4 am a their tributaries tributa ries and atud tho tae i 1 notto i it MM bo be arable but r it ft ran can never bo be irrigable anil it Is 13 thin gravelly land ehric Is t water enough i mining out or of th iho a tire on that side llo to ever irrigate nores acres of oc land or I 1 bt cievo I 1 alia half ot of I 1 it I 1 hat more water flows out lit of the mountains eastward than westward war 1 but tho the land on this side in tile valleys valleys ot of utah Is lower in altitude sho sli ngor more fertile anil and tire seasons are more propitious enough so in tny my Oin loi to offset tho the fact that it may bo be 25 per I or rent cent or c ajr 50 per cent less lit in at abea aiea ca so a that thai I 1 regail tho the agricultural possibilities ot of utah and colorado as about equal to read tho the colorado papers one no would got get the impression Impre sion aoi not only that it la Is a better arid and i richer idler agricultural state santo than lian iowa but and richar stale alato than california Califor a nii 1 such pretentious will riot not boar bear close clore examination the lands on oil like south sauth havian absolute altitude or of boore thrift hun foot feet and tho the seasons are aio neither equable nor trustworthy trust worthy the horticultural regions of tire tho state must be mainly confined to tho the arkansas river section slid and to sonia small valleys on tile tho waters of the tha wo to colorado chloi anlo without t going into details I 1 eon consider lder tho lite horh bord cult cultural nral possibilities of ath ahoo of Colo ialo is no fruit region in the union thin than bialt lake valley and an d other valleys south arid and tho the valleys on oil the iha rio klo colit colorado rado tributa tributaries ries Colora clobas a wido wide strip of grazing land from tile mountains eastward to the kansas border bord rr but after leaving tho the mountains twenty or miles thoro Is no water to speak of save tho the platte anil tho the arkansas rivers and out of thos thoi 0 the water Is taken to irrigate Irr igata the adjoining lands considering this I 1 b lieve that gracing resources sources rn inclusive of adjacent parts parla of colorado wyoming idaho and nevada are more than hun equal to thore thoo of colorado there is more graying land arid in tho the mountains in proportion too high to bo be farmed and great use is made of our deserts ahou hata therein snow enow cattle ind and sheep are with the seasons ironi front desert to mountains and back again to their great advantage at last ivo ive come to mineral resources I 1 have no lie doubt that thai utah has much tho the greater variety ot of silo has not however ni within her own borders so largo nil au ares area as tire tho bremen d oils sierra I 1 madro madre gives colorado extending its vast wass masa from ond end to end of t tha h 0 state at it does docs and throwing oil off rafters liko like the ridge polo pole of it a house on both sides sweeping round lit in great curves and ox bows rind and projecting spurs that are in themselves immense mountain chains jiul but utah takes in much tho the smaller part of the great kasin basin tile the mining legion of nevada joins her ou oil tha west ISO miles or of railroad thrown out lit in that direction will put plit salt lake in indirect direct communication with N ith a ml n ing region that will more iban equalize azo mineral resources v m etli lit those MORO 0 of f colorado of 0 course couro tho the road aitu would ld have to he be continued through arid and among tire basin system of mineral bearing mountain ridges clear across that state to the iha sierra nevada until colorado miners got over tho the to leadville arid and ableon and about silverton her yearly mineral output halt half that of utah she gets out more coal than utah but riot not more than utah could were sho she not deluged with wyom ing in coal utah has tho the western most coal ol of any great consequence in this country colorado produces oil so will utah alva hen sliu she has time and means and tho the men inen to po go at it utah excels colorado in the on liability equability and agre agreeableness and healthfulness of her climate she bho homuth so much sunshine sun hino tint she lias has absolutely six f full oil days out ot of seven which Is ollough enough utah and colorado moun mountain tala and canon ind and park scenery are much tho the same but mountain resorts are the more anore accessible I 1 think more a part of 0 alic life of diri people utah without doubt excels colorado in tho the number and variety of 0 warm nud and hot medicinal epi ings and of course colorado has hai no great salt lake tho the most unique body of 0 writer water on all tile hi continent and ultimately to be ono one ot of tile worlds great resorts SALT LAKE cur aso AIND comparing salt lake Lako city with denver ind and only mentioning its preferable climate its proximity to tile the great moun talus art anil botho to tho bilt sea and als slon ol of copious hot hoi springs within its limits it seems to tire ino that its natural natura I 1 and legitimate held old of empire Is very much in u ch more than that ol of 1 denver er denver deliver lias has I 1 iho be ro and a section at tire base thereof and reaching oil out t on the plains as far as man mail can mako make any plains is not fl a lery cry great distance salt lako I aho will divide tho the grand and green rier babin with denver her ter natural scope will vill roach from about given river on ano east to tho the sierra hi avala oil the west and front from aborio alio llio klo coios colainni Coloin ni 1 on tile iho south to the ibo main ranio range bota between eon idaho and montana on tho the north an area arcadi of half a million anaro square milea with tile extension ol of railroads rail she will havo have a pull to the south arid and west bounded only by tho the poi ilai cioc ocean if tile deliver had chanced in tho the roura a ot of events to leavo founded salt lake city and tho founders of 0 salt sit lake city had chanced hane cd to pitch luicir on tile ato of denver deliver tile tho latter might now have people tho the former would coi cat have live times what sho has now S TT LAKE THE CAI ital As to I 1 igals in this valley salt lake city does docs riot not recognize such a liosi ability salt lake county isi isa little patel liko like thil alin heart in III a body bu but t her amess assessed cd valuation last year was ril most almost exactly talo alfil of lint ortho of the whole 0 if utah silo she lias has more than one fourth tile entire population ol of utah tho the population of tire city ila has increased por per bentin in niney nine acara eari it Isnow as now held beld to bo be so a estimated in III gov GOT TI thomass I 1 amass report ot of lost last october to tho the secretary of 0 tho the interior ly dy tho same estimate cst imato tho the population ot of tho the seventeen incorporated towns in utah north ot of the city combined is arid and of 0 tho the twenty soven seven incorporated towne south off he city tile tho combined population Is Hi tile population of 0 salt lako lake county la Is by tire tho governor or at of tho the six counties north ot of salt lake county combined at of tho the two cann counties tips cast arid and west of salt lake county of 0 tho the sixteen counties south of salt lako lake county at salt lake city ha lesson to be satisfied ledwith with hor her central and commanding portion poi tion lon mi whether lether with respect aci to the iha belt ot of fertile land she and watered by the overshadowing great mountains arid and always planted glinted lin ted with two hundred to towns w ns and settlements stretching front roni th tho e rio luo colondo in fu tho the south to the snake on tho north or with respect to tho the vast ind and virgin region berlon rich in all sorts ot of resources and especially in min oril oral sweeping away beyond the encircling horizon to tho the crest ot at tho the continent eastward arid and tho the blue pacific westward and even further northward aud arid southward in her immediate neighborhood there Is tire tho eastern castern shore ot of great salt lake in location resources climate and far tilita potentially the glory of 0 the earth tire the garden spot ot of utah with not lOper 10 per cont c nt ot of its capabilities drawn out ilsup ports more than thirty so settlements tl emonts arid and towns and upwards upa ada rda ol of halt half tire tho population of utah tills this Is garden land two railroads extend from end to end ol of it arid and thence to all it iball is all within ten miles ot of these roads there Is water enough to iri agato tho N holo expanse there Is a cash market it at good prices in the adjacent mines and tile the urban populations planted in fit fine noo fruit and given five years time an aero acro would bo be no price for it ft the city Is also encompassed by ivan mines s c except capt on oil tho the north mines producing their ten millions annually these twenty years past and still in their infancy the shelters smellers sm ellers elters lit in tho the salo tubs are making the entire jordan valley ono town upon file extension of the union pacific to the needles and tho the construction construct i 0 n ot of it a road out to and through nevada a arid and upon the cheapening of fuel a and d the homo home manufacture ot of coke all ovan oven now lit in sight these shelters smelters sm sur elters will bo be doubled and redoubled in capacity instead ot of reducing tons of 0 silver ores annually they are arc in fit the alio near future to smelt a thousand ions a day the most extravagant estimates of tho the re resources s 0 u rees arid and capabilities of tho the empire na naturally u rally tributary to salt lake city will be more than realized I 1 in it tho the f future 0 J secretary salt lako lake chamber of 0 com mirco interco |
