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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. PLACES OF INTEREST TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home-seeker, Home-seeker, the Investor and the Visitor. A GUIDE TO THE T0UEIST. Salt Lake's Location, Attractions Attrac-tions and Climate- Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. The city of Salt Lake has a fame wuttfl reaches around the world. The population Is about 66,000, and Is Increasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base of to Wasatch mountains in a lovely valley, rich In agricultural agricul-tural resources and Is eighteen miles distant from Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above sea level is 4,350 feet There are many points of interest to visitors In the city and near it. Here are some of them : The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite structure struc-ture wsb begun April 6, 1863. It Is 100X900 feet, the walls are 1(0 feet high, and the towers.when completed, will be 300 feet In height. Over 13,500,000 have been expended on the Temple, and it Is now nearing completion. In the same square with the temple Is the spacious spa-cious building called The Tabernacle. Here are held the services of the Mormon chnrch, and these are attended every Sunday by immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile, The structure is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and 850x150 feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 12.000 people, and here may be heard what is claimed to be the fluent organ In the world. Pattl onco sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very fine. The Gardo House, or Amelia Palace, was built by Brlgham Young whe willed that it should be the residence of his favorite wife, Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it has been UKed as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Hrlghsm Young's Resldesiees, known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These ar situated In what was once Brlgham Young's domain, all of which has passed Into other hands, save the large lot In which is Brlgham Young's Grave. This can be reached bypassing through the Eagle Gate, an archway In the old mud wall which at one time encompassed Brlgham's prl -vate property. One or two of the prophet's wives repose beside his last resting place. A slab of granite covers the grave and there is space left near by for the graves of his other wives. - - Ueseret Museum. This institution is situated on South Tempi Street, directly opposite Temple Bquare. It contains a large number of interesting curiosities, curios-ities, chiefly pertaining to the early history of Utah. It is well worth a visit. " Prospect Hill - with Its lookout tower commands a splendid 'view of the city and Its surroundings. The Tithing Building possesses interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from its disciples. , Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. ( The Chamber of Commeroe, on Second South street, is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial standing of the city. There are several large oases containing con-taining specimens of Utah's mineralogy which attract much attention. Salt Lake Theater being selected. This latter place sf amusement amuse-ment was built by Brlgham Young over thirty years ago. It Is a large and beautiful temple and Is comfortably arKnged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, Is used in winter for worship by the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall Is lU0x8 reet, and costMMi.GUl. The ceiling is deo-orated deo-orated with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place tt the golden plates to Joseph Smith. The Natatortum Is a large circular bathing house, the center of which, under a glass roof, is a swimming pool The water is brought in pipes from Beck's Hot Springs. There are also a lam number of bath rooms. Electric Btreet Cars connect with every point of Interest In the city. The system is new and the appointments good. Rapid transit is assured. Camp Douglas, three miles east of the city and over 400 feet above It, la beautifully laid out In the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of th officers are built of atone. The post commands a wide view of the city and iwyoud where Great Salt Lake lies like molten sliver at the foot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Sprinn are In the northern part of the dty about three miles from the business center. They Issue from the base of the mountains, and are regarded as a very valuable aid In cases of rheumatism, dyspepsia and scrofula. Th waters are used both Internally In-ternally and externally, and there is un excellent bath house and necessary appointments for the comfort of patients. The Warm Sulphur Spring's are between Hot Springs and the city, about one mile rrasn the postoffice. There is a good hotel and oomfnrtable bath house in connection connec-tion with the springs, and they oan bt reached by Btreet railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed in magnificent canyons, and at least a dozen of the grandest are within roach of the olty. These invite the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to guther wild flowers by the sides of mossy springs, beueath the slisdo of umbrageous pines. Dig Cottonwood canyon should be seen bv every tourist Here are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Hlauche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely plcturesoue and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound In scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through tho lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields of grain; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of truss Bnd above hedges of the wild dog-rose glimpses are caught of snow.covered peaks. A rive to Fort Douglns, and then a mile further on to the mouth of Emigration canyou is most delightful. It was here that the sight of the Mormon pioneers was first made glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley sud-rteiily sud-rteiily bursting upon them, on the D4th of July, The Great. Salt Lake. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realise how wonderfully, stranaelv beautiful this litlund sea is," and speakin of its sunsets Phil Robinson has said: "Wuere have I uot seen sunsets, by land and sea In Asia. Africa, Europe and America, and where can I say I have ever seen more wonderous coloring, more electrifying effects than In the sunset on the Great Salt Lake of Utah " Salt Lake is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are a bright blue or green, and as they dance on its surface It would he hard to tell which color prevails It is dotted with beautiful Islands, and it affords the nnest salt water bathlnr in the Garfield Beach Is within easy distance of the cltv, beine but eighteen miles of a ride by train. Here la found every luxury and comfort for a dip ia the mysterious sea. and also all the things necessary nec-essary for the comfort of the inner man. The cafe affords enjoyaole meals at reasonable prioesj and row boats are to be had for a quiet pull" on the waters whlchpossess a romantic Interest for every visitor. lAie management of the accommodations at Garfield Beach la under the direction of the Unton Paclac Railway Rail-way company, as Is that at Lake Park under the supervision of the Rio Grande West-era. West-era. This rasort is north of the city about hM?2Z '""on Salt Lake and Cgden, and U much frequented by visitors, it Is similar In uraotlvsaaa. to Qajrneki, and la weU worth |