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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and -Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. 'PUCES OF BTEllEST TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home- v seeker, the Investor and the Visitor ' e A GUIDE TO THE TOTJIIST. f Salt Laka's Location, Mtrac-tions Mtrac-tions and Climate-Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. 1 The city of Salt Lak has a fine whlci reaches around tha world. The population 1 Jbont 66,000, and jg increasing at a rapid rate. t i situated at the baa of to Wasatch fountains In a lorely Talley, rlok la agrlcul. mral resources and Is eighteen mllw distant fmrn Great Salt Lake. It elevation above level is 4,360 feet. There ar many point ot interest to visitors In the city aad near It. Ears an some of them : ', f Th Temple. This magnificent cream-white graatt atrno-tnre atrno-tnre was begun April 6, 1853. It if M0XS00 feet, th wall are 100 feet high, and ta twrs,when completed, will be sod feet 1b aatght. Over B,MO,000 nave been expended oa the Temple, nd It Is now Bearing completion. In t same square with the tempi Is the (Da-clous (Da-clous building called y pa The Tabernacle. Here ar held the services of the Mormon chnreh, and these are attended every Bunday by Immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile, The structure Is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and SKrxlSO feet In length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 19,000 people, and here may be heard what is claimed to be the finest organ In the world. Pattl once sang In the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustic powers are very One. . The Gardo Hons, or Amaua Palace, was built by Brlgnam Young wh willed that it should be the residence of his favorite wit. Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it has been used as th official residence ot dignitaries ot theohuroh. ttrigham Young's Resldo , known aa th Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These are situated In what was once Brlgnam Young's domain, all of which has passed Into other hands, save ths large lot In which is Brlgnam Young's Grave. This can be reached by passing through the Eagle Gate, an archway in the old mud wall which at on time encompassed Brlgham's prl -vate property. One or two ot the prophet's wives repose beside his last resting place, - A slab of granite oovers the grave and there Is space left near by for th grav of his other wtvsv - t leseret AluseuDt. Thlt Institution Is situated on South Tempi street, directly opposite Temple square. It contains a large number of interesting curiosities, curios-ities, chiefly pertaining to the early history ot Utah. It U well worth a visit. i 1 Prospect HIU with its kMkout tower commands a splendid view of the tty and Its surroundings. V The Tithing Boildlng possesses Interest as being the general depot tor taxa ooUected by the Mormon church from ' Its disclplw. ' Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of the elty is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit train. t Th Chamber of Commerce, on Second South street, is visited by those who Uke an Interest in the commercial standing of the city. There are several large oases con- ; alnlng specimen of Utah's mineralogy which : i i tract much attention. Bait Lak Theater laalmt selected. TUIs latter plaotaf amuse- t nertt wa built by BMgham Young over thirty . ears ago. It Is a large and beanufal temple and is comfortably arranged. Asstmbly Hail, near the temple. Is ited In winter tar worship hy the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large tn admit of proper hunting. Assembly hall la 130x68 feet, and costlfco.uoo. The celling Is deo-orated deo-orated with church pfctures, among them the Angel Moroni dlsclot'.tg the hiding plac at the golden plates to Joseph Smith. The Kskatorinm Is a large circular bathing house, ths enter of which, under a glass MbfTls a swimming pool. The water Is brought lnlplpes from Back's Hot Springs. There are also a large number of bathroom. Klectrio Street Cora connect with every pint of Ixrtenst in the city The system Is new and the appointment good. Rapid transit is assured. Camp Songla, three mile Met of ths city mi over 400 feet above It, Is beautifully laid out In th midst of lawns and orohards, and th barracks and houses of th officers are lullt of atone. The nost commands a wide new of the city and beVond where Great Salt Lake He Uke molten silver at the foot of the western mountains. Book's Hot Spring ar in the northern part of the city 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 beta internally in-ternally and externally, i and there is iii excellent bath house ; and necessary appointments for the comfort of patient. The Warm Sulphur Spring .re between) Hot Springs and th city, about omllIfrithe postofflce. There is a good wel and ootnf ortable bath house In connection connec-tion with toe springs, and they can be reached by street railway. The Mountains iiniirtad In magnificent canyons, and aHe t ?don of the grandest are within reaoTof the olty. These Invito the tourist i to 1 S days, weeks or months among their 3oS recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale the MakJSS bridges, and' to gather wild flower. K the aides of mossy springs, beneath th; bLi2Vnmreou pines. Big Cottonwood clnvM shoSTt seen by every touristy hm ire laiMMary and Martha from which flows tt turbulent Cotton wood river; and .? the baa the mountains are lakes mancne Florence and Lillian. Besides these Mllls ereekParley', Emigration, and City Ckcanyw"n"1 picturesque and , deughtfullytwnnntlc. - rieaeant Drive ' abound in score around the Idrts of the ?i along th qnlt , country roads, and firoueh the lanes dividing meadows of rich igalfalf Md fields of grain: while the KSestlc mountain are never entirely tort I 23o?of From under the branches of tree ''" fLvi hedges of the wild dog-rose !Sins?r ciiitht of snow.covered peatV A SSVtSt DoJgla, and then mil further the month o? Emigration canyon i Is moat SSi!etrtl was here that ths sight of ?eom'on pioneer wa. Bret made glad S-thevastexpanse of Salt Lake valley sud-tl$ sud-tl$ upon them, on th. SHti of July. 1M7- - ' Th Great Bait LaJt. X i t think." av Ernest Ingersoll, "(ewper-Wis "(ewper-Wis how wonderfully, strangely wutlful thYs tsuand sea Is." and spealdng of Kmnsets TPhlT Robinson ha said: 'Where nrt sem eunsete, by land and - 1" a.TI. AWcvEurope and America, and Wher. cin I say 1 nivVever seen more wosierons i corln?.mo"electrlfy1ng effect i thu i .the mnseton the Great SaltLake of Utah- lt : f el. i beautiful a sheet of water aican be (mnd "w1erT The wave, are a bntbln. orenT and a they dance on tt suri It womTbe hard to tell which color Paf " ; u dettidwiU beautiful Islands and H aSerd. ti.anest salt water bathing In the world. Garfield Beav I i 1 within easy distance of the city, betr tnt eighteen mile of a rid bTtrai-"ound bTtrai-"ound every luxurv and comfort for T Se mysterious sea. and aleo all the thtnp-Siarv thtnp-Siarv for the comfort of th lr-Ti??Sfe lr-Ti??Sfe affords enjoyable msslt res-e-a3" i Jrtd row b Ire te behj tm ! KnuU" on the waters whlchjfuswjw Jr"f '5 i imUfoTryvtsnor J1Z? Z th. aocomntodatlon at Grteld Bjsei e?to. dcSon of the Union Paddc BaJ way company, aa is that at - Lak Park f ,i,km nf the Bio Grand W-- 5tT north of th olty, abo E3i JlJSSm lVtUl and Cgden.sadi; half way um" u similar a 1 nr ... |