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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. TLACES OF HTEKEST TO VISITORS i Useful Information for the Home-seeker, Home-seeker, the Investor and the .Visitor. ; A GUIDE TO THE TOTJEIST. Bait Laks's Location, Attractions Attrac-tions an.l Climate Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. I The city of Salt Lake has a tame whlci reaches around the world. The population Is ; abont 56,000, and Is increasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at ths base of Um Wasatch , mountains In a lovely valley, risk la agricultural agricul-tural resources and Is eighteen miles distant tram Great Salt Lake,. Its elevation abova ea level Is 4,350 feet. There are asaay points of Interest to visitors in th city saa aear lk . Her are some of them: i ' Th Tempi. This magnificent cream-white gwlln structure struc-ture was begun April , 1853. tt la MOxSOO feet, the walls aro 100 feet high, and th tewws.when completed, will be 800 feet In brtghk Over 13,600,000 have been expended on the Temple, and It la now nearlng completion. In , the same square with the tempi Is th spacious spa-cious building called The Tabernacle, Here are held the services of the Mormon ehnroh, and thoso are attended every Sunday by immense congrogatlons of people, both Mormon and Gentile, The structure is oval in shapo, seventy-live fcot high and sTOHM) feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of 19,000 people, aud here may be hoard what is claimed to be the finest organ In the world. Patti once saug in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that its acoustlo powers are very fine. . The Gar do House, or Amelia Palace, was built br Brigham Young wha willed that It should be ths residence of his favorite wife, Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it has been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Brtgham Young's RealdasMaSi known a the Bee-Hive and th Lion Hons are o'.d-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These are situated la what was once Brlgham Young's domain, all of which has passed into other hands, save th large lot In which 1 . Brigham Young' Grave. This can b reached bypassing through the Eagle Gate, an archway In the old mud wall which at onetime encompassed Brlghara'a private pri-vate propertv. One or two of the prophet's wives repoe beside hi last resting place. A slab of granite covers the grave and there Is space left near by for the grave of his other wives. Deserct Museum. This institution is situated on South Temple street, directly opposite Temple square. 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 BiU Ulth It lockout tower commands a splendid View of th (Mr and its surrounding. . The Tithing Building; possesses Interest as being ths general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from Its disciples. Liberty Park, In the southeastern portion of th elty Is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. .The Chamber of Commerce, on Second South street, Is visited by those who take an interest In the commercial standing of the city. There are several large cases containing con-taining specimens of Utah's mineralogy which attract much attention. Bait Lake Theater being selected. This latter place f amusement amuse-ment wa built by Brlgham Young over thirty years ago. It Is a largo and baauofai tempi and Is comfortably arranged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, Is used in winter far worship by the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall Is 120XH8 feet, and cost S15O.0UO. Th ceiling Is decorated dec-orated with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place f th golden plates to Joseph Smith. Th Natatorlum is a large circular bathing house, th center of which, under a glass roof, is a swimming pool. Tho water Is brought In pipes from Bok's Hot Springs. Thore are also a larg Bomber of bath rooms. Electrle Street Oar connect with every point of tofcsrest In the city. The system Is new and the appointments good. Rapid transit Is assured. Camp Doufflas, three miles east of th city Nid over 400 feet above It, is beautifully laid out in th midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of th officers aro built of atone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Salt Lake He Ilk molten silver at ths foot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Springs are In the northern part of th 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 both internally in-ternally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for the comfort of patients. Th Warm Sulphur Springs are between Hot Springs and th city, about one mil frm the postoluce. There is a good hotel and Mmfortable bath hous In connection connec-tion with the springs, and they can b reached bv street railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed In magnificent canyons, and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the elty. These Invite ths tourist to spend days, week or months among their wild recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale th peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by tha sides of mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pine. Big Cottonwood canyon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lak Mary and Martha from .which Bows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the baa the mountalpa are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek. Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound In scores around the outskirts of th city; along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields of grain; while th majeetto mountain are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-rose glimpses are caught of snow. covered peaks. A drive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further on to the month of Emigration canyon Is most delightful. It was her that too sight of the Mormon pioneers was first made glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly sud-denly bursting upon them, on the 84th of July, 1M7' Th Great Salt Lake. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realise how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this la) and sea Is," and speaking of Its sunsets Phil Robinson ha said: "Wnere have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea, in Asia, Africa, Europe and America, and wher can I say I hare ever seen more wonderons 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 f -rand anywhere. The waves are a bright blue or green, and as they dance on Its surface It would be hard to tell which color prevails It la dotted with beautiful Islands, and It affords the finest salt water bathing in the world. Garfield Beach 1 within easy distance of the city, being but eighteen miles of a ride by train. Here is foucl every luxury and comfort for a dip la the mysterious sea, and also all the things neo-essarv neo-essarv for the comfort of the inner man. Th cafe afford enjoyable meal at reaaocabl prices, and row boat are to be had for a quiet 'pull" on the waters whlchpoanesa a romantic Interest for every visitor. The management of the accommodations at Garfield Beach la under the direction of the Union Pacific Bail-way Bail-way company, aa is that at LakeFark under the sperrlafcm of the Bio Grande West-em. West-em. This resort is north of the city, about half way between Salt Lake and Cgden, and Is much fraaaasted by visitor, it 1 similar la artrM ri ", ti (Afid,afid la waUwertay |