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Show I SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. PLACES OF RTEBEST TO VISITORS Useful Information for the Home-: Home-: seeker, the Investor and the Visitor. A GUIDE TO THE T0UEJST. Salt LakVs Location, Attractions Attrac-tions an.l Climate-Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. The city of Salt Lake has fame whlo reaches around the world. The population li about 55,000, and Is Increasing at a rapid rate. It Is situated at the base ol the Wasatch mountains In a lovely valley, rloh In agricultural agricul-tural resources and Is eighteen miles distant fram Oreat Salt Lake. Its elevation above sea level Is 4,3AO feet. There are many points of interest to visitors lu the city as near it Here are some of them: The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite structure struc-ture was begun April S, 1853. It Is M0X90D feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towrs,wheD completed, will be 300 feet In height. Over O,fifl0,000 have been expended on the Temple, and It Is now nearlng completion. In the same square with the temple Is the spacious spa-cious building called The Tabernacle. Here are held the services of the Mormoft chnroh, and these are attended every Sunday by Immense congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile, The structure Is oval In shape, seventy-rive feet high and 250x150 feet In length and breadth. It has a seating capacity capa-city of la.OOO 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 line. The Gardo Hons, or Amelia Palace, was built by Brigham Young wh willed that It should be the residence of his favorite wife, Amelia Folsom Younif, but since his death It has been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. lliigbam Young's Resldeaeee, known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. as-sociations. These ure situated In what was once Hrlgham Young's domain, all of which has passed Into other hands, save the.large lot In which Is Brig ham Yonng's Grave, This can be reached bypassing through the Eagle Gate, an archway In the old mud wall which at one time encompassed Brigham's private pri-vate property, One or two of the prophet's wives repose Jieskle his last resting place. A Blab of granite covers the grave and there is space left near by for the graves of his other wives. Degeret Museum. This Institution Is Bituated on South Tempo 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. Frospeet Hill with its lookout tower commands a splendid 'view of the city and Its surroundings. The Tithing Bulldlnr 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 Comroeroe, 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. Salt Lake Theater being selected. This latter place ef amusement amuse-ment was built by Brlgham Young over thirtv years ago. It Is a large and boauSfnl temple and Is comfortably arranged. . Assembly Uall, near the temple, Is used In winter tor worshln by the Mormons, the tabernacle being too laree to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall la utW feet, and cost AltiO.OUO. The celling 1 decorated dec-orated with church pictures, among them the Auuel Moroni disclosing the hiding place at the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Tin Natatorlum Is a large circular bathing house, the center of which, under a glass roofT Is a swimming pool The water Is brought In pipes from Beck's Hot Springs. There are also a lan number of bath rooms. Eleetrlo Street Cars connect with every point of interest In the city. The system is new and theawpouitments good. Rapid transit Is assured. Camp Douglas, three miles east of the city and over 400 feet above it, is beautifully laid out In the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the ofncerB are built of atone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Oreat Salt Lake lies like molten silver at the toot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Springs are 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, dvspepsla and scrofula. Tha waters are used both ln-i ln-i ternally and externally, and there la an excellent bath house and necessary appointments (or the comfort of patient. The Warm Sulphur Springs are betweenjtt Hot Springs and the city, about one mile fraaa the postoulce. There Is a good hotel and eomfortable bath house In connection connec-tion with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. , The Honntalns are unsurpassed In magnincent canyons, and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach 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 gather wild flowers by the sides of mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pines. Ulg Cottonwood ' canyon should be seen bv every tourist Here are lake Mary and Martha from whloh flows the turbulent Cottonwood river: and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these aro Mills creek, Parley's, Emigration, and City Creek canyons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully romantic, Pleasant Drives abound in scores around the outskirts of the city; along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich I greeu alfalfa and fields of grain: while the majestlo mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From under the branches of trees j and above hedges of the wild dog-rose 1 glimpses are caught of anow.covered peaks A rive to Fort Douglas, and then a mile further ou to the mouth of Emigration canyon ismost delightful. It was, here that the sitht of the Mormon pioneers wis first made clad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley sud. denly bursting upon them, on tho 94th of July, The Great Salt Lake. "I think." says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons per-sons realise how wonderfully, stranielv beauttful this taland sea Is." and speaklu" of Its sunset Phil Robinson has said: "Wnere have I not seen sunsets, bv land and sea in ! Asia. Africa, Europe and America, and where can I say I have ever seen more wonderons ' coloring, more electrifying effects than In the sunset on tho Great Salt Lake of Utah " Salt 1 Lake Is as beautlf ul a sheet of water as can bo found anywhere. The waves are a bright blue or given, and as they dance on Its surface it would be hard to tell which color prevails It Is dotted with beautiful islands, ami it affords tie tfnest salt water bathing in the world. Oarlleld Beach-is Beach-is within easy distance of the city, being but eighteen miles of a ride bv train Here is found every luxury and comfort for a din ia the mysterious sea. and also all the things necessary nec-essary for the comfort of the inner man. 1 he cafe affords enjoyable meals at reasonable prices, and row boats are to be bad for n quiet pull on the waters which possess a romantic lntrest for every visitor. The manacement of the accommodations at Oariield Be-u-h Is under the direction of the Union PaciUc Kali, way company, as Is that at - ; Lake Park nnder the supervision of the Rio Grande Western. West-ern. This reaort le north of the cltv, about half way between Salt Lake and Ogden. and is much frequented by visitors, it Is similar in UracUTenaaa to Qarneld. and ia well worth |