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Show SALT LAKE CITY Sights and Scenes in and Around the Inter-Mountain Metropolis. Useful Information for the Home-, Home-, seeker, the Investor and the Visitor. 'A GUIDE TO THE TOURIST. Salt Laks'a Location, Attractions Attrac-tions and Climate-Garfield Beach and Other Resorts. Tho city of I The city of Salt Lake iruund ih world, The population is about AOOO, and Is incrfasinn at a rapid rate. It la i iltunted at the base of ihi Wasatch mountain! in a lovely valley, rich In agrloult uril resourc aid Is eighteen miles distant fram Great Bait Lake. Its elevation above Bta level la 4.35 feet. There are many p i.nts of Interest to vls-t vls-t rs In the city and near it. Here are some ot them: T.w. T.mpu ( Xh, magnflCent cream-waite granlle structure was begun April 8, 18. 3. It Is Rux300 feet, the walls are litt feet high, and the towers, when com-uleted com-uleted will be 830 feet In hel;ht. Over IS.WK).-! IS.WK).-! 000 has b:eu expended on the Temple, and It s now nearlutt completion. In the name s iuarswf.h the temple Is tin spacious build inn called I T1Vlibl,r" I ore are k0' "ie ser" vices of the Mormon church, and these art) attended every Sunday by Immense Im-mense oonjrregat.ons of people, both Mormon and Gentile. The structure Is oval In shape, -eventy-flve feet high 850JUi feet In length aud nreadth. It hh a seating cap city of U BO people, and here may be heard what la claimed to be the finest organ In the world. L'attl enc j sang In the tabernacle, and demon-'trated demon-'trated that its acoustl; powers are very tine. I m u uo The Gardo House, or I I Amelia Palace was built by Ui in jham Young who willed that It should be ; !) residence of his favorite wife, Amolia j olsom Young, but since his death It ha be?n ie iasthe official residence of dlgultarlee of lie church. I Uringham Touag's I known as the Bee. j I K. .)dence.. J all() ,h6 LlnQ ; louse ute old-fashioned structures, curlcui from associations. These are iltuated In what vas once Bringhani Youug'a domain, all of i which has passed Into other hands, save the large lot In which Is Uingham Young's I This can be I by pawing through the agle Gata, an arshway In the old mud wall which at one t rue encompassed irlngham's private property. One or two of the prophet's wives rep-ise beside his last resting rest-ing place. A slab of granite covers the grave n.l there is space left near by for the graves if his other wives. uert :This institution issitu-Mn.enn.. issitu-Mn.enn.. ' a'.ed on South Temple street, Uroctly oppos:t3 Ten pie square. Itcontains a- large number o.- interesting curiosities, jhiefly pertainli g to the eariy history of Utah, it is wnll w rth a visit. i'ropct I Prospect Hill with its H"l tower commands a T'bnm.i view of the city and Its surround ngs. I tii 1'iiiiing I The Tithing Building inlM nr I Dot senses intereest it i lug tue general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from Its dl cij los. j i.iiwn Liberty Park, in the liaaJ southeastern portion ef tho :liy i a beautiful resort and can be reached by r.inld transit trains. r7i nmuiuei i . The' . " Chamber of f C..mmree. Ifiommarn. on Second jtruet, Is visited by the n wh') tak ) an Interest a ths commercial standing of tho city. Theie are several lirge cases containing specimens f Utah's mlne:'alOiy which atlrict much attention. at-tention. ' " Salt Lake Theater being j Theter Liirtrf Thlslatt3r place or iiuujemeut was built by Brlncham Young j rer thirty years ago. It 1b a large and beautl-ul beautl-ul temple and la comfortably arranged. Iiy"! Assembly Hall, near the lilllJ temple. Is used In winter for wois lip by the Mormons, the tabernacle being to) liugj to admit of proper heailug. Assembly hall Is !xtt8 and It cost IW,(,0. The cell-Inn cell-Inn Is decorated with churcirplctures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden platsB to Joseph Smith, i Xhe Aula- "7 l'he Natutorium is a 1 toHiim I large circuiar lathing bouse, the center of which, under a glass roof, Is a ' swimming pool. The water Is brought in pl.ws from Beclt's H t Springs. There are also a 1 large number of bath looms, i bteutnti street 1 1 Electric Street cars I iJiJ--Jcjnnfct with every point ! o: intirest In the city. The system 1b new and ihe a paintments good. Rapid transit Is as Mtired. "1 Camp Douglas, three miles I "?'" I east of ths city and over 400 feet above li, 1-. Leautlfully laid out n the midst of ; lawns and orchards, and the bairacks and ! houses of the officers are built of stone. The i post commands a w de view of the city an! beyond where Great Salt Lake lies like molten silver a' the foot of the western mounts ns. iiio.k . ..ot Beck's Hot Springs are I spring. I in th, northern pa to. tnec.ty about three miles from the bus. nets center. They issue from the base of the mountains, aid are regarded as a very valuable aid In cae-ior rheumatism, dyspepsia and scrofula. The waters are used both Internally and externally, ex-ternally, and there Is an excellent bath house and uecessary appointments for the com or K f patients. "71iTtvrrirsuTpTIuT The Warm Sul- I spring. I phur Bpru,gS are between be-tween the Hot Spring and the city about one mile from the postofnee. There is a good hotw and comfortable lath house In -onnection with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. ilia i. mu-1 The Mountains are un- J surpassed In magnificent canyons, can-yons, and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the c ty. These invite the tcuris to spend days, weeks or months among their elld recesses to fish, to hunt, to s -aie the peaks and to gather wild flowers by the sites of mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous um-brageous pines. Big Cottonwood canyon should be ee '.a by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha fion which flows the turbulent tur-bulent C'ottonwxid river; and at the )ae of the mountains are lakes Blanche. Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creec. Parley's, Par-ley's, Em grition, and City Creeks, canyons, all extremely plcturesqe and delightfully romantic. . It iaam I P. asant Di ives abound in Priw I wxirrs around tiwouta.lrUof tte c.ty; along the quiet country toads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich jrreen alfalfa and fields of fcraln; while the majestic monntalns are never mttrtly- lost eijht of. From tn3r the branches of tree and above hedge of ih wild dog-rose plln.pvfl are caught of snow covered peak. A drive to Fort fcouKlas. and then a mile farther on to the mouth of Emigration canyon Is most delightful. It was tere that tie sifiht of the Mormon pioneers was first made glad by the rant expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly bnrst n - upon them, on the Wth of July. 117. I urtl "I th nV says Ernest IHlfJejl ingerHoll, -few persons realize Jrjdsrfully. Strangely beautiful this inland sea if," and speaking of 1U sun ets Phil Bobinson ha said: -Where hare I not seen sunset, by land and sea. In As a. Africa, Europe and America, and where can I aay I ha ve ever seen more onderons coloring, more elecrrifTtng effect than In the tnnaet on the Great Silt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake la a bean tlf v.l a sheet of water aa can be found anywhere any-where The wave are a bright blue or green, and as they dance oniti surface it would be hard to teU which color prevail. It la dotted with beautiful islands, and it afford the fluent salt water bathing in the world. . .. |