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Show SALT LAKE CITY. Bights and Scenes in and Around the Interm ountain Metropolis Information Infor-mation for Oar Visitor. A. GUIDE TO THE TOUBIST. Bait Lake's Location. Attractions and Climate Garfield Beach and Other Places of Interest. The city of Salt Lake . has a fame rhich reaches around the world. The population is about 55,000, and is increasing in-creasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base of the Wasatch mountain in a lovely valley, rich in agricultural resources re-sources and is eighteen miles distant from Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above sea level is 4,350 feet. There axe many points of interest to visitors in the city and near it. Here are some of them: Tht To pie. This magnificent cream-white granite structure was began April 6, 1853. It U 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when, completed, will be 200 feet height. Over $3,500,000 have been expended on the temple, and It is now nearing completion. In the game square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called Thf Tabernaela. Here are held the services of the mormon mor-mon church and these are attended every Sunday by an immense congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon and gentile. gen-tile. The structure is oval in shape, Beventy-nva leet high and 250xluO leet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity of 12,000 people, and bere may be heard what is claimed to be the finest fin-est organ in the world. Patti once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that Its acoustic powers are very fine. Tha Gavrdo Hons or Amelia palace, was built by Brigham Young who willed that it could be the residence of his favorite wife. Amelia Folsom Young, but since his death it has been usea as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Brich.Bca Toaaz'i KmMb known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. These are situated in what was once Brigham Young's domain, all of which has passed into other hands, save the large lot in in which is Brigham Young's grave. Proapaet H1N with its lookout tower commands a pplendid view of the city and its surroundings. sur-roundings. Th Tltfc!c Bnddiae possesses interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the mormon church from its disciples. Libarty Park. in the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. Tbc Chanbir of Commerce, on Second South street is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial com-mercial standing of the city. There are several large cases containing specimens speci-mens of Utah's mineralogy which attract at-tract much attention. " Salt I.aka ThemUr. This latter place or amusement was built by Brigham Young over thirty fears ago. It is a large and beautiful temple and comfortably arranged. Ambly Hall. near the temple, is used in winter for worship by the mormons, thetaberna-:le thetaberna-:le being too large to admit of proper beatinjr. Assembly hall is 120x68 feet, ind cost S 150,000. The ceiling is decorated dec-orated which church pictures among ihem the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden plates to i Jcsepli Smith. Camp Donlf. j 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 officers are built of stone. The post commands & wide view of the city a:.d beyond where Great Salt Lake lies molten sil- yer at the foot of the western mountains. moun-tains. Beck's Hot Spriagi are in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. They issue from the base of the mountains, moun-tains, and are regarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid in cases of rheumatism dyspep-Bia dyspep-Bia and scroful'a. The waters are used both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for the comfort of patients. Te Warm Sulphur Sprint are between the Hot Springs and th city, about one mile from the postoffice. There is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connection with the springs, and they c:ui b reached by street railway. Th Monataiaa are unsurpassed in magnificent conons. and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the city. 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 mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian. Besides these are Mills creek. Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all : extremely picturesque and delightfully romantfo. Plaaaaat Drives abound in scores around the outskirts of the city, along the quiet country roads, and through the 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 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 out to the mouth of Emigration canon is almost delightful. , It was here that the sight of the mormon pioneers was first made glad by the vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly buret upon them, on the 24th of July, 1847. Tha Graal Bait Laka. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons realize how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this island sea is," and speaking of its sunsets Phil Robin-eon Robin-eon had said: "Where have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea, in Asia, Africa, Af-rica, Europe and America, and where can I say I have ever seen more won-derous won-derous coloring.more electrifying effects than in the ennset on the Gre-t Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as oeauti-ful oeauti-ful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are bright blue or green.and as they dance on its surface It would be hard to tell which color Dre-rails. Dre-rails. It is dotted with beautiful Islands, . and it affords the finest salt water in the world- t |