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Show SALT LIKE mi j Sight and ?cnei in and Aronad the Iutormounuin Metropilii Infot-tuttioa Infot-tuttioa for Oar Visitors. A GUIDE TO THE T0UEI3T. Salt LaVs's Location. Attractions and Clima's Garfield Bench and C.Jer Flaosi of interuit. Th city of Suit l.uke hns a fame which rt iidio uround th world. The population is about .V,0li, and is in-! in-! croiising at a r.i;i I rato. It is situated 1 at the bust- of Uio Wusalch niounl tin iu IaIovly valley, rich in agricultural resources re-sources and is eiKhtcen miles dUtanl from Great Salt Lake. Its clovatiou I above sea level is feet. There ure ninny points of lutcrct to visitors in the city and near it. Held are some of them: Tha Temple. Tliis magnitirnut cream-white pranlte structure was began April 0, 1 Soil. It is 1U0;:2(K) feet, the walls are lot) feet high, ami the towers, when completed, will be '.'DO feet height. Over $a,,M0,000 have been expended on the temple, and it is now neuring completion. In tho same wpriri) with the teiuplo is the spacious spa-cious building called 1k Tabaraael Here are held tho services of the mormon mor-mon church and tlu"o aro attended every Stiuday by an imiucnso congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon aud gentile. gen-tile. The structure is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and ariOxl'iO feet in length and breadth. It, has a seating capacity of 12,000 people, and here may be heard what is claimed to be the fittest fitt-est organ in the world. Patti once sang in the tabernacle, p ud demonstrated that ils acoustic powers are very lino. Th tiardn lloatn or Amelia palace, was built by Brigham Young who willed that it could be tho residence of bis favorite wife. Amelia Fulsom Young, but since his death it has been useif as tho oiticial residence of dignitaries of the church. ttrlgbam Youag't Kalo known as tuo Kee-Hive and tho Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. These are situated iu what was once Urigbum l'ouug's domain, allot which has passed into other bauds, save the laro lot in in which islirigham Young's grave. frspet Hill with its lookout tower commands a splendid view of the city and ila surroundings. sur-roundings. Tk Tithing Duildlac possesses interest as being tho general depot for taxes collected by the mormon church from its disciples. Liberty I-ark, in the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. Th- Chku r nf CnBare. on Second South' street is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial com-mercial standing of tho city. There aro several large cases containing specimens speci-mens of Utah's mineralogy which attract at-tract much attention. Salt Lk Thatr. This latter place of amusement was bui't by Brigham Young over thirty years ago. It is a large and beautiful temple uud comfortably arranged. Aatint'7 1111, near the temple, is used in winter for worship by the mormons, the tabernacle taberna-cle boiiijf too larvo to admit of proper heating." Assembly hall is I i)Ci feet, and cost $130,000." Tlio ceiling is dee-orated dee-orated which church pictures among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Catip DmicU. three miles east of the city and over 40 i feet above it is beautifully laid out in tho midst cf lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Sa't Lake lies molten silver sil-ver at the loot of tbo western moun- tai.i.s. nclf-. Rot Sprii-i aro in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business 'center. They i.-sue from the base of the mountains, moun-tains, and are regarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid in cases ot rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and scrofuila. Tho waters are used both internally and externally, mid there is an excellent bath house anil necessary appointment for the comfort of patients. Th Warm Inlphir Spring;! are between tho Hot Springs and the city, about oue inilefrom tho postoffice. There is a good hotel and comfortublu bath house in connection with tho springs, and they can bo reached by street railway. Th Moantalna are unsurnassed in matrnifiennt ennAna. and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the city. The.se invito . the tourist to spend days, weeks or months among their wild recesses to fish, to hunt, to scale tho peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by the mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous nines. Big Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tourist. Hero are lake Mary and Martha from which llows 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 aud delightfully i romautfo. Ftnaiant Drlvu i abound in scores around thft outskirts of tho city; along tho quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and fields ofgraiu; while tlio majestic rootiniaina ! ate never entirely lost sight of. Prom under the branches of trees aud above hedges of the wild dog rose glimpses j are caught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Port 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 tho vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly burst upon them, on thc24th "of July, 1847. Th Urrat Salt I.aka. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons realize how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this island sea is," and speaking of its sunsets Phil Robinson Robin-son 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 coloriug.more electrifying effects than in tho sunset on the tire-it Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as ocauti-f ocauti-f til a sheet of water as can bo found anywhere. The waves are bright blue or green, and as they dance on its surface it would be hard to tell which color prevails. pre-vails. It is dotted with beautiful islands, and it affords the finest salt water in the world. |