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Show SILT MIS GUlJ Bighto and Boone in and Around tho IntermonnUin Metropolis -Lafor-BOtion for Oar Vinton. i tTJIDB TO THE TOUfillT. BaJt Lake' i Location. Attraction, tad Olimato Garfield Beaoh and Other Flaooa of Inter.. The city of Salt Lake has a famo which reaches around the world. The population U about 55,(100, aud 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 aud is eighteen uiilea distant from Great Salt Lake. Its elovation above sea level is 4.350 feet. There are : many points of interest to visitors In the city aud near it. Hero are some of , them: The Temple. This magnificent cream-white granite tructure was began April 8, 1853. It j la 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when completed, rtl be 200 feet height. Over $3,500,000 have been expended on the temple, and : It is now uearing completion. In the MM square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called The Taheraeole, Here are held the services of the mor mon church and these are attended every Sunday by an immense congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon aud gentile. gen-tile. The structure is ovul in shape, seventy-live feet high aau ..11x150 feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capacity of 13,000 people, and here may bo heard what is claimed to bo the finest fin-est organ in the world. Patti once sang In the tabernacle, and demonstrated that Its acoustic powers are very tine. Trie Gavrdo Boose or Amelia palace, was built by Brighain Young who willed that it could bo the 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. Brtchana louaf's fteaUlaaeje known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-faahloned 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. Prospect Mill with its lookout tower commands a splendid view of the city and its surroundings. sur-roundings. The Tithing naildtar S osteoses interest as being the general epot for taxescoUected by the mormon I 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. Thr Chamber of Ceotmeroe, on Second South street is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial com-mercial standing of the city. There are everal largo oases containing sped- mens) of Utah's mineralugy whick attract at-tract much attention. all l.aks 1 beats This latter place or amusement wai built by Briaham Young over thirty Kara ago. It is a large and beautiful uple and eomfortably arranged. Aaaeanblr Hall. near the temple, is used in winter for ' irorsbip by the mormons, the tabernacle taberna-cle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall is 120x68 feet, and cost tlSO.OOO. The ceiling is decorated dec-orated which church pictures among mem the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Camp Deifies 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 aud houses of the officers are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Salt Lake lies molten sil rer at the foot of the western moun tains. Beek'a Hot Springs re hi the northern part of the city about threo miles from the business canter. They issue from the base of the mountains, moun-tains, and are rogarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid iu oases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and scrofolla. The waters are used both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for the comfort i patients. The Warn Sulphur Springs are between the Hot Springs and ths city, about one mile from the postoffioa. There is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connection with the i springs, and they can be reached by street railway. The Hsustslss are unsurpassed in magnificent conons. and at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of tho 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 Bowers 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 whieh flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains arc lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian. Besides these arc Mills creek. Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully romantfv. Flsraaaat 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 burst upon them, on thu24th of July, 1847. The llr.nl Salt l ake. "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few persons realize how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this island sea is," and speaking of its sunsets Phil Kobin-son Kobin-son had said: "Where have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea, in Asia, Africa, Af-rica, Europe and America, and where cae I say I have ever seen more won-derous won-derous coloring, more electrifying effects than in tho sunset on the Great Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as oeauti-tul oeauti-tul a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are bright blue ergreen.and as they dance on its surface It would be hard lo tell which color prevails. pre-vails. It is dotted with beautiful MandB, and it affords the finest salt patM- in the worl - |