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Show SALT LAKE CITY. , Sights and Scenes in and Around th Intsnuonntain Metropolis Infor-) Infor-) nation for Our Yisiton. 1 8TJIDE TO THE T0URI8T. Bait Ls.ko's Location. Attractions ud Climate Garfield Bsaoh and Oilier Places of Interest. The city of 6 It Lake hai a fame which reaches around the world. The population is about 60,000, and is in-, in-, creasing at a rapid rate. It is situated at the base of the Wasateh 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 4,850 feet. There are many points of interest to visitors in the city and near it. Here are some of them: The Temple. This magnificent cream-whitp granite : structure was began April 6, 185a. It la 100x300 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when completed, ' will be 200 feet height, Over SbMiOO.OOO have been expended on the temple, and j It is now Bearing completion. In the same square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called The Tatraele. Here are hold the services of tbe mormon mor-mon church and these are attended every Sunday by an immense congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon and gon- j tile. The structure is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and L'fiOxloO feet in length and breadth, it has a seating capacity of 12,000 people, and here may bo heard what is claimed to be the tin- I est organ in the world. Patti once sang in the tabernacle, and demonstrated that ! its acoustic powers are very line. The Oardo Honae I or Amelia palace, was built by Brigham ) Hfcnngwho willed that it could be the residence of his favorite wife. Amelia I Folsom Young, but since his death it has been used as the official residence I of dignitaries of the church. Urigtiam lonng'a Braldeaae known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion house are old-fashioned structures, j curious from associations. These are I Situated in what was once Brigham I Young's domain, all of which has passed fj Into other hands, save the largo lot in I iu which JsBrighatn Young's grave. Proepect Hill 'ith its iookout tower commands a ! j splendid view of the city and its sur- 3 roundings. v The Tithing Building possesses interest as being the general 1 nepol (or taxes collected by the mormon church from iis disciples. Liberty Park, in the southeastern portion of the city 1 is a beautiful resort and can be reached I by rapid transit trains. j Th- Cliambar of C'ammeree. on Soeond South stroot is visited by ' ! thoso who take an interest in liie com- I mercial standing of the city. There are several largo cases containing speei-" speei-" - of Utah's mineralogy which at- 1 truct much atteutiou. Halt Laho Theater. This latter place or amusement was j built by KriKham Young over thirty J rears ago. ft is a large and beauliiul teui)io and comfortably arranged. " A m'.'y Hall, aeitrlhe temple, is used in winter for ' fvorsliip by the mormons, the taberna- j tie being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall h, 120x68 feet i and cost 1160,000. The ceiling is dec- : wated which church pictures among ; them the Angel Moroni disclosing the ; Wdinff place of the golden plates to i Josepu Smith. Camp Douglaa. j three miles east of the oity and over 400 S feet above it is beautifully laid out in ' the midst of lawns and orchavds. and j the barracks and bouses of the officers I I ire built of stone. The post commands I wide view of the citv and bevoud I where Greal Salt Lake lies molten sil- ver at the foot of the western moun- i tains. Heo!;'. Hot Spring. are in the northern part of the city about three miles from the business center. J They issue from the base of tbe moun- si tains, and are regarded as a very valua- j We aid Is oases Of rheumatism dvspeo- I Bia and scroiulla. The waters nre used both internally and externally, and i there is an excellent bath house and BJrjessary appointment for the comfort 4 of patients. The Warm Sulphur Sprlaga l be: ween the Hot Springs and the j I city, about one mile from the postoflioe h Xhere is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in conned ion w ith tha Wrings, and they can be reached bv street railway. J Tta- Monntulte are unsurpassed in magnificent couons. nd at least a dozen of the grandest are within reach of the city. These invite ' the tourist to spend davs, weeks or months among their wild recesses tc fish, to hunt, to scale the peaks ai-o 1 ttdges, and to gather wild flowers by : the mossy springs, beneath the shade of Umbrageous pines. Hig Cottonwood A canon should be seen by every tourist Here are hike Mary ami Martha from . which flows the turbulent Cottonwood i river; and at the base of the mountains I WB lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian ;i Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's " Emigration, and ( in- Creek canons all extremely picturesque and delighifullv ?! romantfo. Flai.aat HrlTaa ihound in scores around the outskirts jf if toe oity; along the quiet country I roads, and through the lanes dividina II neadowsof rich green alfalfa and fields 10 3i grain; while the majestic mountain-ire mountain-ire never entirely lost sight of. Iron. i mder the branches of trees and abovi- , ledges of the wild dog-rose glimpses 1 S ire caught of snow covered peaks A I In.;-to Fort Douglas, and then a mile I urther out to the mouth of Emigration I lauon is almost delightful. H wis here 1 hat the sight of the mormon pioneers i ' a- first made glad bv the vast, expanse : J d Salt bake valley suddenly burst upon I kern, on the IMth of July, ig.tr. j q Tho 8NII Sals Lake. "1 think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few lersons realize how wonderfully ' I Irangely beautiful this island sea is," : nd speaking of its siinseis Phil Kobin- f on had said: "Where have I not so-m j pnsets, by land and sea, in Asia Af- I loa, Europe and America, and where I an 1 say T have ever scon more won- 4 emus coloring, more eleel rifving effects 1 ban in tha sunset on the Greit Salt I -akeof l.'lah." Salt Lake is as oeauti- I il a sheet of water as can be found I aywhere, The wares are bright blue I rgreonvand as they dance on Itisurfeee a i would be hard to tell which color pre- J ails. It is dotted with beautiful I ilnnds, and it affords tho lineal salt I -ater iu ihu world. ! |