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Show SILT LAKE CITY. Bights and Scenes in and Around tha Interrnountain Metropolis Information Infor-mation for Our Yisitori. 1 GUIDE TO THE T0UBIBT. Bait Lake's Location. Attractions tai Climate Qarfield Beaoh and Other Places of Interest. The city of Salt Lake has a famw which reaches around the world. The population is about 55,000, and is increasing in-creasing at a rapid rate. It is situatod at the base of the Wasatch mountain in a lovely valley, rich in agricultural resources re-sources and is eighteen milos distant from Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above sea level is 4.350 feet. There are many points of interest to visitors in the city and near it. Here are some of them: Tha Tample. This magnificent cream-white granite structure was began April 0, 1853. It Lb 100x200 feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when completed, wii! be 200 feet height. Over $3,500,000 have been expended on the temple, and It is now nearing completion. In the , same squaro with the temple is the spa cious building called Tha Tabaraaela. Hare are held the services of the mop-teoii mop-teoii church and those are attended every Sunday by an immense congregation congrega-tion of people, both mormon and gentile. gen-tile. The structure is oval in shape, eveuty-fivo feet high and 250x150 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 finest fin-est organ in the world. Patti once sang jn the tabernacle, and demonstrated that Its acoustic poworj are very line. Tha GaTdo House W 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 used as the official residence of dignitaries of tho church. Briajhan Voisf'l Re.ldanaa known as tho Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures curious from associations. These are Btnated in what was once Brigham Young's domain, all of which has passed Int . other hands, save the large lot in In which is Brigham Young's grave. Prospect UII1 kvith its lookout tower commands a Bplcudid view of tho city and its sur. foundings. Tha Tithing Hmldlnr Sossosses lntotvst a.s lieintf the tfenoral epot for taxes collected by the mormon church from its disciples. I.lb.rty Park. In Hie southeastern portion of the city H a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. Th Chamb.r of Commerce. Dn Second South street is visited by those who take an interest in the eom-eroM eom-eroM standing of the city. There are RBveral larjre cases eontainint; speoi-mens speoi-mens of Utah's mineralogy whici: attract at-tract much attention. Salt Lake Theater. f Tills latter place nr amiisement was bin It by Briffliam Young over thirty Mars ugo. It is a large and oeautiful temple and comfortably arranged. Aas.mbly Halt. Sear tho temple, is used in winter for Worship by the mormons, the taberna-tle taberna-tle being too largo to admit of proper healnicr. A-sembiy hall is !'.'0xG8 feet Mid cost 81 50,000. Thr ceiling is dec-Diated dec-Diated which church pictures among hrm the Angel Moroni disclosing tho b:d ne place of tho golden plates to J 8pn Smith. Camp Douelaa. three miles east of the eitv and over 400 feet above it is beautifully laid out in th.' midst of lawns and urchards, and the barracks ami houses of the officers are built of stone. The post commands a wide view of the city and beyond There Great Salt hake lies molten ill-ver ill-ver at tho foot of tho western mountains. moun-tains. Bach', not Springs ro in the. northern part of the city about three miles from tho business center. 1'liey issue f rom ! he base of the mountain, moun-tain, and are regarded as a very valuable valua-ble aid.in cases of rheumatism dyspep-ia dyspep-ia and scrofulla. The waters are used both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for the comfort pf patients. Tha Warm Sulphur Springs lire between the Hot Sprint's and tha city, about ono mile from ihe pottofflot. Tbore is a frond hotel and comfortable bath house, in connection with the aprings. and 'bey can be reached b itreel railway. Th Mouatalaa are unsurpassed in magnificent conons. ami 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 sealo the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild dowers by the mossy springs, boncath the shade of Umbrageous pinos. Kig Cottonwood canon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha from which Hows tho turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountaiua are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lilian. Besides thcae aru Mills creek, Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all extremeiy picturesque and delightfully romautfo. Ploaaaat Drlfaa 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 ot grain; while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost sight of. From nndar the branches of trees and above hedges of the wild dog rose glimpses are eaught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Fort iJotiglas, and then a mile further out to tho month of Emigration cuon is almost delightful. It was here that the sight of tho mormon pioneers was first made glad by tho vast expanse of Salt Lake valley suddenly burst upon them, on the 24th of July, 1847. Th. Or.at Bait Laka, "I think," says Ernest Ingersoll, "few Persons realize how wonderfully, atrangcly beautiful this island sea is," and speaking of its sunsets Phil Robin-aon Robin-aon had said: "Where have I not seen BttnseU, by land and sea, in Asia, Africa, Af-rica, Europe and America, antl where can I say I have ever seen more won- ' eroufl coloring. more electrifying effects than in tho sunflet on the Great Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake is as oeanti-ful oeanti-ful a shcetof water as can be found anywhere. The waves are bright blue r green, and as they dance on itssurfaee It would be hard to tell which color pre-rails. pre-rails. It is dotted with beautiful (lands, and it affords the finest salt Iratur in the world. I.. . I |