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Show silt im mi Bights and Boenet ia and Aronnd th Intermoiintain Metrepolis Information Infor-mation for Oar 7iiiton. i GUIDE TO THE TOUEIBT. Bait LakVi Looatioa, Attraotiont asd Olimata Qarfitld Beach and Other Flaoai of Interest. Th city of Salt Lake has a fame srhich reaches around the world. The population is about SS.OOO, and ia 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 niilea distant from Great Salt Lake. Its elevation above ea level is 4,350 feet. There are rcany points of interest to visitors in the city and near it. Here are eome of them: Tbe Tomplo. This magnirieont cream-white granite itructnre was began April 6, 1853. It It lOOXiOO feet, the walls are 100 feet high, and the towers, when completed, wii! be 'iW feet height, Over $3,500,000 have been expended on the temple, and It is now nearing completion. In the same square with the temple is the spacious spa-cious building called Ttaa Tabaraaela. Here are held the services of the mor-Bon mor-Bon church and these are attended I verj Sunday by an immense congrega- j lei of people, both mormon and gen-pie gen-pie The structure is oval in shape, j teventr-five feet high and 250x150 feet j In length and breadth. It has a seating capacity (if 12,000 people, and here may bo heard what is claimed to be the lin- i est orcjan in the world. Patti once sang in thetabernaclc!, and demonstrated thai : its acoustio powers are very line. Tbo Usvedo Ho - int Amelia palace, was built by Brlgham Young who willed that It oould be the residence of his favorite wife. Amelia Folaom Yoiwry, but since his death it has been used as the official residence of dignitaries of the church. Brlgham inane" fteeldanoe known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion Hou.ie 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 Brigrham Young's grave. Proapeet Hill with its lookout tower commands a splendid view of the city and its surroundings. sur-roundings. I no Tithing Baddtar possesses Interest, as being the general depot for taxes collected by the mormon 1 church from its disciples. Liberty Park. in the southeastern portion of the citv Is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. The Chamber of Commerce. on Second South street is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial com-mercial standingof the city. There are everal largo cases containing speei- nuens ot Utah 8 mineralogy which aS-tract aS-tract much attiation. alt l ake Theater h I This latter place of amusnmetit was built by Brieham Young ovor thirty Gears ago. It is a large and beautiful ample and comfortably arranged. Aaaambly Hall. near the temple, is used in winter for worship by the mormons, the taberna-to taberna-to being too larjje to admit of proper j heating. Assembly hall is 120xt)8 feet, inu cost J150.000. The ceiling is dec- orated which church pictures among ' them the Angel .Moroni disclosing the hiding olaee of the golden plates to Joseph Smith. Caaap Deng-laa. three miles east of the citv and over 409 feet above it is beautifully laid out in the midst of lawns aud orchards, and Ihe barracks and 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 silver sil-ver at the foot of the western mountains. moun-tains. neck'i Hoi Mpringa 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 eery valuable valua-ble aid in eases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia aud'scrofulla. The waters are used both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appoiutment for the comfort ot patients. Taa Warm Sulphur Springa are between the Hot Springs and tha city, about one mile from the postoftioe. There is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in conned ion with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. Th Mouatala are unsurpassed in magnificent eonons. and at least a dozen of the grandest are i 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, aud to gather wild flowers by the mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pines. Big Ootlonwood canon should te seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Mail ha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the baso of the mountain are lakes Blanche, Florence aud Lilian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's Emigration, and City Creek canons, all I extremely picturesque and delightfully tomautfo. riaiant DrlTM abound in scores around the outfkirts ! of the city: along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividincj 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 wiW dog-rose glimpses are caught of snow covered peaks. A drive to Fort Douglas, and I lieu a milo further out to the mouth of Emigration canon is almost delightful. It was here thai the sight of the mormon pioneers nil- first '.nude glad by the vast expanse Ol Salt Lake valjey suddenly burst upon them, on the 84th "of July, 1347. T!r.a Urat Suit LekSb "1 think," says Ernest Iogersoil, "few persons realize how wonderfully, straDgely beautiful this island sea is," am; speaking of its sunsets Phil Robinson Robin-son had said ' Where have I not seen sunsets, by land and sea, in Asia, Af-rie Af-rie i, Europe aud America, and whero ten I say I have ever seen more won ierous coloring, more electrify ing esleete than in Ihe sunset on the Great Salt Sikeof Utah." Salt Lake is as oeauti-l oeauti-l a sheet of water as can be found ywhciv The waves are bright blue green, and as they danre on its surface would be hard total) whioh color pre-ils. pre-ils. It is dotted with beautiful ands, and it affords thu finest salt iter in tii a warl' L |