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Show I SALT LAKE CITY. i Sights nd ?eene ia and Aronr,d tht Intemio-ntain Metropolis Iafor-mation Iafor-mation for Oar Visitor! . 1 GUIDE TO THE TCURI3T. Salt Lhke'i Location. Attractions sd Climate Garfield Bauch and Other Piaooa of Interest. The city of SaH Lake lias a NaM which ri!i.i'ho.i around the world. Che population U about 5r.,000. and ia in-creasing in-creasing at a ra id rate. It is situated it the kise of the Wasatch mountain in a lovely valley, ri' li in agricultural re-j re-j sources and is eighteen miles distant I from Great Salt Lake. ! : elevation I above sea level (feet. There are I many poiuts of interest tc visitors in tho i city aud ur it. Her. aro some cf theua: Tho T!!iple. j This magnificent cream white pranito structure was began April 6, 153. It 1 ia 100x200 feet, tiie walls are 10J feet high, and the tii-i's. when completed, ! W be 200 feet height Over 18,500,000 I have been expended on the temple, and I It is how Hearing completion. In the I lame square v, it h I hu temple is the spa- j cious iuildiut; called Thn Thr,.nl Here are held the sen I - of the mor-I mor-I mou ehui'ch and iheso aro attended evert Sunday by un immense congregation congrega-tion 4t" people, both mormon and gentile. gen-tile. The structure is oval in shape, seventy-five feet high and 250x160 feet in length and breadth. It has a seating capadity of 12,000 people, aud hero may be hejird whp.t is claimed to be the finest fin-est oigaa in the world. Patti once sang i in the tabernac.lft, and demonstrated that its af-fniHUe-powers are very line. Th Grd Mow or J melia palace, was built by Bripham Yoi ig who willed that it could be the resi lence of his favorite wife. Amelia FolJom Young, but since his death it bos been uea us the official residence of dignitaries of tho church. Url(m Tonne' nj known as the Bee-Hive and the Lion House are old-fashioned structures, curious from associations. These are ituated in what was ouce Brigham Young's domain, all of which has passed Into other hands, save the large lot in in w hich is Brigham YiMing's grave. 1 Proapaot Hill with its lookout tower commands a I splendid view of the city and its sur-, sur-, roundings. T Tllhtuc !lmi.llE Sossesses interest as being the general epot for taxes collected by the mormon 1 , church from its disoiples. Ubarty Cark. ; in the southeastern portion of the city is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. i Tb Chbr of Conmarn, ! on Second South street is visited by those who take an interest in the commercial com-mercial standing of the city. There are several large cases containing speci-! speci-! mens of lltai's mineralogy which attract at-tract -much attention. alt Lmk TheaUr. This Iajter place or amusement was H H. bv Brigham Young over thirty fears ago. It is a large and beautiful temple and comfortably arranged. AM4mb7 Ilau. sear the temple, is used in winter for worship by tno mormons, the tabernacle taberna-cle being too large to admit of proper beating. Assembly hall is 120x08 feet, ind cost $150,000. The ceiling is decorated dec-orated which church pictures among '.hem the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding place of the golden plates to losepn Smith. Camp V"-!' 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 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 mountain-. Baek'a Hal Spring! 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, arid are regarded as a rery valuable valua-ble aid in cases of rheumatism dyspepsia dyspep-sia and scrofulla. The waters are used both internally and externally, and there is an excellent bath house and necessary appointment for the comfort of patiente. Tb WBi liar Spr-igi are between the Hot Springs and tht oity, about one mile from the postoffiJM. There is a good hotel and comfortable bath house in connection with the springs, and they cn be reached by , street railway. t Th Monntalai are unsurpassed in magnificent cottons. 1 nd at least a dozen of the grandest are I within reach of the city. These invite I the tourist to spend days, weeks or I months among their wild recesses to tih, to hunt, to scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by the mossy springs beneath the shade ol umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canon should lie seen by every tourist. Here ara lake .Mary and Martha from which Bows the turbulent Cottonwood river; aud at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florenoe and Lilian. I Besides these are Mills creek, Farley's I Emigration, and City Creek canons, all I oxtremeiy picturesque and delightfully I to in ant to. '. . , Drlvea S abound in scores around the outskirts 8 of the oity: along the quiet country I roads, and through the lanes dividing I it endows of rich green allalfa and fields I o r' while the majestic mountains I:a' entirely lost sight of. From I'u branches of trees and above S h the wild dog rose glimpses I ui t of snow covered peaks. A dri Aio Fort Douglas, and then a mile i funBr out to the mouth of Emigration MtnSta almost deiigr-tful. It was tarts of the mormon pioneers I waJm-' wl by the vast oxpan.se B i' . B Lai., .-..il-y smldenly burst upon i tho-n the 2 i -f .iu'. M T!i . Or, ml Salt Laho. I Hnk," says Ernest, liigersoll. "few I perH realize how wonderfully, t (J aiJi .TW ! - ' I 'Sail lion! 11- jS !: . "V.'here have I not seen M by land .-Hid - a, in Asia, Af-9H Af-9H : i ml A in.'i " a, rod w hero f: catijBy 1 have ever mow won- iWCTBoloriMg.niorc elect i iA iugeff.-e's -H the sunset on the Ureal Salt . 1H ( tah eauti- li j UriKet of water as can be found k mlKe. 'J'he waves are bright blue 'Kand as t hoy dance on its surface i IB'" har(' to te" wmcnco'or pre- III IBt is 'led with beautiful I IB-ttd ii affords the finest salt U I ' ''U( the V. ol'ld. |