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Show SOME UTAH ADVANTAGES. We receive from time to time inquiries in-quiries about the advantages of Utah, Its climate, soil, business, chances to get land, and so on. The latest of thoso inquiries is from Ashland, Wisconsin, and It is directed to tho quality and quantity of tho wacr, and the climate. It is natural that one living on the shore of Lake Superior would want to find some climate that would bo moro agreeable. First, then, as to climate. We have winters here that to the inhabitants of tho old Northwest are as toy winters compared -with what they have known. Take the past winter, for example. At no time did the thermometer drop lower than six degrees above zero, and that for but one day; very few days did the thermometer get below ten decrees above zero. The "wlnnter begins to pass away In the latter part of Fcbruaryi the spring Is long, and often stormy, as this has been, and uncertain In temperature. Some years there are late frosts that injure in-jure the fruit, but usually not, and Utah has every opportunity to become one of the very greatest frult-ralsing States in the Union. The warm season begins In June, and from about the middle of that month for seventy days or so, there Is a great deal of sun, and little rain; the crops d.end for water on the melting snows In the hills. This year there will be an abundance of this, and the Federal Government is undertaking reservoir work which will make water plenty every season, whereas at times It has some years been scarce, and crops havo suffered from drought. But this will presently bo a thing altogether of tho past. The fall Is the great season; it is long, usually extending into the month of December, De-cember, with occasional storms, but prevailing sunny weather, the glory of the year. From tho middle of December onward, we have storms, seasonable, with heavy deposits of snow in the hills. This Is always hoped for, nnd the earlier ear-lier the snows come, the better the people peo-ple like 11, for It Is the early snows that pack hard and last long Into the ensuing ensu-ing Irrigation season. The water we have Is pure mountain water, and we have and use In this city a greater quantity per capita than any other city in tho country dreams of. And yet, thero la heard grumbling at the scarcity of water, the fact being that It Is the most reckless waste that makes whatever scarcity there is. But the city is constantly on the look- ISUb IIS .UOb 1UI tl IbhVI OUI'lili ilk w- der to provide for the great growth which is sure to come to It; and the Government's irrigation and reservoir enterprises will no doubt release a good deal of canyon water to the city In exchange ex-change for its one-sixth Interest in the Jordan River. So that there Is ample water in the country for all purposes, and nowhere in the world can bettor water be found; It is clear, cool. pure, fresh from the snows and tho springs of tho mountains, and It is handled in a pipe system throughout the city, which distributes It on the gravity system with good pressure. This pipe Bystcm has cost large sums of money, Is in a fair condition, and Is constantly being improved. The city Is a natural sanitarium. It has, as noted, Its excellent water supply sup-ply and system, good and general sewerage; sewer-age; and besides, has within its borders warm sulphur springs, and three miles out, hot springs, the waters of which arc of excellent remedial qualities. Artesian wells flow strongly within tho city borders, and there are many of them, the water being of first-rate quality qual-ity for every purpose. And by reason of theso nnd its other manifold advantages, advan-tages, Salt Lako City Is certain to become be-come ono of' the greatest and most Important Im-portant cities In the United States. |
