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Show ADVANTAGES OF THE WASATCH. T he inhabitants r" ; mountain country coun-try do not, as a rule, appreciate, eape-ejA eape-ejA j in s comparatively new country, the tremendous advantages whichthoee n itains offer for recreation, health resort", and the gratification of artistic and esthetic taste. The people of ali-fornia ali-fornia are .iust beginning, as a whole, to appreciate the Sierra, and there ,s genera movement throughout the State to make the Sirrm the, great summer resort of those who 4ake vacations. vaca-tions. The lan-e runs practicallv ihc bngth of the State, and affords inv nicn.;e opportunities for camps of recre-at recre-at ion. amusement, and for so table re tirement, liealtuful, agreeable, rejuve mating in like manner Utah has !"ir sat eh range primarily, and also the Uintahs in the eastern part of the State, and other mountain range The Wasatch runs the full length of the State. nl a the S.erras run the lull length of California; and in ii and in the spurs and offshoots from the main range are abundant opportunities for great resorts of health and pleasure. A few in Utah have alreadTj taken advantage of the fine opportunities that, the mountain ranges afford to establish, camps m more (.r lest permanence perma-nence for their summer outings. But, speaking largely and as a whole, the mountains are practicallv untouched so far for all (he grcal purpo-c, which the can --ere, and to Which their beauties and advantages invite. ThOSS who hare obtained a permanent fool hold in the billa for summer '"imps and enjoyment, will eventually see their advantage in holding on to those places, and -omelime Ihe whole people of the State will turn Iheir facc-s to the mountains in the sultry heat of the summer; those, tve mean, who are able to shako off the cares of labor aod of bnainesS tor a time, to the advantage of their health, their minds, and their spirits. There will remain (he Lake, convenient conveni-ent here to the citv and to Ogden, which will always remain the great and immediate refreshment for those who arc tired in bodv and mind, and can nnlv spend an hour or 'w-o or an evening pr an afternoon in recreation. rjtah ic indeed fortunate in having tiic'-c mountain advantages, and the fireat. Salt T.aKe. ,o convenient to the centers of population. These natural sanitariums and refreshers of the body and mind will, in time, come to be the great features of all this region. They will be. sought also bv visitor innumerable, innumer-able, as Utah in time is sure, (o become the great summer resort for multitudes of Americans who will he able to see in our mountains and lakes the ideal conditions tor the agfeeable passing of i It- summer enervations, which the mountains know not. |