Show i I f c It HUMES A ES ESTo TO BE OFFERED Church Sells Property to Marble Company Announcement has Just been Wasatch resort In made that the tho Little Cottonwood canyon canon has been sold to the Utah Granite and Marble Marble Mar Mar- ble company by the first presidency presidency dency ency of at the Church of Latter-day Latter Saints and that the property willbe will willbo b bo be divided Into acre and half acre tracts for sale to the public for summer home locations The Ash Ash- ton Jenkins company will have charge of or the sale sal of ot these lots The history of this resort goes back hack to the days of the pioneers While the tho founders of ot Utah were quarrying marble irom thIs canyon to be used in th the building of at the tho Temple in Salt Lake they were werd much Impressed with the wild beauties beauties beauties beau beau- ties and natural advantages es of at that part of at the canyon lying Just across Little Cottonwood cre from the quarry and many ot oi them Including Brigham Young and other leaders in tn the church built summer homes on this site Later the Utah Granite and Marble Marblo Mar- Mar bio blo company acquired the quarries of ot marble and furnished the stone stono for the present C capitol capital and for formost formost cJ t most of t the more e substantial nt buildings buildings build build- ings In the city but until this present transfer the title to the resort proper remained in the church The resort is about twenty miles distant from Salt Lake and Is reached by a n fine tine road automobile automobile road travel for tor most of the tho distance being be being being be- be i ing over the new scenic highway I which gives the traveler a panoramic pano pano- II ramIe ramio vIe view of at tho the entire basin In which the tho city an and suburbs are situated Tho The Ashton Jenkins company is having the resort surveyed and many walks and paths laid out There Thero aro are about thirty serviceable cabins already l on the tho property and these will be bo sold with the lots In all aU the tho resort will have about one hundred building building- sites ranging In sIze sizo from a half acre to toan an acre or a trifle more The first sale ealo excursion will take I I place on July 4 next at which time I the tho public will will will-be b be invited to visit sIt the tho resort and select such sites as asare asare are are suItable to tu those who are in In- In In the event that all tho the lots are not sold on July 4 4 a second second sec see ond wIll be conducted by bythe bythe bythe the Jenkins Ashton company on July 24 |