Show I I I Ti t1YA1jtEY1 Thrift Mnko It the Abode of Happiness and 4ustry and 7 Sketch p DBERIVG OF ITS NAME rr no I rVIll I mer Ir r tr cling tliimih I the inter nioim C 1 t 1 1 in region those c Jt J 4 tls 1 lie to hear V 4 1611 II I J ho nmc of Utah 1 li i lid an I eyc to the r of 0 Z 4P I i rn I fitness l tiling The re I J tl 1 on nOV enrlos i 1 jt 0 d I by tile State i t lines was the md I i I U 01 I the UtC4 mill the 1111 will lion gft c I A Ilev 11 i the heart of I 1 I I Slit LIke I the low I I it indeed I bl called the t It t 11 1 I nt 11ly cent 01 1 f the State but MJtn to one tic I the altgoUIr I he el th cleIthisill rnl rthn miles beyond not nOre than 11ft IV g I ofth d1l1 sea olshnrC Im Its reo little n I no I Hut oh 11 t 11 J I I it 11 that 1 Utah valley r Ir other rr N It n nc In no n III i mre distinctly III Ir v J ii In n It II 1 pLCUllllltlCS It I II t e l tall as unique I 01 ennllnleallhs ol mm Us best 1 I wire mv he wn it I l ia t inctv of forms i J III jt3 gr C 1Im sblem of migiuon be iliys drive May 11 t abo III one t ore of Ihnving towns kiIa snore i h jlj lo stridly I rural in occupa iCe i et t i I enjoy It the same time most off of-f I Ivai a13 with but lew of the t ol the t city I PICTURESQUENESS 111211nlslutall iillc h 1 In titre t I less Ltih valley l be givvu the palm Other t v 011101 boat n varied landscape I h n ndfr nc streams but after f ttlA i thtv are merely illc sin pt IS s-in the language I of the pri low plains sur TIPI m rurv ge 1c d bv tji mtims Here I lion I r n h 1 irvall the ariet that thee It t t 4 the-e > an desire Ecn I to the t T live mind of the trapper t I I tit teatlit it 1 tile summit of the J17 Ih mo mi i ns the first glimpse o cvilev must hive ciused a C ol delight Let I us innginc to L he M I AS IT WAS I I The un is i ink ng low upon the I I arrh mo mt uns Beneath us fi llnq in tie lip of the cvcihstmg 11 j lies I the contented lake tlii edDO ji ed-DO nllo i lives by a glorious Jtk of sunlight All around 1 Us t uuiul suruee is a fringe of dark len rfr n cane and bull in I 1 I I 01 kIlt I I It f ie m vary P n I I I t I 1 is of lighter aT It t Ie pasture lmd I < f I ll I 1 krs oer the 4 ArrI 1 A I A t tilling breaks L III I I 1 till He luot 41int I wn blick dots cti I I 11m Mrdglinf I Q e n number I it I 1 k 111 n 1 are I mountain n 13 11 11 I 1 lIth irregular 1111 E dc O II I tile I M I it > md I eat n Ill to 4y 0 P ejuIll > gaping I Id plu upiiin and u t < on k The wmdng i I II I 4 1 Ol I 19 ma kcd by a I hr brust 11 QII I j I How md I J1 art now < one hill of thy lOt It u mid summer l but from the Timpinogos mil Pe tcctneet the slicen of rippling vvitirs Occasionally reaches the eye On the north a dull lazy tream leaves the lake mil is lost between deep bulls But how hill he describe whit lies 1 between these water courses Hid it been a fivv months earlier our eyes would hive been delighted even here On the upland we should hive seen stretch of HILC brush in spring attire than which there is no more be uitilul color on the day flo Us the rich green ol the jrenewool varied with the gray tints of the shad se ill and near the salt marshes the gay yellow topi ol the iibbit brush but now the hot still has hII1 these lively strokes of natures brush into a dull monol onous brown difTcruif only ill decree il f bultrmcsd It make one thirsty only to look at it CHILDREN OF THE DESERT No life is visible bul hold I1 I What are those moung objects north of the Tim Itlogos They come in in trils along stung of them I some afoot some horse back There lid YOU sec that smoke These being be-ing hive come ill contact with the white man Some rabbit no doubt lost its life just then Nov they disappear in the wood skirting the river The sun is selling behind its rojil Cartel of red I its lit rays bndfinj i the alley which Ins long been ill shade A coolness seem to pervade the parched air below Suddenly I I a linn sire m of smol e isccn Is from near the river It is i joined by mother mil another md soon a scale of firei tell where the children of the desert ire roasting their crickets and trisshopprs A star his come out ill the eat md the panorama bene ith us bC < into in-to file Presently we lose ight of the smoke but the lires begin to twinkle and glow One of the beacons bea-cons JTOWS brighter and the lest lie out What does it mean Still its 11 ire increases till with our glass we notice dusky forms moving about md catch the reflection of smoke beirimmed wickiups A circle n I formed about the blazing logs One of the number seems to be making mak-ing a speech It is the evening of the Twenty fourth ol July 1817 A new rice hu entered the life on the north I criterred Shall it be peace or shall it be war Shall the white man be permitted to dwell in the land or shall he be wiped oft the face i if the dcsirt THE TRANSITION The angels smile at this rude ass as-s debating a question alt cad decided in the Heavens I But let us not deride We are but mortals like them They ue our brethren I even though a thing contemptible I ns a sage blush in the desert detenu mcs vvlneh w their feet shall i way go What arc the proudest sen itcs and parliimcnu but council 1 ties lhee snviccry is i replaced by human pomp and crrcmnny > Of whit avail is either the statute er the war WhOOp when oppose 1 to the fit of Jchovjh > I The day Ins 1 come The spell of tile delit is broken J I But who knew what the dawning I 1 I meant The key to nnlo k the treasure of 111V Mil Wi tills div placed 1 m the hands of man but what seer among those h inly Im I nccrs ever dreamed ol tin vvialth hidden bencith the bunch grass and I wild sale Who could prophecy that the monoionotu screech if the cricket would be replied by the low of cattle and the song ol birds or the midnight yell of the savage by the team siren nnd hum of imeh Iner I Who dared say lint brooklets brook-lets creeping into the valley Irom bull melting snow only to sink m the sinds if their own beds would b come Bplen lid streams of living I water here leaping tliiough mill I wheels there gladdening the 1 desert AS IT IS I Vifty I rears have pased Today I is tile rwentyfinurth lie U was light the t v life i was InllE of sounds I and the smell of powder and t ere the ell li id been surfiited a blaze of lights 1 anti I colors wearied the eve Id I us take t a quiet look at the inns formation wrought dining the lirst jubilee In the east the carly hours arc bus y punting the roseate pathway of the bun We teal through the streets of the sleeping city Provo and gun the crest of Temple Hill The I U di itch mge l iombrc hued l rises like a titanic rmipirt between us ind the breaking day To I the boulli Mt Nebo is already awake his snowclad turret gilded in the suns earliest rays loco Heights to the northeaSt t ire also jjovmg on their cistern crests Uirectl east the lo Peaks three in number rise without warning thousands thou-sands of feet above the t plain We ire too near them to know hether the yet have made obeisance > to the King of ih iy The sunlight is i now filtering through the cmons md we behold that our mountain i w ill is cl id m i c I green graduated from tin d nk l pines on the sum nit to the light green of freshly cropped lucern fields at the foot lulls To the west on thc bosom of the lake the serrated mmmlii i crest is i painted in light and shade Our eyes winder to the plun Whre ire the land mirks of the desert Gone forever for-ever The birrcncsa of a thousand i years clothed in unutterable beauty luring a few short decades forty I miles not ih and south an unbroken I garden divided by neat fences md hedges forests of green from which peep cliunnes and steeples mark a dozen thriving cities Chaste from their hill slopes looking downon rich fields md meaduw and pastures covered 1 with Hocks and herds Spring v ille S mish m-ish Fork I Salem Pison md San tijuin ire all uiblc to tilt south 1 le is mt Grove American Fork and I f Z 1 p I F A r R z b 5 I tel 6 < 11l1i1 cW rnm = Z wW m r 2 q qt 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c14 I I J f I Il I I N UTAH VALLEY 10 Lehi though hidden to us are equally prominent on the north We pause in ecstasy it the sight Our eyes can contain no more We hive been too much ibsorbed to use our Cars Whit we had not heard before comes to us now i I Hood of melody from the feathered songsters of the orchards belo Now a train comes puffing into the city Eer I bark of the tailoring engines ii echoed md echoed from the mountain labyrinth Mingled sounds proclaim the awaken in ol the city Again we behold wreathes il smoke is nding this time mud tall poplars and I li I avily laden orchards but hnw diliurent fiom fitty years ago In 5tal tIAMy wi think of rnujus Abut jt and his pcue offering to God I when the world was young Tor ir n thce also ill r of GL 2 Iroin Un thousand hTPV t homes siri id out before us grtlludc and 1 tlnnl sgiMng ire ascellthnl 1 to him I who wrought the inrde j in the desert md seel the glorious sun I has ilso climbed I lo vioy splendor lt of the I seine mil now fills tile I val I Icy to its brim with 1011n I iilthla I filling emblem of God benediction upon the work of the Pioneers I |