Show j S SEE E THE MINING CAMPS q jve e renew the n hope Pe that as s many as possible of oJ ofA A o li visitors will during the week make maJe a run to t near mining camp r It will give them a better idea of Utah it will V V V often Soften the frown of the desert before their eyes res V for o th they y will see that the desert has for ages been V V b but t. t a surly sentinel standing guard ov over r. r the tr treasure asure chambers within its repellant breast V J V V They will see where a battle is s waged continuallY ally day and night year after year If they will wil willi i bu V list listen they will V hear the explosions of the V V heavy s heavy siege guns that are brought to bear on theof the f ramparts of the mountains behind which sleep the They will realize as never before how V V from f the dull ore there is wr wrought a V I and from what is saved sayed fair far homes are built V V fields ie ds aie are cultivated roads are built the arte arteries ies of 1 s- s v commerce are constantly being supplied with nevA new nev newIA IA A- A blood and why great buildings ar are ard justified here V V behind these mountains and why trade is swiftly V establishing here a central station V The visit will give them a broader idea of naV native na na- na V 4 1 t tive ve land and its limitless resources it will show them them anew mew how interdependent all the states are upon each other V They may remember too that for more than thai v r v after became nation seventy years ours a men V raised wheat and corn cornand and cotton and yet were V poor A hundred d thousand dollars was a great fortune the millionaires of the land could be ber r rr counted on the fing fingers rs of one hand But there t came carne came to the cast east at last the news that there had hac V tV 1 Ij b been en en a discovery of gold in the placers of California Cali Call V r fornia A thrill ran through the land The news V J V confirmed and a little later railways began cross io the prairies and the farmer who had beer been V burning his corn for fuel found a market at tt his door Ten years later when the placers b began gan to f was another discovery of gold and silver in in the desert Then men nen began to dream of mil mu- V lions V The mighty war came and and while these vet crans in blue were e waging their battle for the integrity integrity in in- of native land lanel the treasure ships from the west never missed Because of them the govern govern- ment was able to keep paid its interest account and the country's s 's credit was preserved V When the war closed clofed there began begau the forward march of the nation indeed Railroads ramified the land great cities sprang into full equipment in all the eastern states New York began to challenge challenge chal chal- lenge London as the worlds world's commercial center What made all this thi possible Were Yere any of the veterans while on the way way here delayed by a a h hot hotbox tl box under their car carWell Well VeIl that stream of treasure treas treas- ure nrc which was set set in flow from California in 1849 1840 has never ceased rather it has las been accelerated and l has as increased in ip volume ever since and that explains the advance hance V We know that many people people peo peo- plc in hr tho the east never accept this view hut but it is as clear as astle the noonday sun that were that stream to cease its flow for a single year th there would be a ahot ahot hot hut box under every b business siness in the lan land for fOl gold and silver are ar arthe the babbit metal of business and iid id the trains of the nation may be freighted with the I nation nations nation's s 's wealth unless that babbit met metal 1 is in the I wheels the they cannot turn Hence the desire that o many as s possible ma may while here visit a mining camp is not altogether unselfish we are anxious that they should receive a glimpse at least of why it has been possible in inthe inthe the few years since the great war closed to transform trans form native land and cause it to naturally gravitate gravitate I tat tate to the very forefront of f the nations of the I earth |