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Show UTAH SCENERY PRAISED IN SPORT JOURNAL i i Western Sporting Goods Review Re-view Features Utah Wonderlands Won-derlands and Industries in Mid - Summer Publication The Western Sporting Goods Review, published at San Francisco Fran-cisco and Los Angeles, devoted considerable space in their July 1931 issue to Utah the Unique, and particularly praised the magnificent scenery in the southern south-ern part of the state. The story, iwritten under the title, "Rediscovering "Redis-covering the Wrest" follows: Utah the Unique! A land of mountains, valleys and plateaus. The Wasatch range extends throughout the greater part of its length, dividing the state into in-to two distinct geographical areas the succession of extremely extre-mely fertile valleys lying along the western base of the range, with the mountain and desert regions re-gions of the westernmost part of the state; and the high plateaus to the eastward, bounded by the Wasatch on the west and the long high ride of the Uintah on the north. The interposition of mountain, valley, plateau, gives to Utah an infinite variety of landscape and industrial resources. Much of the western face of the Wasatch is barren, craggy even desolate. The barren crags are the portals of deep canyons, which penetrate to cool mountain recesses; to deep clear lakes guarded by snowy peaks, towering aloft into the skies of rarer blue than those of storied Greece and Italy; It-aly; to forests of white columned column-ed aspen, fragrant with pine, and spicy balsam; to grassy parks blooming with the rarest of alpine al-pine flora; to deep brown trout pools; to the haunts of big game; to magnificent upland valleys, val-leys, where thousands of sheep and cattle fatten upon the lux-riant lux-riant mountain forage. Parts of Utah were explored in 1776, 1826, and 1843 by different dif-ferent parties but no parmanent settlement was made until a band of Latter-Day Saints led by Brigham Young, entered the valley val-ley of the Great Salt Lake in July 1847. The early colonizers of Utah constituted a social group of like-mindedness in all the higher ideals of life; and they established in Utah the school and college, the newspaper newspap-er and magazine, the theatre and church. From 1847 to the advent ad-vent of the railroad in 1869 thousands crossed the plains by ox team and on foot, and the incentive in-centive for this movement was no other thought than the establishment estab-lishment of good homes and free civic American institutions in the far west. This company of pioneers, in 1847, turned the water of a mountain stream on the soil, thus inaugurating in the far west the American system of irrigation. irriga-tion. Utah, as the central portion por-tion of the arid region ,has led since that time in the development develop-ment of irrigation by associations associa-tions of farmers tilling small areas. These pioneers began the building of homes, which have always been the economic, social, intellectual, and religious centers cent-ers for the people. They had a struggle for existence, and it was because of their hard toil and courage that the virgin soil was reclaimed from its sterility. Utah is now truly a land of opportunity for men with brains, brawn, and capital, rewarding the industrialist and worker as well as the investor. Utah is particularly fortunate in the wealth in its mines, fertility of its soil, its. excellent climate and marvelous scenic attractions. attrac-tions. The natural resources of Utah are- probably the most diversified div-ersified of any state in the Union providing a variety of raw materials in great quantities. That fact is significant. To the industrialist and the manufacturer manufac-turer ,it means that many kinds of raw materials are available coal, timber, copper, silver, zinc, lead, wool, meats, grains, fruits and vegetables, sugar and others. In the production of these goods, Utah stands out along the states for tremendous yields. There is much for the tourist to see in Utah. Salt Lake City, the capital of the state ,is interesting inter-esting and different. The principal prin-cipal streets of Salt Lake City are 132 feet wide from curb to curb a needless waste of space, perhaps in the early days, but the envy of every other city in America today! Fifteen miles west of Salt Lake City is the Great Salt Lake where the bather bath-er floats like a cork in water 22 per cent salt, and cannot sink. Bingham, a typical mining camp and very interesting is 28 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. At Bingham, is one of the world's marvels, the largest open cut copper mine in North America. Ameri-ca. More tonnage is moved ev- erv day at the Utah Copper mine than was moved from the bed of the Panama canal during a similar sim-ilar period even at the time of the most intensive operations. Other principal mining sections sec-tions of Utah are Park City, Ophir, Alta, and Tintic. Lead and copper smelters are located at Murray, Midvale, Garfield, and Tooele, all within an hour's drive from Salt Lake City. Seven magnificent canyons each entrancing, each different border Salt Lake City. Rustic mountain inns provide every comfort of the city hotel in a glorious Alpine setting. The city of Provo, third in size in Utah, 50 miles from Salt Lake City is of singular interest for Its picturesque beauty. With its gardens and orchards, where are grown some of the finest peaches, peach-es, pears, strawberries, and other oth-er fruits, Provo is known as the "Garden City". Not far to the west is the shore of Utah lake where boating and fishing are enjoyed. A few miles beyond is the plant of the Columbia Steel Corporation, where pig iron is made from Utah ore, coking coal, and limestone. This is the birth place of the iron industry, on a commercial scale in Utah, and provides an interesting contrast con-trast to the agricultural and scenic aspects of the country. In southern Utah is that area known as the Southern Utah Wonderland. Here lies a land unlike anything else on earth; a region painted in vivid colors and master strokes from the brush and chisel of the Creator. Here is a dignity and grandeur incomparable to anything else in existence. Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, the Kaibab Forest, the Grand Canyon Can-yon regions of over-powering, colorful, majesty and fantastic surprise. The Rainbow Bridge, in the extreme southeastern corner of Utah, is the greatest of all known natural arches. Massive piers 278 feet apart carry a graceful arch 309 feet overhead vn an unbelievable perfection nt symmetry, hued and tinted by shadow and tricks of "desert lpaint." This magnificent arch, under which our national Capitol could be placed, was not discovered discov-ered until 1908 and due to its remoteness has even to this recent re-cent date received only a few of the more hardy adventurers. Those who have been privileged to witness this natural phenomenon phenome-non are for the most part unable to adequately explain its magnitude magni-tude and fascination. Glimpses of the West that was an appreciation of )the West that is the permanent marks of a strange and mighty drama the boundless opportunities for recreation in truly stupendous stupend-ous settings, for living and growing in a region whose wealth in natural resources staggers stag-gers the imagination crowded hours of new and interesting experiences ex-periences all this awaits the visitor in Utah. Here a cordial welcome will be received from people hospitable by nature and training. |