| Show UT Brie Brief Notes on Its Physical Fea FeaBy Development By J 3 I H Paul Paul tures 11 ill GI ERT A n FJ lOCKY BOCKY MOUNTAIN eagle A soaring above tIO the hIl bIll tops ald amid ever cr the tho valleys ot of this state would that Utah con ot of thre three great averts each variously broken Ul up II into to minor lifter ene cocos ot of detI detail First there II Is the mountain and valley 10 re region lon ot of time tha mind nl which meet at right angles like a most populous Boond second the tho lake ha ba basIn haitIn sIn itIn And desert n a depression extending across Nevada settled hut but containing rich mines I a rn rapidly increasing third 1 n a high table land or plateau south or of the amid east eMt of it the Iho Malch still ti more sparsely It sot led lied hut but ful full or of promise Iso on ot of otiA Its iA fertile areas its Is precious 18 its coal hydrocarbons arid mIneral 01 oil Til OI ASPECT Our of at Utah lre are that It Is ill stilted Hulle 1 t to tile tho arts nail Indus trIes ot of I man It 8 scorns Interesting chlo chief chiefly ly I as ni a for tor lucre Ire nature has strange freaks M aa I it to ox ax tita the tf of time Ind and Iho ot of the tho scientist The Tho the the RI elie tint the of Dt desert pIn Ins the Iho o of sagebrush I Is thit Iran II tf lt the Higher mountain Ihl and tt lit Iho tk sky h by day tile the D of the tho slums Ut nt thin the freshness ot of tue lt lit which hope 01 IR IRIt as asIt It imparted to 10 the Iho weary ihus lows JulY 2 ISH 1847 WilS were al an hommr heur thou nr at ati 1111 i 11 Salt were til limit aspects ft of th the regions most mORt the pIoneers that hlo have failed to ID interest the lOlI tour I 1st t 1111 antl that first tho thio Tue nil nir II is dry Utah I Iii tu fat troll th Iii amid 1 h by lofty c I I I II I ii thin tim in II or I be the tho IslEts ot mf time wi II higher Iha limItS nt IC tl lii It is hI cleat thorn thern II is rarely I ii tu tog amid I ix 1111 Pitt III iii ml tea row the sky k is IR rca front the ot of Indian 1111 a In mm I I her lr 11 mind Ind rl Wih ot or men tue located In thin heat the In iii the tho II lit the tho fo root t ot of tho tim 1 It is In 11 nuts Imol though thOy 11 did 1 not know It thel Iha that thrifty I is I it sum indicatIon of at hIgh fo fertility l amid It if water CUl cami 1 lie 10 so c rd hurts hilI toss fow equals But tile tho 1 scull tue Ihn Jul July sums nd the tho v vegetation walnet Ihu Stiller must lie o dry lanil or it II yield moth II I ii With V it ii I to toll II they led time tho water from ruin til limit for In iii tIle val Str I JI leys ouch hud hail cut down Into a doel gu I I Across the tue benches tho they spread it the lun lit In ditches or I flooded led the thc baked areas so that tho hwy could ho h plowed and ImmediatelY uwel their graIn ant and vegetables The growth WM was rapid and ft 0 crop Wl was alien hen the crickets It Many wont vent hungry th tile first t win In tar tur hil butt In time tho tt KI bulbs tUtu Other Othel hi In lon long trains mind soomi In IntO tl In 1 a few tew years earR nearly lery at the base ot of the range lucre horn IH its adobe houses cluster ot of log or tim Iho homes ot of the tho first Sun Sum dried bricks were clay anti sticky soil that thaI abounded In time the sal nl Logs EIO secured from hum tan ninny welo wooded limit But wh silt 1 1 the Iral settlers oil all itt 10 cute In this lun long valley The They know or Of oilier places they not live IIvo Let It u Us climb time tho moun 11 an they did amid ue the tho countr TIE FIfE hILLS HILIS rho trl transparency ot of the tho nit nh ilsen distant objects to tD stand out cheer to the tho no sooner Wl we 1 the thu luy tolls vt of thin tho mountains I a l of hess variety Jr air ayes I for I 0 or miles tin on every n a succession lt of ridges Inus hills cliffs canyons of Dt 11 of that bo be loen seen In order to 10 be Thu ho range 1111 which wo sue Itald Wt I its It mom to Houth limo Iho state has hns Itself tu iii iiiI 1000 I above th thia In sea Seine o of lio hue are massIve Ih hile othel others rolling lulls that mu anti thread lt lit time the bottom by I a II n It mu ml Tim hl a si rest nit out mist fr or west est neross this 1101 HI ot Of MORt it net of hut tho cit ye on mimi are ii Sc h hi It clint I glaciers wih with Ir tutu hio ml III lug cut still lt lct U his go goon on still to th time limIts of nf tho ty I lii bus lure Horo I wo mu IL IL sum ii I Ii i 1 Ih m Ii Il k Oln sn osor 01 I cot I 1 riser hauls still dl er I Tho Tiu range acorns eIS to 10 Ind wih Ii 11 Id r o In I it 1 I ti HII tm mi I B to tolie lie he cUnnell I in a romi 1 lie I scum t end e nil of nt ha t lie til n hy hit oft of t I Ito hn o 1111 04 U 1 um i deim I lt tl I hue mu oti tim vu tOU iii nut not lt itt mm J settled 1 limit li l of time tB two twi third ot of 1 us territory than time the cm area o of the tho Now sUites and nd IU mui ls th tue a of G IL ANn ANI HI HA LT ruaH LK eat ast ot of thu Wasatch lell lies the tho ll gill tHing bring surface ot of thus the iliad lel sea the lathe There I Is imo vegetation hut Il shores her In out there Is I which a soil that It does doc not Oven een now nosy nay nol to reclaim tha rabbIt In In of clay and sand log Ing some sante and salt bushes whIch where hero all grow al alkali tn In Inthe I tion of the tho the soil No 0 rivers here herc feW OW 8 man many salt lakes or sInks 1 it barrel barrett soil shere the Itoh hol stony or saludy wInd rISes II Imi or of dusl duist On J ever there are all ocCasIonal coated with alkalI In summer on Inta wih lande which Clone alone ot of 11 nil the desert In no vegetation grows their thelt soft mud In win winter tor horses hones and nrc mired otC or Igon use except Sage bru bruth h tor r Ire fire woolland and amid salt bushes s who whose value In talc taIl taIlIng Ing all alkali from the has baa only onh just cn learned l No 0 wonder that thaI the western third of Utah Wll watt then deemed uninhabitable THE SOUTHEASTERN A the he tract as large as al Hut what of j a larlo whole or 1111 1110 and ot of the like luth ot of tho tha ald Surely It Is habitable So o it 30 years ago In thought the people nut hut what did Ihl they tind A Mormon lol of no 00 mun 28 wo we women men and GG 56 chIldren called on I a mission to found I a ety city In Sun San Juan Tulln county count at al In last 1 made mad their WiY way tt to the river I It known three months at what Is now nosy us as Ie Fort I to cross anti and Hals 1 a In all ot if tho opposite cliffs ll the tho onlY live rite guides ot of patty lIrt Limo iho white men to 10 ume trat this wilderness haul had narrow e front perishing b imy al anti 1 all amid the or of been have never I lint theIr journey ra N told toll Jut oases In the rIver bel beils beland tumid and also Americas now jiow cst wonderland The Tho scenery more grand mind and fantastic the tho cnn ons deeper the eul cul cultivable valleys fewer the south southeast east esl wo ire go ti till perpendicular cliffs or Of towers toilers hIgh amid 11 rUllel pinkish sandstone mark I much uch or O the tho country countr The are not folded toled but simplY upturned or tilted Many ot of the plateaus are arc capped wih with lava U thu or which huts has protected strata front from tile that underlyIng lw hits has In carved Imn Im box Irregular Notice tho IndescrIbable LabyrInth Ind amid tint the JUver Cataract canyon of the Cob Colo o rado nver and lien canyon 2000 to feet teet deep near the tho mouth ot of the tho Sai San SanJuan Juan sast all clIffs gorges 11 to yo yOt do not riVal the stilt luro Ilium ot of the Marble and the tho Orn Orand CIon Canyon ot of the tho Colordo Colorado In him Arl Arizona ona A W WONDERLAND The plateau is IK Ilsoo snub places In others with desert decort bright with stIth many In hit hut wih an arid con lu in the Lime ton or of caverns suddenly yawn CroCi unknown depths From clIff to ho cliff over oer tho White calon au an aichi 10 no and shapely I t to rank tho ho o of natural bridge time tho largest rock formation o tf this kind 1 in tue world On Ilch Ilde side are aro walls I so tIe that the tho large nt at Iho base the tho bilge the Iho ICCI scent hilco shrubbery tho du benth Iii tu to mm IL rivulet who I front the tho colossal arch Thu first Iii 10 Limo tol Loft of C this bridge were hers orK ur of the tho II lii 11 1904 1901 They to tile relt toot others say I 1135 Cut frol rein tim tho to thu tho nl which is hi 83 13 feet thIck 35 feet teet wilio and hUH has I ii of t feol tooL bridge wih Whit 1111 a span D of 3 0 toot la Is htmL hUI 18 ft feet to the Iho tOi top 1111 and 60 frt wide lt at t tIme Ill mini nt pol lt 1 EdwIn brIdge across 05 cot I is 11 Il 1 feet teel hIgh 10 feet el l thick lurid 30 10 foot brad broad luok Ing H and cover till sinus of title 1111 amid canons structures buit bu II I by t ho ll uiel lent time tho ledges Their huts worm WIIO tlde II Itt Itta 1 a said suld tu I Into to thu tho period CWI r teru u a bitt ut sonic hul people amid III stare Irl uni Ir the tho 1 It vs wih lv skim iii latter metals Wlm oell hosts hOWK alli worl store knon TheIr wore or of to tn whIch mul 11 silt ii ii JI rH lal minis I cloth clot its fu I i Io hono I Ii fl ul till fUllIl hut 11 I 01 e Jha oh I no gila huls ii ni l r limo hil lb mid 1 coin anil hUle 10 only lot 11 houses timers 11 mis i huh 01 milLS Time H el tl to hit II Oi lie thu I fertile s Soil I I Ii 1101 ul than In time tho ot Ihl stile wua uli fO fez until Int the lied thin ol ii 11 I C fd 11 ii lull fI fIto cm to tile oases hind had huseim null Now Nitty 11 its day la Is also dawning Ih ot of human 1010 startled time the desert II rl nl I silence of at this I |
