| Show I Fl 1 L S t a it L r k ie C tty S D L y M MJ I J J T S B raIlS f or d I 1 c ci i Jt III suit tho past decade are tho surest indication certain tobe I added in the That lIl developing II Into In a I cosmopolitan IJ each i that coming year from wll this metropolis more complex and of oC 11 dass with the eastern and western cities Isa will dispute I Tit looking for Cor tho 10 significance 1 of o tills he people J c lI t b i lIl c are arc many ma y America having several times the tho population of oC Snit Salt Jake no way approach h Its importance economically so I I poll Bi ch located iI enough c to other to bo ho feeders r for r hem Salt splendid Isolation Is bringing to Jt civic hlo many elements absent In such mch tributary centers c lItel of population JI II as ns have been mentioned ned Wo welcome for C l IlIs n Cor all ll tho theater circuits it for fOl hc n coast o inay J lII not ho broken r iol building new lIew this year puts Snit ll tj ent lP to 10 tl of Denver or any representative coast and l from now Oil ion tho drun bound for lor any place on the coast Yon enn 1111 OliO of tho 15 Iii cst centers of ion in the radius of Denver Seattle Scat tI e San Francisco o ani nd IOS Angeles Jn better ti fl Salt froni any other city elL In this circle This fact Is what guarantees Sn t rJ k s future cl lcm of tho Is to get ct their city t harmony with cosmopolitan ideas to maho It attractive at the tive t to banish ugliness to encourage every manufacturing l plant to come a wage Il II l o numbers of or men employed lii l l 11 1111 liS e 01 of oC manufacturing arc needed because l Ihl city will thus be bo made in Its of oC the tho ue cos of ot or ill of or or of 01 manufactures alone ulm r What hilL the ih carrying out Olt of such a II policy as liS this hap done In the flu pail 1 Is clear from the great numbers of new homes which now UI 1 many suburban districts which hut but a II year or UI two to ago II O were lucern patches 1111 IlIC II s or weeds Then consider I our apartment houses hOIl cs The styles Increase In III attractiveness etch each year and tho number Is reaching II total hat iho years 1110 would teemed I beyond II I the thol needs poles arc UIO down from ItI n Main street oll ol and thel new streetcars run through 1 a sired resurfaced with as asphalt 1 I am that the of o Salt SaiL Lake o will hlo established a n new lI w American record l for COl an nil attractive th anil beautiful III In this connection the spirit hl h the th bill hlll boards from South Temple llo street wall is tobe to be commended n offered by h the Utah ht company is I that the tho poles from the paved district will 11 be removed reI with all nl so 10 that this section of oC beauty willbe an nil y by h the tho opening of And then vic c have the great tourist of the Iho Seattle fair and the 1111 convention in III our own elt to to IONS m a 0 do de a I Ial P al ago f in the annual bel belof of tho th Christ Christmas Christmas mas News N ls moro more than been fulfilled Fron all corners of the sovereign s state of Utah tho samo slogan of prosperity and advancement nt is reiterated Tho en Il IY to a 0 close has been e of progress in all s of trade and enterprise I II quarter of the tho state how hol however holever ever hns U ls been heen more marked than In Salt City which today stands preeminent as IlS the tho foremost city tho City of Op On Opportunities of the Intermountain region 1010 the thc capital of Utah Ulah S IL elY city varied attractions It throws its spell pell OWL over till bo he they investor sightseer invalid or 01 r Just what the state slate of Utah at and tHo city olt of Salt Luke Lako have I to 10 the way of attractions to till all classes o of humanity on pleasure bent a s set forth exhaustively in III tho pages that follow foll In this the annual I Christmas edition Hero are arc a Il few Caw facts and all fig figures ures lIres regarding Salt City which has lias a population of 10 souls Foul FoulA A splendid Ime unshaken busl ne s record which has been the tho factor f this year ear of st n nI I In real Ical ami of f the what might bo a n 1110 ln ss district I f o 1 t lQ now ItOW rearing their heads n a mining o with n eyon 0 cUir 4 t mol tho and left alt Lallo l li livet i iy y i FO de po It II of and Iho dully dally To 10 th man nm about I hs hi rising II hil 1 Suit Salt T ako of r rI fern ul educational nd ml van m UH unexcelled unc free flee I Is to ia tL of or child I between ln the o and andIS andi i IS l and of or 1 property j To 10 the th In l lI I it about hl health thi oily It has haa tho lowest I est death rails lul ol 01 t f the larger ones only nine p r thousand The rhe climate Is ideal Is u a sT GIat t factor la in Iho public I health Tw thu nights arc cool in III IIII summer and in winter I tho I PI cub arIY goes g efi A Amean mean of 51 de degrees deI I grees is hI recorded extreme high of oC US 98 degrees and I n 1 even zero record for the hc low lowest est and an average of 71 per pel percent cent of or possible sunshine Fam Famous 1 ous hot springs salt sail water and amI mineral baths arc all also numbered among llio lI o health promoting ing fI cs The city elt further lurther has a IL splendid wa system tem f from the tho canyon streams which derive derle heir I from tile tho eternal shows IOS S at It U e summit o of tilt Ihn Wasatch rune range An I library with numer ou J literary and social clubs and IU societies arc also numbered When it lm u thc tho conies con s to t education e the thc University of Utah is located on Iho east cast bench overlooking the Uw valley of the tJi Great Salt Lalu It stands on on spreading I o J acres neres arid tho college coll ge has hasan an all of gC fiver f vel 1000 stu d nt Under a l of the supreme court of Utah tho university under un er the enabling act comes In III for its share sharo of the iho immense deposits In Hiu western portion of tho lm state Providing the salt taken from fr m these deposits d p sold for 10 cents a ton tO 1 represents this for F t U I Salt I r ako ke Is 15 the tho hub of the tho transcontinental n railroad systems s stems with u a fourth now building to tha const coast and lid the promise of being com completed within tho next IS months Right in hl tho city transportation is afforded by b a splendid street streetcar t car system with more than tOO miles of heavy steel seel track and rapid transit to thu tho suburbs During the tho past year hundreds of thousands of dollars have ha 0 been t g this system j up p to t tho highest modern Ideal l 1 al of and safe safo transportation Salt Lakes broad broadt streets t t which arc Iro cited through throughout ih out civilized world are adapt adapted ed cd told il sr ct c car r conditions con unhindered by the usual s al to tob b e the world over o vel The streets are aro lighted b ne of tho best beat electrIC light lighting lI ht ing il systems while two great telephone companies with resl c exceed lj 1 io than Jona bona llda subscribers tho Ameri American can ri per id il crug keep k ep all ill r residents In communication at lit all ho rs Salt Cake tul e Is in It 1 We tIle only city In Ufo States St tes which baa 1 9 two of r tho fastest and ll l finest fil cst bl le racing tracks H s overt built b lt It h s four laro theaters and not ei to t bo opened January i The Salt lIt at built by b Pr ld i lh Woung oung hi In tIll the oldest standing i theater the ter in Iii the United State ii y presents tho lead h I I II 1 i I i I I to bo be improved and It Improbable that enough people n will wll bo ho attracted to Salt Lake by h tills ono to increase OO Iii In population than offset olT el the th of 01 the tho undertaking Stilt Salt Is not j o step sll rl easily Ia lIy Into 1110 her destiny without a II Thero are serious problems to bo ho solved It road Is I cleared for al t t high speed One K of city election life and social life botH bolh ti work worl in III Salt Imko to eel tet tho people pulling together 1 as a t friendly spirit seems l III be he getting a II good toor hold and nl n lne loce seem I to bo ho forgotten ell a I election becomes due l aru 1110 tins greatest force In III Kail 1111 working to tn tear good omI reeling f between And 1111 the people are I re no sooner through with one Mian another Is duo lIue Ono election tI on a II earIs ls f about 1 O lt tho rule rulo and It Is entirely too I o many Just what best helt to 10 talio to 10 lessen ell the Iho number I leave clive to tn others to 1 sonio action should bo taken t I f feel foJ Is one of the ell chief j f Then too there Is difficulty cull In II administration because of a n quality of employed in ill Salt S lt and needs doing and an 1111 attempt la Is made II lo lIu It one encounters a II spirit oniel lines of nf a t sectionalism that thatIs Is too rampant Executive heads if some departments arc too willing to trade power by h helping out ono olle good only If Ir support for fOI another nn measure which may ilia or mar 1 not bo Rood The r to 10 Influence and votes ote I for i harm and some way should bo found to eliminate this tendency from II government To do so o would bu ho to tho city 1 of oC Its most complicating situation And In a n field that la Is little thought hL of a n serious problem Is that of the water maln Water must be ho available for lor a It big hi city i before tho city Is i built and there tIlIO Is need fora spirit of economy in It use IIse among those O attached to lIr mains and of spreading i i the mains as ns rapidly as possible to nil all districts now not supplied i Where sewer connections llon am need for lor much care to be h exercised with refuse a II adds to 1 sV mal and to 10 make Salt Lake a 1 healthful city Is ono one of the thc principal privileges cs of nf nil all Its people working together one particular end j The rapid development of the ho area this year Is I a II thing that must be followed soon oon by hr more development the j samo lilies Ih c With tho intercepting CHr pump at before springs S opening a It question that has long Ion been Hell si n vexing ono will III be hI Solved Storm sewers particularly in tho northeast district must be ho built buill and they arc one OlIO of the Iho the tho city can well nf take hoW hold of or as soon oon as n permit Personally T favor putting the thc largest possible portion of ho Iho elt revenues t the s streets pavements JI waterworks and sewers and amI through gelling III these thc o problems solved for a II great city c ly hero uS to prepare the tho way for lor its It Inevitable development J I I I I I I I Id l 1 I IJ Ii In J i n 1 J I II II II I I J JI I I 1 J JJ JI I J I I It I II t IJ I 1 NEW D NOW OW PU D F R FIRST TIME E N st Y H EL T BE B R BY X SAMUEL SE i 4 tl r rit it t b J ft f o z ing players pla and an singers of ol the country countr At principal public build buildings ings is a It municipal city and 1111 county g which stands foliage and lawns extending over 10 acres near the heart hea l of r rIho the Iho city This structure was VIlS er erected e I and furnished at a cost ex exceeding It ls Is i stories high and foot loet on I ground gl Tho clock cloel loW i ithe the tho center entel Is Js 50 feet high and tho four fOUl corner towers feet I high The rhe Federal building is J 1 another structure commensurate I with the size Ilze of o the thc capital c of o Utah j Tho principal 1 of o all 1111 Jh the railroads mining companies heet j i sugar factories Sail companies I and other uther enterprises of the stale stille J JalO arc alO located In Salt Lake each I employing ln hundreds of or men 1 while the majority of jobbers wholesale houses hotH factories and big department stores all center e in this city To 10 the tourist tho capital cn of or ortho the tho Beehive 1 hiis hns many at ft attractions tractions ashle from flom her hel great J educational faculties ll l scenery lull and splendid climate There Is II tho great Inland sea tl thu Ihl Sea 0 of oC America which ex extends tends for COI SO flO mites with wl h a n width of 1 5 miles 3 this great gleat h il I stilt U 11 Ill If liar Bar hilS thrown a railroad addingto the tho wonders tit the thu west This lake lale Is I reached by hy bya a II splendid train which dully Ilu II during Summer j IH carries packed f hu humanity manity for f I a tt dip IIII brine that brings Thu great lake 1st 1 lolled dotted with Islands f which range O OIn In 11 1 to W black 1 of rook mel above aho I hu oCtha witter Myriads of birds on orne of If those It fC lIl ii the hatching sua on which Is 14 not j jall anywhere all on the American 1 continent On II Antelope one 10 iff the thc largest ell and nearest i city elt Olio ino of I the th very VI o of o In United Statis roams at fl and a II pro project Is I on foot fl ot to 10 1 a aland laud land liui government uL of or th I almost to tf preserve the American bison bl on as n he was 1 try UJ was discovered rJ i nut Hut after all al the Interest st of or Ole lie tourist centers around tha Tem Temple which the I massive temple tempI the and thc tho assembly hull hall Thu old wall around this I was completed complete Jug Aug la I and is I 2040 feet in length Thu wall proper is 10 feat high and reel feet thick This rh weight is esti estimated f lI mated at pounds J It was wail designed by IJ President HUH loader of or orthe the tho Mormon and the purport was for fOl against attacks by h th Indians liS The corner stone oi Ow Suit Salt Lake I was by IJ President PI Young on April 1111 0 G IS 3 and till the temple was finished April 6 I 11 11 It Is built of oC Utah by b ox team flOm tho adjacent jacent a mountains Tho rhe building Is 11 te t f jet et wid with wit I walls i feet high Three towers on the east cast mid ond the center Lt or 11 feet to top of spire Ole others OO foot each and andl towers at the tho west end enl the cen center tel ter tower 21 feet to top HIp of spire the others 14 feet each lh walls of the tho building at bot bol bottom tom are ale nino feet thick at lit the thu theto top to six feet the tho buttress won i feet thick The structure rests rest upon a rooting wall WILli 16 feet f t thick and an eight olgh t feet fe t deep The Tho on tho top of o the 11 st center i tower is of or hammered copper covered with purl pure gold leaf and surmounting its crown is an all In Incandescent candescent lamp of le power powel It represents the angel ange sounding the trumpet of or ortho the tho gospel in tho dis dispensation The Tho cost of or tha structure was over oVel The rhe Is feet and 80 feet high with ed root roof a II gallery on three sides the tho great pipe organ pulpit and r choir at lit west end seats about Largo double doors at in intervals around the building First stono laid April G 1865 dedi dedicated Oct 6 cost Assembly han hall is feet central tower is ISO 10 feat t from tha tho l ground seats about 2500 and 2 cost U is used use as us an un I overflow meetinghouse c Adjacent to tho square 1 looking cast eust are located lo buildings of or the y Saints University and tho old e 0 tithing yard block On this sec section tion at the present are j being erected a I massive building I Ito to accommodate the Church of offices also a n gymnasium which 1 t when completed complete will be ono one of the largest larget and best appointed In Inthe Inthe the United States Slates Still further cast catt u located the Lion 1100 and i houses and the Gardo Garda louse house All AJI three were built by Y f President lIt Young for lor residences u uthe the tho Beehive house at this 1 0 j 0 being the tho residence n of f President I to 1 Joseph F Smith of th Church Ch Of pf Jesus Je us Christ Chris of ot Ka J ter clay d y Saints Sal ts Eagle Et t gato s t adjacent c ri al also so 0 is h an object of or Interest Inter st tb to tha tho tourist 1 n j wJ I L |
