| Show SCENERY AND TOURISTS THE war between france and prussia will have the effect to check the tide of summer bummer travel from the united states and england to the continent of europe and to turn tourists in bome some other direction the english people will bl be e likely to go in great numbers to norway which is becoming very popular as a place of resort for those who wish to travel during the summer but not many of the people of the united states are likely to cross the ocean at the present time for the purpose of visiting norway or any of the countries which chic are free from the danger of war their attention will naturally be directed to their own land and its beauties and we think it probable that there will be an increased hi terest interest felt in the rocky mountain region and california and oregon should this be the case there will be a large accession of travel by the great national railroad across the there are scenes of grandeur and sublimity in these rocky bocky mountains and in the sierra nevada that fall but little if any short if those found in norway or switzerland they are not so renowned and have not so many classic and historic traditions associated with them but they are american mountains valleys canons callons plains and streams and they are the property of a free people there is is no history to point to the spots in these mountains which have been ensanguined by the blood of oppressed and struggling peoples fighting at the behests behesta of tyrants or against their usurpations here nature can be seen and studied in all her native simplicity beauty and magnificence the time is not far distant when these regions will become the resort of pleasure and health seeking travelers let the conveniences for moving from point to point for the accommodation of visitors be bb multiplied and visitors will increase and in quite a natural way will the predictions of the prophets be full fall filled concerning the noble the great and the mighty who shall come to gaze upon and admire the rising glories of zion and to draw lessons of profit from the examples which the ad ministration nf her government will afford ours is a desert land but the great contrast between the surrounding sterility and the delightful oases cases which have been created by the perseverance and industry of its settlers add greatly to its attractiveness and charms where can there be more beautiful mountain scenery than many of our valleys afford where grander canobis than big cottonwood ogden and others in these mountains where more sparkling and attractive lakes than utah and bear lakes gems of beauty set 1 in u their splendid framework of mountains where such valuable and healthful waters as the warm and soda springs and where such an atmosphere so clear pure and dry making it a luxury to breathe there are serious drawbacks here but these can be overcome by faith and industry and we have the advantage of possessing a country that in the grandeur of its natural scenery and the rugged boldness of its landscapes is excelled by but few on the face of thi th i earth and ic it will yet be a land which throngs of travellers trav ellers from distant countries will visit to examine and admire its wonderful variety of scenery and the achievements of its people |
