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Show THE CITIZEN IN NATURES VACATION LAND. I pot longer a question for this city to solve, it being wholly up to Sugarhouse. Governor Dern suggests, in fact he has taken the matter up with Washington, that the state secure the Ogden arsenal for a prison. By A. B . Gray . eamj rrilBRE IS ONLY ONE PLACE in the world where you can 1 look into a clear lake and see in the water the reflection of mountain that is a living volcano, and the lake is d a Reflection Lake at the base of Mt. Lassen, in the Lassen Volcanic National Park, natures curiosity shop. An area just as A place where it was created and not yet exploited by man. towering peaks rise above magnificent forests of pine and fir; where crystal streams, alpine lakes and giant springs abound; where mountain meadows and picturesque canyons are countless; where wild flowers and wild life is a never ending source of interest, and where man can get near to natures heart. Impressive, inspiring, restful, the very atmosphere driving away evil and compelling the purity that nature sustains. A visitor to this park gazed upon the beautiful scene and skim i 5 snow-cappe- 18SQ idtk copli then A GOOD CAUSE. MAYOR BOAVMAN, together with other prominent citizens, asks that we all support the Utah coal industry. The mayor talks like he never spent a winter here. We would like to know the man who can live here during the winter that does not have to support the coal man and in the same category we may also ask, what man can live here during the summer without patronizing the ice man. However, our city commissioners must remember that when city sales agents intimidate people they are apt to purchase coal from out of the state. wrote : Standing on the wooded banks of lovely Lake Reflection and looking up at the sublime snow-cla- d heights of Mount Lassen, the traveler has before him one of the grandest panoramas-othe high Sierras, one of the most inspiring vistas of the world. HITS THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. f ' THE FOLLOWING, clipped fro mthe Tribune of May 15th, coincides so thoroughly with our ideas as often expressed, and It is truly a picture to which no artist can do justice and hits the nail so squarely on the head, the Citizen feels justified A place for communion with nature and in submitting it to the consideration of those of our readers who no pen can describe. ors are desirous of seeing the streets of Salt Lake paved in a manwith God. And yet it is easy of access, only a few hours ride ner commensurate with the requirements of present day traffic : from a paved highway. AYhat a place to spend a vacation during any one of the Editor Tribune: It is really gratifying to note the editorial ! one hot summer months And to reach it from Salt Lake City attitude of the leading Salt Lake paper as applied to the surface condition of many of our principal streets. Until now. can motor through a wonderland; spending the nights camping it has fallen to the lot of the individual citizen to criticise and in the forests, or in the well equipped auto camps or first class little attention has been given to the matter. Perhaps now tion our city commissioners will realize that there is some justifihotels of the cities and towns. cation for this criticism and will find some means of smoooth-in- g tion out these wrinkled corduroy streets and build to avoid This is just one of the many attractions of the Sacramento e b this trouble in the future. Region about which little is known in Utah, and of which I hope From a personal viewpoint, it seems that the trouble is onu ?to write in detail later. not so much with the actual construction of these streets, but to the material used for that purpose. It is hardly to be iv And while I am trying to convey to the people of this wonexpected that soft plastic material, such as tar and similar derful city of Salt Lake some idea of what awaits them in a part substances, will remain in place during hot summer and heavy tors of traffic conditions on streets where there is a decided grade. California they have never known, it will be my pleasure to enfi Heat, gravity and the pushing wheels of downhill traffc must also try and convey to the people of the Sacramento Region of necessity cause it to roll, thus, the corduroy surface which polk is now as exasperating to those of us who have to drive over the pleasures of a to this, the most wonderful city of the trip it. It seems that other more rigid material should be used. expa west in many ways, a city well worth visiting. A city that does Our engineering department is certainly aware of the tennevi dency of heated, semiliquid material to run, and just why it not seem to care whether come, or over what kind of highyou is used on hillsides is more or less of a mystery to the alley leste welcwho wliolesouled and of a ways, yet man. people city hospitable r inti ome After driving over the recently paved South Main street you and make you glad you came. and other of the kind built during the past year or so, and 30H114 eons OUR POOR VETS. vins. ms does not the government take care of the disabled jwar veterans! AVhy should business men be compelled to go put and raise millions for the returned boys who were hailed as heroes in the trenches, but now apparently no one cares to meet "WHY ester Adai Tin? boulecomparing them with the now obsolete, battle-scarre- d vards of the past, with their tendencies, it is easy to believe that our lesson has been learned, that we are over the jumps for good, and from now on our streets will be built of a material that stays where it is put. More power to you, geneltmen of the commission. A NERVOUS WRECK. car-wrecki- ng, i nerve-destroyi- ng MUST BE STAMPED OUT. them? is all this red tape we read about in the papers, or is it propaganda by which some can see a clear way to make a few pennies for themselves while espousing the cause of the poor Vandalism seems to be rife in Salt Lake and one wonders what is the cause. It is rather hard to understand what impels anyone to destroy beauty wherever it is found. Even the graves rffer vet! of the dead do not seem to be sacred to these thieving individis The boys who were disabled should all be taken care of and uals. If the flowers only were gathered it would not be so bad, est there should be no red tape about it, either. Let us roll some but the whole plants are ruthlessly uprooted. It is certainly for ? iff the pork barrels in the paths of the vets. That would be most discouraging to work for months and even years trying to ldi? beautify a home only to have the fruits of your labors maliciouslforfi patriotism going and coming. ly destroyed bv lawless individuals. uier AVhat can be done to make these marauders respect the law OUR NEW CITY. 11 W itnd the property of the citizens of Salt Lake we do not know, and THERE was a time when the state prison was located, in but something most assuredly must be done and done quickly. akef this city, but now it is located in Sugarhouse, Utah. Listening Each citizen should make it his business to immediately report JtaV lu on diu of' radio, one unfamiliar with the laws of the land would anyone seen destroying property anywhere. If this course is Jhiuk that Salt Lake City was a suburb of Sugarhouse. The followed, we believe vandalism will decrease materially in Salt nit !1Ve wiroS in the latter place have now completely isolated tliem-pvo- s Lake. from the city in their advertisements and any (lay now stop Barbers are allowed to earn a living in Ogden and they trimly expect a declaration of independence and secession, and j'e take it that the fight on the removal of the state prison is no may work as long as they desire in their own shops. AYliat COB a: |