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Show THE GARDEN CITY. Provo's Attractions and Resources Re-sources Highly Praised. The Recognized Centre of Agriculture and Manufacture in Utah Receive! a Well SeBsrrad Tribute. Provo is the recognized center of agriculture ag-riculture in Utah. The reasons are ample for it being so characterized.-; jtossesBing as it doc the greatest irrigating irri-gating stream in the Territory accessible acces-sible to soil, the richness of which lias become proverbial. The lands upon the (slopes of the foothills and in the valles are just beginning to leeom-pense leeom-pense the farmer for the toil, and (he thousands of acres are beckoning for horny hands to bring forth the wealth from mother earth. In igatio.i, i.ie found. ition of the entire ;:gr cultural development, is being pursue i by rations rati-ons companies, bringing i r.i leijui-i-tion many sections ol sagabs u-h luid-; and in th:s connection it ma ;i ; tliat by means of labor and .:p:ial l'rovo valley can lie entirely irrg.u-o. supplying homes and fauns- b'i in my thousands, of people, l'rovo bei.ca lying ly-ing on the north, o:iee a hai i -mi was-. e, is now carpeted with verdure and shilling shill-ing with trees, foliage, and tlweis. m-tcrjersel m-tcrjersel wiih dense tields oi lie-, i n or alfalfa, lue to the enterpri-e ol in Ration Ra-tion eomiianies, building cat a-s aiid conducting tlie waters of the Timr.aiio-gas Timr.aiio-gas or l'rovo river. 1'rominent among the promoters of irrigation are J.E. Hills, Judge J. L. Jones, A. (). .Smoot, Jl.'nj. Bachman and J. K. Booth. Besides being the agricultural center of the territory the Garden City may justly lie looked upon as the manufacturing manufac-turing center, tlie largest and most successful woolen mills west of the Missouri river being located within its borders. The Provo woolen mill was incorporated for $500,000 and has proved a most lucrative investment. The goods produced are used in almost every state and territory in the Union and every vear is signalized by an increased in-creased demand, occasioning the necessity neces-sity of the addition of So.OOO worth of new machinery which has been supplied sup-plied within the past year. The fact of Provo leing tlie most feasible point for manufacturing and distributing all classes of goods, it is strange that many similar establishments are not located alonir the Provo river. As the iron interests in Utah county are upon the verge of development we are disposed to give theni special mention. men-tion. The Utah Valley lion Mining and Manufacturing company has been organized for years, but not until recently re-cently did the prospects for the achievements achieve-ments of financial benefits appear to lie assured. The present oflicers of the company are A. A. Noon, president and superintendent, with W. K. Pike as vice president. The company propose pro-pose the manufacture of iron from their property, which consists of vast bodies of iron, situated on the east hills of the Centre Mining district about tweuty-five miles from Provo .The company's . possessions extend . I " " over tract ot Botne Sit) acrea of land and contain inexhaustible quantities of ore, which is found in dykes and deposits. de-posits. The quality of the ore invari-i invari-i abl r improves in " proportion to the depth attained. The accomplishment of the purposes of the company will furnish fur-nish labor for thousands and bring millions of dollars to our territory terri-tory in return. The railroad now tinder construction between Provo and Center Mining district dis-trict will pass close by it not right through these properties," affording facilities fa-cilities for shipping. The value of this road is just beginning to lie felt. It opens up an avenue of trade and transportation trans-portation which will equal in value, if not eclipse that of any former enterprise enter-prise that has gone toward building up tl e Garden City of Utah. In the bosom bos-om of the Tin tic mountains is pent up wealth enough to mak- us all happy and th"ie must necessarily be smelting smelt-ing and refining works to which to bring the raw materials. Provo has been considered by the lionauza kings and pronounced tlie most practicable Kint on which to locate their machinery. machin-ery. The line being pushed through is 'the forerunner of these works being established in thi healthfully growing city. VYVre we to attempt to enumerate all the facilities, loth natural and artiti-cial, artiti-cial, with the unexcelled conditions for Bewerage, water works, and appurten- Iancestoa large city it. would require much more space than should be asked, but we must briefly mention the vast Iposubilities and extreme probabilities of oar lovely city of the Rockies, know n as i!ie "Garden City." Provo with all her water rights and capacities is without with-out a tannery. This absolute necessary neces-sary must soon lie supplied. Near the east shores of Utah. L ike ! are immense stretches of land only covered with luxuriant pasturage and cereal acreage. This at some early day will be a seen of humming activity from Rolling Mills, Reduction Works, Smelters, Woolen Mills, .tove works., etc... etc., being as it is crossed by the l'rovo Citv Railroad, which webbs the citv through all of the principal streets to Springville, six miles south. This road is augmented by a steamlKiat line covering all the principal points along thr Bhores of Utah Lake, including the Iron fields of West Tintic. Singletou Brothers of the Provo Coop Co-op clothing department have the nucleus nuc-leus to an industry most commendable that of manufacturing clothing from the l'rovo Woolen mills product. Their facilities at present permit them to make a suit to oner in six hours. They I are employing about a dozen men with a capacity for as many more. A com-plete com-plete boot and shoe factory is one f the profitable future industries of Provo and only requires the magic wand of capital to make it blossom into a thriving beehive of ai tirity. F. W C. Hathenbruck. who is inter-fted inter-fted in the Provo slate quarries, has furnished the following description of Ihe stone. Samples of it, on exhibition in the Salt Lake Herald editorial rooms, have elicited very favorable comments : The color is dark" green, weighs a little ever 170 pounds ier cubic foot; crushing crush-ing weight, 'JO.OOO per cubic foot. An analysin knows as follows : Silica fiO.50 Alumina 19."0 Iron (proxide) 7. S3 Lime 2.12 Magnesia 2.20 potash 3.18 Soda 2.20 Water.: 2.27 100.00 Acids have no influence whatever over the rock. It will stand the weather for centuries without scaling; hence it is very adaptable for outside house trimming. Th grain is dense, admitting no absorption of water. Xvery piece can lie utilized, as it has proved to possess the qualities of the best known stones for razors and all wood-working tools, where a fine edge is required. It can be used for man tels, billiard and table tons, tiling-, sidewalks, and, in fact, everything where strength, beauty and durability is required. The pioneers of Utah entered the Great Salt Lake Valley in the fall ot 1817. anU in the following spring a small party started south on an exploring ex-ploring expedition. Immediately on leaching the summit of the divide, between be-tween what are now Salt Lake and Utah counties, they gazed southward, and beheld stretched out before them, calm and undisturbed, a beautiful sheet of water some thirty miles in length, hemmed in on all sides by towering peaks, with yet enough of plain to tempt the settler, and w.th main streams pouring out from ruggoi ra vines, threading their silvery wa through the uncultivated area ui.til lost auiid the sleeping waters of i la-lake. la-lake. Roaming along lhe banks- ol these rivers in fearcli of game, and" about the shores of the lake, was a tribe of Indians who possessed the spot astlnirown. They aie the "Utes," though the opinion of some is that thev piop.-ilv .-hould be called -'Pah Utes.'' m - WY.it r Utes." The fact seems to be ti.al not only this lake and Utah ciiiil;, b;ii rvn the Teiritory. ulti-m ulti-m tely deiived the name '"Utah" from this tin e; and that "Piute-' county is only "I'aii Ute" coinipted. or im-Tiiovt im-Tiiovt d. .-is we may choose t think. 1'iovo has one peculiarity aliout it. li.it is i.ot experienced in any other -.own ;;1 ng the base of tlie Wasatch Mount, ins. In other climes and in o, I. t j .'aces twilight begins after sunset, sun-set, b;;i i.ere w have it before sunrise. At 'h' l oint of the range there are no foot in! s; no gradual slope. nor benches; aim Centre Street runs slap up to tlie big toe of the Wasatch. On the western west-ern side of Utah Lake we see the sunlight sun-light on the peaks of the Oquirrh range tilling its ragged edge w ith a glow far beyond the reach oi the artist's brush. But it is yet twilight in Provo for the majestic sun has hours yet in which to climb up the nmjhtv wall which bounds us on the east before he pokes his head over the summit t hid us good morning. And w hat a morning' The pmes. the massive rocks, the autumn tinted groves, yawning precipices, the snows of centuries perched away up amid ihe clouds; lhe awful grandeurof eacli intensified in the smiles of the (iod of day. It is a scene well worth traveling to behold w i-ll worth lying ovrr one night in Provo to experience. Old travelers declare that during the course ot their wanderings over the earth, scenes were encountered that enchanted other sense besides that of sight. Irrigation ind Mining Aye, Denver, C 1. |