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Show BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PKOTO Throwing Oat Her Tow Lines and Laying: Hold of Everything: Good That Comes I Along:. We are glad to note with what persistency per-sistency and vigor the beautiful little city of Proyo is throwing out its tow-lines tow-lines and laying hold of everything good that comes along. At the same time there is no gush or froth over what she is doing; but the earnestness and determination is there, and one of these days some of her most indifferent indif-ferent inhabitants will awaken to the fact that from a country village Provo has developed into a smart, thrifty metropolis and a railroad and manufacturing manu-facturing center of no small importance. import-ance. To achieye this will require no superhuman effort on tbe part of Provo, as she has a cornucopia of natuial advantages and resoutces. Her location is excellent from a commercial com-mercial point of view, and not only is she surrounded by a surprisingly rich agricultural country, but she is on the path of the continental railroad lines, and is in the midst of a region abounding abound-ing in great mineral wealth, such as gold and silver, iron, lead and copper, to say nothing of immense coal deposits near at hand, slate quarries, mineral paint and asphaltum. Besides all this the city boasts of an unlimited water power, which is now quite largely utilized by several manufacturing manufactur-ing enterprises. Add to these advantages a salubrious salubri-ous climate and superb scenery, together to-gether with a close proximity to the great Utah Lake, a magnificent body of freth water, and our readers can readily see to what extent this beautiful beau-tiful spot is blessed and endowed by nature. Up to tha present time, however, Provo has reaped but comparatively iltle benefit from the mineral resources resour-ces by which this city is surrounded. It has been content to live .'and prosper pros-per as an agricultural town dependent on the product of the farm, the orchard or-chard and the stock ranch for p-owtk ind prosperity. The money from our mines was taken in exchacge for the iroduct of tlie valley, but beyond this lie city might as well have becii out m the prairies of Kruias as far . s tbe mines are concerned. Xow, however, as noted above, a new ambition has fired the hearts of her most active and -.'iiterprii-ing citizens and a new order f things is the law of the day. Her Chamber of Commerce has taken v. new lease m lifa, and as a result a railroad enterprise has been evolved and lias gained a foothold that will revolutionize "old style" customs and institutions in it least two mining camps in Utah. In a word Provo proposes to build ;t line to Tintic and not only furnish ihat wondeifnl region with the necessaries nec-essaries of Jife, but in return give them cheap transportation for their orB, and vy nie lakeside Trulld. mammoth mam-moth smelters and reduction works, so that every pound f ore may be treated at home and a great saving be made, for the producer, as well as a i reasonable profit for tbe promoters oi j the enterprise. Nor is that all. If this can be successfully suc-cessfully consumated as far as Tintic is concerned, why not also extend a line to Park City, estimated to be the greatest mining camp in the west, and also compete for the same exchange and the ;same Ipnvi leges and emoluments? emolu-ments? In the above ' the Journ&l predicts the future"of .our : sitter city, and if these enterprises are uot now on foot uid under the care and management of a number of her most enterprising ' and conservative business men, it will not be long before they will be. |