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Show jsuuats utun uounty o Juno Issuo ot tho Union Pacific izlno carried a great deal of rial on Utah County towns and scenic wondors of this section, oprlnt tho atory of Lohl as it ap-m1 ap-m1 in this widely read magazine. LEHI .. F, Gnlsford, Jr., Sccrotary, Lohl Business Club, ho city ot Lohl, on tho main lino 0 Union Pacific Railroad, llko tho Lehigh, dates back Into early ry. Tho word Is found In tho cal stories, whllo Lohl com-. Jed hor caroor almost with that 10 coming- of tho first Utah oers to tho then desert wasto. town was sottlod In 18G0. iibl nostlos in tho northwest 3r of tho gTeat cresent ot glanta n onclrclo Utah County, on tho nol of an old mountain stream 11 mptlces Into tho boauUful Lako but two miles bolow tho It was this clear stream and gs of mountain water which ap-)d ap-)d to tho first settlors and ) It posslblo for thorn to make ss horo. Tho city is 28 miles 1 of Salt Lako City and 17 miles " ot Irovo built right In tho l. of a wondorful. farming soctlon 8 sconlo wondorland. ho city wlUi a population of 3.C00 hundreds of beautiful modern : : )s. A now high school, with a ; 1 city of COO students, has Just : complotod, whllo tho four grado I )1 buildings aro of lato design ; nro classod with tho best in tho : : try. Churches, somlnary, tabor- ; ; (, dancing acadomy, city hall, r', memorial hall nnd .three : : 31 houses mako a clvlo center ;:; towns can boast of. Electric i : 3 and power nro avallablo In ;i; r part of tho town and a water ; m with wator second to nono : : een In uso Tor twolvo years, inning is tho principal Industry, : : sugar manufacturing and stock ;:; ig contributing to tho wealth of people An abundanco of rich I: Ing land surrounds tho city. A ;; mllos to tho wost and on tho i i bonchea aro thousands of acres : ';; ry farm lands that yearly pro- L big crops of dry grains. Cedar rit, y, Just over tho dlvldo to tho Is a famous dry farming sec- ....... . Most of tho farmers own herds ttlo. Lohl Is tho homo ot ono of Irst sugar factorlos of tho Wost. tho mothor factory of tho now idod Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, milling Industry horo Is owned managed by Ooorgo O. Robinson luring tho past yoar has shipped hly carloads of hard wheat flour lo Pacific Coast ( nnd tho lntor-tnln lntor-tnln section of tho west, city Is woll supplied with portatlon facilities by tho threo lads entorlng tho town. Tho comont highway and a county nt road ontor tho town. tf no of tho best sconlc nnd natural ors of tho stato nro at tho very i of tho city. Utah Lako, the St Jt frosh-water lako In tho state, ly two milos tp Uio south of the It abounds with lako trout, h, bass and othor mombors of Inny trlbb so popular with tho man. Saratoga, 'with Us wondor-arm wondor-arm mlnoral wntors and shady covorod grounds, Is situated on ory shores of tho lako within a tour's drivo from any ono of tho 3. Tho wondorful American gi Canyon, with Its unmatchablo ilnoss, tho nowly discovered inogos Cavo, nnd tho scenic lain drivo aro but ten miles to ast, Mount Tlmpanogos Is also -so that It becomes a part of this f " " " n, It bolng accosalblo from olther lean Fork or Provo Canyons, to tho highways load directly |