Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-03-17
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~soIi-snli Lnkc City.

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plains of Zion aud tho sire, & Of the
New %J-ruSalcm. or. In tho platter
United States vcrnGcniir. Salt lake
City. Hare wa fonnd birl, singing IN
the trees. nnd tue foliage NJ 10 tst max
lug ni effort ;o look green. fIn sky Is
biuer than u Kansas Guy real estAte
man. aud lnc mir ticEl ) yuur n%ust,ils
like Apoilnnaci s 1atsr that has Ieei
charged loo ito export trade. Aitsr.
driving out to tho Hot Springs un1e
the fatheIly protection OF 81 joi Erb,
tho veteran Byn,iacs If ihc Walker
House, uud tn iin9 n p:upgo In u solution
Of brimstnue and ITO an. u fee!s ike
''speakiug a.HoJd wori" for this highly
favored AID richly oepsunol commnn.t. ..
There nre two crops which never fan
in all these bomins States and Terri
tories west OF the NlisSuuri. viz: climate
nnd prnspeo>s. But Utilr seems to
haro both of those. with mines nnd
agriculture thr6wuv In Colorado has
her climate aud mineral wealth, includ-
ing coal aud petroleum.. uaL mas
Color1do's sunshine. iiure mineral
W. allh, more fertile. fields, ,au elevation
pf $3.50 feet. the shelter. OF massive
mountains; With u Iariitd atmosphere.
temporarily the purifying i~nilnence:ru:
$500 square miles Of salt water. Tie
mercury has touched 100 degrees throi
tunes in % years unl sunk below zero
just 10 lime, in the same period.
Why Ii it, thea, that This oasis in the
great w"sa:ch range, with tho richest
mineral deposits. tue tuost equnble
temperature aud the graudent PROSPECTS
amid tue great chnin Of We tern Terri
tories, should he 10 little known and so
backward in co.niny forward? This
quo Stiou is answered in this past and
not the ptejont of the great Mormon
Arcadia. Tho disc mirage nom vi immi-
grution, tue reluctance of Eastern PEG.
pie to invals IL country whose social
customs were naturally repugpnmi, the
boStsiit9 W tue bibtSl"bhJ naliltS sO tue
Uuitcd States government, were snni-
ciout for many years tn isolate tine fair
est region in the Wo 1 lrom civ.liZ alton.
Tho nd vent Of tho railroads, the passage
of tia Elnuads oil, the opening Of tie
silver minss. an t lie strides Of ropula-
ton. have wrought the silent changes
which are preparing Utah for u speedy
emancipation.
Utah is now approaching the dawn OF
n new prosperity. Capital and popu-
lntion are waiting for the bectOniug
signal to develop this beautiful valley
and its magnificent resources. JUDGED
the tnlo has nlr' ady set in. but the
swell Is yet to come. Salt Lake City
is the center ola grand empire whose
nren is greater than all tho Now Eng
land States combined. 1t is coInpac,Iy
built, with broad avenues, l21 70 / ia
business blocks thnt cover 10
acres, beautiful shade trees on ay0ry. |
and Eas n population of 80. 1000:
The great Wnshtch range towers above
the city. its snow-cInd peaks standing
like grim .s%cntincls OIL the horizon. MS
our guide book snys. The Great Salt
Lake is plainly visible from the more
elevated residence sites. The lake j.
30 miles In longth and 10 miles Mt It's
greatest bre 9th. From its depths rise
moai.lnIu i.ln,Ids, on some Of
the finest fruits and vegetable,
hre grown. The luke eontuins about IL
per ceut. Of mineral srlis in solution, its
gravity Icing g~rentsr tuna that
tho A,laLtic Ocean. This wonderful!
body al water has no known outlet. al,
several rivers aul numerous
mountain streams are continually low-
.pg into il.
Utah has i population of over 20n,-
GOO. Her minos, only partially Go.
yeloIe cd, produce SO ,OG0. 0IU annually; |
her fat .ns over $1,000, 900, nud her
factories over 80. 900 900. Her wenltl
vo stock il S29,0 900, COO, md in
property over $500, 600, 900. Wheat
and w~atrrn!elous grow side hy side, aud
grapes frhtrruiz, with Linn beans in
tho saIue vineyard. Utah fruit is HoId
i'll San francisco Mt n premium over
California fruit. Utah potatoes ure
listed us n delicacy III the menus Of the
swell hotels Of New York and Boston.
u M has more cOnl than Colorado. A
road IL nov projected fiom Salt Lake
TO Los Angeles ~ give her u Western
outlet, nnd n iaufkct wherein she may
sell Goals which now como from AuS!
trali,. Uthh.s silver mines uro tho
iichost Oh Unrth.. In iron aud iotd her
m%onp.aias alg inexnsnslillv, did her,
,%ninernl resourceE.src tie nposI ,yaried
in character ,of any country oil, tho
globe. 80 -
Visitprs'nro vel repaid for tho entire
expense Of their journey TO Utah 10y
their ride over tue Denver Il Rio
Ginud0, which IL becoming famous ms
The "Sconic Line OF tbs World.' tx
tonding rs it does from Denver md
Pueblo through al tile or ,ndcnrs OF
Tho Rocky Mountains; but So mitch has
already been writes Of tho Gand Can
on, Royal Gorge. MirahslI Pass. Castle
Gate, nna other prominent sceieu along
this line. that any further description
would seem uucsiIed for ..-LCorres
pOndonce Minneapolis Tribune.