The record-union., 1891-02-21

high ground, thus, not only afford
Ing facilities for good drainage but in
creasing immensely the impression of
Importance when seen from distance.
Great attention has been paid to the culti-
vatlon of trees. The streets are always
broad, usually faced on each side by rum
ming streams of water diverted from
their natural channels. The lots are laid
out in large squares and the Utah village
always forms a beautiful feature of the
landscape when seen from any point for
miles around.
The town of Logan, in Cache Valley,
forms striking instance of this rule.
Cache Valley is an immense basin COM
pletely surrounded by mountains and
hills, the only break being gorge
through which Bear River finds its way
toward Salt Lake on the south and west.
The road crosses the ridge on the west
side of the valley, and Logan looms up
ten miles away on the opposite side like
large city embowered in foliage. The
temple appears from this point to be an
immense Gothic structure, towering far
above the trees and houses around it, and
Its classic outlines impress the beholder
with wonder and admiration. 1t is one
OF the three temples Of the church. the
principal one being the fine granite struc-
ture TO which the finishing touches are
now being put in Temple Square, in Salt
Lake City, the other being located at st.
tory. The cunning with which the arch
ltect has taken advantage of the possible
ties Of the location so as to make his crea-
ton seem to be one of the greatest Struct-
ures of the country, is not exposed until
the very foot OF the temple itself is
reached, when the fact becomes apparent
that the foundations were laid upon a
bold and rocky point showed out from
the main range which rises beyond the
town, and which places the first layer of
stone III the building just about the top of
the tallest trees and largest buildings in
the neighborhood. Nothing could be
more striking and handsome than the ap-
pearance OF this building as seen from any
part OF the valley, pefched, as IL is, upon
the top Of the ridge above the surround
ing houses. 1t is q magnificent structure,
built of handsome lime stone Quarried
near by, and is temple OF which any
people might well be proud. It must
have cost many months of patient labor
and large sums OF money. AS it is used
for the sacred mysteries of the Mormon
Church, which they love to call a higher
form of Masonry, it is not open to the in
spection of outsiders, and its inner char
acter may not be as magnificent as it's
outward appearance would indicate.
1t is noticeable fact that in nothing is
the Territory richer than in the variety
and the eXcellency of the building mate
rials, extending all the way from the
adobe clay, which has been so useful in
the form of sun-dried bricks to make
houses, walls, stables and fences and the
like, through the common grades of lime
stone, sandstone and granite, including
many of the most beautiful y-colored
rocks in blue, red, yellow and other
shades. n great many varieties of such
materials are used for buildings in Salt
Lake City and Ogden, and they would be
a credit to any city in America.
The outlook for the future of the Terri
tory is bright. The development of one
tenth of its natural resources will make Il
great State, and with a population made
up of such immigrants as have been COM
ing in of late, the quality of its people
will be great deal improved.
Its mountains are full of the precious
metals, and il has many of the finest
mines in America. Much of its agricult-
ural land can be cultivated without irri-
CATION. 1t viii raise grain of the best
quality, and one or two crops of alfalfa
in some of its valleys entirely with the
moisture that is natural to the ground.
Unlike most of its neighbors it has a
heavy dew fall, and moisture which
can be easily reached by driven wells
few feet in depth.
The water supply of the Territory is also
being utilized on large scale at a cost of
millions of dollars. Railroads are being
built, and its territory opened by the
Great. Union Pacific, Denver and Rio
Grande and other systems Natural gas
has been found at two places at least,
Corrine and Ogden, and will no doubt be
put to use. The politics of the Territory
is improving also. The hold of the church
is broken, and it is now showing will
ingness, when the dominant party is ex-
travagant, dishonest or tyrannical, to
unite with the rebellious minority in the
interests of good government
R. L. FULTON.
Reno, Nevada, February Is. 1891.