The Red Cloud chief., 1892-08-12
TIE GREAT T.
A. Seen by the Rev. 4. l.. Ely,
Of this City.

W p")i"S' Avn PioPoiiy o'useitueeo
p6n could ever expect to win fame a.
W. successor to Ananias. And yet hi
who sets out to tell the simplest un
sandpapered and unvarnished truths
in regard to Utah as a farmer land, a
home land, foredooms himself to &c
,lSalloping down the crookedcst by.
ways Of public estimation as a com
peer Of Sapphira's lucklcss spouse
and all tho other puissant liars Of
ancient and modern days"
Then this writer whose sensitive.
ness IN regard to being called a pre-
~varicator is sc great, goes on
With his description as follows:
"Lift New England and New York
q mile above the sea level add 5000 fl
Il. Mt. Washington and 1000 to Mt.
Mitchell. Throw in q dozen other
peaks as high as all, punching holes
in the sky with their snowy crown.
Send cataracts and cascades leaping
and foaming down a thousand dizzy
preSirice channels. Toss in promis-
Sx6usly, parks larger than whole
Estates in the tame small notioned east
gardens of giant statuary, statues Of
gods and gnomes. Titans, Centaurs
and unnamed monsters thousands Of
feet high, hewn by ages Of winds and
waves Of whirling waters. Fill all
the valleys with trees bending be-
meath the burdens of their own fruit
age, and dot the horizon, bounded
pasture lands with flocks and herds
waist deep in the very %wantonness Of
plenty. Underlay the whole vast
area with gold and silver, zinc, copper
and lead ores, coal, salt, sulphur, soda
lime and gypsum.
Smite the rockribbcd laboratories
Of Omnipotencc and let uhnumbcred
healing floods gush forth rich in mir
acle working virtues. As the dazzl-
ing bosom jewel Of the whole tran
scendant scene spread out the $500
square miles Of that majestic
and mysterious lake whose
waters hold 10 solution wealth enough
to pay all the national debts Of the
world and leave q fortune for every
man, women and child, from Cape
Cod to Yuba Dam. And over all
throw the glory Of a climate unsur-
passed under heaven since sin and
death climbed into Eden and the
translucent ~splendor of skies more
radiantly Sapphircan than ever bent
their crystal arches above the far
famed beggar hemmed, Aea grit Bay
! of Naples or the Lake Of Como, and
you have a poor, faint, puny approx
nation to an idea Of Utah"
l have great sympathy for the
writer in his feeling Of inability to
do the subject justice without being
accused Of trying to compete with
Ananias but have great admiration Of
his attempt. AS this description Of
the territory is so e%loquently and
truthfully put, I will dismiss that
part Of the subject with only saying
that l never saw such delightful val
legs surrounded by SO much to make
farm and village life happy aud desir.
able as in Utah and were it not that
no description that I could give would
equal that already given, / would be
tempted to say more. Salt Lake City
is said to be the only city where baby
wagons are imported by the tain lead
and where they have the right Of wav
over even the electric cars, and that
q not uncommon sight is to see Eek
tremes meet in the form Of . seven
ty year old papa trundling a baby car
riages along the street as gay and lis
som as q spring chicken.
Salt Lake City is situated about 10
miles from the lake and has sbout
80, 900 population. 1t was settled by
Mormons under Brigham Young in
1847. 1t was laid out IN blocks each
containing 10 acres and with streets
1872 feet wide. The center from which
the streets are numbered Is the one
containing the temple and Tabernacle,
The streets are lined on both sides
with magnificent trees many of them
being fruit trees. There is also a lit
tie ditch on both sides through which
flows a stream Of pure mountain
water.
The city has over 65 miles Of cleo
trio street railroads, 20 miles Of 20
feet sidewalks. 3S public and private
schools, and 30 churches OF various
denominations.
OF course the most interesting
sights to the stranger from the east
are the Mormon buildings.
The Temple block covers ten acres
and is surrounded by a stone wall ID
feet in height and 8 feet thick evil
IDENTIFY built to defend the Temple
against any attack from the outside.
The temple is said to be one OF the
grandest and costliest ecclesiastical
structure ia the u, y. except n IN