The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-16

the tact Is Dorne IN minO thdt OtaH
has until very recently been a Mormon
possession. Had the territory been set
tied by any other sect that sect would
doubtless have and exercise that same
control which Is now. as rule, in Nor
mon but loyal American hands. a few
Of the old fellows-for years associated
with Brigham Young, and, therefore.
thoroughly saturated with his doc
trines-are doing what they can to be
obstructive. but the combination OF
Gentle and Young Mormon is remorse-
lessly pushing them to the wall. A few
first-class funerals would, however.
help things along amazingly. II the
progressive majority could only be ac-
corded the privilege Of nominating the
occupants of a dozen or so expensive
caskets Utah would jump ahead ten
years in twelve months. but as that
cannot be there must, for awhile, be a
trifle more OF strife than is necessary
to the proper conduct Of public affairs
in our newest state.
Comparatively lew people in the usu-
ally well-informed east have anything
like an accurate idea Of the living. up
to-date Utah. With an area exceeding
81, COO square miles its population in 1895
was 247,324. OF these hustlers after
fortune 126,S0S were males and l2O.52l
females; 194.S25 native and 62.499 for
eign born; 245,SS5 were white. 81 Were
colored and 76S We're Chinese. The
number Of farms in 1894 was almost
10000 and Of these nearly $4,000 were
free of incumbrance. Fully 100000
acres of land were under cultivation.
while nearly 100000 other acres We're
fenced for pasturage, on which. with
a trine of assistance from the unfenced
ranges out in the halls, nearly half
million cattle, horses and swine roamed
and grazed: not to mention the two
and a half millions of sheep which In
| 1894 produced nearly a million dollars
worth Of wool.
MINERALS AND RAILROADS
Then there are the mines--goid sill
yer, lead and copper being the pr!Ec.-
pal products, although the mountains
y: Utah have within the bosomA every
kno wn variety OF mineral. The output
| for the past year was something I" he
proud Of: Silver, seven and quarter
iT'ilif6ns Of ounces; gold, over eighty
one tins usand ounces; lead. MOI" than
siXty-six million pounds; copper, ever
eight hundred and fift1 thousand
pounds: in all valued at nearly seven
| and a quarter millions Of dollars. OF
the coal and slate and iron and as
lhtltum that We're mined and of tile
lumber that was cut and marketed
there is no accurate record. Mannfac.
turing adds largely to the We ealth of
Utah and makes prominent contrihu-
| ton to the annual product OF more
than thirty million dollars.
The railway facilities are excellent
and continue to Improve and extend.
The Rio Grande and Western has some
thing like five hundred miles of track.
with equipment good enough to please
the most fastidious traveller; the Union
| Pacific has a mileage trihe In excess
oe five hundred: the Central Pacific.
the Utah Central and three minor
| loads add sufficient to make the aggre.
gate nearly fourteen hundred m'ie,
or colleges and schools and banks
| there Is suftlciency for the present, ard
| there rs no lack of those necessary in
| stitutions in which the afflicted and
| the criminal may be cared for. OF
scenery and climate there is no end.
THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.
Much might be said Of Salt Lake
City. 1t would he difficult to say too
like opinion is daily being evidenced,
| for there is steady accession to the
| number of capitalists--great and small
who make Salt Lake City their earth
ly abiding place. With the eye Of
faith they see that time when the pres
ent population of seventy-five thou
| sand will be multiplied over and over
again: when every lot on the hundred
| miles of wide and shaded and stream
curbed streets shall he built upon;
when the best Of Western enterprise
shall center in the one-time City of
the Saints" and every producer pay
tribute to our newest states metro
polls. Then, too, Salt Lake City has
great future AS sanItarium. Even
in the .city's heart there Ia more of
pure air than can be found in any other
American center Of population, while
down along the eastern shore of the
Great Salt lake Is atmosphere which
will to many an ailing mortal prove
| to be the breath of life.
There Is one thing in Salt Lake City
| that makes a Washingtonian feel
small and ancient. No matter how
much he may admire Utah's capital,
he contents himself with Washington's
superiority until he gets glimpse Of
the magnificent municipal building
| architecturally fine. modern in all that
the term implies; cost a million dollars
| and looks as If it had cost twice as
| much.
EXPECTING A BIG RUSH.
With the coming of springtime and
the unfolding of summer there is like.
~ W ueNGlOD IL wave OI II1lGfaVl
Utahward. There Is authentic inform
alton sufficient to make that probabil-
ity a certainty before the state cee-
brates its first Eaurth of July. From
all parts OF the and from many
foreign lands inquii- - have been pour
ing in at great rate, and there is
even now a DerceDtjble and increasing
stream Of newcomers meandering
around III search of suitable location.
A majority Of the recent arrivals ap-
pear to be interested in mining, so
look out for big boom In stocks.
Preparations are everywhere being
made to receive and direct the multi
tude which Is believed to be on !ts
way, and efforts are being made in
Colorado to intercept and capture some
of the people who promise to be among
the most desirable of the "tenderfeet."
All the railroad men look for a big
rush, but they are ready for it, The
Burlington, the Denver and Rio Grande
and the Rio Grande and Western have
male every needful preparation to
handle the increase of business; the
two last-named roads have fully
equipped themselves with Pullman
tourist cars, in which one may sleep
for less than half the tariff which pre-
walls In the better furnished palace"
| cars. This concession to loudly
voiced western demand for low sleep
ing-csr fares is very popular and the
cars are well Datronized
FOR PROTECTION AND SILVER.
Politically. Utah is Republican. The
unfolding Of shat fact was a surprise
to several shrewd politicians who are
not Republicans. for the impression
prevailed quite generally that Utah
would be decidedly Democratic Salt
Lake City is thoroughly Republican
also, and is likely to be so-as is the
state-for twenty years to come At
least, that's what some of the Salt Lake
Republicans say. Everybody in Utah
believes firmly in protection. so Utah's
Republicanism Is not to be wondered
at. Everybody buys goods of Utah
manufacture in preference to the i'm