The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-03
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\ THE STATE OF Utah !
1855

| the system which the Utah pioneers in
1S47 borrowed from Spain and Egypt,
and used in the redemption Of the Salt
Lake valley. For this incentive to its
development Utah is indebted to the
far-sightedness and genius Of Brigham
Young, the great pioneer and states
man who lead his followers in safety
through the besetting dangers of des-
ert, mountain and plain. and gave
them the new promised land for their
heritage.
Within the last two or three years
several large irrigation companies
have been devoting capital and energy
to the construction of canals, which
when placed in operation will reclaim
and make available for settlement in
the state several million acres of land.
This addition of fruitful domain will
be of great value to the state, because
small holdings are the rule in Utah,
and the redeemed lands viii therefore
furnish homes for many thousand
people
The largest and most productive val
leys are Malad, Cache, Weber, Salt
Lake, Tooele, Utah, Provo, Rush, San
pete. Sewer and the Rio Virgin, besides
which there are innumerable lesser
valleys creeping around the feet of
the broken ranges which make up
Utah's mountain system. The agrl-
cultural products are wide in their
range, and almost without exception
they are of excellent quality. The
soil is charged with natural fertilizers
and is being constantly enriched by
fertilizing agents which are carried in
irrigation waters. Wheat, oats, bar
ley, alfalfa (Which produces three crops
per annum), corn, clover, hay, potatoes,
in fact almost every other product of
the temperate zone is raised in Utah.
The orchard and the vineyard th.7tNe
in almost every part of the state. The
Salt Lake peach was famous a quarter
of a century ago, and apples, plums.
prunes, pears, cherries, apricots and
grapes many times more than enough
for home consumption are grown.
Among the most common of the
small fruits are strawberries and rasp-
berries. which are natives of Utah.
They attain to an enormous size and
are of excellent quality.
Most of the valleys of Utah are Dor
dered by broad plateaus, which eX-
tend to the very breast of the noun
tains and are covered with luxuriant
foliage. These plateaus furnish great
grazing areas for the cattle, sheep and
horses, with which the state is we'll
supplied. They are penetrated here
and there by canyons and gulches,
which afford protection to stock
against the rigOrS of winter.
To the settler" in search of land, it
is but fair to state that he will not
/ find in Utah vacant quarter sections"
awaiting entry under acts of congress
by which the lands east of the Rocky
mountains have been acquired. The
unoccupiAd lands of Utah are arid, and
are usually taken UP under the pro-
visions Of the desert land law, which
| requires the bringing of water to the
| land prior to final proof. The provi-
| sions of this law are easily complied
with in localities where unappropriated
water is near at hand, or on the line
! Of the bitches of the irrigation COM
panies heretofore mentioned. Most Of
| these irrigation companies control or
own large bodies of cheap land along
! the course Of their canals, and these
| lands can be acquired by a small cash
| payment and the giving of long time
! notes at low rates of interest.
To the wise counsel of Brigham
Young is due the fact that the manu-
featuring of needed articles from ma
tive raw materials was early estab-
/ lished by the Mormon people. The con-
sumption of home products is cardi-
nal doctrine in Utah, and because of it,
/ there are many large factories now
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mills at Provo and Salt Lake and on
the Rio Virgin river, and many other
similar institutions are now employing
/ large numbers of operatives and con-
/ tributing materially to the wealth of
! the state.
THE CITIES AND TOWNS OF UTAH
are interesting illustrations of its civ
! ilization, wide streets, leaf-embowered
and brook-lined. and large lots, dis
| tinguish them from the cities and
towns of other states. Ogden, Logan
ard Provo, the governmental centers
| Of Weber, Cache and Utah counties,
] have passed into the stage of cityhoOd,
/ and are growing and expanding every
! day. OF the capital OF the state, of
MATCHLESS SALT LAKE CITY.
what shall 1 say? To the reader of
| history, it is the spot where civiliza-
/ ton planted its first outpost west of
| the Missouri river. To the tourist it
! is a city of temples, architectural Gu
rios and the center of the religious sys-
/ TEN of the Latter-day Saints. To the
| pleasure seeker, its salty lake-big sis
! ter to that other one i'll the Holy land
its tuning springs and shady drives,
! are temptations irresistible To the
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tons and rich tributary country, ava
! ken dreams of profits to come. To the
/ invalid it promises new lease upon
/ life, and drinking deep of its exhilar-
ating air, he finds his strength renew
/ ed.
The stranger. whoever and whatever
! he is, is enraptured with its charms;
/ he enters it will joy, departs from it
with regret, and delightful memories
/ of it linger with him wherever he goes.
| The fortunate resident, whether saint
/ or sinner, loves it with intensity, and
time cannot cure him of the infatua-
/ ton. To him it is the one spot, the
place par excellence" the true home.
/ sweet home" and when from distant
wanderings his returning footsteps
bring him in sight of its lofty spires
! and temple tops, and he sees again its
environing peaks. there comes to him
a peace which passeth understanding.
Such is Salt Lake city, nesting in an
elbow of the picturesque Wasatch. apt
| ly termed THE American Alps" Tow
/ ering above its head are the snowy
/ SUBMITS which ward off winters rig
! ors. and stretching away for miles
! from its feet is the far-famed valley of
| the Great Salt Lake. checkered with
! farms and filed with the homes of
! husbandmen The climate is genial,
the skies above it are sunny. and the
air It has comes pure from the mount
| aims Speaking OF climate-tfle num-
| Der of fair and clear days per annum
/ is 2S7, the average temperature Y de-
/ grees, the average winter temperature
80 degrees These figures are official
and result from the observations made
| in the Salt Lake valley by the govern
ment during a period of twenty years.
/ These climatic conditions are most IA
vorable to those afflicted with throat
and lung trouble-not only because the
extremes of Temperature are moderate