Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-23

has been always exceptional to its So
cial, political, and economic systems.
Strangers to the real wonders of Utah
often find 1t difficult to accept the most
truthful descriptions of them. For In
stance. many people find it hard to be-
leve that the human body will not sink
in the Great Salt Lake, although that
fact is demonstrated every day In the
summer season. one OF the
wonders of creation the Great Salt
Lake of Utah has long been accounted.
The specimens of rock, granulated.
powdered, and other kinds of salt
taken from the Lake, now on exhibit
tion here. confirm the wonders heard
of II. The story of its existence came
first to any European-Baron La Hon
tan-ln 1853. 1t was on its shores that
Brigham YounC's party, consisting of
143 persons, landed In 1Si7. Though
they We're Joseph Smiths Mormons,
there were only three women in the
party. What dearth of heavens last.
best gift There was salt enough TO
make many thousand Lots wives-but
they wanted lots of wives TO cum
with only uno grano sails apiece. And
they soon began to come-nearly 200
arriving a few weeks after.
The Lake is seventy-tive miles long
by fifty miles in it's widest place
average depth, fifteen feet. The value
of its evaporated salt is immense. y
statistican computes the number of
cubic feet of salt In the Lake to he
25O. 9O5, 900 900. which, at the present
market price for salt gives 1t total
value of Sl03,4S3, $4,000.
am careful to state these facts In
order to divert your Florida Klondikers
TO Salt Lake. The climate is not so
severe as Klondike's-indeed, the cool
lake breezes in summer make II sec
ond Florida for that season, while the
winters are very mild, as may be
Judged from the fact that cotton is
raised in Utah--some fine staples of
which | have just examined. Dig
ging" is not so hard as In Alaska. All
the wealth seeker has to do is to sit
down and let the salt evaporate.
It is great sheep country. Mr..
Pyper has red, white and blue United
States flag covering all one inner side
of the Utah building. 1t took 1000
lamb pelts to make II, and 1t attracts
very animated attention of visitors.
The estimated value of her sheep Is
| "a 900, O00--yearly value of wool, $1,000
| 600.
There were never more or finer specl-
mems Of any states resources under
| one roof than Utah's exhibit shows.
Here are specimens OF finest marble.
ONYX for building material. There
| must be near 100 different kinds OF
metal and marble, but for gold. silver
! copper and lead alone, the dividends
! snow tleSJl lHelI HthluN ~ 4StANH - 1891
| of S1,440,5O0.
| A southerners sectional prejudice
| against sugar from beets must be dis
| PEELED at sight and taste of Titan
| sample 1t would be hard to iind a
more delicate flavor or prettler brand
| Being more easily grown ana hahalsu
| southern sugar-growers have in the
| beet a very ugly rival. The crop Is
about so. 900 tons, yielding 1871 11C
pounds OF dry, graduated sugar OF
| iirst quality. But of sugar, as of every
other agricultural product i,,h her ode de.
| sumes about all OF It herself.
Salt Lake City has immense shoe
and leather manufactures, and of the
| highest class--judging from the eN-
| hibits. Her soap factories turn out
enough of that necessary article oil
domestic usage to get the dirt OF OF
| Anarchist Most-almost.
In /. coming here, Utah brought nc
specimen OF her religion along TO put
on exhibition, but In this respect she
ia no worse OFF than the other states
That Is n commodity men generally
leave at home. II may not, however
he out of plumb to suggest that 1.-THE
Mormon question is no longer dis
cussed In Utah" according to Mr.
Pyper. at is of no Importance In con
nection with present conditions of the
state" he adds. While the same Is very
natural and universal. Brother Pyper
under "present condltlons'-this is tn,
age of greed. Men are setting aside
learning. love, politics, and everythint
else, for the money-why not give re-
ligion the grand bounce, also2
But the Mormon people have dis
banded their antl-Gentile party, sur
rendered polygamy, proclaimed tn,
perpetual dissolution OF Chproh ahs
State, and have come into the unior
oiorg with the balance of us Chris