The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-02

STATES, IT. mas CURATIVE springs, and that
marvellous attraction-the Great Salt Lake.
Its people are contepted. Industrious and
law abiding. and there is nothing to mar
Its present or impair ita future
Primarily the city is a most beautiful
one. Green as an emerald. surrounded by
grand hills and mountains, whose snow
capped peaks contrast with the beauty of
natures verdurc. with its wide streets (l32
feet wide) and shaded thoroughfares, with
sparkling streams of bright crystal rum
ming down pebbled courses on either side
as ono walks abroad. the torrid heat OF the
centers OF the remote East Is absent and
the evil effects SO manifest to them are not
here. The rush OF the tornado and the
roar OF the devastating cyclone are un-
| known: the severe rigors OF the winters OF
| less fortunate localities are never felt
| The climate is superb. AS Indirectly
| mentioned In the preceding paragraph, tho
extremes of heat and cold are never felt.
And it is indeed poor scholar who does
not know that in place Of the character
which is conspicuously even in the matter
| OF temperature. as is this sickness rs less
| frequent by a large percentage than where
the opposite is the condition. The death
rate in Salt Lake City is less than / per
cent, when applied to actual residents.
True. the actual death rate Is tritle
more. but 1t must be remembered that
there are so many who come here every
year with the seeds of disease so firmly
| planted In them that all the skin OF sci
ence aided with the resources Of nature Is
futile, and they die.
The city is a natural sanitarium. Added
to advantages OF climate are mineral
springs, placed here by kind nature for the
| healing of the people who are Ill and the
| prolonglng of the existence of thosr who
are In health. Convenient to all these
baths. where pain flees at the first contact
with the medicinal waters, tho sufferer
xvhN has endured for ypnrx the nCnniga nf
disease comes here and. as If touched by
magic wand no Is cured of his Ills
Breathing the fresh. pure air and drinking
tho lmpid waters from the hills. subsist-
ing upon the succulent vegetables and the
| ripe and juicy fruits, he has the health
restored to his wasted frame and goes
away-if he does goa new being.
| AT the feet OF the city. ats blue waters
| rolling and dancing IN the sun. which
shines more days in year on salt Lake
! than any other town or city on the globe.
! lies that wonder OF wonders, Great Salt
Lake, the Dead Sea of America The mys-
terry of its origin has never been explained,
nor do we know from what source its
| 16 20 per cent of salt came. Once Lake
| bonneville swept over Utah from Arizona
| TO Idaho, and 500 feet higher than the
talest spire OF the Mormon temple is
craven its shore limo on every mountain
side of the State. Perhaps the waters OF
this ancient sea gradually receded through
| the centuries, until none of them remain
except this emerald ANA briny lake. 1t is
idle TO speculate about these things. AS
we have it today. tho lake has many inlets
but no outlet. Many mountain islands are
| scattered through 1t; nothing living in
habits 1t except small shrimp las large
as u Texas mosquitol its waters are 50
dense that the human body floats upon
them without effort. and on its bosom rests
| two magnificent bathing resorts, patron
| Ted annually by thousands OF pleasure and
health seekers.
These resorts are entitled to particular
mention here Garfield Beach, ON the
Utah and Nevada branch of the Union Pa
| ellie system, is located just where the
| Oquirrh mountains descend to the sea. Its
| surroundings are most picturesque. and its
| buildings and bathing rooms commodious
| and attractive. To see the men, women
and children on a summer day treading the
| sandy beach and padding and floating in
tire shadow of its piers is q pretty sight,
''Saltair." another resort, IL reached by
| the Salt Lake and Los Angeles railroad.
Experienced travellers say 1t is the largest
and most beautiful bathing establishment
| in the world, The pavilion is located out
in the lake 1000 feet from the shore, and
is in the form of crescent. having great
central structure of Moorish architecture
devoted TO the varied purposes of the
pleasure seeker. Here you can dance OH a
couples: here you can hear the most de-
| lightful music, and here you can take long
promenades with your girl--f you have
one--to the extreme of both horns of the
crescent. and be entranced with the soft
beauties OF the isand-studded lake on the
one side and the fertile valley stretching
away 10 the gates of the distant city on tho
other.
The stranger whoever and whatever he
is, Is enraptured with the charms of Salt
Lake City. He enters it with JOY, departs
from # with regret aud delightful menu
cries OF it llngar with him wherever he
goes. The fortunate resident whether
| saint or sinner. loves 1t with intensity, and
time can not cure him of this infutuation
To him it is the one spot. the place par
excellence" the true "Home Sweet
| Home" and when from distant wanderngs
his returning footsteps bring him in sight
of its lofty spires and temple tops. and he
sees again its enyroning peaks there
comes to him n peace which nasseth un-
Outstanding. Such is Salt Lake City,
nesting In an elbow of the picturesque
Wasatch, aptly termed "the eserican
Alps"
This sketch will only give you very
| faint idea of Salt Lake and its surround
ings. In my next l Will tell you of its