The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
THAT BAND Of sturdy men
w emerged from the mountain can

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yon that opens into the valley
OF the Great salt Lake, a little more
h a a half-century ago, they saw but
the desert waste. f~Orbidding almost be-
yond description. The leader ana mas
ter of the weary pioneers may have
pictured to his minds eye the latent
possibilities Of the apparently barn en-
soil; he may have conceived the out
line of what has become a gigantic ac-
comp!ishment. but he would have been
a prophet, indeed. who could have then
foretold what ever the transient trav-
eler may look upon today
The forests OF verdure which have
grown in the passing years. the waving
helds 1f grains and grasses which nave
succeeded zach other in their seasons.
though not apparent to the eve. were
here n the soil. The seed a hot been
planted nor the water diverted from
its shifting channels out of the noun
tains to make them grow. But they
we're here and all the elements which
have contributed to the growth n
development OF our intermOuntain state
were present in their primary forms.
II is pOssible-aye, 1T is more thai
probable-tbat the span of the coming
half-Century may encompass more sur
prising changes han we may now rec
ognize and record as of the past. There
are broad of the desert yet
unreclaiIded having all and more thai
all of the possibilities which ave been
eFoiFeQ from the present OCCupleu Ter
ritOry. We are beginning to encrOach
upon the mountain slopes with our
vineyards eTt orchards. We are Dor
ing into the earth and tunneling into
the sides to tap the under
ground reservoirs which nature has
provided to conserve the water sup
ply. We are learning to use water
more intelligenf'v and more sparingly,
and are retaining lands ~overcharged
with the alkaline salts by tile drainage.
We are Just getting suggestions that
deeper down n the artesian water
beds are stores of gas and oil ready to
respond TO the labor Of the e-nterprising
deliver. and to contribute their share
as potent factors in the creatiOn of
wealth and prosperity. 1t eQuires no
great effort of the min to comprehend
now how the most barren spot of today
may become the most fruitful tOmor-
row.
Beginning Only Made.
Where the d-isintegrating action Of
the elements and the wash of the cen
tur1es have exposed the deposits of
-prospector. we have begun to dig out
and utilize the useful and the beautiful.
But we have only just begun; what has
been is but Introductory TO what may
and will be. The Intelligent husband
man is multiplying the product from
his acres of soil by negligent cultiva-
ton. as compared with only a score Of
years ago The miner has the assist
alCe OF powerful maE11neE TO drive his
tunnels, TO sink his shafts, to raise and
move his ores and the vast masses Of
debris that must come out with them.
There are shelters where the startling
processes of chemistry and m~etallurgy
are employed to separate valuable min
erals from the drOss that has Graded
them. and new processes and methods
are being discovered almost daily to
further assist the separation and to
make available a greater percentage of
their values. Instead of the OK team.
the handcart and the w"heeIbarrow.
there are steam and electric railways
10 bring the people and their belong
ings in and carry them at: to trans
port the products Of both fields and
mines TO every point Of the compass.
that may deliver their burdens on
either ocean front to steam-propeIfed
M thence 90 be noa+ed 10 the ut-
termost ends of the earth. There are
inventions that multiply the productive
power or men a hundred or a thou
sand fold. transactions Of every kind
are facilitated by means Of almost in
slant communication. No mortal may
declare a limit to the possible achieve
fnentS OF fhe century we are about
entering Upon
But we may not linger in -etrospec-
ton. Il is OF Utah as it is todav. of
Utah as it is to be in the years ia
come; II is of our duty as citizens of
TINS young commonwealth. the duty
that we owe to one another. and to
VIZ may come fItET us. that
we now propose to write. n to which
readers.
Utah, Both as territory and state
ever in the public view.
sake. :
Utah, The much discussed. com
mended and condemned. lauded and
derided. rarely C-omprehended.
UTAH But a brief time ieo far away
IN the wilderness. inaccessible. SOW the
focal point of extended and orosperous
settlements. the radiating point of q
comprehensive transportation systerc,
tie center of a spider web system ~
telephone communication.
Utah r.ate Of b~oundIeSS sources
and endless opportunities.
Myriad of Possibilities.
Volumes nave been written of it's past
ana volumes might be written wi-hruf
-Comp@TSinE all he possibilities rf IT..
Gtesent progress. volumes VIII d.
written recording future achfs.-.r, ms
All around US are evidences sn7 ~
fects of the tremendous convuetc-s ~
nature through which this -1afi,r ~
the earth aas passed. Processes v.bi,b
we can but feebiy initiate OF smoffsrr
coneentrating and refining crude 80
ments have been working thrOuen 4t.
age ~ fiji our mountains with r,.t91-
lie substances that man has lelrn-l
and is learning. how TO utilize. Ma
tufe appra Dries, where chemfca'
combinations have been effected yet
u~natt8inaDle T. the most.accoriplishs.
scientists OF the earth. have eXiste,
within these mluntain-walsf areas
and their products are gathered her.
ready 70 the hand Of he present gen
Grafton.
When writer recently attempted q
enumerdte the minerals and chemica
compounds that are found within thi
state, the list, merely naming and 10
eating them in the several counties
filed half 4 column of type. His com
putat-ons OF the extent and value o
but two q three ~ them, ana onl.
those embodied in the Great Salt lax.
itself. while expressed in quantftfe
beyord the comprehension OF the hu
man nand, were buS mathematice
facts. The ensemble is an aggrega
ton on the same grand scale as are IT,
natural features which surround IN
state Of Utah en- every hand and o
v@'ch it is the geographical center.