Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17

send large delegations every winter to
Los Angeles. a very large per cent
age OF these travellers so to California
by the southern route They never
visit Salt Lake, either going or CONF
iug With the new road in operation
nud With It's advantages properly
placed before them, 80 per cent Of the
tuucontinental tourists should go
through Salt Lake.
The people Of this city and of Utah
are more than willing 10 enter into
reciprocal arrangement with Los An
ftles whereby we are 10 urge tourists TO
go there aid TO visit there in exchange
for similar courtesles from Los An
celcs We know Los Angeles We'll
enough to know that Il is the most
delightful winter resort On the United
states, perhaps In the world. As
place IN which to spend the cold
months Los Angeles 30 lmmeasureably
superior To salt Lake But there is
another side to the question.
Salt Lake Is as far ahead OF Los
Angeles In the summer as Los Angeles
Is of Salt Lake IN the winter The
people Of Los Angeles and OF south
ern California may not know this now
but they will know It soon By virtue OF
tho closer relationship the Salt Lake
Route win make possible They VIII
find that I'm Salt Lake, MS nowhere
else I'm the land the ideal summer
climate may be found With nights
that arc always cool, With mountains
all about us, their snoW-crowned SUM
mlts cooling the breezes, and sending
them down TO us full OF life-giying
oxygen with the Great Salt lake where
the Welry may battle and come out
inyigoratod. where the invalid may find
new NE, salt Lake is indeed blessed far
beyond any other city
Southern CALIFORNIA; win find, when
they feel the nced-as they do feel at
times the need-of getting away from
sea level and getting up into o more
iDygouting atmosphere, that salt
Lake Is the IDEAL place for them They
win 6nd that here, as in no other
city 10 the Union, they may enjoy
every comfort Of city life and every
advantage of seashore and mountains
only the introduction is needed, only
the first glimpse OF our land iu summer
its benefits Why, when those Los AM
gelans start to coming we viii not be
able 20 keep them away And 10 is
sure nobody will want to keep them.
away There is room here for them as
either temporary or permanent resi-
dents.
Here they may build their summer
homes here invest IN property here
interest and entertain themselves as
they cannot De interested and enter
tanned anywhere. else. Salt Lake viii
never be a suburb of Los Angeles or
Los Angeles Of Salt Lake, but It win be
surprising II Los Angeles people do not
divide their time with us. IL VIII be
surprising, too Il the tourists who will
pour out Of Los Angeles at the end
of the winter and through salt Lake
do not become Impressed with this
ctys advantages.
Something more than an expression
Of friendly feeling is needed In the
book OF books II rs written Yea, a
man may say thou hast faith and ]
have works, show me thy faith without
thy works ana ! will show thee my
faith by my works" And, For as
the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also All
Of as have abundant faith IN the future
OF Salt Lake. In the future OF Los AN
geles, IN the establishment and the
continuance OF the truest friendship
between Los Angeles and salt Lake.
Eut work is necessary.
All things may come TO him who
waits but they are hardly ever worth
having when be gets them He really
only gets them after everybody else
Is through with them or because no.
body else wants them, The Salt Lake
Real Estate association Is just now
giving % practical demonstration OF
faith and works II Is sparing neither
money nor effort In making Salt Lake
city better known 10 the outside world
us work IS one that should be appre-
clated by every citizen. The statement
may seem eKtrayagant, even egotistic-
a. but there IS Justification for the
statement that the better outsiders
Know salt Lake The better they like Il.
Knowing this, the Real Estate asso-
citation Is losing no opportunities TO in
torest residents OF other states. Los
Angeles has o similar organization.
Nothing is more natural than that the
Two should Nork as one With both !
associations at work II should not be
hard TO secure for both cities consider
alton from the best classes OF invest
ors and citizens.
Los Angeles more than doubled In /
population between 1890 and 1900 Salt /
Lake did not do as well az that but |
70 Is going to do as well before the |
next census Is taken. This city will /
be IN the 10000 class In 1910 II every
body does his part and Los Angeles /
VIII be among the 100000 arlstocrats
Al that Is necessary Is q Joining Of
hands and forces.
So here's to the health and prosperity
N Salt Lake and Los Angeles, as a
bride and a groom elect, And blest be
the tie that binds, or Is 70 bind them.
JOEL PRIEST.