The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01
ALL CLIMATES
EXCEPT BAD
States Praises Sung Since Time Of Esca.
laHte For BalHy, HeaIth.Giyiug
Air-Beats Sunny Italy.

ffkl ERE the climate IS so delicate.
the air so balmy. that il is a
pleasure 10 breathe by day and
by night
Thus wrote Father Sylvester Velez de
E-Scatante at the mouth Of Provo river
IN the year 11I6. About the time Thorn
as Jefferson was engaged on his draft
or the Declaration OF Independence.
rather EsCaldnte with eight other
Spaharos. set out from Santa Fc TO
endeaVor 10 discover a route to the
Pacific They traVersed much of cen
trail and southern Utah Father Fsca-
Ia1lte was successful in giving his name
Tor all time 10 a. valley in southern
Utah, and thus viii the name OF Esea-
lante be perpetuated.
But Father Escalante is entitled to
respect more because he was the first
white man TO record what proved to
MIN a rare delight as il has 10 thou.
sands since Father EscaIante became
dust-the climate of Utah.
Since that time the praises Of Jrtah's
climate have been sung by ever-iu-
creasing numbers and so shall 1t al
ways be- Perhaps no battleship viii
ever be named for Utah. The state
may lose q senator now and then. the
q. y. r: may decline TO meet within
our borders. wOmeu'S clubs may de-
clare against US, but our climate will be
with US always.
All Climates in State.
And Utah's climate must be reck7ned
one of Utah's chief resources. one that
can never be taken away
'Utah'S climate means the best
grades of all varieties Of climate 10 be
found on the continent. You may jour
ney to the mountain tops OF Utah in
August and CONCEAL. or YOU may visit
Dixie in January and roam about in
comfort though clad i'm pajamas. At
The various attitudes you md various
climates, but Utah is certain 20 have
one that fits you 10 perfection
Utah has none of the bad climates.
Malaria, consumption. rheumatism.
heart failure and the other ills that
flesh inherltS or acquires perish at the
states borders There * no prosperity
for them within. When the death of h
person less than 90 years of age is re-
ported i'm Utah. the usual question IS:
Who fired the shot % Cases are
known where folks who came west to
die have settled in Utah and become
ancestors of hundreds before the final
passing Once a year Utah people over
20 years of a &c meet in Salt Lake city.
On these occasions none but the most
powerful athletes are able To force
passage through the streets. Oruinsri-
~, Utah man does not think of re-
firing from business until he * 90. and
then as rule he moves elsewhere TO
found a colony
In the valleys Of Utah may be found
the ideal temperate climate Zero
weather is almost unknown. and
warm spells such as terrify the
dwellers elsewhere, are unknown. The
nights are always cool. kept so by
the refreshing breezes from the snow
capped mountain ranges that separate
the valleys. The snowfall is generally
just sufficient ID guarantee sufficient
moisture for the next seasons crop and
water supply. The ablest editors OF the
state always have premonitions that
the water supply viii be short next
Season-' but nobody pays attention t.
the editors except their wives and chill
dreu. and the water supply always re-
ports for duty at the proper time The
humidity is nowhere in the state suffi-
cient to justify the appeilation wet Gil
mate" yet the greater portion cf the
state Is not what may properly he
called dry" being . happy mean. To
he sure, there Is one section that is
dry-the extreme southern portion. the
tropical zone of Utah. Here new lungs
grow to maturity over night. citrus
fruits hang ripe on every bOuCh- 9th
er leading industries of the section
induced by the wonderful. dry. braCing
homemade wine and
genealOgies-