The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
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81 Owens River Prof ect. (
BY Frank 6. Carpenter.


38fspeoial Correspondence Of The Times
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NIX 81 a LAKE. July. Q. II have not De Ell
I'm salt Lake for about a Oxen yen RS az ~! ~
i no w find 1t d new city. nss so,v ~
X ,1eo Die ana Is fast bs'coning q inanutac VI
turing center i already nus some o. y
4 tte ilnrgest silleters Of the world. and T
w,l,S nuadru,,le them iii the future.t Those
SIlere t,o " are reducing about 8. 600 ton Bot
,8ore daily, and others are to- be ddet,
$s which will increase the out put to ~ wv
tons. This makes the city lively, but It
isis Is some extent destroying its beauty.
jSThe smoke and sulphur fumes affect tho
and If the new snelters are
not put at q considerable distance from rom
the wn may pe Us pc. 2
81 green as the Desert Of sahara. as his
|sis the condition about Copper Gin, Cana ma
ia, where the great nickel mines nre, and nd
litStsS So IN other smelling certcrs where
sulphur is mixed with the ores. 5S5 III Il
\ The Utah Mining Camps.
8Ss Utah is steadily growing rs q mining
proposition. Its output in lead, copper,
l5.silyer ana gold has run between ti, l.9
! and four hundred million dollars. The
i&cppper mined last Yea II was worth SlV'- :
Ooo, ooO the gold s., o0o, 900 or ooo coo, ana
! Silver about the same. So far the mines
Of sall kinds have paid out In dividends
| Cd 8 chat only small part Of the state
}a1la Il III been II prospected tf Senator ClarK's
new railroad, which goes from here y 70
los Angeles, has Just Issued a folder "a a.
beled. .The Worlds Treasure House, - IN
which 1t estimates the gold, silver COZ ~
per- and lead blocked out and exposed. ~ !, I
E1hes country r,1tched by It at billion uoi,
lars and the amount already ,i1lnee ,i,,
u marketed Mt $685., OOO, 900. Estimates ike
] this are probably overdrawn, but there r.
! Is Fl no doubt but that the product VIII
run high UP into the mill lions
gsST Tourists and One-Lungers. u
sss5E senator SClark's road As adding to Salt
\ takes popularity as n tourist cen ter, and
lsfhn4citizens here are advertising It for a y
}tt sis worth throu gll II their $50 clatlon p.
whose motto Is f!s"'See America ~ rst.
This lis now the! short cut to Southern 'ltl1 e
!3Californa. and travellers to that reglo
can save about two days on the 8ratlroad
BY going this way As % result y. most g o.
jitherl stop Off and many II 81 all
;Itude here Is about eight times that ofatl1io
topof the shington Monulnleht .. uala
II the ozone from the Rocldestis 81 en- th a3
d tie people breathe cliampag ne q kno "
NJ AZ ia a humber Of Eastern business men
it5who 4 are now living here because they
3& cannot stand our moist, cold ,winters. This
N airkis dry and ibracing tfand Is excellent
Il for2o -lungers and other consumptiv Y,
The \ most Of the citizens are decldtedly
Mrealthyy looking. Their Y cheeks are rosy,
Their movements brisk, and no on f g
lieye that many Of thctn came here to
deS and that not few have but g single ?
ling e In their bodies. This is true Of
coloratlp. and ills especially true OF
Il Southern California. Indeed, he 8 f g,
West has about the only door Gil +
mate that one can use the year around. "
About Los Angeles.
sgB8 Los Angeles, for instance thriyes upon
climate. It has 5incren sed about :, 600 per
II cent IN population since 1850, and II
n doubled between the years 1900 and 1so5.
4 The citizens are now claiming 200 ,oo0,S and 1t
N they expect to have g hal + NIL lion ~
x 1910. III The enormous fortunes which have ttN
\ been produced within the past few years
" and driving the5ric and well do to tfo
4 most comfortable spots, and Salt Lake,
s Los & Angeles Portland and other such
Il cities are all getting their shares.
u Los Angeles has. a larger number OF