The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-19
See America First


has gone like bugle blast from ocean
To ocean. IT should be tho clarion call
of every loyal American. The West is
the most interested, for here are the
matchless scenic attractions of the
whole country, and here il history, old
and new, as fascinating rs ever re-
corded. Thoughtful tourists stop by
the way at convenient cities TO come IN
| touch with the citizens. and TO note
the spirit and progressive tendencies OF
| the people They want To talk about
| the country passed through more cs-
pecially the particular location where
| stopping, and to carry with them i'm
| prcssionS conveyed OF the city and sec
tlon. Inquiries Will be as varied as
the pursuits OF humankind, and the
most versatile and best-Informed in the
city can be the most helpful In Inn
! parting information.
On trip from sea to sea Salt Lake
City and dip in the lake are never
left out by the discriminating summer
| tourist So unique among the cities of
| the land Is this one, so exceptional this
| lake; 40 interesting the history OF the
settlers of Utah. that all people want
| TO see and investigate for themselves.
| In View OF our invitation and the signal
| cry, See America First" we arc under
obligation to interest those who come.
to be able to answer inquiries and de-
| scribe the natural and material advan-
| tages OF the place and country Ques-
| tions wide apart as the antlpodcs Will
| be asked with assurance of n ready
| and satisfactory answer from one long
| time resident The tlmid lass asks
to be shown a Mormon; the Eastern
| farmer an irrigation canal, the student
asks about this greatest inland salt sea
! In all the world. courteous reply like
| the following should satisfy the stu
| dent, From the reports of the United
States geological survey and other re-
liable sources We learn that this lake
| Is what remains OF frcsh-water sea
| 1000 feet deeper than now and having
an area OF IL. 80 square miles. The an
| Cient lake was called Lake Bonne-
| vile, and it9 shore lines, at various
stages, are distinctly marked OH the
| mountain-sdes. The outlet was at the
! north end of Cache valley, through Red
| Rock pass Into Marsh Creek valley ana
| the Snake river To the Columbia and
| the Pacific. In prehistoric times the
| Bonneville river riValed the Niagara
| and, cutting Its channel deeper and still
| deeper. drained the waters from the
basin and left conditions favorable for
the abode OF man.
We can but conjecture the extent
| OF natures capers In those early times
| Ihe volcanic fires. frequency OF Garth
! quakeS, descent OF glaciers preCipita-
ton OF sediment In the valleys and lava
on the mountains-all are known, by the
| visible effects, to have contributed 10
| these wonderful formations From the
! Wasatch mountains 10000 feet OF
strata have in places been removed. and
| these mountains were once three aud
a half miles higher than now. ana so.
too the GlntohS thai tuiD TIC Wasatch
| on the north. The Uintah range is the
! highest with an east and west trend IN
the United States md for artistic
| beauty no other mountains on the con-
| tinent excel them. They are crowned
| with H'bny peaks, one of them is l2 Gs7
feet above the level Of the ocean.
| What remains of the ancient sea is
now Great Salt lake. in extent Sc tntv
| niles by fortyfive and six tiucs as
saunc as the ocean. with depth VARYING
an affected by the inflow and evapr a.
| tor. Fremont rode ScroSs the shadows
| 70 Antelope island IN August 1876 ana
| the water nowhere reached ahIyc The
| Saddle-glrths The chief streams thar
| l"ur theil waters into the lake are tie
| Bear and the Jordan and from tho
| surface OF the lake layer of water
| eighty inches deep Is evaporaIcl an
| hually. From Lake Michigan ;ne eyafz-
! oiatlon is but twenty-five inches. When
ne inflow is not equal to the evapora-
| pon the water IN the lake falls and
| vice versa. When the lake Is hIehecr
| the imTresnation is least. the variation
being rs much as 10 per cent Saline
ness NJ maximum is PA per cent, and
| tn3t or the Dead sea Is "a ~ If the
! water III the basin should rise To its
Old mark, the Salt Lake Temple would
stand IN $50 feet OF water. the Logan
| 'eh'Ile al ooo ieet and Provo In 600 feet
When the overland mall stage mad,
| Trips 10 the Pacific coast the route
! westward was south OF the lako and
o" by way Of the Deep Creek noun
Ia ms, anG in the JGsin between SimD-
SCI "hd McDonalc mountains the route
| crossed the channel of an ancient river
| lhiS channel was a halC-ra;!c wide ami
| iOD 'eel deep, and the Staee on ,h,-
| i'HliHS was supplied with water from y
well II like depth
| 'J'erS, In this closed basin with 70
outward drainage is a field for Inyes
| tgatlon and contemplation most Inrer-
esting and exhaustive. Southwark I'm
| Utah is the Sewer river. circliag around
for miles to gladden. the heart of the
husbandman, then unexpectedly sink
| Ing away In the desert sands Extrnya-
| gances OF nature are on very hand
and wonders ineXplicable monopolizc
@ .ne attention OF observant tourists
High mountains are always young
mountains and here are recent IN.
heavals so exceptional in formation as
to puzzle the geologlst"
Many subjects no less interesting ana
belonging TO this locality might be dis
cussed II citizens would famlliarize
themselves with them. Prepare TO
pump the head OF the tourist flIl of
something worth remembering some
thing worth talking about and tellinc
! the home folks; then present your card
to be kept as a souvenir and shown m
anxious inquirers and prospective SET
tiers and you VIII have your reward in
heavier, and possibly a more profit
al BILE. mail.
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