The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-11

enCeS would be read with interest by tho
public. representative OF The Tribune
was sent TO the Griffin home few days
ago. and a report Of the visit follows.
Is Pioneer Community.
Union Is an election precinct and an &C.
clesiastcal ward Of the Mormon church
embracing about six sections OF land the
central settlement of which Is located
some four miles southeast OF Murray.
This settlement Is q pioneer community,
and at one time, for protection from In
dians tcn-acre tract was inclosed by
high stone wall. This tract Is Still known
locally as the Fort" but the wall has
been entirely removed. II is at the mouth
OF Little Cottonwood Greek canyon, Just
below the bench land that skirts the Wa
satch range and under the very shadow
of Twin Peaks.
Neither Town Nor Township.
A description OF the place conveys n
better idea of It's nature than does It's
name. II is neither town nor a town
ship IT Is not a village and does not
even contain postotliCc. il is supplied
with mail daily, however, by rural car
riers, IL Is about equally distant from
Murray TO the northwest and Sandy 10
the southwest The central. thiclNy-sct-
tied portion is along the creek just at
the point where il ceases TO come down in
the canyon in a series OF miniature CUR
Cling cataracts and aftcrward runs moro
sluggishly into the nearer level canals,
The land is exceedingly fertile and Is well
supplied with water that is fed onto Il
every portion of the cultivated areas,
Isolated From World.
1t is divided uncvenly into patches that
for the most part are too large TO be
called gardens and too small to be dcsig-
mated as even miniature farms. Union
was never commercial center, and as
the country around 1t has grown IT seem
Ingly became more remote from the pull
sations OF trade. While II ia close TO one
OF the greatest smelter CenterS of the
L. ET M 4
much out OF the way as II II were noun
tain walled 1t might as 10 position. as
compared with the rest Of the world be
likcned unto an eddy at the side OF
swft-running river.
Definite Place Difficult to Locate.
The approaches are lined with rows Of
trees In places forming ClumpS that are
so dense that the view s obstructed In
all directions except straight ahead In the
middle of the thorouRhfareS. by some
these are called roads, others designate
them as streets. while a majority of the
drives are lanes that end abruptly In tho
middle of cultivated nelds-- n definite
place in Union is more dincult TO locate,
on account of the lrregularity OF It's
drIveways, than Is u given point In
great city.
Is a Home Resting Place.
Many of the male Inhabitants Of Union
work an eight-hour shift at one of the
smeltcrs only a few miles away. driving
mostly To and from their work in two
wheeled go-carts. The balance OF their
time is devoted To the cultivation OF their
limited areas and To rest 1t Is there
fore both homing and resting place.
1t has never been visited by a boom; town
| lot fcVers have passed II by and az TO
future commercial supremacy II Is nbso-
lutcly devoid of hope. Its heritage from
| It's inception has been isolation and that
| heritage IL Is likely to retain.
JWlgles of Alfalfa.
The vegetation forms the thIckets OF
trees fruit shade and ornamental to the
| tungles OF alfalfa and the cultivated rows
| OF Vegetables are luXuriant In the cX-
| treme Ii Is an exceedingly productive
| spot but too many people have found 1t
| out for any of them to become rich, ow-
Ing TO the small allotments of land
Busy World Left Behind.
| Driving to the place on a typical quiet.
| warm June morning as one leaves the
| noisy and much Travelled road between
| Murray and Sandy the silence after but
| n few rods OF travel becomes almost op-
| pressive The busy world has been left
| behind and u community of homes un-
| rivaled for density and complcXity In
| rural surroundings as to location Is Just
| ahead
Drive to Griffin Home.
| To find the right drive and tho Griffin
| home required numerous inquiries. Every
| one including the boys herding mich
| cows along the road fully mile and q
| half away, knew where IL was, but the
| descriptions given were not good for more
1 nd