The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-28
He Has Caught the Travel
Habit, Especially if a
Salt Laker.
LIKES TO CROSS PLAIN,
DESERT AND MOUNTAIN
And He Can, Too, and Live as
Comfortable As if in Own
Home.

Salt Lakers have the migratory habit
rather more than any people with
whom I have dwelt heretofore. In this
they are truly modern. The ease and
comparative cheapness of travelling In
these days Ia making rapid inroads on
the conservatism and timidlty which
chained men to one spot in the sup
pcsedly good old days OF our fathers
Perhaps In time this will lessen the
regard men have for one home spot.
but even IL this does follow one can
afford to sacrifice something In the In
tercst OF the cosmopolitanism, the cul-
ture and tolerance which Will replace
the provincialism OF the past
Habit General in West.
The farther one comes West, the more
general is the travel habit. This IS
fact which in some measure 1ustifeS
the See America First" scheme. 1t is
aimed at the Fastener. because he Is,
generally speaking, tho one who knows
little of his own country, except that
portion contiguous to the Atlantic sea-
board. The Westerner. on the con-
trary, knows his East thoroughly,
while loving the West more. Nine
times out OF ten his ancestral home Is
somewhere in the East, and rs soon
as he can afford the trip he goes back
to visit the old locality, And II cannot
be denied that as yet the East holds
the purseString of the Nation, and most
Westerners of large affairs need 10
finance their enterprises In New York
or Boston. The simple fact Of the mat
ter is that the Westcrner, as a rule.
has seen America and is in a position
10 preach TO those who have not.
Trip to Southern California.
TT Kg
with me. for duty and pleasure have.
one time and another. taken me about
all over the United States and eastern
Canada. But there remained unex-
plored the Southwest, and when an op-
portunity presented itself to make
trip over the popular Salt Lake Route
to southern California it was embraced
with eagerness. Right here I wish to
testify to the scenic qualities OF the
route. Perhaps we made the trip at
an auspicious time, for in the early
springtime all the brief Verdure OF the
mountains is constantly surprising one
with new and unexpected effects. In
southern Utah and Nevada there were
wide-spreading plains on which could
be seen an occasional flock OF sheep.
and once in long while the unpreten-
tious building Of a rancher, When this
country is developed, as Is now made
possible by the railroad we may per-
haps have on these seeming wastes
widespreading ranches. with diversified
crops raised by a scientific system Of
dry farming, and busy functions where
the ore from mines as yet undIscoN-
cred Will be handled.
Charm About the Desert.
But even as it is, the land of little
rain has a charm for me. a charm of
brooding, haunting mystery. Probably
few people find the interest In desert
scenery that l do. but the dullest and
most jaded traveller would find grand
eur in the mountain scenery which
surrounds one as the train winds
its way through the mountains. Our
journey was made within a short time
after the road has been repaired TO
permit through traffic and we saw evil
dences enough of the damage wrought
by the floods. But we passed gangs OF
men at frequent intervals. rebuilding
the road. They were usually the little
brown men from Japan, and their NOV
able habitationS. converted box cars,
were passed on almost every siding
II is safe to say that when the road
is rebuilt all difference Will be paid to
the whims OF King Flood when he
goes on rampage.
In Land of Perpetual Summer.
1t does not take one long 10 realize
train In our case carried us down the
mountain slope one beautiful morning
and ushered us so swiftly into the
orange groves, the flowers and palms o,
the semi-tropical land. 1t is no wonder
that this Is the mecca of invalids, OF
people who are In possession of wealth
and are seeking a pleasant land fol
the quiet later years. Unquestionably
In this region OF soft airs and even tenn
perature life may be prolonged.
doubt, however II southern California
Is the best place for a man who wishes
TO be a worker. It is a charming LAND
and may we'll be called our American
Italy, but as a working place, becaus'
of It's very climatic perfection, 1t cay
never compare with the higher region:
here In our internountain section
where the healthy atmosphere ener
gizes us and carries no seductive savo
Of langour and ease,
Yet 1t must be admitted that Lo
Angels. the big dominating city o
southern California, does not seem I,
suffer from climatic enervatIon. Wa
there ever city 80 absolutely conn