Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-11
THE FUTURE OF SALT LAKE.


are Interested In the Advancement of
Salt Lake City and the development
Of the intermountain region. The writ
or convincingly sets forth the reasons
why, in his opinion, the destiny Of this
City Is to become the metropolis of a
vast irternountain empire. He says:
I'VE have heard much of the advance
IN the East, In the South, the Lake
| region. The Mississippi valley. and the
Pacific coast. Also stray boomets have
been let loose by individual states In
| the Rocky mountain region, but this
section of our country has positively
suffered from lack of unity OF effort
and statement. There has been no lit
| tie local jealousy with slurring remarks
about one another. They have been in
the adolesceut stage, but now they are
blossoming out into young manhood
| with the vlrility of protective energy.
Colorado will evermore dominate the
| new West on the eastern slope OF the
| Rocky mountains. The new West Is
| an empire in itself but It has been con-
| tent with the simple title of New
! West, and 1t Is sufficient but 1t VIII
| no longer include the western slope of
the Rockies. for a new giant has come
out of the farther West.
The Intermountain empire is not
merely a new name, ii Is new entity,
with a genuine metropolis in Salt Lake
city. Until now the business of this
great region has been divided between
San Francisco, Denver and Salt Lake
City. So long as this was true, CEN
tralization of interests was impossible.
IAN at once, almost spontaneously.
Idaho has blossomed into great state
In horticulture, promising to lead the
Union. The desert is literally begin
,1if ia htDgenn1 a laden
orchard. At the same time Nevada is
paved with gold. AS with a magic
wand that state. long afflicted with ar
rested development. is turned to gold,
and. at the same time, Utah has be-
come a national wonder in soil ana
mines; so that Salt Lake City is the
center of vast area unparalleled IN
promise in any similar territory ON
earth.
"All this is merely suggestive of the
future. while the lines of railroads, old
and new, which make Salt Lake City
the center of n web of iron rails. fore
stan her inheritance of prosperity. salt
Lake City's personality Is already be-
Ing determined for all time. The pc
culiar conditions which have dominat-
ed here since Joseph Smith THE au-
thor evidently refers to President
Young, drove the first stake in
Zion Will no longer isolate her
but will help TO intensity her con-
ventional reliability. She is the only
city west of Missouri valley that has
never had hoodlum period reckless
age. The mob the frontiersman, or
the mining gang has never held sway.
There has never been any call for
vigilance committee or for lynch law.
Banks have never had the collapse fe-
YER No boom has ever burst, no I'M
portant reaction has ever depressed the
city The significance of this cannot
be overestimated. as 1t leaves salt
Lake City In class bv itself, with
personality as noteworthy as that of
Grover Cleveland, who could never be
confused with any other personality
of any other time or century.
THE mtermountaln empire will play
a part In the worlds future as distinct
as that which has been played by New
England or the Pacific states, Stop
teaching geography in the patchwork
STYLE. grasp the great movements OF
the new century. Appreciate the per-
sonallty of this great region
All who know anything about this re-
gion, know that here the climate is
wonderfully healthy and congenlal;
that millions are waiting to be brought
to the light from the numerous deposit
tories IN the mountains, and that mil
lions more are to be gathered from the
soil by the various methods OF farming;
that everything that Is necessary To
the sustenance and luxuries Of life is
found In abundance, waiting only for
the enterprsing manufacturer TO take
hold of il and put II in shape for the
market, giving work to innumernble
multitudes. They know that the pos
sibilities are as set forth in the article
quoted. without exaggeration.
But I'm order to realize these possi-
bilties fully and quickly, the citizens
must work together in unity and har-
nony. The policy of personal revenge
that has been carried on here for sew
eral years by dIsgruntled politicians OF
tho lowest type must be abandoned for
a policy OF progress, enterprise and
observation-disclosures II looks as II in
cumbcnts OF Offices and positions OF
trust were actuated more by personal
motives than desire to benefit the
public. Many puzzle measures pre-
sentod In legislative assemblies show,
whom analysed, that the chief benefit
of their adoption is that they provide
a position and some salary Cor the gem
tleman who introduced it. such a
policy Is all wrong. Let personalities
be kept in the background, when public
matters are considered And, above
all, let all conservative citizens unite
in withdrawing both moral and inan-
cial support from those who breed
strife and try to create onmity be-
tween neighbors.
You want the city TO expand You want
settlers to come here and build homes.
You want your real estate TO advance
In value, ana your business 10 grow.
Then unite against the sayages who
nm the air with war-whoops and -FOUR
lsh the tomahawk as they wildly rush
from place TO place, hoping to create
a panic. subdue the head hunters Let
an that rs best In tho American clyil-
eaton prevail and before long this
state will indeed be the queen OF the
Vest