The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-07
LEST WE FORGET.

Apropos of the times and of the
great Improvements now being made
on Federal Heights read what a poet
and philosopher once said about Pop
perton:
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POPPERTON PLACE. Z:
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the gray mountain side g
" With the colors of sunset each {.
. evening is dyed: q,
y nile the valley in 81. beauty I'M {.
Q hidden shall be {.
(: And the Jordan flow on to UJtah's 4.
Dead Sea. Z.
s: 1t shall be to mankind a haven of Z.
@ peace 8
2 Til sinner and saint from their .
labors shall cease; o
g Til the world shall have finished .
its journey sublime (.
q And be lost in the waves Of the .
ocean of time. .
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Mount Ensign's proud form &:
@ Were drifting around in Noah's 4.
q great storm &.
g When the Aztec looked out on the 8
g earth from his door (.
@ And the wild waves were dashing (:
d. on Bonneville's shore. &.
4. AS long as humanity's footsteps &.
. shall roam .
s: And tears come unbidden at the &.
y song of Sweet Home:' q
% As long as the stars shine in 9,
q splendOr through space 4.
. You Will lose not your beauties 9.
% sweet POnDprton PIace a
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'Popperton Place is not a town. it is
only just
The best part of town; and the
best part of a town is always where
The best people in d town live. The
best people are not necessarily the
richest people, although many of the
best people are rich. The best people
are people who want nice homes and
lawns and nice surroundings and nice
neighbors who like
the same things they do and who try
to have them. The best people don't
want to live where all kinds of people
build all kinds of houses; where the
shadow of the shanty falls on the pal
ace, and where other peoples back
cats and other such like rubbish. We
have always noticed that when the
best people builG a home they build if
IN a locality where every one vies with
his neighbor in giving his house and
all the essentials to beauty
and comfort. Property in this sort of
a locality always has a value and can
always be sold.
With these sage reflections let's
take look at Popperton Place. the
largest. nearest. most BEAUTIFUL and
only high land addition to Salt Lake
North of ii tower the stately peaks
Of the Wasatch.
East ot il lies lovely Fort Douglas.
South Of it is the wonderful piano.
rama Of the Salt Lake valley.
West of it is Salt Lake City. beyond
which green and golden fields extend
to the very shores of the Great Salt
lake.
Under it is virgin soil free from the
pollution of cesspools and sewage
over it the skies are blue. the air is
pure and wholesome, and the view from
it is view the like Of which is not
found elsewhere on this continent
we can't see very much from our
front porch in Popuerton, but what we
can see is good; we can see the lights
go on and off at Saltair and Garfield.
eighteen miles away; We can see every
train coming to the city fifteen miles
before it arrives; we can see at night
hundreds of electric lights spring into
that look like so many dia-
nOnds on a background of velvet; We
can see the whole city and the spires
and domes of the temple and county
building standing like Sentinels above
he foliage; we can sec the ranges of /
he WaSatch and Oquirrh festooned
With the fantastic forms of clouds that
gather about their snowy SUBMITS; we
an see the broad exDanse of the sea |
md its mountain islands; we can sec |
he silvery Jordan on its winding way
o the lake; we can see the lovely val
ey stretching away in VeTnal pillows |
md at evening we can see the imperial /
un as he bids US good night. dis
barge a CULVER full of golden arrows
oWardS the sky-arrows that plunge
ntO the clouds and glance off on the
overs and steeDles of the city-Iight-
1g up with their iUstre every window
nd roof. and finally falling I'm rose