The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-21
ONE THING LACKING.

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Salt Lake is not in the midst of a
building boom. True, there are many
magnificent structures in course of cree
ton, business blocks, apartment
houses and residences. But 1t is not a
boom" in the sense the word is gen.
orally used. but merely the steady and
substantial growth of a city of I'M
common advantages in the way of To-
cation, climate and natural resources,
TO say nothing OF the great lake and
the pleasure resorts.
Following a panic and in the midst
of a period of depression, the showing
made in this city is truly remarkable.
On the one hand it brings out the fact
that there is plenty of money here for
investment, and on the other it shows
the faith of the people whom fortune
has favored in the future of Utah's
capital
To the man fresh from the east Salt
Lake has always been interesting,
chiefly on account of the tabernacle
and the great organ therein, the tenn
the Amelia palace, which. together
with the lake. have been written up
over and over again during the past
forty years, and of which everybody
in the country has heard more or less.
While the buildings mentioned will al
ways attract visitors and people who
have lately located in the city. and a
plunge in the lake will never cease to
be enjoyable. the city itself. the enter
prise of its citizens and its future pros
poets, are attracting attention all over
the country: many inquiries are being
made. and when the cloud is lifted from
the business world and conditions
again become normal there will doubt
less be a substantial addition to the
population of the city. The increase is
bound to come. No other city in the
United States presents so good an OPP
portunity for the investment of cap.
ital or the making of a home.
There are drawbacks. of course. but
they are all Insignificant. save the
blight caused by the ambition Of a lit
Tic Office has arrayed friend against
friend and has been the cause Of mis-
representation and SANDER abroad. But
the passing from power of these men
we believe is close at hand and then
nothing will stand between Salt Lake
and an era of improvement and growth
such as has never been witnessed In
the west. The duty of the citizens in
the premises is apparent They should
bury this eternal, internal war by
their ballots in November and forever
put an end to the bitterness and strife
which has caused the wagging of so
many slanderous tongues.
Salt Lake Is not a Sodom, but city
of schools and churches. and we dare
say her citizens rank higher in point
of intelligence and education than any
other city on the continent; n not high
err. certainly as high. Instead of the
fire and birthstone descending upon us
I'm the next five years alleged to have
been SD cheerfully predicted by Brother
Short a couple of weeks ago. we shall
have more schools and more churches
and a busy. busting city of twice its
present size.
II this last prediction fails to ma
terialize il will be the fault of the citi-
gems themselves who prefer internal
strife 10 the material welfare Of all
concerned. Let us turn our faces TO
the eastward and welcome the rising
sun Of prosperity. and all will be well.