Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-30

brush. At our left We see valleys COW
cred with tall pines. We wish for our
Elk Point friends that they might be-
hold this beauty. We come to Utah
valley; the walls are high and rugged.
The Tunic District Mining company
are st our left. They have a branch
line to Springville. As we 60 down
the Utah valley we pass Mt. Kneebone,
with its snowy top, thousands CT feet
above US. 1t lie the highest mountain
In the state. The government has q
great dam here, with tunnels miles
long, running water over in the Utah
valley for irrigation purposes. The
land in the valley Is worth $3.50 per
acre and $50 per, acre for permanent
water right. The reservoir q i'll be 8
miles square. The water that now
runs down the mountainside will be
held by this dam and will be brought
to the Salt Lake valley. The farmers
are only raising one third OF crop, az
they only get one watering on their
land year.
We next come to Springville, one of
the best little towns in the west. 1t is
in great farming country. The next
town ia Provo, the county seat and at
our left is Utah lake. The water is
the very highest it has been in 20
years. Provo is city of beauty and
has population of 10000 inhabitants.
Utah lake is about SO miles long and 9
miles wide. At our right we pass a
large beet sugar factory. We now
come to the Jordan river; it connects
Utah Lake with the Great Salt Lake.
Its length is 40 miles. We are in the
valley and will soon be in Salt Lake
City. The valley is clothed with
poplar trees and alfalfa. The wheat
and sugar beets in the valley are look
ing good. Our engine whistles and
we are coming into Brigham's Junction.
This Is named In honor of Brigham
Young. On our left Is great copper
iron and silver smelter. The ore is
taken from the mountains on the north
and south side of the Junction.
We pass on and are coming into Salt
Lake City. 1t is smoky and is not very
attractive, but the famous city must
be OF interest to US. We are at the
depot and how the hackmen flock
around the tourist! We are too slow
to catch the street car, so we walk up
the street, find rooms, get dinner and
then we make our first trip to Salt
Lake, which is about l8 miles from the
city. It Is a very low country be-
tween the city and the lake and the
salt and alkali make the soil unpro-
ductive.
We are now at the lake where a long
pavilion Is built about three quarters
OF mile from shore. Here all manner
of amusements are furnished. Here
Mr.. Crowder suggested a bath. Bath
ing suits are secured and we are soon
at the dressing room and shall never
forget Mr.. Crowder's first plunge iuto
Salt Lake. The writer cannot de-
scribe his feelings as he stepped into
the briny lake. The water is so heavy
with salt that one cannot wade in the
water to the armpits. You can float
without effort. We also saw how the
salt is gotten. 1t is pumped into vat
about 10 acres square, where the water
is left to evaporate, leaving the dry salt.
1t is then piled up and put in cars and
shipped to the refinery.
The train soon comes and we are on
our way back to the city. After sup
per we retire early. It Is Friday morn
ing and we must visit the principal
part Ct the city. It is laid out In 10
acre blocks. Its streets are 100 feet
wide from curb to curb. Mr.. Young's
idea for plating the tract OF land into
10 acre lots was not that IL should be-
come great city, but that each man
could earn his own living.
The first thing of interest is the
court house and city hall. Utah has
no capitol building and the legislature
hold their sessions in this building
The Gust of this building was 81 800, 600
Next we went to visit the temple park
AT first we are ushered into the small
temple. This building will seat 250t
people. We are then taken to the
tabernacle. This is the greatest In the
world. 1t will seat 5000 people. L
has the greatest pipe organ. 1t Il
second to but one in the world
the lsrgest being in Australia. TIL,
roof OF the tabernacle is 10 feet thicl
AID made without nails, but morticet
and dove tailed together, being wrap
ped with raw hide, pitch also beip,
used. Next we are taken to the Grea
Temple, second to none in Unite,
Stats. 1t was 40 years in butldin,
and cost 81, 600, 900. joseph r. Sm;,l