The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-07
book ON UTAH BY
FAIR COMMISSION
Printed at Expense of State for
Distribution at AIaska-Yu-
kOn-Pacific Fair.
LIKE THE UTAH BUILDING
AT EXPOSITION. IS FAILURE
It's Title. Instead of Utah"
Should Be Another Boost
for the Church.

Now that the Alaska Yukon. Pacific
exposition has been running for more
than month. the commission from this
tion at this exposition
Like the Utah building nj the exposi-
tion, the book, which contains forty
eight pages, is an abortion. The mat
ter contained in its pages, purporting
to give facts and figures rs To Utah
has been taken from the book upon
Utah issued by the bureau OF informa,
tion Of the Mormon church and re.
written
Everything that pertains to Mormon
ism is elaborated upon. For some rea-
son not known. the pictures OF the first
presidency Of the church are not print
cd This may have been an oversight.
however, and can easily he inserted in
2 second edition. The title page reads:
Utah-A Place of Abundant Oppor-
tunitics for Prosperity in Business, In.
dustrial and Home Life
This sounds pretty. and ii is. Turn
Ing over the leaf n picture of the TEN.
pie block, showing the temple. taber.
nnele. assembly hall. bureau of informa-
tIon and the wall around the block, is
seen. This picture shows those who
might desire to change their prcseni
location and come 10 Utah to live what
"a place of abundant opportunity for
prosperity Utah is. 1t Will no doubt,
impress the prospective citizen greatly
Tor be knows that this block is under
the personal direction of a notorious
aw-breaker, as well as defer of the
law, who lives openly with five wives.
This IS product Of Utah.
On The next ngUH CjGfurn Of Gov
William Spry; a handsome half tone ii |
Is, picture that viii. no doubt. have /
strong tendency 10 induce people to |
come 70 Utah.
Picture of Commission
Then follows n full page showing the
llkenesses of the SIX members OF the |
Utah commission to the exposition As |
the seeker after facts about Utah gaZes
upon the handsome faces of Henry
Gardner and Tom Hull, who head the |
page. or sean closely the faces of d. c. |
.laekling and Il. f.. Allen. who occupy
the center, or is infatuated with the
charming 1countenances of Rudolph
kuchler and C. p. Overfield. who are al
the bottom OF the page. he will. no
doubt. be so strongly impressed that
this is n place of abundant opportuni-
ties, that he will take the first train
out from Seattle and come TO Utah TO
locate.
Then when he looks at the other en-
gravlngs-the monument corner with
the News building and the Brigham
Young monument, the Latter-dav
Saints university and the Agricultural
college shown prominently. aud then the
squattv building labeled University Of
Utah, the Latter-day Saints hospital
the Holy Cross HOSPITAL
and the JUDGE Memorial home. and the
statue of Moroni on the last page
he viii wonder why the saints insfi-
tutions are shown M so prominently
and why the gentIles are ignored.
True. there are three Of the school
in Salt Lake shown. hut thev
are not labeled. so as TO leave the in
ference that the Mormons are RESPONSE
BILE for them.
AS to Letter-Press.
AS to the letter.press There is the
story about the pilgrimage of The pio.
neers. the area of the state is given.
The climate is referred to. Then there
IS slap at the people who do not bow
10 the priest)y rule
There is chapter npon what tourists
wish 10 see. These things are the Salt
Lake; the Temple block. the Lion and
Beehive houses, Eagle Gate, Brigham
Young monument. the City and County
Liberty park, ''formerlv
owned by BRIGHAM Young AS farm, -
g Wasateh i'll Little Cottonwood canvon
whence the granite stone for the Nor.
non Temple in Salt Lake was hauled:'
The Warm and Hot Springs and the
Hotpots, the natural bridges aud Utah
sunsets. But everything that pertains
10 Mormonlsm stands out over and
above all.
The mining districts OF the state are
ryir 3ysn
a half page; coal and hydrocarbons a
page.
There is body blow given the Utah
traffic bureau in The statement that {
freight rates are favorable to Utah
shippers. The figures pertaining to the :
agricultural industry of the state could ;
not be disturbed and this is true of
irrigation and dry farming. Beet sugar {
IS given prominence, possibly because :
the church owns the sugar factories.
The old lie as to the school system
Of the state being instituted by the