The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-15
Facts and Figures Which Detail
the Story of This Wonder
full State.
POPULATION, INDUSTRIES,
OPPORTUNITIES, CLIMATE
Booklet Just Issued by the
Union Pacific Railroad From
Pen of Utah Man.

There has Just been Issued by the
Union Pacific railroad g book upon Utah
which shows the resources OF the state.
the population. the industries. the oppor
tunities, the climate. etc. II is the most
perfect compilation OF the wonderful re
sources of this great state OF Utah which
has ever been Issued, and il is down 20
date.
While It's imprint says that it was Is
sued In November. 1910. It is in reality
issued In 1911. OF course. no name Is,
as a rule, ever given or appended to
railroad booklet. there could be but few
men in the state who could write such
a booklet as this one. From a reading
OF the i20 pages the impress OF the au-
thor is shown from It's inception to its
Is comprehensive. II gives facts and
figures and statistics. not In dry. tabu-
lated form. but in a manner that he VINO
runs may read, may grasp. may com
chapter or the entire twenty-one, ne
has an idea OF Utah that he could not
obtain elsewhere and one that has been
fudelibly impressed upon his brain. There
is no other state like Ii.
Judge Edward 2. Colborn is its author.
He knows Utah. He knows its resources,
He has told about them in a most graph
ic manner.
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The area, topography and drainage is
detailed In TWO pages. The population,
present and past, by decades, is also de-
tailed in two pages. There are three
pages that are given TO history. to terri
torial days and to state government.
Then follows a history of the twenty
seven counties in the state Facts and
figures are given pertaining 70 the re-
sources. These have been told In a series
OF stories printed in The Tribune In 1909
10, and the facts contained in these sto-
ries have been condensed in q manner
that reflect credit upon the author of the
booklet.
Climate and health OF the state. sea
sonabe inspiration, altitude and air
pressure, buoyancy Of the air. tables
showing growing seasons. averages, Ia
organization Of the weather bureau down
TO 1909, are shown and elaborated upon,
as are also average temperatures.
influence Of Dead Sea.
The influence OF that great dead sea,
the Great Salt lake. whose waters are
as dense as are those OF the great Dead
sea OF Galilee. Is shown. There are tables
which show mean maximum tempera-
lures, absolute minimum temperatures,
mean minimum temperatures, and the
show the daily variability and the mean
monthly variability OF temperature.
Dates OF killing frosts and tables setting
forth the average dates of killing frosts
above 90 degrees and minimum below
freezing arc shown. There is a chart
showing annual precipitation. the driest
year on record, the wettest year on rec
ord, the percentage Of annual precipita-
ton, comparative statements OF thunder
storms.
Then the attractions OF the state are
set forth-mountain. valley and lake. the
hot pots. the lake. the solid selt sea, the
great fresh water lake, the Lagoon.
Wandamere. fishing and hunting. and the
magnificent scenery
Schools and Irrigation.
The schools of the state arc elaborated
upon-public, private and church. Irri-
cation and the wonders il has accom-
plished are shown. its advantages, gov
ernnent and Carey act projects, annual
soils are explained. the valleys are de-
tailed. the principal agricultural products
and their values are set forth; fruit
growing, dairying, poultry and bee in
culture, sugar making. what the canning
industry is, are all set forth IN brief
and compact manner.
Mines and Smelling.
The mining industry is treated at
length. There are tables showing the
put. the dividends paid. the beginning OF
the mining industry and q description of
the famous districts. The coal and hy
drocarpou industry Is also treated. as are
iron and salt and shales and soda
Smelling and ore reduction. a list OF
the several plants, and their location are
also detailed.
The timber in the state. where IL is
located, Is also detailed in chapter
Then comes a treatise on the cost OF
living. the retail prices OF commodities |
facts pertaining TO labor conditions, facts
about Salt Lake City and Ogden, and a
general resume OF affairs. It is one OF
the best booklets ever issued about this |
great big state OF Utah. and reflects
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