The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-02
Ideal Climate, Beautiful SEA-.
cry, Magnificent Growth and
Progress All Appeal.
HUNDREDS OF VISITORS
SEEING SIGHTS DAN,
Many Who Intended TO Hurry
Homes in East Stay to
to Investigate.
Do visiting tourists like Salt y,

Do visiting tourists like Salt I..t
City'
Certainly. 81
If there arc any doubters or knoel
ers among the tens of thousands
Salt Lakes progressive citizens vt
yet cling to the opinion that those vi
tarry here for few days carry ava
an unfavorable impression they hav
only 10 take few trips in the ffSe.
ing Salt Lake" cars and anfos a.
converse freely with the pnsscnce-,
In the parlance of the spnrting q
ltor 1T s dead cinchv that Won "a
find one malcontcnt among 500 s;ob,
secrs. g.
II would require a volume 70 :.
forth IN detail the reasons for th;s L
explain how Salt Lake is fast heoc,-
ing one of the best and most fayorabj
known cities of the country, but n n:
specific instances will prove the gener.
viewpoint,
Charmed With Climate.
Among the many who took the y;eh,
seeing trip Yesterday were seysr,
New Workers, who were on their vro
to the coast When they left thr;
home metropolis four Oh FIVE days ap
the weather was inclement and an
agreeable, as winter was Lingering lat,
Arriving in Salt Lake Yesterday tho
were greeted BY IDEAL weather cond;
tions. The day was almost cloudless. IA
temperature neither too hot nor too col
and gentle breeze with stimulatfu
suggestions of salt blew in from fL
great lake. Throughout the city n
lawns were green and clean and n
over the broad valley were fruit tree
bursting into bloom and fields aIread
putting on their spring garments.
When the car reached the Fort Dou>
las station and the tourists looked do7'
upon the city and valley many WEI
the exclamations OF wonder and b
light. 2
'tIt is almost like a dream,'' said
+. Bowler, New York drygoods mel
chant. 81 did not think It possib|
that YOU had here valley of sue
apparent resources and a city of sne
pronounced progressiveness."
Amazed by Progress.
On the car also was " T. Suter.
contractor and builder of Sibey, ID
He is thoroughly conversaut with n
whole middle west, having travelled d
tensive Y in the conduct of his bud
ness, and gives it as His opinion thn
the Salt Lake valley and the othe
lrrigable sections OF Utah will fuEnis
homes for hundreds Of Iowans thi
year.
"We are hearing much of your psoz
ress IN the east Just now,o he a
clared, "buJ it requires visit {
make it fully understood There Al
still many people who believe tha
primitive conditions still prevail
your city, but a days inspection canno
but dispel that impression Your hotel
business blocks and modern buildine
all speak Of progress. While | hnv
never been here before, l intend 4
come again.
Mrs. Helen Duffy, teacher in III
Boston schools, who by reason Of il
health, has been spending the wintc
on the coast, said: "T am familin
with Salt Lakes history, but han
never before visited the city. / con
from the land of old things, wher
growth is very slow 1t is difficlI
to realize that only fifty years "a
you had here only handful of settler
struggling for existence under advers
conditions, | am delighted with yoo
city,
And so one finds them, from whni
ever. section of the country, all booa|
ers for Salt Lake when they depart.