. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . husin modern times does a new Napoleon declare, There will be noAlps! Already more than three hundred miles of steel is laidwest of Salt Lake. Thousands of men and teams are at work onthe line beyond, and in less than one year the thing will be doneand the Gould system stretch from ocean to ocean. In the unfold-ing of Nevada, the Western Pacific will have a tremendous will thread mining districts long isolated and send new streams ofore to Utahs great smelting plants. And so the story goes—and so
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . husin modern times does a new Napoleon declare, There will be noAlps! Already more than three hundred miles of steel is laidwest of Salt Lake. Thousands of men and teams are at work onthe line beyond, and in less than one year the thing will be doneand the Gould system stretch from ocean to ocean. In the unfold-ing of Nevada, the Western Pacific will have a tremendous will thread mining districts long isolated and send new streams ofore to Utahs great smelting plants. And so the story goes—and so, little by little, does Utah, once known only as a museum forMormon curiosities and the place of the Great Salt Lake, shake outthe folds of her rich vestments and rise in splendor among her sisterstates. Q Much could be said of the railroads that long ago entered Utah,and have had their part in its upbuilding, but the reader, if he has not alreadydone so, will someday ride over theDenver & RioGrande and seewhat a greatachievement it isand what wondersare to be seen alongits A Street Scene in Provo, Utali. Hunting and Fishing THE man with a rod and gun can find enjoyment in is rare sport to be found in duck, grouse and snipeshooting and in whipping the streams that flow down theWasatch for speckled and salmon trout. In the open sea-sons both sports may be enjoyed to the limit. Ducks darken theair in the fall, and in the summer one can lie on the banks of moun- v*B ^W. ^ HlHb^-i m |M ■eF l^BiliMiimiiiiirii li i^& —AijAllfJ^tiMtiiic^^i tIi»m^h ■P^i-^^JH Hm)^ ^- ^i .^g^li Ev^^^^^M ^_ rT^wiff^ls;?^ - 1 ^ •- , i ^•^■^s.^lC*^/ ^ y E>»* 1 m^HHI^kI^^^^^B 1.,: : . „„ ■ tain streams and gaze into the deeps upon trout that swim lazilyalong looking for a coachman or a hackle to seize the benches along the sides of the mountains and in thecanons, grouse and California quail are plentiful, and higher up,sometimes one can get a shot
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