. A few facts relating to Salt Lake City and the State of Utah /issued by The Commercial Club, Salt Lake City . scourse of the river Jordan; the broadexpanse of that wonder of creation, theGreat Salt Lake from out of the depthof which arose a score of mountainislands, and a lovely valley one hundredmiles in length where fields and farmsand flocks abound. But is not onlyto the eye that Salt Lake is pleas-ing, her charms are various and con-tribute in many ways to your bodilycomfort. In summer season, every day when theshadows begin to lengthen, you can,within an hour from the time the notionsei


. A few facts relating to Salt Lake City and the State of Utah /issued by The Commercial Club, Salt Lake City . scourse of the river Jordan; the broadexpanse of that wonder of creation, theGreat Salt Lake from out of the depthof which arose a score of mountainislands, and a lovely valley one hundredmiles in length where fields and farmsand flocks abound. But is not onlyto the eye that Salt Lake is pleas-ing, her charms are various and con-tribute in many ways to your bodilycomfort. In summer season, every day when theshadows begin to lengthen, you can,within an hour from the time the notionseizes you, gather with your little fam-ily at Saltair or Garfield on the shoreof the Dead Sea, and bathe in its brinywaves; or in winter season, when OldRheumatiz, the unwelcome acquaintanceyou made in the East, renews his lodg-ment in your bones, you can, withinthe city limits, boil him out in hot ther-mal springs equal to Ojo Calient or theHot Springs of Arkansas. The Great Salt Lake! Who shall ade-quately describe the pleasure of abath therein? What pen is gifted withthe power to portray its wonders or 13. THE LION HOUSE. the beautyo f Saltair,tnat mightystructure,domed andminareted,which restsupon thewaves athousandfeet from theshore,or Gar-field, in thewaters ofwhich mil-lions have enjoyed the charms ofa bath? You cannot sink in the GreatSalt Lake; its buoyant waters will bearyou away on their bosom to the landof sweet content. It is the Dead Seaof America—mystery of creation—andSaltair in cost and equipment has nocounterpart upon the ocean coast of theWestern Hemisphere. If all this is truethen do you think you can find SaltLakes equal elsewhere in the world?Come and see it for yourself; yourverdict will agree with mine and youwill say that the half has not been you heard of the great gold andcopper fields recently discovered, buta few hours ride from Salt Lake City,where millions of ore have been uncov-ed in but a few months, and wheredaily new discoveries ar


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