In and around Salt Lake . ion filled with wealth and di-versified resources and the) scene of activity in mining, manu-facturing and commercial affairs. Salt Lake City lies in a field of beauty and is surroundedby mountains, awe-inspiring in their grandeur. The city is laid out on a generous plan, with broad streetsand great squares. Once it was practically walled about toprotect it from its early foes, the Indians, and here and theresections of the old walls are still to be seen. The old and the new are strangely blended in Salt LakeCity, the curious architecture of half a century ago standin
In and around Salt Lake . ion filled with wealth and di-versified resources and the) scene of activity in mining, manu-facturing and commercial affairs. Salt Lake City lies in a field of beauty and is surroundedby mountains, awe-inspiring in their grandeur. The city is laid out on a generous plan, with broad streetsand great squares. Once it was practically walled about toprotect it from its early foes, the Indians, and here and theresections of the old walls are still to be seen. The old and the new are strangely blended in Salt LakeCity, the curious architecture of half a century ago standing inthe shadow of stately modern structures. Almost the first thing the visitor does upon reaching SaltLake City is to visit the Temple. Work began on it with thefirst beat of the citys heart, and continued unremittingly forforty years. It cost over four million dollars and is one of thenotable buildings of the continent. Its exterior is graven with ^3 S^ SaiUdkePhotograpiiiGSuppiuGo SUCCESSORS TO WARWICK PHOTO SUPPLY J^odak Supplies and J^urnishinffs SALT LAKE PHOTO SUPPLY CO., ^s^x frE^^yt;?A^* Hotel Halls S. M. RIDDLE. Manager Diagonally opposite Knutsford Hotel COR. THIRD SOUTH & STATE Lake City, Utah CONVENIENT LOCATIONELEGANTLY FURNISHED Single rooms or en suite. Steam heatand electric lights Transient rates room and board $ to $ per day ^^ismarck* 9/o. JO 2l/. Second South German Lunch Room Genuine ImportedBavarian Beer . .Lemps Beer onDraught First-Glass Bowling Alleys S/6 SIMON, Propr. IN AND AROUND SALT LAKE 5 the curious symbols of the Mormon creed and its loftiest spireis surmounted full 215 feet above the earth by the golden figureof Moroni, the angel who is said to have revealed the religionof the Latter-day Saints to Joseph Smith. The interior ofthe temple is sacred to the Mormons—none but those of thefaith of the church in good standing are ever admitted throughits massive doors. Within are celebrated marriage and bap-tismal rites. Within
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