The Land of the sky, and beyond . fi,;|l!jj lit i, ,ii,UiJjLl*-*!ii. \. I CordialA endless manulacturing and business enterprises,of her superb public buildings and com-mercial blocks, her miles of well-pavedstreets and handsome residences, hertifty miles of modern sewerage, her per-fect school system and modern educa-tional and religious edifices, and hermagnilicent and costly opera house, thesecond largest in the United States. Totell it all woidd till a volume, so let usturn rather to her i)erhaps less importantbut also less prosaic features, and tell ofher beautiful well-kept parks, includ


The Land of the sky, and beyond . fi,;|l!jj lit i, ,ii,UiJjLl*-*!ii. \. I CordialA endless manulacturing and business enterprises,of her superb public buildings and com-mercial blocks, her miles of well-pavedstreets and handsome residences, hertifty miles of modern sewerage, her per-fect school system and modern educa-tional and religious edifices, and hermagnilicent and costly opera house, thesecond largest in the United States. Totell it all woidd till a volume, so let usturn rather to her i)erhaps less importantbut also less prosaic features, and tell ofher beautiful well-kept parks, includingthe McFherson military reservati<jn, thefinest in all America, on which the Gov-ernment has sjient or will spend three mil-lions. Let us tell of her charming climate,which converts the severe winter of the Northinto Indian summer, and banishes utterly allbronchial and asthmatic troubles, which tem-pers too the heat of the summer, and givesthose who live within her gates the opportu-nity to tell with truth that ihey need a blanketover them everv July or August n


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