. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . be made tosupport a family, and yetin Utah it does do that inhundreds of cases, and,more than that, provides asurplus to be laid by forgood farm stock, a pianofor the girls, a few sharesof sugar or co-operativestocks and a little accountin the savings bank, asagainst a rainy , The agricultural valleys of Utah are among the show sights ofthe state. All the people take pride in them, and few are the trav-elers who do not rank them among the most peaceful and beauti-ful anywhere to be found. Viewed fro
. A glimpse of Utah, its resources, attraction and natural wonders /by Edward F. Colborn . be made tosupport a family, and yetin Utah it does do that inhundreds of cases, and,more than that, provides asurplus to be laid by forgood farm stock, a pianofor the girls, a few sharesof sugar or co-operativestocks and a little accountin the savings bank, asagainst a rainy , The agricultural valleys of Utah are among the show sights ofthe state. All the people take pride in them, and few are the trav-elers who do not rank them among the most peaceful and beauti-ful anywhere to be found. Viewed from near-by mountain-sides,the little farms are seen lying side by side with almost the regular-ity of the squares of a chessboard. Sometimes they are defined byrows of Lombardy poplars—sometimes by hedges. The houses,unpretentious, but home-like, are trimmed about with beds of flow-ers, and the Virginia creeper, ivy and other climbing vines, growup their sides. Cleanliness and system mark every holding, and,throughout, the scene is threaded with the green banks of canalsand The Great Organ Rock.(Four hundred feet in height.) A GLIMPSE 0 F U r J H page twenty-eight This beauty ol scene is present in the Cache, Weber and SaltLake valleys; but it attains its highest perfection and harmonyin Utah Valley, through which the Denver & Rio Grande passeson the way to Salt Lake. Here, the west-bound traveler is treated to a surprise long tobe remembered. The train descending from the heights of theWasatch, emerges suddenly from the mouth of the last rocky gorgeinto the exquisite scene. Generalh^, this is during the morninghours of the da}^, when the air is clear and man and beast are go-ing to their work. On every hand and reaching well up the highmesas that fringe the valley, are fields of green and gold sprinkledwith homes. And in the center, shimmering in the sun, lies UtahLake. There may be sights more soothing and restful, lovelier andmore peaceful than this in nature, bu
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