Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . the beginning of winter these great gorges, through whichthe waters of the mountains escape from imprisonment, are a constant delight to the lover ofnature and furnish delicious places of rest and recreation for the tired business man and thewearied housewife. I can add nothing to what has been said and sung, in every land andlanguage, about the great, blue sea that lies to the west of us. It is the crowning glory ofthe landscape, the wonder of the world. Can you show me another spot on Mother Earth wheresuch a combination is found? There are
Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . the beginning of winter these great gorges, through whichthe waters of the mountains escape from imprisonment, are a constant delight to the lover ofnature and furnish delicious places of rest and recreation for the tired business man and thewearied housewife. I can add nothing to what has been said and sung, in every land andlanguage, about the great, blue sea that lies to the west of us. It is the crowning glory ofthe landscape, the wonder of the world. Can you show me another spot on Mother Earth wheresuch a combination is found? There are cities that pointwith pride to their mountains,others boast of their lake front,and still others of their valleysor beautiful homes. Here, wefortunate people have them all—mountains, canyons, lake andvalley embraced in one grandscheme of beauty—and over alla sky as blue as any that bendsover sunny Italy. Is it any wonder that withsuch natural environment Utahshould produce more than herproportion of painters, poets, CITY AND COUNTY sculptors and musicians? Yet surroundings such as I have briefly mentioned are but desirableadjuncts to life. Man cannot live on scenery, and the visions of the day dreamer are contin-ually being disturbed by grosser thoughts of how he may earn his daily bread. The careful man in search of a permanent abiding place has many things to consider. Hewill want to know much about the material resources of the city of his choice; its promisefor the future; its schools and churches; its climate, the character of its business men and itssocial life. We can confidently commend Salt Lake City to him from all these standpointsof interest. Materially speakinir, Salt Lake City is not just entering upon a period of un-exampled prosperity. to quote from the advertising pamphlets of many communities. Theprosperity is here now, and while it may not be unexampled it is nevertheless great, sub-stantial and comforting. It is in the air and is evidenced on
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