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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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the Sierra Nevadasof California, the moun- 

 tain peaks, the beautiful secenery alon^: 

 the Columbia River, all have their special 

 attractions and beauties ; but one of the 



THE DRIVE UP OGDEN CANYON, UTAH 



eral thousand horse power. These in turn 

 operate immense dynamos that furnish 

 power and lifi'ht for Og-den and even Salt 

 Lake Cit}', miles away. After the water 

 has t,'-one through the pow- 

 erful turbines, and lost its 

 great pressure, it is used 

 for irrigating- the land in 

 the valley. 



This is a remarkable 

 instance of how water may 

 serve the double purpose 

 of driving- street-cars and 

 making light out of dark- 

 ness, and at the same time 

 making land once a desert 

 a perfect garden of ver- 

 dure. I found in the West 

 that a double use of the 

 water is made at several 

 places; but this is the most 

 perfect example I had ever 

 seen. 



We bid adieu to Mr. 

 Frost and take the train 

 for an hour's ride to Salt 

 Lake Cit^', better known 

 as the home of the Mor- 

 mons and the place where 

 the great Mormon temple 

 is built. Here we meet 

 Mr. J. H. Back. 



Speaking- about the Mor- 

 mons, whatever we may 

 say about their religious 

 views so far as orthodoxy 

 is concerned, we must ad- 



most picturesque spots in 

 the United States is a drive 

 of five or ten miles up the 

 Ogden Canyon. I shall 

 have neither time nor space 

 to describe the beauties of 

 this kaleidoscopic scener}'. 

 At every turn of the road 

 new views presented them- 

 selves. I can give only one 

 or two pictures, which are 

 only a fair sample of what 

 the country is like. These 

 were taken bj' Mr. Calvert; 

 and as thej^ are better than 

 those I took I produce them. 

 Aside from the beautiful 

 macadamized road, and the 

 scenery that it makes pos- 

 sible to take in with ease 

 and comfort, man has gone 

 further and put in an im- 

 mense Hume which carries 

 water from a lake thou- 

 sands of feet up in the 

 mountains. This flume 

 carries the water down 

 the canyon and finally de- 

 livers it to an immense 

 power-house in the valley. 

 Here the water is utilized 

 for driving turbines of sev- 



A CHARACfERISTIC SCENE UP THE OGDEN CANYON. 



