CHAPTER IH 

 THE PLEASANT LAND OF UTAH 



THE industrial system of the people who compose 

 three-fourths of the population of Utah has been con- 

 sidered in connection with typical institutions of the 

 arid region in earlier pages. It remains to speak of the 

 physical aspects of the newest of American States. 



Standing on the summit of Capitol Hill in Salt Lake 

 City, one may take in the entire range of Utah's re- 

 sources, developed and undeveloped, in a single sweeping 

 glance. 



At one's feet lies the mountain metropolis, with the 

 stately temple of native granite supporting the golden 

 figure of the Angel Moroni on its culminating turret, 

 and beside it the odd-roofed tabernacle, like an enormous 

 turtle basking in the sun. Below, the miles of city 

 streets stretch southward a huddle of business blocks 

 in the centre ; a series of garden-homes hidden by leaves 

 and blossoms on either hand. Still farther out the 

 generous city lots expand into little farms of ten or 

 twenty acres, exemplifying the prosperous irrigation in- 

 dustry, which is the corner-stone of the commonwealth. 

 Far down the valley the smelters send up their black 

 smoke to the sky emblem of the mining industry. At 

 the lower end and on the sides of the valley lies an ex- 



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