R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City City Directory 1926: including, Murray, Midvale, Sandy, Garfield and all the suburbs and suburban towns. Containing a complete alphabetical list of business firms, corporations and private citizens; a miscellaneous directory of city, county, state and United States officers; churches, clubs, colleges and schools, hospitals, fraternal and benevolent societies, and a unique map of Salt Lake City and surrounding territory. Also a complete classified business directory, householders' directory and the buyers' guide.

Page 164

162 R O M A N T IC S A L T LA K Ë C IT Y T h e H o tel U tah, s it e o f th e o ld C hurch sto r e w h e r e c a ra va n s d ra w n % w e a r y oxen; a c r o ss th é p la in s h a lt e d to d is c h a r g e h e a v y c a r g o e s o f “ s t a t e s ’ ” g o o d s. The D eseret g y m n a siu m , w h e r e in th e lo n g a g o sto o d th e “ E m ig r a n t’’ h o te l w h e r e n e w ly a r riv e d c o n ­ v e r t s to th e fa ith w e r e h o u se d p e n d in g th e ir d e fin ite s e t tle m e n t. T h e B is h o p ’s b u ild in g , o n c e the* ti th in g y a rd c o r ra l. rT h e L . D .; S. H igh S c h o o l, w h e r e sh o p s and fa c t o r ie s o f th e c h u r ch o n c e flo u r ish e d in g a u n t st r u c tu r e ' o f g r a y in g tim b e r . T h e C hurch, A d m in istr a tio n b u ild in g , th e s t e p s o f w h ic h n o w h id e th e fo u n d a tio n s o f th a t b u ild in g in w h ic h C a lifo rn ia g o ld w a s fir st m in te d in to m o n e y . And th e c ity , it s w id e , sp a c io u s st r e e t s , t r e e - lin e d and fr e sh e n e d w it h th e c o o lin g fl o w o f m o u n ta in w a te r p o u r in g d o w n op en g u t t e r s o n e ith e r side* T h at u n iq u e fe a t u r e is th e rem n an t o f a o n e -t im e r e c e s s i t y w h e n ir r ig a tio n d it c h e s c a rr ied t h e r e v iv in g flu id to p a rc h e d la n d s, tr a n sfo r m in g th e lo a m y w a st e in to a g a r d e n sp o t o f p r o d u c tio n and b e a u ty . And M ain s t r e e t , o n ce th e a v e n u e o f h o m e s- w it h sp a c io u s y a r d s p la n te d to* la w n s and sh r u b b e r y , w h e r e th e fir st v e n ­ t u r e s , iu to c o m m e r c ia lism w e r e c a rr ied on in o u th o u s e s and k itc h e n s b y M orm on s e t ­ tle r s w h o ch a n c ed to h a v e a su r p lu s o f u tilita r ia n a r t ic le s w it h w h ic h to tr a d e fo r su p p lie s o f fr e s h ly h a r v e st e d c r o p s, h as b e c o m e a th o r o u g h f a r e c r o w d e d w it h b u s i­ n e s s e s . H ere, p o s it iv e ly , is m a n ife st e d th e a m a lg a m a tio n o f a ll th o s e o r ig in a lly c o n ­ flic tin g e le m e n ts in th e p o p u la tio n in to a h o m o g e n e o u s and h a rm o n io u s w h o le . H ere, c e r ta in ly , is e v id e n c e th e m u t u a l a c h ie v e ­ m e n t s *<j>f th o s e fo r c e s c o n tr ib u tin g o f th e ir e ffo r ts to th e g r e a tn e s s o f th is c it y . L e ith ’s T rad e B in d ery M a k e r s o f B la n k B o o k s P a p e r R u lin g GO LD B in d in g S TA M P IN G M a il O r d e r s S o lic it e d 3 1 9 K e ith E m p o r iu m B u ild in g P h o n e W a s a tc h 5 8 2 9 S A L T L A K E C IT Y