R. L. Polk & Co.'s Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County, Utah) City Directory 1940: including Garfield, Magna, Midvale, Murray, Sandy and all suburbs. Containing an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory

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20 i Ro t ary Park, near the head o f C i t y Creek Can yo n , is one o f the cit y s t avo rit e p icn ic g round s. R ECR EA T I O N Salt Lake Cit y ' s 20 parks and p layg ro u n d s'co ver 6,706.83 acres. There are 5 g o lf courses, 3 being m unicip al. I L i S ,alJ M m haS buII+ 40 m uniciPal tennis co urt s, 29 o f which are lighted t o r nig ht p laying . sented ^ C '+Y near,y 0,1 ° * +he ,arg e fra+ ernal o rd ers are repre- Salt Lake C i t y has 17 t h eat res. B B B Baths ■ unique bathing in natural, warm sulphur Pin ecrest is an excellent m ountain hotel, in Em ig rat io n Can yo n . ■ I J-a9 o on' half w ay b etw een Salt Lake C i t y and O g d en is a d elig htful p leasure park with one o f t he larg est swim m ing pools in the west . Salt air o ffers an unusual recreat io n sp o t with, its b eaut iful M oorish p avilio n b uilt ab o ve the w at ers o f G r e a t Salt Lake. Swim m ing is unique in G r e a t Salt Lake fo r it is im po ssib le t o sink. The w at er co nt aining 22 p er cen t salt makes you flo at like a cork! H H Miil near+heen+rance+° x Big Co t t o n w o o d Can yo n , is one ot the W est s m ost p ict uresq ue d ancing p laces. M any o f the nearb y canyons abo und wit h lively t ro ut . A m erica's larg est and finest duck hunting ground is at the mouth o t the Bear River, near Brigham , Ut ah . . In w int er the t errit o ry around Salt Lake C i t y and Og d en o ffers wint er sp ort s rivaling St . M o rit z. O n e hundred and t h irt y miles w est o f Salt Lake C i t y is lo cat ed the Bonnevi le Salt Flats, int ernat io nally fam ous auto m o b ile sp eed w ay, where , e w o rld s reco rd , 369.74 miles an hour, was m ade, Au g u st 23 1939 b y Jo hn Co b b , and where A b Jenkins, nat ive Utahn, has won the d ist in c­ tio n ot holding m ore auto sp eed reco rd s than any o t her man in the wo rld . C A N Y O N S N EA R SA LT LA K E C I T Y Facing north and swinging clo ckwise through nearly h alf a circle you can co unt six sep arat e canyo ns in the m ountain wall surrounding Salt Lake C i t y . A d rive fro m Salt Lake C i t y in any one o f these g ig an t ic ravines is like a sudden t ransit io n t o ano t her world, a world o f o ver­ p o wering natural g rand eur.