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UTAH. Yoo'tah.
Settled by Mormons under the leadership of Brigham Young, Salt Lake, 1847.
Territorial government formed 1850.
Area, 84,900 square miles, very nearly same as Idaho; average length, 350
miles; breadth, 260 miles. Largest rivers, Grand and Green, together with
the Colorado, which they unite to form. Number counties, 24.
Temperature at Salt Lake City: winter, 29deg to 40deg; summer, 69deg to
77deg: rainfall, 24 inches.
Salt Lake City, capital and metropolis; pop., 20,768. Ogden, at junction of
Union and Central Pacific, pop., 6,069. Railroad mileage, 1,134; Union and
Central Pacific through the north.
Number farms, 9,452; land under cultivation, over 400,000 acres; value farm
products, $10,000,000. Valleys of the Cache, Salt Lake, Jordan, Sevier and
Rio Virgin, are irrigable, and produce fine crops of cereals and
vegetables. Wheat crop of 1884, 1,675,000 bushels.
Annual income from stock raising, about $2,000,000, though grazing interest
perhaps not so important as in neighboring States and Territories.
Salaries of Territorial Officers.
Governor $2,600
Secretary 1,800
Treasurer 600
Auditor 1,500
Supt. Pub. Ins. 1,500
Librarian 250
Chief Justice 3,000
2 Asso. Justices 3,000
Senators, } $4 a day,
Representatives } mileage 20 cents.
Dist. Attorney 250 & fees.
11. U.S. Commissioners Fees.
Col. Int. Rev. 2,500
2 Dep'y Collectors 1,600 to 1,800
Surveyor Gen. 2,500
Chief Clerk 1,800
Chief Draftsman 1,500
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