Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-09

no dlmculty in floating even when the
Air - e1haueeed inE51e lunhfa AS I
strukPut fodt bel sI feIf II light
as Z 1bather.a h sid :of ail 5fhaf T
could DO my heals would fly out of The
watt s I foupd it IMPOSSIBLE t9 stand
upoe tie bott3nE Theghtnj iepf the
water@and thesurgiiiS Of 6vaves
forced my feet from under me. A per-
son wno could not swim mieht be
easily drowned ID 4ve feet If water.
His head "ould 60 down like . lump
OF lead, while his feet would fly up lik e
pair of ducks. The water is a. clear
as the water of Seneca Lake, so clear
that the bottom could be seen at the
depth of twenty feet. When We reaeh..
ed the shore and orawled out upon tho
sand in the light Of the sun, our bodies
were quickly coated with salt. We Were
compelled to 60 to the little stree,a,
from which We had driven the chubs
and sinners, and wash off IN fresh w.
ter before We put on our clothes. Our
hair wss filed with grains of salt which
could not be washed out. The MOI.
mons occasionally visit the lake in
droves tor tie purpose of bathing.
Many OF them say that their health is
improved by leaving he salt upon
their bodies and dressing without xip.
ing themselves with napkins.
AN OYSTER ExPRRnrRNT.
) I saw no sailboats upon the lake.
But few people live near it's shores,
and probably none of them know! how
to manage q cat-rigged boat. The
steamboat lies hard aground, and is
rarely used. It is a one-horse affsir:
and last year ran between Corinne and
the southern shore of the lake. The
company collapsed, owing to . Lack of
It is q question whether sbrin,ns.
crabs, and ocean fish will live In {he
waters Of the Great Salt Lake. A drums
fish or shark thrives in the shlllov
lago0ne~ of Florida. The water in
these lagoons is three times as salt a
the water of the ocean. The suluhur
ID the Great Salt Lake would not xiii
salt water fish, because. .sasAsaph i've
1Haee s9aPtur apEings q F1odda, The
tisk might fail . Sed resproplr food in
th9slatey and dsssf sfxsaaSn One
thing is certain. II the nk9 vi; filed
with sea fish it would become one of
FSne MOST populafr 11esott6~West Of the
Missouri River. As it is, people shun
it AZ though it were graveyard. Some
years ago gentleman planted bed Of
oysters at the mouth Of Bear Riveefi.
one of the tributaries of the lake.; Tia
oysters died. Since then nobody has
invested cent in Salt Lake expueri-
ments. The only salt water insect l.V.
ing upon its shores 10 the mosquito,
and he grows to an enormous size,
THE GREAT BASIN FILLING UP WrIH VI.
TER. >i-.'j
All sorts of theories are advanced
concerning the outlet of this vast BODY
or water. Over . dozen rivers of fe-
spectacle size enter into the lake, Last
year q party of explorers claimed to
have discovered whirlpool through
which the water was funneled into.tbe
Pacific Oalen. The newspapers were
filed viii their reports, but the whole
thing t2fhe9qt a humbug. Since
then so9 has printed = story
aseertin sna Fgreen-ribbed boat was
driven into an unknown vortex while
sailing upon tho lake, and thst the
same boat was picked up below the
Black Canon Of the Colorado twenty.
four hours afterward. This was q it,
tie too much for even the Mormens ;
and now, when anybody advances q
theory concerning the outlet of the
great inland sea, people listen with On
incredul0us smile. 1t seems to be SET
tied that the lake has no outlet, and
that it's water is only kept within
bounds through it's evaporation by the
sun. go
The water of the lake has certainly
risen twenty feet eance the Mormons
frat entered the valley. have seen
Saints who tell me that they used 70 "a
in swimming at the foot of Black Rock.
The rock is now several hundred feet
from the shore, and is surrounded by
twenty feet of water. If the lake-1isea
in the same proportion for a hundred
sssF: "a SIC sas gsPts y b RFeT9:a s,e out: i.
deep as Sodom and Gemozrah. Over
twenty years agQ thShll ll6as Shiloas drove a
hefa 4sehq 9kX ca11arsz6vcr TO
Sal ~ 81 ~ j Saee s4I3Ssa etoard e'nSa.
ridge extending from the main land to
aRSs!ss yeas saI'i tsst s
herds over this ridge. To-day the
ridge is over twenty feet deep, and no
beeves have been taken from the island
for years. Thousands of wild cattle
roam over It's valleys and gorges. But
one family ever lived there. and that
was the family of the church herder.
Last year he died, and the island il
now deserted. At some time tho water
has filed the whole Salt Lake valley.
A rim or shore line is visible on the
side of the mountains thousands OF
feet above the city. This rim is 60
plainly defined that a railroad can: be
built on the side af the range tot miles
at stretch;S without e1cavating a ton
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