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

could DO my heals would fly ont of the
VAT ~. fou4dit imrbssible "a stand
upoa tie bott3 TheIightnl epf the
watefanl th6ssurgii( Of twaves
forced my feet from under me. A per.
son VINO could not swim MIGHT be
easily drowned Ia hv5 1eet Vf water.
His head would 60 down like . lumD
OF lead, while his feet would fly up like
q pair OF ducks. The water is ~ clear
as the water of Seneca Lake, 80 clear
that the bottom could be seen at the
depth of twenty feet. When We reseh..
ed the shore and crawled out upon tho
sand in the light of the sun, our bodies
were quickly coated with salt. We were
compelled to go to the little stream,
from which We had driven the chnbs
and sinners, and wash of IN fresh w.
ter before We put on our clothes. Our
hair IVES filed with grains of salt which
could not be washed out. The MOI.
mons occasionally visit the lake lin
Groves for the purpose of bathing.
improved by leaving he salt upon
their bodies and dressing without xip.
ing themselves with napkins.
AN OYSTER EXPERIMENT.
) I saw no sailboats upon the lake.
But few people live near its shofee:
and probably none Of them know, how
to manage cat-rigged boat. The
steamboat lies hard aground, and il
rarely used. It is one-horse affair;
and last year ran between Corinne aud
the southern shore of the lake. The
company collapsed, owing to = lack of
A1oteuc' d I
It is question whether shrimps.
crabs, and ocean fish will live in {he
waters of the Great Salt Lake. A drum.
fish or shark thrives in the shallow
lagoone of Florida. The water in
these lagoons is three times as salt :as
the water Of the ocean. The SULPHUR
IN the Great Salt Lake would not xiii
salt water fish, because sueAsaeh live
as Sc al j i sese.s s F;eea I'D di he
th IA era dkef s(nsts: One
thing is certain. II the IKE vas flled
with sea fish it would become one of
F1ne most populaH "1esortS~West Of the
Missouri River. As it is, people shurn
it as though it were . graveyard. Some
years ago gentleman planted bed OF
oysters at the mouth of Bear River.
one of the tributaries of the lake.. The
oysters died. Since then nobody has
invested q cent in Salt Lake experi.
ments. The only salt water insect l.V.
ing upon its shores il the mosquito,
and he grows to an enormous size.
THE GREAT BASIN FILLING UP wITH va.
TER. 1874
All sorts of theories are advanced
concerning the outlet of this vast BODY
or water. Over q dozen rivers of fe.
spectacle size enter into the lake. Last
year party of explorers claimed ia
have discovered whirlpool through
which the water was funneled intotthe
Pacific OQeen. The newspapers were
filed with their reports, but the whole
thing t4fhes1pt a humbug. Since
then so8 Qi6 has printed 4 story
assertin s61 green -fibbed boat VA
driven into an unknown vortex while
sailing upon the lake, and that: 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 Mormons /;
and now, when anybody advances {
theory concerning the outlet of The
great inland sea, people listen With az
incredulous smile. It seems to be set
tied that the Like has no outlet, and
that it's water is only kept within
bounds through it's evaporation by til,
sun. 7F
The water of the lake has certainly
risen twenty feet slnce the Mormoni
frat entered the valley. I have seer
Saints who tell me that they used 70 gt
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-1isee
in the same proportion for hundred
sS& s e. gsiPts E Is &FeT9s sa Gat
deep as Sodom and qomozrah. Owe,
twenty years egg FL hlesh,ons drove .
ssssai !s'1 " ~ ~. Rl2ssa t snSp .
ridge extending from the main land "a
Il 1slef: s ~ Year: tSe S4 W. tIei,
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 ITS 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 is
now deserted. At some time the water
has filled 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 SO
plainly defined that a railroad can be
built on the side Qf the range TOR miles
at stretch;S without excavating ton
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