The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-07-23
UTAH'S SARATOGA.
Infinite or Inferno?
Not a Bad Place to Visit.
SALT LAKE, CRY. Jolly q, 80

VIZ tANGbo ~ AN0NA@AG6 49, SOO@- -
be famous watering place, that l have
decided 10 give you q few items IN
relation thereto.
Leaving Salt Lake City by the Utah
Central train at $40 pm. on Sunday,
or Thursday, connecting with the U.
& N. r. r. at $50. you reach
Oneida, 125 miles from Ogden, on the
following morning at $50.
Regular Railroad fares to this point
are 50 on the Utah Central and $3.50
on the Utah and Northern and 81 for
reclining chair, which everybody
should procure or the night trip
becomes very tedious. Breakfast at
Oneida Hotel costs SOC. at about
M, or earlier ii desired, Mr.. E. I.
Williams leaves Oneida for Soda
Springs, and WITH his new spring
coach he treats you to as comfortable
ride as can be had over mountainous
country such as lies between these
two points. Alter about seven hours
ride you reach Soda Spring. Stage
fare is So.
You are thus placed in Soda
Springs at a cost of $14 within twenty.
four hours after leaving Salt Lake
City.
Mr.. Williams has accommodation
for limited number OF guests. and
other houses in the town provide for
visitors occasionally. In all, perhaps
sixty people can be reasonably we'll
entertained. About SO week in
GLIDING room seems to be the prevail
ing rate of living expenses. Here let
N say that anyone who looks upon
Soda Springs as fashionable resort,
and who visits it with view Of dis
playing their elegant attire will come
back disappointed and miserable. 1t
is not place at which fashionable
belle can display her charms 10 any
great advantage, but it is the place to
procure the charms which may be
displayed elsewhere.
Soda Springs is quiet little village
of fifteen or twenty families and
makes no pretention to rival Saratoga;
its hotel does not claim to be a
Palace" nor are the bills of fare
printed in French; but good country
fare can be had, and at reasonable
rates.
Ny trip was necessarily flying one,
consequently l had no time TO spare
in studying the details of the many
natural wonders of this comparatively
unknown country. However, was
deeply impressed with the fact that
the future will develop the natural
resources OF Soda Springs and Its
vicinity to such an extent that it will
surprise the inhabitants of this section
OF the country. Hastily will note a
few OF the many things which
attracted my attention.
Alter leaving Oneida, the
luxuriant growth of bunch gra;s be-
comes general, and extends for scores
of miles in all directions. Millions
of pounds of beef and mutton can be
produced on these ranges annually.
As hunting ground, the country i:
very attractive. OF course it is tee
early in the season to indulge in field
sports, and / only learned from re-
port of the deer, bear and antelope
which frequent these ranges. Stop
ping few minutes at Fish Creek, a
beautiful mountain stream, about
half way between Oneida and Soda,
caught five trout in about as many
minutes. In this vicinity are the
Cascades of Portueuf. This stream is
the most beautiful of any mountain
stream | ever saw. On my return, ]
fished for short time, and after pull
ling out scores of craW-fsh and small
trout, [ put on a large hook and
plenty of bait, and pulled out beau
tiful trout, about fourteen inche:
long. This stream is perfectly alive
with fish.
Alter supper, on my arrival 81
Soda Springs, l went to Soda Greek
and caught four trout in a few min
utes. On the day following. Mr..
Stanley Clawsen caught seyenty-6ve
beautiful trout within half mile o.
the town. Everybody catches 6sh uI
there. I am popularity known as the
poorest fisherman in this part of the
country, and the fact that 1 caught
so many illustrates clearly that al
expert could load himself down with
fish in a short time. There is nc
troublasin hooking trout up there;
they ravenously seize the bait and
hook themselves. Ga oDe occasion a
craw-fish caught my bait, and 8
second craw hung on TO the extremi.
ties of the first, so that I landed them
both. The country in the n.ighbor-
hood of Soda is very picturesque.
Castle Point, with the Bear River
dsshing furiously at its foot, is one OF
the prettiest mountain views in the
west. Mr.. Savage has made it the
subject of a photograph, and it is an
attractive one.
Near Castle Point, which is about
five miles TO the vest OF Soda, are
some OF the most remarkable lava
formations which l ever witnessed.
In many places the blocks Of Stag are
piled up in such regular and work
manlike manner, that it seems i'm.
possible to believe that they were not
placed there by the hand of man.
A number of craters of extinct vol
canoes can be seen in this vicinity.
Some Of them are very remarkable.
There are a great many creYices in
the earth, which appear to have been
formed by streams of lava flowing in
opposits directions, and suddenly
dashing against each other, like the
waves of the ocean. Retiring then
from the effects OF the shock, there
are now chssms, which in some cases
are of almost unreasonable depths.
A gentleman told me that he
dropped large -ock down one OF the
openings, and it was two minutes be.
tore the sound of its striking bottom
reached his ear. This may be
taken cum graHo sails, but after look.
ing at the country 1 should hesitate
to disbelieve anything. In peeping
down any Of these places ii Satan had
yelled out "Hello, what in L are
YOU doing there ?" it seemed to me
l should have answered quite coolly,
as was prepared for almost any
thing.
AS you pass along you enquire,
sTIVhst is that called :" referring to |
some great curiosity which attracts
your attention. The answer generally |
IL: THAT the object is without g
name" You then proceed to name
these novelties as you notice them,
and strange to say no name eeems
appropriate unless it refers IN some
manner to Lucifer or his residence.
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