Connecticut western news., 1888-06-27
AT ASALT LAKE RESORT.
Where Swimming is Easier than Rolling Off Log, but Diving
 Difficult.
IErom the Denver Rennblican.l

From the DcuNeT hepuplChuJ
 Mormons and Gentiles, men and women, old and young, short and tall, all bobbing up and down like animated corks in the water-such is the scene to be witnessed any day at Garfield Beach, the fashionable resort on Great Salt Lake, near Salt Lake City, Utah.
 The water here is 22 per cent salt. Just what that means may be illustrated by the statement that ordinary sea water contains about per cent. salt, so that the percentage of saline material at Garfield Beach is more than three times as great. The beach is so shelving that @ person of ordinary height will have to go about fifty yards from the edge of the water before getting beyond his depth. But that will make very little difference, for, strange as it may seem, one cannot sink in the water, how ever much he may try. In the deep water one may float on his back in the ordin ary way, and without the least possible effort, or he may, by simple steadying himself, retain perfectly perpendicu- in the water his shoulders will protrude above tho waves.
 In the water of Salt Lake the exper-
 
 over the merest tyro, since excessive en deavor does not produce rapid advance ment. The better ways appears to be to ed to keep the feet from coming to the surface. Whilein ordinary water swim mer maintains position of about forty degrees from the horizontal, in Salt Lake he very nearly skins the surface. This Ic hv ha l of and, the limbs being in motion, of course top. Probably as good way as any is for the bather to adopt the plan of swim ming band over hand, in what the boys call 7sdog fashion," In this, way good progress Is made with but slight exer- ton. Diving is almost 8 physical inn possibility, unless one jnmps from an elevated position. Even then one sinks hut a short distance aud pops up again like life preserver that has been forcib- ly submerged. There are spring boards for those who like this kind of. amuse- ment, and adventurous spirits are able to keep out of sight an unusual length of time by carrying weights in their hands when they take the plunge.
 The famous Black Rock, upon whose summit the watch fires of the Indians were seen and dreaded by the early set tiers, is about three-quarters of mile from the Garfield Beach Hotel, the beach itself extending even beyondit. The rock Is now 200 yards from the shore, and the water at it's base is nearly twelve feet deep. As late as 1865 one could walk out to this rock dry shod, but about the time indicated, the wa CT in the lake began to rise and has continued to incr @ ase in volume almost ever since. This is one of the mysteries o1 the lake, since the average rainfall has not been perceptibly greater than before that time. Another marvellous phenom- enon is the existence of clear, pure springs on the islands in the midst o1 this great sea of salt water. On Antel- ope Island there IS spring furnishing water enough for a good-sized mil stream. This water burts from near the top of the highest point on the island several hundred feet above the level o1 the lake. So near the top of the island is it that tunnel of ten feet through the crest of the hill would turn the entire flow from the west to the east side of the island. On Fremont Island there are no many strong springs, but a number O. artesian wells have been bored and il every case they have furnished water O. a fine quality and in abundant quantity