Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-11

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green gates, 7 wes informed, denoted
the abiding places Of Mormons this de-
signstIng mark having been ordered
by Brigham at the time when the
presence Of Gentiles first began 10 be
felt. Quite a number Of green gates
are still to be seen, and many others
where. the property having changed
hands, the original color Of the gate
has bsen obscufed by some other hue.
We arrived at Salt Lake City at l0:4O
a. m, aud were Immediately marshall
ed by the Chamber Of Commerce com !
mittee TO a train Ct electric street cars
which had been placed at our disptsal |
and " hieh conveyed us smoothly and /
rapidly To our hotels. 1 had the good |
fortune to be assigned to the Contin-
entail, an old-fsshiOned adobe building, |
two stories high, surrounded by wide |
GALLERIES, ard euseonsed in the midst |
of y delightful grove Of patriochsl
shade trees. Though the city has
many newer At d more spacious hostil-
ries, noticed that the guests of the
other houses came around to the Con-
tinental to lounge. chat aud smoke on
the cool and shady porches.
There being no rDal observance
tefore o'clock In the aiterboOn, the
party, rs soon ss the dust and CRIME OF
travel was removed. strayed out in
email detachments TO look the town
over. Having made an individual
sortie to gain some knowledge In regard
to the extent Of the liquor traffic with
out success. was pleased TO tccePt
the invitation of gentleman 20 walk
up street "a couple Of blocks" and
take suthin." After i had walked as
far as I thought ought to be necessary
and noticed that we had not yet crossed
a street ventured to suggest to my
guide that this was "a pretty long
block.D mot any longOr than auy
other" he replied ''Tbey are all alike;
inst forty rods long" Great Scottl 1
thought, II didn't say T.; 40 times
Is %. 666 % feet to block! "And
how wide are your streets, f" ] eDquired.
only $50 feet" More mental arithms-
tic; twice 6s6 % plus twice $50, equals
1893 l-3 feet, nearly one-third Of a
uile for one little drink Surely the
cause of temperance should flourish in
this community. When l eontrasted
il with Miles City where you can
? charge your breath every fifteen feet, /
J felt that Salt Lake Ciy bad the advan-
J tage, though a happy medium could
!, perhaps be arrived at in both places
e Salt Like City is a high license towr
s the municipal tariff for runling gin
e mill being 81 200 year and saloons arr
e not plenty. At 2 O'Clock the party wal
K gathered up and taken to Garfield
, beach, q fashionable bathing resort OF
IF the lake, distant Is miles from the cii!
,. The trip wps made by the U. p. mar
y row guage line and occupied fOrty-tiv
p minutes. Ar living at the beach "
or found an establishment fully equal Z
4 the best Atlantic bathing resorts. o.
st A level with the railroad grade Is
xe handsome and commodious buildin
B. in which is located the dining room
N for bathers are proverblally hungr
re after taking dip-bar, billiar
er room, and the varions offic'
ne connected with procuring
re bathing suits, thedeposits Of valuable'
~ etc. From this floor, broad flights
r. steps lead down about twelve t'
ar TO another level, on which tbs bathin
he houses, some 600 in number, are locate
at and which a broad promenade aboI
ire 800 feet long extends outinto the lai
Of TO a large pavilion built on piles an
zee commanding a view OF the bathers
e.. every direction. The beach is Ct pu
ma white sand aud slopes 30 gradual
on that waist deep is more than five hul
he dred feet from shore. In fact the lAl
IA. Il notably shallow the average dep
nd being only twenty feet andthe dtept
ily pla ce found only sixty feet. AT
ri more than half the weight Of the bot
lies is immersed Il is difficult TO keep on
ns; feet on the bottom the tendency
by fibat being almost irresistible and We
the ludicrous 10 the lookerso on. The buo
de. ancy Of the water is caused by {
Of large proportion ofsalt he'd IN solusio
me the analysis showing twenty per Gel
tlv while sea water Is only three per cel
nrv Bathing consists mainly Of ioati
Ing around on the back-swsmming int
&c. orthodox position is hardly practical
hat for the reason that the mouth, nc
,ast and eyes are lco close 10 the water 81
in any OF the saline liquid taken "
bat these members causes great pain. T
Ing stylish thing In bathing At Salt La
bat l. for several couples, male and iema
- 10 form An elongated chain Of hums
ust ity. the feet Of one under the arms
) of another. throughout the line; then.
lies living on their backs. they float arou