The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-24

Right in the hight of the hottest season
the eve is refreshed and the air kent coo
by the snowclad peaks of the Wasatct
range, and streams of pure, cool, spark
ling water wend their ways down the
mountain sides like threads of silver, car
rying gladness on their cooling waves tc
the city beneath, from where they
smoothly flow to join the waters of the
great lake and mingle their freshness with
its briny tide.
The winters in this region are short
and not by any means severe
! Cyclones and destructive hurricanes
are here unknown. The great mountains
act like a breakWater, and any cyclone
headed this way is broken up long before
reaching these borders. The atmosphere
is clear and invigorating at all seasons.
The inhaling OF it gives life, health and
vigor. 70 people suffering from lung and
chest troubles it has very beneficial eff
feet. The air is not overloaded with
moisture but contains a large amount OF
ozone.
In regard to the climate of Salt Lake
Observer, Salisbury of the weather
! bUaeau has the following to say: CAT
Salt Lake city the January normal is 2S
degrees, that of the coolest day in the
month being "a degrees. The February
normal is 80 degrees, and of the coolest
day 80 degrees. The normal OF July is
rs degrees, and for the hottest day rs de-
grees; for August, rs degrees, for the
hottest day 79 degrees.
1t is often said that our winters at Salt
Lake city are but SIX weeks long This
IS true, or untrue, according to ones
views Of what constitutes winter If
we mean extremely cold, unpleasant
weather, with an abundance OF ice and
snow, Utah has, in che inhabited valleys,
little winter, indeed. But weather which
cannot be called summer, nor spring,
nor fall, (unless very late in the fall') !,
begins in November, and while there are
many open spells, it lasts until the middle
OF March
Though snow in considerable quaint
ity falls, it does not remain on the ground
long, and the cold of the frostier DAYS is
not penetrating, on account OF the dry
ness of the air and the absence OF strong
winds. In the valleys the wind seldom
blows for any considerable time with a
greater velocity than twenty miles per
hour, the average velocity is very much
less"
In addition to its climatic advantages.
Salt Lake possesses a wealth OF mineral
and medicinal waters whose virtues place
1t in the front rank of watering places.
The chief attraction in this line is the
GREAT SALT LAKE,
which covers an area OF ,cUU square
miles. It's extreme dimensions are so
miles in length by so miles in breadth and
its elevation is 1900 feet above the sea
level. It has no outlet and its fuctuating
level is determined by the balance be-
tween infowing rivers and solar evap-
grafton. The waters OF this lake
are very much decreased from
what they were ages ago. On the mount
aims which surround the lake are water
lines, rising in steps to over a thousand
feet above its present surface, showing
conclusively that once a great body OF
water occupied the entire basin. Year
by year the amount of infiowing water is
decreasing as the streams are being di-
verified from their ancient courses and
utilized for irrigation purposes more and
more as the country is becoming settled.
The principal bathing spot on the shores
of the lake is Garfield beach, which is fast
becoming one of the noted bathing resorts
OF the world. Several new bathing places