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

covering an area of from $500 to 8, 900
square miles, with water six times as
salty as the ocean and IL per cent. more
dense than the Dead sea of the
Old World. 1t is nearly 100
miles in length and in some
places fifty miles wide, with picturesque
mountainous islands, rising here and
there from the green water 10 immense
heights. The bathing is the most de-
hghtful IN the world. One cannot sink
In the dense water Either where it is
shallow or fifty feet in depth you can float
like cork, your shoulders and head well
! up out Of the water. Its buoyancy is
wonderful. The delight as soon as you have
sufficient confidence to allow yourself to
float, is simply indescribable. The
waters themselves have many hidden vir-
tues, such as curative powers in various
nervous disorders. A bath is boon alike
to the healthy and feeble. Ample Drovis-
ions are made for the comfort of the
bather or spectator at Garfield Beach.
Music, dancing and all sorts of amuse-
ments are provided. A new resort is un-
der way at Antelope island, fifteen miles
from Garfield, which will afford further
accommodations for all who visit this
glorious lake. The boat club have their
boat house and headquarters at Garfield
Beach. A regatta is among the many at
fractions every summer. Trains run ev-
cry hour during the bathing season and
special arrangements can always be made
Tor an excursion party. Once having ex-
perienced the luxury Of bathing in Salt
lake, it is difficult matter to stay away.
The sunsets are marvels of beauty from
the pavilion. No one would believe them
true to see them on canvass, but your own
eyes will not deceive you.
GENERAL ATTRACTIONS.
The new resident of our beautiful city
will find so much of interest both within
and without its boundaries that aside
from any business pursuits he could
spend at least year very probably Ill be-
coming familiar with all the surround
ings.
A magnificent view of the city and val
ley of the Great Salt Lake is had from the
foot hills either TO the north or east.
Below lies the city, its magnificent shade
trees giving it the appearance Of vast
tropical garden. TIC the west is the grand
old lake. To the south and north as far
as the eye can reach, the beautiful and
fertile valley, a boundless vista of
meadow, grain fields and orchards. Come
down into the city. Roam through our
streets and notice the number of elegant
private residences, the well kept lawns,
the gardens, the flowers. Notice the
homes of the less prosperous. Do you
see aught but thrift and cleanliness? Do
you not find the humblest cottage or
adobe house has its lawn, flowers and
shru bbery? Take the general situation
and surroundings and compare them with
other places OF residence. Look to the
east and TO the west, and gaze on the
glorious and grand old mountains.
Think of their sheltering influence and
protection. The wind which carries de-
vastation and destruction to both prop
erty and life elsewhere is received in all
its fury by these lofty peaks and hurled
back in scorn.
We glory in their mighty strength We
love them for the beautiful and inspiring
thoughts gathered from their rugged
grandeur. Our protectors in winter, our
benefactors in summer, for from these
heights cool breezes are waited down the
valley, freshening our atmosphere and
imposslblity. and the SHOWS that have
gathered on their SUBMITS during the
winter pour down the canyons in limpid
crystal streams, bringing US the enduring
evidence that however much we may hun
ger we shall never thirst.
Be the inspiration which led the hand
full of pioneers to this valley as the prom
ised land, divine or not, the wisdom Of
their choice is more and more apparent
when we consider that from a wilderness
of sage brush the whole valley has bios
s0med into flower, and cur thriving,
prosperous and well regulated city, the
great metropolis of the inter- mountain
region, may proudly lay claim to being
the most beautiful and picturesque city
IN the land, the tourists delight, the in |
yaIid's Mecca, the citizen s ideal home.
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