Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-07-19
IN MORMONDOM.

it connects the c. and {. mine
that I spoke about with the city
Of Suttro and was built for the
purpose of draining the mine
and also to carry the ore to SUIT
5ro to be smelted. At one end Of
the tunnel you are 1900 feet be
.ow the surface while the other
end comes to the surface, When
there is a party at one place the
people that wish to attend from
the other place will put on the
passenger car then hitch on the
old mule that hauls the ore and
start drought the tunnel. | did
not have the pleasure of taking
one ofthese trips but think it must
be a very novel ride.
I Another thing that would not
fail to arrest the attention OF an
eastern traveller was the great
number Of Indians sometimes
one hundred, that might be seen
any afternoon on some side
strert playing poker for money,
all squatted around blanket
on the ground. The squaWs
play as we'll us the bucks and |
have seen some Of them playing
that were so old that they could
hardly see to count the spots,
and at one place in Nevada !
saw a little child leading an old
squaw, to the game, that was
totally blind, she would bet her
nickels and the little one Woula
play the cards. AS fast as the
room around one blanket was
filled another would be spread
and another game started. They
would play five cents at q time
all the afternoon or until their
money. gave out which was gen
orally not over three dollars and
often only five cents.
AS / left you at Salt Lake City
the last time | wrote there is
where I will begin this. The
city is nicely laid out on a gently
sloping valley towards the west
to the Great Salt Lake on one
side and the lofty snow capped
Wasatch Mts. on the other side.
The streets are all very wide
with shade trees on each side
and very often a swift little
stream of clear water ripples
merrilly along until it is turned
into some PERSONS garden for
irrigation purposes. The blocks
are all at least 40 rods across
and contain ten acres without
any alley ways, which fact alone
makes it very different from any
other city l was ever in. ]
About the first place ofinterest
/ statred for was the Great Salt
Lake, at a distance of fifteen
miles from the city and I like
many other foolish persons had
to taste it, but / never tasted
again. Nevertheless my tasting
of it did not stop my great de.
sire to get into it all over, 50
after depositing all my valuables
at a place provided for such pur
poses I got my suit and started
for room 512 there being IN all
at that place over 1900 rooms.
[ was not long in getting into
that bathing suit and into the
water. It is not much trouble
for me to swim a mile in water
like the Eagle Lakes but IN this
heavy water it tired me all out
to swim ten rods and make any
time. OfcourseI could lay still
on top of the water and float
but it took too long. | could
float with perfect ease but when
| wanted to make a little time
and commenced swimming my
feet would fly out Of the water
and would be kicking the air
you know how it is when a per
son strikes at ball and fans the
air well that was about the way
it was with me III that salt
water. / could not keep my feet
down and none ofthe others had
any better success than I, After
looking around thepavillion and
taking about a, dozen different
snap shots with my kodak | left
for the city and considered the
day well spent, but with my
mind made up to try it again
the next week when the Chris
tan Endeavors were there which
| did and such fun watching
them in the water and such a
face as they would make as a
drop or two would happen to
get splashed in their mouths. It
was a continual round of pleas
IRE as long as the uninitiated