The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

salt and soda. of S10s. 4SS. s96. 900: or
enough, in two Ingredients OF this wat
cry wonder of the new world. to pay all
the national debts in ChriStendom. and
leave a pretty far fortune for every
man, woman, child and other person
in the hemisphere republic CT Yankee
~doodledoo.
The entire assessed valuation of the
United States, including real estate and
personal property, under the census of
1880. was SIG, 9O2, 993, 543; SO the salt and
soda OF this one m~Ountain-girt lake are
worth more than six times as much
as the whole fo~rty-nine states n ter
ritories of the Union, as shown by the
national assessment books ten years
ago, Do these figures seem astound-
ing? The facts are astounding, and
the figures but do them justice. The
conclusions are memorable, and the
figures, though Overwhelming, are alb
solutely accurate and trustworthy. But
cut all the figures il two, halve all
the estimates, and we Will still have a
sum so prOdigiouS that all the arith-
metic classes of creation would stagger
before ii.
The whole lake is dotted with mag
nifcently picturesque mountainous is
lands. or iSlandouS mountains, rising
out of the blue green water to a height
of from 1000 to 5000 feet. The principal
Of these w-ave-washed mountain beau
ty spots are Antelope. Stansbury, Fire.
mont, Darlington, Gunnison, Dolphin,
Mud. Egg and Hat islands. Antelope
island, the largest of them all, is six
teen miles long and five miles wide, and
lies in plain view of Salt Lake City. 1t
towers TO an altitude of about 1000 feet
above the surface of the lake. and
sbounds in exquisite scenery. Streams
of pure sweet water tumble down its
mountain sides and CANYONS. rich
grasses flourish everywhere. and it is
beautified by groves Of trees, thrifty
ranches, orchards and gardens. Vast
deposits of slate of irridescent hues are
found upon it. 1t has a glorious, gent
ly-sloping beach of snowy sand, and
Will beyond all question, some day be
the great fashionable bathing place OF
interior North America. From present
indications it will not be long until
every available site for a bathing
ground on the eastern shore of the lake
VIII be appropriated and improved. IN
1889 there were 240, coo bathers at ire
four principal resorts. and over 100000
in 1890, n among them We're tourists
from every region of the globe. Ante
lope island is an ideal spot for a grand
national summer assembly place; and
1t seems hardly probable that the en-
terprising managers of the Rio Grande
Western railway will allow it to lie
much longer unimproVed. With prop
er buildings and accommodations,
hundreds of thousands of visitors could
be annually taken to enjoy the bath
ing and boating and other aquatic
sports n diversions in the most in
teresting and enchanting region for
such purposes on all the cOntinent-if
not in all the world.
1t may seem prepOsterOus to talk of
the finest sea bathing on earth a thou
sand miles from the ocean; but truth is
less truth because it appears alb
surd. The sea bathing in Great Salt
infinitely surpaSses anything of
the kind on either the Atlantic or Pa
cifc coasts The water contains many
times more salt and much more soda,
sulphur, magnesia, chlorine. bromide
and potassium than any ocean water
on the globe. II is powerful in medi-
cinal virtues. curing or benefiting
forms of rheumatism. rheumatic
govt, dyspepsia, nervous disorders and
cutaneous diseases: and it acts like
on the hair of those unfOrtunateS
whose tendencies are to baldheaded-
ness. 1t is a prompt and potent tonic
and ~invigorant of body and mind. and
there is no n of fun in getting
acquainted with the peculiarities. A
bath in it is always as good as a
the bather being his or her own
amusing trick mule. The specific grav-