Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-12

This writer has been daily visitor at
satair since the first OF June, He has
also been daily visitor to the same
place IN preceding years. He has seen
the disastrous effects of the unlimited
sale of intoxicants there He has seen
in other years scores OF drunken men
and women, scores Of boys and girls
not drunk. but just drunk enough to
make fools OF themselves, TO make
them obnoxious to sober people He
knows that the cutlery against the
liquor and beer privileges at the
beach we're justiflable. He knows that
Prest., Woodruff, who founded the re-
sort in fun faith that 1t should be a
place where his people could have sum-
mer pastime without degradation, was
not In the realization what that good
old man without reproach anticipated.
He knows that the present chief of the
Mormon" Church wants to redeem the
place and make II what II was intend
ed to be.
10 that end he insists that, this year.
there should be no intoxicants sold
there, and | am pleased to say that
the result has been better than think
even he anticipated.
A city paper said barrels Of beer
were sold there by intrigue on Decora-
ton day and barrels Of empty bottles
sent TO the city next day. | cannot say
as to thar, for | was not there. But
since the first OF June | can say that
there has been no beer or other intoxi-
cants drank there that were not brought
there by the people who drank them.
The difference IN the conduct OF peo-
pie at the resort this year and former
years Is so great. In reference to many
OF them. that any person with memory
and ordinary faculty OF observation
could see It. To my mind II is Won
derful. Now one sees no disturbances,
no disorderly conduct. no full people
who did not get full In the city, or
bring a flask along. The other day
talked with a young man little half
seas over" and asked him where he got
his "whlsk." He said "They told me
in town that couldn't get a drop here,
50 1--hic-jis filed up bfore | started
Saltair was never so clean as II Is
now. The bathing was never more en-
joyable than II Is now. That Ia, while
the water Is down and bathers have 10
wCde far to get deep water, the child
rem and the boys and girls, especially
the girls find the greatest delight In
rolling in water and sand, making sand
pies, burying their legs IN sand, digging
shafts and tunnels In sand and going
out 20 wash of and repeat IL the sun
sGts IN his work the bathers will be as
numerous as ever, and n the temper
ance year turns cut fairly well. as ]
believe Il Will. another year will find
the leach equipped with an electric car
dne sweeping on curve from the
south pier out TO deep water and round
70 the north nler, 10 carry bathers out
and back, and Saitalr viii have estab-
lished reputa ton that will be an hon.
or 10 the Mormon" Church that built
II, and has never intended Il 20 be other
than n clean. moral healthful resort
bat which has been hampered and an
noyed by management that II could not
entirely control.
Today people bring out now and
then bottles OF beer. but when they find
they are drinking warm beer with no
hope OF ice they do not repeat the folly
They realize that drink OF ice water
or cold lemonade or soda IL vastly SUI
perior Only yesterday had to laugh
at a party from the city that came out
loaded With proyisions-and two dozen
OF beer. The chappies who carried the
beer from the car let the package fall
Several Of the bottles were broken and
there vas a dripping trail 10 their table
and perhaps much loss OF anticipated
enthusiasm.
The north pier Is now ready for use
ard people who do not want 70 travel
inland on the -and-dry east pier