Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-07

chored at White Rock whore the party
went I'm bathing. In about an hour we
hauled up the anchor and continued on
our way north. The wind ffeshened up
and we reached the cutoff about II
O'Clock Here we anchored aud we all
went To bed About 4 a, m. | was
awakened by a bump, and upon getting
W ana investigating ! found that the
anchor had dragged and we had drlfted
into shallow water and that one OF the
rudder posts had grounded, My son
Dewey stripped and went into the water
and pushed aer head round while we
started up the gasoline engine and g0t
out couple Of oars and were all right
In few minutes, There was nothing
unusual IN this occurrence, for there Is
hardly trip on which we DO not touch
bottom occasionally That morning we
went down 10 the steamboat landing,
where there were men at work Some Of
the party landed and went to the bunk
house. There were a number Of men at
work ON the so called sink hole putting
In ties under the suuken track We saw
two row boats and a tug that had been
swamped and were lying up against the
grade, After breakfast we started out
again and were becalmed. so much so
that we did not 20 a mile In three hours,
Then a breeze from the north came up
and we made Hat island. BY this time
the party vas anxious TO get back on
time so We did not land. From there we
sailed south past Darlington island,
when We saw "a dust cloud coming of
the desert 30 we furled sail and waited
for the sQual II was half an hour be-
fore the wind came Then we holstei :
small sail and ran for shelter past Car
rington island and anchored IN shell
tered cove at the south end OF Hat
island There We stayed snugly all
Sunday night The wind was blowing
strongly and we lost our row boat In the
night, but / had a good nights rest and
woke only once AT 4 o'clock Monday
morning we hoisted sail and made for
home, We met some very high seas
where the waves from the north and
south met, for the wind was blowing
from both directions and met about
this point Here we ran into south
wind While il was rough. II my boy
and ! had been alone we would have
battled It out all right, but under the
circumstances we concluded to make
for White Rock bay, which we did and
In ten minutes we ran out Of the wind
entirely
ONE TOOK A BATH.
I'VE lay there for about half an hour
and one Of the boys went In bathing,
while the others got the remaining boat
and went ashore 10 make coffee. The
four who went ashore and subsequently
concluded TO walk TO the White ranch
and then on to the mainland, were a.
p Hessler L. G, Kelsey, ~ II. New
man and r $. POLAND. | told them
TO stay with us and we would get to
Saltair all right, but they wanted TO
get home and were afarid that we
would have to spend another night out
waiting for a favorable wind to take
US home. ] was somewhat afraid Of
the wind shifting and blowing in from
the north again, so We hosted the an
chor and sailed round the north Of the
island for shelter. Here the heel Of
the boat grounded on shoal of rocks
that run between Egg island and An
teope. the short cut We took. The
boys went forward and their weight
tilted the boat so that with the aid Of
a couple Of oars We poled into deep
water again and soon anchored of
Meadow point, where there Is beauti-
full spring Of fresh water II there
was any danger Of us running short
OF water / would have filled up the
tanks here. However, we eventually
decided 10 leave for home at about 4
p. m, With a full iib and mlzzen set
we had the sail OF the trip and simply
went ADJOINING with the result that
we arrived at Saltair at about 7.ij.
This last run was the best OF the whole
trip, Il was a fine trip and / think
We all enjoyed Il very much,
we lost no gear, there was no rig
glng or canvas carried away, and while
we did catch II once or twice. | have
been out whent It has blown harder
than il did this time