The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-09-18

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A dip or a swim in Great Salt Lake
is worth almost the entire expense
and time OF the thousand-mile jour
ney from Omaha saying nothing of
the many interesting things in the
environments. The human body floats
upon the surface of the water with
cork-like buoyancy and without the
slightest effort OF the owner OF said
body. You may double your knees
under you and float around ikea fish
ing cork with head and shoulders
above water, or stretch your legs, and
and with sun umbrella and book idly
float and road at your please safely
take a nap upon the bosom of the lake
If you can keep your balance IN the
meantime. There is provoking ten.
dency on the part Of the brine to turn
you 'tother end to-or face downward
la pickle that is not pleasant-and
not apt to be repeated on your part.
So buoyant are the waters that the
walking is better than the swimming
OF course all this has been written
many times befOre-but the reading
OF it gives one but a faint conception
OF the wonderful qualities Of the
waters OF Great Salt lake. The writer
has bathed in the Atlantic, in the
Pacific, the Gulf Of Mexico, the Great
Lakes and in practically all OF the
noted mineral springs and swimming
pools from Florida to the British poss-
essions, but you can give him swim
in Salt Lake in preference to them all.
The geologists and other book
sharks tell US that Great Salt lake has
lost nlneteen-twentieths OF its original
dimensions. The old shore line can
be seen distinctly along the foot hills
and sleeper sides Of the Wasatch and
Oquirrh mountains surrounding the
lake, the highest line being fully 600
feet above the present lake surface.
The lake originally covered half OF
Utah. Its waters are changing blue,
according to the suns rays, of 81 de-
grees temperature in it's shallow parts,
five times as dense as OCEAN water,and
next to the Dead Sea the saltiest and
densest in the world. The waters Of
Salt Lake contain twenty-four per
cent OF salt. Five feet Of the water
evaporated will deposit foot Ut solid
salt. The water is pumped out Of the
lake, run on to the shore in sluices.
evaporated in the sun and the salt
taken away in carloads and refined
for commercial use. The process Of
evaporation is very simple and the ex-
pense tritling.
The average length of the lake at
present is seventy-five miles. its great
est width fifty miles and only thirty
feet deep in its deepest parts. From
its surface arise many islands, which
are combinations of the mountain
ranges.
Saltair pavilion, on the shore Of the
lake, about sixteen miles from the city
is the most commodious bathing re-
sort in the world. 1t has been pic
!, tured so much that no detailed ac
count is necessary. When5 the paw
lion was built it was placed 1000 feet
out in the lake and six or eight feet
above it surface. Now it is high ant
dry-so much have the waters recedet
and the glory Of the place las vel
as of all other resorts on the lake-ha
departed. There is room all arount
the pavilion-and on firm footing
for a race track and several base bal
diamonds. The surrounding sands ar
covered with debris as all descriptions
and all together it is not a very slight
Il ly place dispite the million dollar
to make it so.
In the upper part OF the pavilion
with open sides all around, is an in
mense dance hall, without an oil
structing pillar, and under the dome
shaped roof a perfectly polished floc
will comfortable accommodate 200
couples During the season a fin
: lorchestra is in constant attendanc
and you can take your best girl-c
wife if nothing better is at hand a e
two-step to your hearts content an
hour Of the afternoon or evening.
steam railroad, with trains every tW
hours, hauls passengers to and frol
1.-THE city, and the round trip fare e
J cents) entities the ticket holder to a
the privileges OF the pavilion exce1
the bath rooms. The lower floor {
the pavilion is filled with lunch table
and chairs, candy and ice creal
booths and so on. People go out frol
the city in droves, takes their luncht
along and spend the evening getting
sniff Of salt air and relief from the h,
streets Of the town. $ 5 Il.
The bath houses stretch out ere
cent-shaped along a pier from ii
pavilion toward the lake and have, a
comodations for 1000 bathers at q