The Washington times., 1904-08-14
Prediction That 1t Will Be Completely
Obliterated Within the Next Twenty
five Years-Sources of Sup
ply Diverted
ply Diverted.

TX THAT of the Great Salt Lake
N of Utah? For years and
years. since the adventurous
pilgrims who moved across the west
ern continent TO what then seemed the
promised land, discovered it, II has been
one of the marvels Of the New World.
They say now it is dying up-disappear-
ing in the face of those resistless forces
that nature marshals to do her doom.
On its shores the Mormons-seeking
safety in fiight-pitched their tents and
founded their inland empire. Since that
time il has been the center Of their
power and the site of their city Of
refuge. The greatest religion the later
years have bodied forth-a religion that
affords a menace to American ideals Of
the home and the family-has sent out
from its banks a horde Of missionaries
10 every foreign cline.
A marvel and a delight There have
been those 70 venerate and others 70
ind In its supporting waters a constant
source Of pleasure. What II its disap-
pearance. so gradual and yet so regular.
should presage the disappearance Of the
religion for which II makes a shrine?
A Surprising Buoyancy.
green as the sun strikes and changes
its color, and finding yourself coming TO
the top Of the surface with the buoy
ancy Of a rubber balli Then you splash
and splash What is this strange sensa-
ton? Why cannot you dive below the
surface Of the inland sea? What hidden
force Is there that sends you 10 the
surface, no matter your determination
10 keep your head below the rolling blue
line?
To one who experiences his first dip IN
the refreshing waters Of Great Salt Lake
there is room for imagination that an
unseen force Is disporting below the
surface Of the water, and 20 your dis
comhture. II all seems so strange.
Fer full ten minutes one cannot IN
derstand what subtle charm these
waters hold. Even those who have been
told that the water contains 2 per cent
OF salt, and that this keeps the body
aloat and Will not permit It 70 sink. find
81 hard 70 realize the extent OF the
magic waters"
TWO Of the world famed summer re-
sorts now lie on the shores Of this mys-
terious sea To these points travel peo-
pie--from every country Of the globe
No tourist is attracted to Salt Lake City
without inqulring for and seeking enter
tainment on the shores Of the lake.
Gravity's Center Insure.
That is just it. The center Of gravity
plays many a choice trick. When you
are swimming in the water OF Salt Lake
il is one of the hardest matters IN the
world 70 locate the center Of gravity.
For instance, the bather viii find him
Il
instinctively kick out with his legs. One
or two strokes and his legs are out of
the water and his head and shoulders
under.
The head and shoulders being heavier,
they remain submerged while the legs
are thrashing in the air Then the
bather will plunge and fume and paddle
ike a DOG until he has righted himself
The next experience viii be swimming
on his back. He win find the legs sink
ing just a little and he thinks that he
can get a purchase" on the water.
Then he kicks out. Within a second the
legs are out OF water and he IS strug-
Cling 70 right himself once more.
Fun for Home Folks.
A 'greenhorn" is always the butt OF
choice comment Everyone knows that
IS going 70 happen and prepares Tor a
hearty laugh. There is a good story told
at Saltair about an enterprising East
erner, a member Of the New York
Athletic Club. and one of the crack
swimmers Of that organization.
This we'll built young man scoffed al
the idea that a novice would have trou-
bic navigating the waters OF Salt Lake
He had a party Of friends 20 enjoy his
first experience. In his smart bathing
suit he dIved from the pier and came
10 the surface blowing like a porpoise
He looked at his friends upon the pieI
81 scorn and then made a few swift
strokes.
Baffled the New Yorker.
Within ten seconds he was ore Of the
most puzzled men I'm the world. The
harder he kicked the quicker his head