Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-10
BACK HOME FROM
SUNNY SOUTH SEAS
Two Salt Lake Railroad officials
Return from Tahiti and Hon
OIulu Respectively.
BURLEY'S TALE OF ARCADIA.
Regular Louis Becke Yarns from Coral
lsles--l, A. BeutOns Stormy
Voyage to Hawaii.

General Passenger Agent D. IT, Burnley
OF the oregon Short Line who yester-
day returned from voyage to the
tropics Of the South seas, this morning
I'm summing up life In Tahiti, unbur-
dened himself Of a gem that Is liable to
make him famous Tahiti" he said
with that lnmtable infection OF the
voice for which he is noted. 'is "A place
where people go 10 bed carly and get
up.the next day to rest" According to
the railroad official the Society Islands
are q veritable Arcadia where foliage,
fruits, flowers and tropical growth
abound with not a single fly In evil
dence. or mosquitoes, however, there
are some that took kindly to the eper-
dermis OF the Salt Laker SO that he
was compelled to play the role OF the
sleeping beauty meath the gauze folds
of q gigantic net. To the average
American Tahiti also affords not only
rest 10 the body and the joyous exer-
else Of taste and smell but II devel-
ops his BUMP Of mental arithmetic IN
asmuch as this French colony has no
less than three separate monies In CIR
culation as a medium Of exchange to-
wit, French, Chillau and American. A
dollar is worth ~ centimes French and
S2.40 CHILEAN, consequently when an
American goes around scattering SINE
Icons ne has la do some tall figuring If
he expects 10 get correct change.
Mr. Burnley and Glenn Schram while
making their brief stay on the Islands,
took "a trip mp country and derived all
sorts of pleasure with the thermometer
at 90 in the shade. In speaking OF the
sights Mr.. Burley told Of an Ideal res
idence inland that abounded IN yeran-
dahs and shady hooks, while outside
was a natural arbor composed Of sim
gle tree whose branches were spread
out and propped up with poles for an
area Of IS feet by 33 year ago It was
nearly twice as large, but part Of It
had been damaged by a storm This
trees, said Mr. Burnley was a dazzling,
lurid mass OF red flowers,
From scenery, cocOanuts and the idi-
osyncrasies Of the natives he drlfted
into telling shark storles-which, of
course, are essentially fish stories. StO-
ries of pearl divers who hit bottom
from a boat l70 feet on the surface
above and then grabbed a shell and
came TO the surface are always inter-
estlng with a submarine battle with
shark thrown M for full measure they
become absolutely thrilling, Mr.. Burnley
says that the record made by pearl
diver on the islands is dive OF 2l0
feet straight down under water. Some
times these fellows run short OF wind
and then there Is tragedy. They get
down 90 the bottom and see a pearl
shell, then they see another, try to
bring both TO the surface and their
aVarIclousness Is their death The com
panion, watching IN the boat, knows to
second Just how long his mate should
be under water, and he hasn't a stop
watch either. When he does not make
an appearance Mr.. Native goes over me
side and starts to hunt for his pal In
this way many pearl diver has been
rescued
10 hear Mr. Burnley tell these yarns
IS to make his auditor want to pack
up and migrate to the sunny southern
seas where there are no bonds and
socks TO worry, no correspondence, no
tailors bills, no waiting for n street
car no lines busy" no trials and
tribulatlons-slmply breakfast at II a.
m. whom the store Is closed until 2 y.
IN. while the proprietor takes a siesta,
dinner at s p, m. and no 81 seat at the
theater afterwards.
Messrs, Burley and Schramm appar-
emily had most enjoyable trip OF IL
days on the water each way with good
sailing and four days on the Islands,
COL |. A. BENTON HOME.
Col. l. A. Benton OF the Rio Grande
ia another Salt Lake railroad official
who returned yesterday from voyage
on the Pacific ocean, Mr. Benton, who
Nd -
not experience the best of weather go-
Ing 10 and coming from Honolulu, as
the ship spent most of her time sitting
on her propeller and playing hop-skip-
and-jump across three waves at one
vault consequently dressing and dis
robing In n state room were reduced
TO science, MIR Benton met several
salt Ldkers over IN Honolulu who ask
ed after acquaintance at home Mr.
Jockson formerly OF this city, and
proprietor OF the Bulletin, greeted him
on shore and promptly secured some
good live matter for publication.
Mr. Benton says that Honolulu can
boast Of municipal regulations, police,
street car service and a museum that
are away ahead of what can be en-
countered In some big American cities,
but the average American feels shut
of from the world over there as the
papers publish but little news regard
Ing what Is Transporting IN the outside
world beyond 10 or ~ 20-word bulletins
day The telegraph editor according
~ has n sinecure and when assign
ments are slack he takes hand at
sticking type"
Both Mr. and Mrs. Benton return
to salt Lake greatly benefited by the
change and rest,