The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1905-07-14
SWIMMING IN sALTLAke.
The Water Has a Highly StimulatAu
Effect.

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The Water Has Highly Stimulating |
Effect. |
Think Of diving into water, blue or
green as the sun strikes and changes
its color, and finding yourself coming
to the surface with the buoyancy IT
o rubber ball! says Salt Lake City
correspondent of the Milwaukee SEN
tinel. Then you splash and splash.
What is this strange sensation7 Why
cannot you dive below the surface Of
the inland sea? What hidden force
Is there that sends you to the surface,
no matter your determination to 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 unforeseen force is disporting
below the surface Of the water and to
your discontinue. 1t all seems %
strange.
For a full ten minutes one cannot
understand what subtle charm these
waters hold. Even those who have
been told that the water contains II
per cent Of salt, and that this keeps
the body afioat and will not permit
1t to sink, find it hard to realize the
extent of the magic waters"
Two Of the world-famed summer re-
sorts now lie on the shores Of this
mysterious sea. To these points travel
people from every country of the
globe. No tourist Is attracted to Salt
Lake City without inQuiring for and
seeking entertainment upon the shores
Of the lake.
The waters have been receding from
the original shore line for many years
Indeed, it is regarded as a fact Of SCI
entiflc interest that the future will sec
the absorption by the sun Of the whole
Of Salt Lake.
Since the building of the Ulhon Pa
cific Railroad the waters have receded
in a marvellous manner. Twenty years
ago they were within a few rods o.
the track. To-day there is an un
broken, level, white, salty plain to I
long point on the horizon. where tour
lists from the train note the water o.
Salt Lake. Year by year the shor'
line has been growing more distant
This has little to do with the exhilara
ton Of swimming in this body o
water, but Salt Lake contains so man.
mysteries that the telling Of the Incl
dent will serve the tale.
The erection Of immense pavilion
and the establishment of hotels attes
the belief that there is something NOR
than pastime to be got from the wa
tiers Of the lake. 1t II now claime'
that the health-giving properties Q
this water prove a cure for many Ill,
The brine has a wonderfully stimulat
ing effect upon the skin. An hour !
the, water will give the bather . tn
mendous appetite.
The density Of the water sustain
the bather upon the surface with n
effort whatever. Indeed. there is n
end to the amusement the bathers d
rive from their ablutions. Standing VI
right in the water, one finds that J.
= will sink Just to about the height
o his shoulders. He may jump abo,
q and force himself below the surfac
but to little effect, as the water wi
not permit him to remain submerge
One would think that it would be tt
simplest matter In the world to swi
here, yet only those who have spel
some time in these waters can nav
gate them.
When you are swimming in the VI
tiers Of Salt Lake it Is one Of the har
est matters in the world to locate Il
center of gravity. For instance, Il
bather will find himself stretched ups
- the surface. He will instincively kit
y out with his legs. One or two strol1
a and his legs are out Of the water al
!. his head and shoulders under.
a The head and shoulders being hea
Ter, they remain submerged, while Il
legs will plunge and fume and padd
like q dog until he has righted hill
self. The next experience will
swimming on his back. He will fl
! the legs sinking Just little, and
thinks he can get purchase" on t
water. Then he kicks out Within
second the legs are out Of the wat
and he is struggling to right himst
= once more.
A "greenhorn" is always the butt
choice comment. Every one kno,
le what is going to happen and prepar
le for a hearty laugh.