Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

~ Rt.Ar SALT lake is body
I Of water more completely SUR
rounded BY public interest this
summer than vt any other time
w it's history. The day Of the small
craft is just beginning TO make its
appearance on tho waters and this
month there have been few week
eud parties to tho more distant islands,
as well as many afternoon sails and
steamer trips out into the waves tor
a sunset dinner or an Informal con-
cert odoat
Black Rock had chance to become
famous because 1t was available and
Alfred Lambourne WED with other
artists IN making the most faithful
reproduction OF IT, whom It was thing
all Utah artists sketchod in crlyon
and oils.
But Lambourne did more than this.
lie went out with capt Davis to ono
island aud then on other boats TO-
other Islands. what he sew he paint
ed, and what he could not express with
his brush he wrote dboat until he had
material enough for volume II
was printed. and more material pour
ed out in prose, verse and pain.ng |
until second volume was ready
Since then dozen years have pass
cd, and Mr.. Lambourne has entered
the more matured eras Of his life AS
a monumental work, containing all
that he has thought and painted and
written about the lake he has pre-
pared another volume. 1t incorpor
ates the two previous volumes. and
contains n chapters. each one deal
Inc with seme phase OF life in the
Islands The whole is grouped under
the title our Inland sea. the story Of
a Homestead and in its narrative
features deals with experiences Of Mr..
Lamhourne while trying to perfect IL
lie to a farm on Gunnison island TO
anyone who knows tho veteran paint
er-poet, it is clear that what he really
wanted was a studio of natures max
ing, where he could watch the bosom
Of the great salt sea ana dream in
seclusion the dreams that he has WOW
en- into the most attractive sections Of
his recently completed manuscript. 1t
was II years ago that Mr.. Lam
bourne first printed a book IN. the
lake, and 10 years ago that he filed
his homestead entries on Gunnison
BEAUTY SPOTS IN LAKE.
In view Of the present concern over
the lake the book is of peculiar in
terest in that it shows that there is
much beauty there. many mountain
Gus cliffs that ought to have their
weekly visits from sailing and steam
ing parties, and many sandy beaches
whore summers week Of swimming
would be done on exactly the sea-
shore plan To make the lake islands
available in increasing the possible
play grounds Of the people Is a prob
lem for practical men, but the prob
lem Mr.. Lambourno has solved has
been the collecting of data about its
odd corners and island cliffs and sandy
beaches aud his manuscript shows
that as scenic attraction the lake for
years has been locked In his breast.
cheering his soul alone. with that of a
few other adventurous souls who nap
pened To care moro for an hour among
the wave beaten cliffs than in offices
where it is possible TO figure up pro-
fits that run into money wealth.
GuNNISoN ISLAND.
How to get to Gunnison island
speedily. is a problem YET to be solved.
What you find when you get there is
pictured by Lambourne in way to
make you want very much to go. The
trouble is that there is terriacally
long pull. usually into tho teeth of
whatever wind there is. to get from
Saltalr to the beautiful portions of the
lake, From MidlalSe on the cut -off
or from the western shore h would be
different, for these points are near at
hand and could allow speedy and con-
venient trips by steamer into the heart
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