The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-12
MEMBERS Of BAR
SAIL THE SALT SEA
Two Days Cruise Among the
Islands in Great Salt
Lake.
SCENERY THAT CANNOT
BE EQUALED IN WORLD
Millions of Waterfowl Make
Homes On Islands i'm This
Dead Sea.

Four members of the Salt Lake bar
were the guests of F. J. Senior Sat
urday and Sunday on a cruise of the
Great Salt Lake. Mr.. Senior, who owns
considerable land on the various islands
of the lake which he had never Sc,
foot upon or ever seen, determined to
view the same for the first time from
boat. Accordingly he invited Judge
Thomas Marioneaux, Assistant U. s.
Attorney w. NJ. McCrea, w. D. Ritter
and former L. S. Attorney Joseph Lipp-
man TO accompany him, and Saturday
morning the party set sail on the Cam
bria IL. in charge of D. L. Davis. cap
tain; Dewey Davis, engineer, and john
McAdam, first mate.
a iollier set of tars and more gcn-
erous host than Mr.. Senior proved to
| he never set sail on the catamaran.
The weather was simply ideal aud tho
water for the two days, except for a
few hours Sunday morning, was like
sheet Of glass. SO smooth was it for
miles that the boat glided over it as
though 1T had been specially polished
Tor the occasion. Betimes the water
was of the deepest emerald blue, again
1T was turquoise blue and when the
waves lashed it to foam it looked
almost black.
Several Islands Visited.
The boat, after leaving Saltair, went
around the east side of Antelope Island
and taking A northerly course passed
the entire length of that island, less
than a mile from the north end OF the
island. Egg Island was visited; further
north Fremont Island was passed and
beyond that the boat came at anchor
Tor the night within short distance
of the spot where the Bear river cur
rent passes through the Lucin cutoff
Sunday morning the trip was made
to Hat Island and passing by Darlington
and Stansbury islands, the Cambrian
took the course leading to White Rock
and thence southwardly down the west
side of Antelope Island back 10 Saltair.
One OF the party IN speaking of the trip
said:
"I have been on Lake Lucerne and
the other celebrated lakes Of Swtzer-
land; l have taken the trips on Yellow
stone Lake. on Lake Tahoe and have
been to Santa Catalina Island, the re-
sort which Los Angeles booms so ex-
tensivcly, but [ want to say that on
not one of these trips can the novelties
| be seen that one sees on the Great SaIG
Lake. While the views on some of these
other bodies of water may be more pic
! turesque, on not one of them is the
view more extended or rugged. Take
the view from the east side of Ante.
| lope Island. One can see the mountains
on clear day from Nephi or the south
TO the MalaG range in Idaho on the
north, distance OF fully two hundred
miles. And this panorama is uninter-
rupted and continuous.
Gorpeous Sunsets
! ''Then the sunsets as seen from the
water are simply sublime. Every color
of the rainbow is reflected on the
clouds and the mountains to the east
are tinted with the most delicate reds
and pinks and purples, and as the twi-
light fades away the grays and somber
shades make their appearance, and the
islands IN the background assume an
almost Cimmerian blackness.
"a sail on the lake at night is full
of romance, and the myriad Of stars
shine more brightly there than any
where on earth.
Zone is never out OF sight of land,
and the shores of Antelope island are a
nevcr.ending source of interest Hero
roam thousand or more head Of Here
ford cattle, and their white faces turn
toward You appeahngly inquisitive.
Now and theu = buffalo is seen. Land
ing at the old homestead, one finds sub
stantial barns, comfortable houses and
an excellent lithia water spring. From
this point the Ncwhouse buildings and
tho temple loom up in the distance.
Home of the Cormorant.
cat Egg island, which is a sort OF
square, one finds the home of the crane
or blue heron and the cormorant. These
birds have built their huge nests here.
and one finds cranes and cormorants
in all stages of development, from the
egg IN the shell to birds, one, two and
three days old. one, two and three
weeks old, and the older birds taking
to the surrounding water, while the
visitor inspects the huge pieces of
wickcrwork. about three feet in diane
ter, which the hens have built for their
young. At White Rock, on the south
side of Antelope islaru, one mas the
breeding place for sea gulls and cranes
and cormorants. Here hundreds of
birds congregatc, free from attack from
coyotes or other predatory animals.
- But probably the most wonderful
rs we'll as the most novel sight of this
fascinating body OF water is Hat island,
at the west side of the lake. Here
gregatc. The island is not much greater
than fifteen acres in extent, with an
altitude above the lake of probably
thirty or forty feet. Every inch of
this island is covered with sea gulls
md pelican and crane, and the water
for mile or two along tho sand ridges
projecting into the lake is covered with
these winged pelIcans, and myr-
lads of sea gulls, with their white wings,
,nfcst the air above and perch upon tho
rocks composing the island. 1t is alb
solutely impossible to compute tho
number OF these birds.
Mothers Desert Young Pelicans
"The Young pclicaps. scarcely able 10
vaddIe along and unable yet 20 fly, are
deserted by their mothers on the APP
1roach of A visitor, and rs they herd
ogcthcr they look from short dis.