Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-13
At MiGlake the Water Gave Every
Junketer a Glimpse Of
Rough Sea.
WERE ON PLEASURE BENT
Not An Official Excursion. hut An En-
ioyablo Time With Rest From
Work for the Holiday.

snt Lalcrs who feel that theirs ls
au inland city mr removed from sea
coast hriny winds, aud the tumult
or waters dashed hv storms. ought TO
take a short vacation over the Great
salt Lake cuton
At Midlakc yesterday afternoon on-
ough people 60 hu five cars of au or-
erou Short Line special train poured
out of their cars upon the narrow
strip of made land where trains may
pass each other. on each Side tho
restless waves of ocean proportion be-
t1keuel the presence of what sailor
might clll foul weather. And DO was
the Kind OF gale that one never gets
800 entirely inland cuuutry-a wind eat-
uratcd with hraCiuE ozone, and stream
ing along at a. gait that indicated its
complete Ioy iu teasing strcaky white
caps out of thc water
a large boat o. group Of tugs. and a
smaller collection of row boats. each
one strNulug at its anchor ropes,
as 90 tossed above the heavy pillows,
completed the oceanic susgestiyeuass.
Only the presence of pleasure craft
with flags auuttor, ana snurtlug little
launches To- denote that people made
use of their sea. was missing. TO
everyone the impressiveuess of the lake
reaches was apparent The legislators
who made up the special train talked
about 90 "a little while going out and
much more while returning
Their conclusions were that it is ale
together too great am asset to the state
tl Def its waters pitch and toss along
for long. and that within a very few
years Salt Lake should wake up 20 tho
chance afforded 90 bedeck the city's sa-
r.H
of the islands with pleasure retreats
whore the people OF the great city that
is building can flee for sanctuary from
their business cares and the routine Of
office desks.
Yesterdays trip of legislative mem
hars.It was not am official junket-
afforded mo- opportunity to get on to
the water. but the view of 90 whore 10
completely surrounded the spectator
thrilled everyone on the excursion. The
trip was seven hours m length. Two Of
these hours were spent u ogden, where
an enjoyable lunch was served at the
depot cafe. By 1880 D. m, the party
was going to sea by rail- and al a
O'Clock We're aiOUt al the Midlake sta
tlOu, where "a group photograph Was
taken The return run commenced
shortly before B o'clock and after
brief stop In Ogden the train was
brought speedily back 10 salt Lake boz
time 90 connect with $3.50 cars for home.
TRIP WE'LL HANDLED.
Much OF the trips comforts were due
TO the able supervision OF Asst. Cieu-
craI Passenger Agt. ID. S. Spencer but
Boo this work he was seconded efficiently
By Supt. stevenson of the Utah division
OF the oregon Short Line. Engineer j.
h Hepperey and Fireman r.. ~ Mann.
The trip was extended only 10 mid
lake on account of the fact that a
uumbue of the Legislators We're sChed-
ulcd 10 undertake a Green River "trip
this evening, and had 90 be back IN
order 20 catch g o'clock train. The
distance, however. was sufficient to ar
ford everyone AN opportunity Co see
what the cutoff has accomplished and
90 satisfy them that they had seen one
of the ages engineering maryels.