The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-26
SPIDERS At ACk
ALTA|R VISITORS
Poisonous Insects Send Darts
Into People Who Go to
Resort.
WOMAN BITTEN TWICE
HAVING STRENUOUS TINE
Hand Swollen TO Twice Its Ma
tural Size, Due to Insects
Sting.


aongregate in one place than there arc
at Saltair, but if there is no one IL
Utah knows where The speaker was
n prominent grocer of Salt Lake, and
he was talking with The Tribune. Con
tiuujng. he said.
'.Sunday afternoon my wife and
and children and grandchildren made
a trip to Saltalr beach. 1t is the first
time we had been there this season. II
will be the last time. | have read
about spiders Mt the resort, but ] never
believed that there could be so many
spiders as we saw upon Sunday after
noon at that resort And they range
in size from spiders the size OF an
ant TO spiders that are more than an
inch long and which resemble tarantu'
las.
"Thcn there are cobwebs and cob
webs, and then some, | took u news
paper and lighted it so as to burn the
cobwebs and spiders from about where
we were standing. OF course, it was
dangerous and / knew | was liable
To arrest, but what could | do. as my
family was there, my grandchildren
were there, and / had to protect them,
so / took a chance.
Myriads of the Insects.
"No one can have any conception
as to the insects unless they see for
themselves They could be eradicated,
] am sure, but in view of the way they
have been allowed to overrun every
thing at the resort, it Will necessitate
Il great deal OF work.
81 wish you would call attention, ~
he continued, ''to the drinking foun-
tain at the resort. No provision is
made for cooling the water, The
pipes at the fountain, which should be
Il coil covered with ice, are without
ice at all, and the water which flows
from these pipes is so stagnant and
warm as to Sicken person who par
takes of il. Possibly this is to force
one TO tackle the booze or beer Joint,
but there is no rea son for it. The
drinking water at the resort should at
least be paatable.
eve like the lake; have in over
twenty-five years residence here be.
Iieved that it was the greatest asset
that Salt Lake City had and have been
patrons of old Garfield beach and of
Saltair beach ever since the latter was
built. and have talked and doomed and
boosted il, but not any more. The spl-
ders have done the work, and even
If the insects were not there the wa
ter for drinking purposes would keep
us away
woman SCung TWlCes
Another gentleman who, with hi
wife, lives at one of the prominent ho-
tells in Zion. went 10 Saltair Saturday
a bath in the lake, "We were there
only a short WHILE said this gentle
man to The Tribune Monday after
noon, "until my wife screamed in pain
as 4 big spider planted its stinger on
her left hand between her second and
third fingers and another sent It's poi
soned dart into her little finger. Her
of Saturday night. Sunday and today
1T has been swollen TO twice its size.
j have had TO apply Il lotion and keep
the wounded hand swathed in band
ages We have n gentleman at our
hotel who has been walking on crutches
due to the effect of the bite of Il spi-
der at Saltair, the insect stinging him
on the ankle.'
Doctor Has an Experience.
Sunday prominent and we'll
known doctor and his wife started to
saltair., They left home in time to
catch the train scheduled 10 leave at
$3.50 a. m. They reached the station
in ample time, seated themselves in one
Of the rickety old shacks called cars
and waited They wanted TO take n
bath in the lake and return to Salt
Lake by noon. The train scheduled
as advertised showed that this could
be done. But it was not Said this
doctor to The Tribune:
tfWe reached Saltair beach depot at
9:20, seated ourselves in one of the
so-called cars and waited until $3.50
clock, There were three coaches or
cars in the train when we sat down.
When we started there were twenty
two freight cars attached and we crept
along until the spur running to the
one of the cars were set out
"We finally reached the pavilion at
II o'clock, too late to bathe and get
back at noon. We left the pavilion at
11;15 O'Clock and reached the depot
here at 1920 dsgusted and worn out
as were the others who were treated
as we were. 1t is an outrage and q
shame the way we were treatcd, and
others on the train, among whom were
several tourists, expressed themselves
In vigorous language,