The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-28

= IL Several minutes wait for key y
!. to bathroom !.
!. u. No shower in bathroom. !.
= Is. Another trip in filthy car =
:
81 did, l made the trip TO Saltair
Sunday. The above is about the sum-
mary OF my experience. No. I do not
think III so again this season." This
was the remark made by n tourist TO
The Tribune on Monday. Continuing, he
said:
Hearing so much about this well-ad-
vcrtised resort, I took a chance Sunday,
inasmuch as every tourist has the desire
TO say. have been in the Great Salt
lake. I have seen the great Mormon
dance hail. All tourists feel alike on
these matters. and properly conducted
tourist is an easy mark at any titac OH
the road.
go / hiei me 10 the Saltair depot
where ] waited in tho Sul,ry open air
came in from the beach. Then climbed
aboard one OF the open cars. but II did
not look good to me and ! transferred
myself TO a closed one. I think the open
cars must have been built about the time
the first railroad began business I'm the
west, and the closed car was probably
secured from the scrap pile OF some olo
eastern road and is about fifty years OF
age. An of the cars have the appearance
OF antiquity and look like they had never
been cleaned inside or out.
Like Travel OH Rough Sea.
II stood for all that. however, and
WAS beginning TO feel comfortable when
the train started. Such weaving, toss
ing and shaking as ] enjoyed can only be
found on Great Lakes steamer during
Il Storm and II the ride had been few
minutes longer my ordinarily safe stom-
ach would have given way. In sight of
the resort / held myself together and
felt that | would pull through.
Horror Of horrors. what a stencil
What is it?' | asked OF gentleman IN
the seat ahead.
It's the lake. was the reply:
Great Scott. Do they bathe in that
was my query.
oh. yes. the odor is only OF the rot
ting refuse on the beach. and the water
is all right for bathing
Millions Of Dead Gnats
Eve pulled through the odor Of rot
ting refuse and as the train stopped /
looked down at n few bathcrs. All
around them We're dark brown splotches
in the water. and these I was informed
were dead gnatS.
we're into the gnats-and they were into
us. There were about 600 on the train.
and l thought:
';Knats 10 the right Of us,
Gnats 10 the left of US
Into the jaws of gnats
StrOde the SIX hunureu-
"Gnats and yet more gnats. and yet 1
must try and see ali there was TO see.
Dilapidated Floors.
t'Tel me. why don't these resort man
ayers keep in repair their floors and
stairs. etc: there is not an iron stair
way am told at the resort They looked
feel safe at all. I climbed the stairs to
the dance floor and looked upon the gnat-
darkened sea, Then l wandered out along
the north pier over loose and rattlinc
flooring, and then back to the dance floor
carefully picking my way that might
avoid broken boards and long sllvers,
down 10 the main floor again. where
the amusements were in full swing, There
were not very many people out-strnnge
for Sunday crowd.
But there We're few vino tried one
stunt after another and there were
dozen or more around the wheel of for
tune. Only cents for q b0-cent box OF
candy and a few suckers took a chance
and watched q whlte-capped man rake
in the candy. ANY tourist could have
told them the white-capped man WAS a
capper for the game.
On the Bathing Floor.
81 turned my feet toward the bath
quarter bought the bath ticket and
then / was through the gate into the
suit cage. / shall never forget that the
ticket taker smiled as won't through.
I thought II was friendly smIle-but
l nave since concluded that 1t was SYM
pathetic.
''sult? Two-bits" And here I learned
that two bits is quarter I dug UP
and was handed one small towel not
clean one suit damp and not clean.
Nobody else kicked however. so / meek
ly moved through the crowd 10 a point
where checked my valuablcs.
No Keys to Bathrooms
"on 10 the bathroom. Some wait. and
then Gents down. this way, says an
attendant uniformed IN hat, shirt.
take room &c. So, 67. So and some more
numbers
Where's the key?' They amt no
Keys Just remember your number-tags
Is out. too" And lie was off. Just then
heard man cussing No shower in
this room, said he. calling to some one
else, any shower in your room2' NO.
shower, either.
There were about 300 bathers in the
lake when / slid down into the water
aiter half mile walk on the not boards.
ant piece OF water I ever stepped into
Nothing like IL on earth. and I was lust
rhapsodizlng over It's beauties when a
neasly snat landed in my eye IT'S
strange what lowly little things like that
can change ones opinion. I should be
thankful that but one gnat landed I'm
AS the sands OF tAe seashore and great
deal more active.
Millions of Gnats.
Well, ! didn't stay long in the water.
The gnats were above me- and around
me Thoy were moving In all directions
Then there WAS n peculiar looking yell
loWish brown fungus growing which
seemed to bc almost as prevalent In the
water rs tho gnats wore In the afr. The
water was fine, and the air was delight
fuls but both or thcm need stralnlng