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Show Navlgallng Salt Lake. 'j ff! WM The accident, which might well have been i ' . ' SH a tragedy, which happened to the four men In ' ! ' IH the little launch on Sunday night, Is a) reminder Jj ', H that the Phoenicians were the first ones to grow ' V famous by navigating the deep waters. There t , ' B is no account of how many boats were smashed, Ifpf how many lives were lost, but they finally got to J 'Mr building boats with models as perfect as the ; U k H finest of our eastern yachts. They got to von- ,'lr, J HH turing farther and farther out to sea, and they (j i' WM built larger and larger -boats, and finally they "A jH pushed out beyond the Pillars of Hercules and O, M explored the coast north and south and probably 'h M settled Ireland. But the old first lessons they ,! H learned In boating are just as pertinent now as , jp they were when, with their boats with variegated J ' fl colored sails, they pulled out from Tyre and ex- rilh WM plored the ocean and all the lands adj -ont 'K H thereto, and we presume they learned at last . j , , IH that It would not do to go out on still water on j' H long voyages in any boat that was not capable Sji H of outriding any storms that came. And that Vf H lesson voyagers on Salt Lake should take to ' ! $ Efl r H i gg-Jgg j their minds and never go out on those hsavv waters for any long sails unless they feel sure ; that in case a big gale or a sudden squall comes the craft they are in Is strong enough to outride the gale and the heavy seas. So much salt is held in solution in Salt ake that when one of 11 itS( waves strikes anything it is almost with the force of a solid rock or a catapult. In the east the whole coast of the Atlantic is patrolled by life-saving crows. There is not commerce enough on Salt Lake to justify that but there is enough to justify the erection of Hagstalts on the various Isfands and the preparation of simple I signals that could bo given off trom those Hag- staffs showing where people are possibly in distress. dis-tress. Over all, it should be kept in mind that Salt Lake is a dangerous lake tor anything ex-v ex-v copt staunch boats. Its waters are heavy, the winds that sweep, over it are uncivilized winds, ' and it never should be ventured upon except all precautions are lirst taken to Insure life against any of the possible accidents that are liable to ' come to men who sail upon those waters. |