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Show 11 10,000 PERSONS AT I SALT LAOESORTS 1 Bh Estimated Attendance on Gen- 1; Bj oral Opening Day Shows Lili- BE oral Patronage. t!' 11? TRACK MEET AND BALL L I I ATTRACT OVER 4000 IIi'iiJ Day's Record Gives Salt Lake I'ji Reputation as City of Out- I ' ol'-Door People. I . j" EsUniatcd Crowds at Rosorts I II I !, .J. Wandamore 3(100 -j- 5 if , Salt Palace Evening) tOOO S ' if ?! r U'Hlkor's Field nOO r I lij 4. Cummlngs Field, track meet. .-1000 f 1 Mil Notwithstanding the - threatening f . weather Saturday tlic oponincr d.13' at M bil the resorts was a success hi every par- 1 !j ticular. Soon after noon people began M i jj I leaving the cit3", seeking pleasure at IX fjjj Saltair. Lagoon and Wandamcrc, and j3U from early afternoon until past inid- II; ' 'Uft I ' night the main streets of the city wero IE p,l J practically deserted. It was not until Ic V- after the crowds began returninp from ; L' ' (hp resorts shortly past niidnipht that K Plj J the cjtv resinned" a normal appearance. W J.'i I The business at the theaters showed W- I-'J" I ' a considerable falling off, both at the r I'1' moving- picture shows and the highcr- U 1 1 j ' priced houses. There were at least 22,- ,(,f.'' P 001) people out of the city Decoration JrL.M ' 'lay between the hours of 1 p. m. and 1 t-'i, i midnight. ! At Saltair, whore, the largest crowd 'l j was assembled, it is estimated that I r; r iher; were 7000 people, most of whom ill failed to return until the late trains, i; II J l At 1 o'clock the manapement began Hie I ft ! tfain servico and at regular intervals I jfli ' of forty-live minutes up to 0:30 p. m. 1 jjfi trains ran to and from the beach. The ft. I jfl ; crowds were orderly and no arrests VjS t jf- wero made during the day. The water V was too cold for the bathers and but mil few took to the salt Saturday, prcfer- P'll jng to wait until some future day when jjlj ' the water Is more inviting. A fow, j, 1 jjl however, mustered up their nerve and tj'nt '! took a dip in the brine. jlj$r Dancing at Lake. illlxt At S o'clock in the evening the daueo; I Iff1 iloor began to till up and by 9 o'clock il jj j there was barely room for another eou- i ci pic. This crowd remaiued on the floor ' tiuLil about 10:30 o'clock, when it grad- Wvjt ually grew smaller. During the last JI j,r hour the revelers had ihinncd to a few iU hundred. The new arrangement of the V bandstand proved a great help and no r?(k discomfort was folt on account of in- 'i ability to hear the music. The stand is ;i now 'located near the center of the li i .!1 floor, suspended from the ceiling. Only II; (I one slight accident happened at Saltair r :1b. to mar the pleasure of the day. An unknown mam fell in the roller skating uXf ' hall and sustained several slight Ugl bruises on his legs, lie was taken JHA home by his friends, but he was not KjIm seriously enough hurt to ueed medical j jljljf, assistance. The last train from Salt- i! HI air arrived in the city at 12:1a a. m. 11 1 Y fi The crowd at Lapoon was not so f;j j ft larpe, there being onl- about 5000 m J v ' .people visiting this resort and partak- fj I Mtig of the pleasures and amusements. z ' About. 2000 peoplo went to the resort i j on the observation train in the mom- 1 1 iug. but most of these returned on tho same train. As at Saltair. the. Lagoon ' "I road operated forty-five-mi nulo service, r , beginning at I o'clock. Tho big danc- , 1 ing iloor at Lagoon was far too small ; J to accommodate the crowd. Tt was late ! if id the evening before a large part of v 1 lie visitors had become tired out, and It ' had returned home. The new nttrac- 1 . v) I tions at Japoon were largrly patron- ') I ized. and the Japanese tea garden I 1 J proved a great favorite with the ' I 1 ladies, i ; : Accident at Lagoon. '. ' A few bathers took Irf the fresh I,- !L water pool and enjoyed themselves for jf" a fow hours, but there was a choppy wind blowing which caused many to k bse courage and stay on laud. Tim j boathoiise, however, was crowdel dur- i ing tjic laic afternoon and evening, and . many young chaps will awake this morning with sore arms and hands. .One serious accident was I he result of the day at Lagoon. L. Balderson, a young man about 2i -ears of age, in soine unknown way caifpht his left leg ' , in the brace? on the roller coaster and received a rather severe fracture. He ! was brought to the citj,nnd taken to the. Latter-day Saints hospital, where "t lio house pli3'sician attended his in- i ' juries. His leg, besides being broken, : was bndlv cut and bruised. At the liosnilal last evening no information could be gained as to the young man's 1 - condition be'ond that he was suffering I ; ' extreme pain. W Large crowds were taken to Lagoon I , from points along the line, but mo.st, 1 of thesi- people returned to their homes rarlx- in the evening, as the later trains jf do not stop between tho resort and If Halt Lake Cit The crowd was ordcr- ' Jy and the 'cars were all lighted after dark. All persons were, severely dealt With who attempted In extinguish the lamps. The last train left: the. resort ' '.at 10 p. m. and arrived in the city ' Kliorth' after 1 1 o'clock. |
