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Show AT GARFIELD AND BLACK ROCK. It is sorrowful to see old Garfield in Its decadence, "the MasonB haH an outing out-ing there yesterday, and many were the reminhsconces of the great old bathing bath-ing place, which was the chief in its day. Those who had enjoyed the baths there in the days of the glory of the place sadly pointed to where the water "used to come," and, looking back to where it comes now, hopelessly shook their heads. Yet not all were hopeless. Grand Secretary Dichl, with cheerful countenance and with the pos-Itiveness pos-Itiveness of absolute convlcJJon, proclaimed pro-claimed that the old days would surely return again; that tho rise and fall of the lake goes In cycles of years, and that again the water would come up to its old level. We are all familiar with that as a theory, and all hope that It may be the absolute fact which Mr. Dlehl belleres It to be. At present, however, Garfield is out of the question, so far as bathing facilities fa-cilities go. Yet It would not take so very much work to push bathing-houses out into the lake, and make a good bathing resort there again. And It would not be so tremendously costly, either. But oC all the places on the south shore of the lake, old Black Rock haa held its own the best. Not but that the water has receded there as much as elsewhere, but the rocky point beyond be-yond Black Rock proper is surrounded by living, moving, active water as no other portion of the shore is. It was refreshing to go out there and feel the old swing and swirl of the moving water, as of old. It Is a groat thing to come In contact with, and makes one wish that the San Pedro road wo'uld look Intb the possibilities there, with a view to reviving the old popularity of that spot as a bathing' resort; for be it known to the. newer population, as the older rcmembern very well, there was a time when Black Rock took the palm a3 a bathing resort. It Is quite possible that It might be made to do so again. It Is clean and sweet there now, while at all other places, the smell from the exposed lake rim is an offence. of-fence. It would be a great thing to have Black Rock revived. |