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Show ! Saltair Ready for Bi(5 Celebration Today i 1 p ";-y - r"r 1 .... " , k- ' h M .,.. .: Vs, . MVN tf - - h f , .s S Pi',"'" ' H M 'ii v . A? I i hi 1 I i ? "iSJ ' -r jIlJM SKATING Famous resort aflutter in anticipation of glorious Fourth of July ohser-" vance at Great Salt Lake. With every building at Saltair decked in flags and bunting, with music all afternoon aft-ernoon and evening in the dancing pavilion pa-vilion and Roller Palace, with the great now organ lidding Its wonderful tones and every nonk and corner pervaded by a holiday holi-day air. Utah's famous resort opens wide its gates today in celebration of the Kourth of July. It is anticipated that today will be one of the record-breaking clays of the season, sea-son, and. , in order to facilitate the handling han-dling of the crowds two extra trains will be run to the lake, one at 12:15 and the other at 1 o'clock ; then, beginning with the '1 o'clock train, the regular forty-five-minute schedule will be observed. One of the big features of today's celebration cele-bration at Saltair Is the Inauguration of the big organ in the dancing pavilion, which the management has just Installed at a cost of $i!0.iKiO. Designed especially for dance music, and the largest of Its kind In the country, the management expects ex-pects this novelty to be one of the biggest big-gest attractions at the lake. It is not a mechanically played Instrument, but an accomplished player must operate it, and such an nrttst has been engaged to play the organ at Saltair. The organ wlil augment the band music, under tho diree- tion of Harry A. Montgomery, who has some extra special programmes for today. to-day. There will also be mush- in the Roller Palace this afternoon for the holiday skaters. The bathing department is preparing for t lie biggest onslaught of the year and the management reports all hands on deck to handle the crowds of bathers. The temperature of the water !s reported "just right," and, with the new one-piece suits, plenty of towels, caps, hose, etc., the bathing department is ready for a big day. The corps of workers In the Ship cafe is reported as extra busy in anticipation of the big crowd of today. Sunday, the management states, was the biggest day of the season in the cafe, it being crowded crowd-ed to capacity. The music and dancing during the dinner hour In the cafe and "Mammy" Margaret, with her southern cooking specialties, are two of the drawing draw-ing features. Boating ts In full swing and all the boats have been put into commission for today's celebrators. All the concessions at the resort are in readiness for the Fourth of Julv crowds, which are expected to begin arriving at the lake early in the dav. |