Show KNOW UTAH t- t By ALBERT P. P PHILIPS It was on a trainload ot bound west A the Great Salt lake was reached those accompanying the party were piled plied with questions Tell reil us about the islands that are in your gr great at dead sea was one of ot the many requests for mation Your lake Is studded with an archipelago What are the names of the islands Well that one over there is Dolphin island It derives its name from its shape a knoll of ot rock and shoal and the location is near the thc northwestern end of the lake and andIs Is 13 surrounded by water about three feet deep S That is 15 Gunnison Island that you see which is 13 simply a great rock southeast of Dolphin island It ItIs surrounded Is by water from nine to twelve twel feet deep This is the only place in lii the United States that you youcan youcan youcan can go to sea by rail raH Two of the great transcontinental transcontinental railway lines cross this great dead sea S S S SHat Hat Island or Bird island is the smallest of the Isles It is a sunken reef under seven feet of water It t is probably part of Carrington island from which It t is separated by a narrow channel nowhere more than six 51 feet in depth It is sometimes given the name of ot Bird Island because it is a bird sanctuary for millions of birds that make snake the island a breeding place S S Carrington Island which Is marked by a central peak derives its name from flom the Mormon surveyor ol The water is from three to six feet deep on every side with the exception of the western and south V southwest southwest- t- t em which arc are shoals There are no springs but the thesle isle is rich in plants and flowers The sego lily which Is s the state flower lower grows in great reat abundance on the isle The root of this flower is l like lic te an onion and is palatable and also nutritious In the early days it was eaten as a table vegetable S iI S Stansbury Island is the largest argest of the group It ItIs Is 15 27 miles in circumference and 12 miles long In dry season it forms a peninsula by a sand bank connecting it with the western shore of the lake Jake S S S Antelope or Church island the name having been een given because the Mormons in early days used it t for the care of ot livestock is the largest of at the Isi- Isi ands It is 16 miles long by six sh wide with a western ridge and an eastern line Uno of ot broken peaks which t tower skyward feet above the lake and feet above the tha sea The deepest sounding 35 feet is between Antelope and Stansbury islands A herd of ot buffalo is now grazing on the island which has a spring of or pure water At one time it is 15 stated there were sheep ranging on the isle which belonged to o the L. L D. D S. S church S S S Fremont Island named after the pathfinder John CJ C. Fremont was originally called Disappointment island Fremont on his exploration trip to the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- ocean visited the island reaching its shores Ina in ina a rubber boat He lie expected to find it an isle teeming with game of every description as did Captain Stansbury Stans- Stans bury Dury who followed later on but instead found it a tangled angled wilderness Hence Disappointment island i. i till |