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Show IDening of Summer Resorts rday, in conformity with the usual custom, the summer : formally opened. 11 Day has become recognized as the time for the open-rt open-rt season in this city, not because of any desire to offset the day, but because it is practically the beginning of I summer season : a time when the sun is supposed to nsuing three or four months ; marking the beginning of ;n it gets so hot that tired citizens seek resorts in order . ng year should be one of the most prosperous in the resorts, s much higher than it has been in years, in fact it is so vatcr is now all around Saltair pavilion, even extending shore to the old water lines marked years and years sequence is that the bathers will have an opportunity r saline solution outwardly while floating right under I be so many attractions at Saltair, outside the bathing, to place them in order in relation to attractiveness and tated before, bathing comes iirst, that is if a visitor to e feels that a bath is necessary, e will be "Ye Olde Mill;" that restful ride on a boat s are singing, gliding in and out amid the maze of the w in the outer shades of Purgatory, then again in 'Figure 8" that whizzer of a whirl, where you go to the ngamabob, then skate downward a few hundred feet attomless pit, then an upward swirl to the topmost whence you look about you and sec the lake stretching :s, dotted here and there with its beautiful islands, 'on the festive pleasure seeker is running about the lie band plays and the children yell, go down stairs and you listen to the music and you lman car you sec standing idle and you take a trip rid. Then to the electric theatre where you see inter-nd inter-nd listen to entrancing songs, take a stroll and view the magnificent new' bicycle aleton form is now in such shape that you can see what urc it will be. The towering arches cross there in lense span, under which the people will sit, four thous-nd thous-nd gaze spellbound at the riders on the whirling steed y. will be lots to see and lots to do at Saltair, and this a great year at that resort. Palace will probably be next in attractiveness. Its ic city, its multitudinous array of attractions are going that will bring out the throngs. There are so many crest at this popular resort that they can hardly be II comes the famous old bicycle track, that great old 1 more records have been broken and new ones made r track in the world. Here has been witnessed races ght ten thousand people to their feet, a mass of gestic-ting gestic-ting humanity. On this track the. crack riders of the 1 their triumphs, their heartaches and their spills. Here hcred from all the world; even far away Australia a of talent to aid the good work, n to the bicycle track, on which some of the most in-ramcs in-ramcs ever given will be pulled off, there is the dance ng rink, "Ye Olde Mill," the Hale's tours, the huge liicli for ten cents you may have more whirls and head-i head-i ever had in your life for the same price, and the pong, places to picnic under the trees, benches galore for le. and swings and hammocks for the younger folks Id ones' who do not object to having a chance to spoon other in the mirror of their eyes, e is the "Figure 8" on which whirligig rides may be miniature railway, which is just as popular with grown-ith grown-ith the children. That the inner man may be as con-rved con-rved there is a good restaurant and also a bar. many more attractions but space forbids mention' of t mention of the Salt Palace would not be complete oning the great searchlight that is mounted on top of f. This will prove a great attraction and a novelty to re never seen one. Another interesting announcement management is to the effect that a balloon-has been there will be balloon ascensions all summer. The senilis sen-ilis in their aerial act will be a hair raiser; the Sunday concerts will be most enjoyable events, and taken into consideration that admission to the ground is free, this popular resort will no doubt be taxed to its limit during the entire season. In Ogden the Utah Hot Springs will prove an attractive place for both the pleasure and health seeker. This place has been so fitted up that it is to-day the greatest sanitarium in the West. With an expenditure of nearly $75,000 in improvements it presents an alluring allur-ing front. A large grove has been added, baseball grounds arc being fixed up, the road from the springs to Ogden is being put in shape for automobile and bicycle races, while every comfort for guests and transients is being installed. Manager Joseph Marshall is bending every energy to make the place a popular resort for those seeking health and those seeking recreation. The canyons which are. so plentiful' throughout the state will also prove winners. But those lying adjacent to this city will prove alluring and attractive to every person. Being as close as they are, so convenient to the heart of the city, the business man, either in the early morning or after business hours feels there is plenty of time for a drive or a walk. |