Show The Great Salt Lake k y 4 L Great Salt Laico Patch Club on annual and anchored off oIl Elephant Head Beall Headon on west crt eldo of ot Antelope Island laland Great Salt Lake This b s one ona of n series l of ot to appear in fn thle newspaper sponsored by the thc Salt Lake Advertising Club associated civic clubs dub of and central Utah and chambers of commerce part of a n program to point out oat Utah's resources eo 80 that local people will Know Utah Better Detter By THOMAS C. C ADAMS Member of Great Salt Lake Lako Basin Authority In trapper days Great Grent Salt Lako Lake was thought to harbor on Its islands a 11 raco race of or giants and to have have- havea a n. subterranean outlet at whose entrance an Immense whirlpool existed which would draw to destruction the tho canoes and rafts of or any rash explorer The Tho explorations of or Fremont and more particularly those of ot Stansbury In 1850 and later Inter others gave us more accurate Information about the tho lake but the tho Interest the tho lake has for tor all and even glamour for tor some has not been In n any way dispelled Great Salt SaIt Lake because of or Its Its elevation and Its Us desert situation is the object which causes great numbers of or people to select a n. route of or travel along its shore or over It Tho The two principal principal prin prin- cipal attractions enjoyed by tho casual visitor are th the rare views especially especially es es- the sunsets and bathing In the lake A combination of atmospheric conditions existing over Great Salt Lake Lako produces exquisite sunsets rarely occurring elsewhere Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times the whole western sky will assume a bright trey firey aspect which will wIlI as the tho sun sinks change to a deep tinged crimson golden glow Slow and then continuo continue through colors of or dying sea embers to a deep purple as ns night sets in At other times Umes while the tho sun is sinking a n. brilliant blast of or yellow resembling the glow Slow from a n. furnace Is shot nearly hairway hair half halfway way to tho the zenith and as It gradually fades the tho sky around changes through delicate greenish blue to turquoise with wraiths of or pink which be become como deeper and give way nay to purple black as tho the last of the tho day dis dis- appears Many 1 persons go to the lake shore to sit in admiration while the day fades tades Bathing in Great Salt SaIt Lako Lake Is of or particular interest because one can honestly float In fact ono one can float noat with his head entirely out of or the water and carry l If ho he choose a considerable weight Tho The ability to float Is however not the only attraction to bathing in the lake The waters in the tho bathing seasons are pleasantly warm more so than though I they were fresh tresh and the salt furnishes an exhilaration greatly enjoyed I by many One Ono who is bathing for tor tho the first time In the lake may have havethe I Ithe the tho membranes of or his throat nose noso and nod eyes disagreeably irritated by bythe bytho bytho tho the salt water vater if It ho is not careful to keep these portions of or his head tree free from spray but after a n. few times In the lake one ono acquires an Immunity Immunity immunity im Im- Im- Im to this irritation and after some experience and knowledge of ot othow how to do it may even dive in the waters without harm Great Salt SaIt Lake has bas been tho the steno scene of or several tussles of or man with nature Ono One In which man triumphed and which is a a. notable undertaking undertaking under under- taking is the Lucin Cutoff a railroad lino of the tho Southern Pacific System System System tem carried over tho the middle of the tho lake lako on trestle and rock rocIe embankment embankment embankment embank embank- ment for 35 miles Its construction Uon involved tho driving of great numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of piles sometimes one on top of or another so soft and unstable was the bottom of the lake lako Also many trainloads of earth and rock had to be dumped into embankments before these were raised high hiSh enough to furnish furnIsh- a safe height for the tho track Tho The difficulties of ot this construction are aro well illustrated by experience in one ono part of or the embankment embankment em em- where rock sufficient to build an embankment over seven hundred feet high hiSh has been deposited to raise the tho track only fifteen feet teet above the bottom of the lake The bird life Ure of or Great Salt Lako Lake Is very interesting and of ot great national importance Many thousands of ot gulls guUs nest on its islands and andare are aro a n. conspicuous feature anywhere food Is to bo found Twenty five thousand pelicans raise their young on its islands making these rookeries of first Importance in the west Small colonies of or cormorants an and herron also nest on the tho Islands The bird life Ufo of the shoreline marshes Is very extensive In the Bear River Marshes tho the f federal deral government maintains a n. large bird sanctuary upon which many thousands of ducks geese swan and other birds nest Nearby there is a a. state reservation and a n. s second cond state reservation has bas been constructed recently at Locomotive Springs Spring at the tho north end of the tho lake Further bird nesting grounds are aro being built bunt on the southeast shores shore of or tho the lake lako i it t- t r M ta w wr Y 3 Sail BAll boats boat maneuvering off orr Black Rock Bock D Beach Great Salt Lako Only the most persistent Individuals now enjoy one of ot tho the finest features of Great Salt Lake its boating opportunities Early explorers made short trips on tho lake Fremont In 1843 1543 rowed in a a. rubber canoe to tho the later Island named for tor him Stansbury built bum a n. sizable sailing craft and used It to carry his hla supplies and men Brigham Young had a n. boat on tho lako laka which was ingeniously propelled by a n. horse operated treadmill Several large steam boats were later built The rho City of CorInne a n. foot sternwheeler made trips early In the seventies from Corinno Corinne 20 O miles up the Bear Dear River to Garfield and returned with ore to the tho railroad The Promontory almost as ns large was built and used by tho the Southern Pacific Railroad during the c cann con construction n. n of tho the Lucin Cutoff In 1902 Since that time over a hun hue hundred dred Bred boats of or substantial size have havo been built and operated on the lako but at nt a n. penalty of or considerable effort and at a risk Incurred In anchorIng anchor anchor- Ing big a boat in the tho open without the protection of ot a n harbor or r breakwater breakwater break break- water and unattended At times Umes when evaporation and deficient rainfall rainfall rain rain- fall faIl drive tho the lake lako to low level it recedes along its gently sloping shor shores s sand and remains virtually Inaccessible to those who would boat upon Its Us water It Is expected however that this condition and the tho opportunities for tor recreational boating eventually will be bo fully realized and the necessary necessary essary facilities where boats will wm bo be accessible and safe Great Salt Lako Lake has a n. 1000 square miles of or navigable water Were thero is no driftwood driftwood drift drItt- wood seaweed or barnacles Boats go at a n speed considerably greater than on fresh water and fine breezes make sailing practicable MR Ms 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