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Show Saratoga Opens : On Tuesday TWENTY THREE PEOPLE WILL OPERATE BATHING PLUNGES DANCE HALL RESTURANT BOATS SHOOTING GALLERY SWINGS CANDY BOOTHS ETC. RESORT IS ONE OF BEST IN STATE. A big force of men have been working almost night and K day for the past two months getting Saratoga Springs ready for its big opening on Decoration Day, nex t Tuesday. So many I changes have been made that the patrons of the resort will I hardly know the place. Twenty three people are now employ 1 ed in the different concessions to look after the people who come I there for nlensuro. I Mai Ion Cutlor, who is the genoral leasee, has left out all tho concessions except tho bathing plunges, which ho nnd S. J. Taylor will operate. The big featnro of the resort will ho tho new open air plunge, no by lfiO feet built on tho slioro of Utah Ijiko. I'lnt-formn I'lnt-formn have been built that will enable tho bathers to go directly from the plungo Into the lake, or from tho lako Into the plunge. Modern sanltnry toilets will also bo Installed here, to obviate certain objections to tho old plunge. Two new springs have been rut Into tho plunge to supply an abundance of fresh, hot water at all times. Tho new plunge will accomodate accomo-date three limes us many bathers as tho old one, making It convenient to handlo botween 400 and COO people nt one time, several hundred new bathing bath-ing suits have been purchased from the Spalding Co. S. J. Taylor will be In direct charge or the open nir plunge. The dance hall has been leased to tho I'tnli Music Co., with Joseph Wnt-russ Wnt-russ In charge. Ho will havo an assistant. as-sistant. They have tho biggest and hest elect! !c piano In the state nnd tho dances will bo run on tho Jitney plan. Tho floor has been resurfaced and Is now one of the host In tho county. Tho resturant has bcon leased to Frapk Craig who operates the leading oufe. In HlimUtim wHlcU j u nuarnn-teo nuarnn-teo of the high" "class service to bo given. Mr. Craig will nlso havo a bow-ry bow-ry man to seo that tho ploce Is fafo to lravo things, nnd that It will bo kept neat nnd clean. Meals ecpial to anything In Salt Lake will bo served ns well as short orders. Mr. Ilcnton. who hr.d charge of tho .Liberty l'nik boats 1ms the boating 1 concessions and has Just completed W tho building of a dozen now row boats S nnd two gPMollne launches. Thoso H bo In competent hands, and it ncces- 1 r,ary more will be added. 1 I. J. S. Jones has the operation or h tlio shooting gallery and will also op- I erato two of the candy booths. He I will have several novelty games for jj tho children. Mr. Jones wns former- J ly olectrlelnn nt the Orpheum Theat- I ro In Salt Lake. i Tho big orchard will be niado Into j n tent city whore people will come from the bigger cities nnd mining camps to spend one or several weel: Tho Spiers Tent nnd Awning Co. of I Salt Lnke ha this feature, and nl-rendy nl-rendy have leaded about half of th" npoco to pro'pectlve summer residents. resi-dents. Jt will have streets, electric lights, etc. Tlie long adobo house ban nlco had a new screen porch built nlong Its lnke fiont nnd will afford sleeping1 porch accomodations for eight beds, Now swings, teeter totters, etc. hnve been orected for tho children. The whole place has been given a now coat of paint, both Inside nnd out. Mimiv deeorn'.lnns, slmllr.r to thoso used in the pagenl of tho Wizard of thi Wn-Mch have been used hi nnd prcund the bulldlers. giving th p'.ic-t p'.ic-t norpotnel holiday attire. Many people now-n-dnys own their own automobiles, thus practically solving the trnnrportatlon problem, but to tnke enro of the others, the rcort people havo four machines of their own, and the Sugar Comp.inv nWclnli have ordered n pIv ton truck rn which a body will be built, so Hint It will carry fifty people with com-ifoit com-ifoit nnd case. |