| Show It Happened Around Here J nik ' I X 1 '3 K vfr ky v x 1 W ' of 4 vy fX - ‘jt- ¥ ‘ IUi i 1 i 1 i el4 H’fjrtfi' rJ 'W 'j! J " z -- V - — 2 f r ae 1 4 Si fjtf j J 4rif rf C -c - ’i The Wrong End 'I V r " 1 after 'getting a new car went My for a ride to show it off After a few miles she had a flat tire She got out flustered and embarrassed and jacked up the rear end of the car Just then a man stopped to help noticed her confusion and it J sister-in-la- ( U'4T jy 4 Roller coaster destroyed by fire in 1925 M'Sj) an ‘mmi wegnm- by wind in 1932 and 1957 (pictured) then dismantled ' asked "Why do you have the back jacked up— your flat’s on the right front?" Mn Amort liecUD Btber Utnh t i Lady of the Lake Stage Exit When a bandstand was needed lor our church dance a member donated two huge boxes in which grand pianos had been shipped They worked fine After the most recent dance the MIA superintendent sent his two teen age sons to help take down the decorations He told the boys to "knock down” the platform visualizing it neatly dismantled Imagine his horror when he found they had reduced the platforms to nothing but kindling t Mr W L Balt Lake City ‘’Br-nnet- Welcome Mai (Continued From Page 5) one almost lost his life when gored in the chest Over the years the lake slowly abandoned the resort to leave it drydodked on stilts In 1893 six feet of water lapped the 2500 wood pilings of Saltair and evtended a mile eastward to the highway The level but the tiend was rose and fell like a always down The resort countered by moving the bathhouses from the east to the west side of the pavilion The water still ebbed end the bathhouses were again deserted by the ret treating shoreline -- yo-y- A MAN MADE LAGOON was dredged to coax Great Salt Lake back to the resort When this failed a miniature railroad ti bathers to the water But- - ns the water dropped the salt content Increased to 27 per cent and sharp crystals constantly forming on the lake bed were rough on bathers’ feet There is now a captive pool paved with sand beside the pavilian created by a dike built during the 1955 renovation Future trend of the lake level is likely to be upward due to the diversion of water ans-porte- In the Spring our yard is muddy and when the grandchildren come to visit I always remind them to clean their feet before entering the house One evening I heard a knock on the door and thinking it was our grandchildren yelled in a loud voice "Come in if your feet are clean" The door opened and in walked the ward teachers Wap my face red! Mrs R L Carpenter Evanston Wyoming o d into the Great Basin from the Colorado River Basin Saltair’s popularity could return with the water Whether it regains the magnificence of Its heyday or not regardless of its book worth the value of the resort historically can only be measured in the hearts and memories of the people And one of the fondest recollections is that of families and couples running to catch the midnight train home from the resort — crowding the seats of the open platform cars and lining the tiers of steps that Banked the seats the full length of Ihe cars A POPULAR SONG started by a single voice would be picked up spontaneously by hundreds of joyous throats until it swept the entire train the rock ’n’ roll of yesteryear sung to the sway of the cars and rhythm of the wheels It’s impossible to estimate how many girls were kissed on those moonlight rides Or how many swains proposed Or giils accepted But you can be sure that trolley carried thousands of Intermountain couples into romance and marriage If you can’t remember ask Mom and Dad They’ll know iff A y v ' ' V i j t v L I Cj'M V ' t ! tL 'Hr X vN v' The Salt Lake Tribune win pay S3 for each orlrlnaj eahllfee4 11 ttranre haaernln fact fcaaiareaa are duplicated payment will be for the first reSend entriee ceived ContrlbnUone will not be returned ta Strange Things HOME Magaaine Tbe Salt Lake Tribune' Hos M7 Sail Lake City Utah Mr - eU v- - j Xy A A- - V i1 ' t Wt il'SAww ’ A ” it - i : Tt 4 x '' v Saltair today— a jliuttered amusement center worth $520000 abandoned by the lalie and populace — Hie Salt Lake Tribune HOME Magazine |
