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Show I Resorts Open for the Summer K Saturday marks the opening of another ro- B sort season for Salt Lake. B That it will be the best, the biggest and most m prosperous season the resorts of this city have B ever experienced Is beyond question. Never be- m fore has there been so much money expended by B the various managers for new features never be K fore have railroad facilities been so good, and m not in years has the public shown so much eager- B ness on its part to get out to the great cool lakes, mm the bicycle tracks and the dozen and one other B features of the resorts in and about town, and B for that matter out of town, for with the open- B ingxof the resort season here, the resorts in and B about Ogdcn are swinging into their summer m stride and from the coast comes word that the H big California beauty spots are experiencing the B first crowds of the early season. B The Salt Palace is more than outdoing itself W this season. The splendid grounds have been1 B put' into excellent shape, the dance hall, pavilion, W picnic pavilion and the various amusement fea- B tures have all been improved and enlarged until m the largest of holiday crowds can be handled with H ease. B The big resort never looked handsomer or H: more inviting and the special features that have B been planned for the grounds ought to bring out H the crowds early and late. The Salt Palace has H Gver been a great favorite locally and the famous H bike track is in better condition for fast riding H than it has been for several seasons. The best H riders in the country, headed by "King" McFar- H land, have been signed up for the track. One H splendid feature about the resort is the fact that H no admission is charged to the grounds. On top of that, this year the management has ar- B ' i ranged for special outdoor exhibitions, including H " a sensational aerial act by the Gordons and a H balloon ascension every afternoon, and parachute H drop from the largest balloon in the world by H Prof. Austin. The usual Sunday evening con- H t certs will be given this summer and with all the H old amusement features running full swing, and H with the new features that have been added, the H' ' resort promises to break all records. B At Saltair the water is way up under the B pavilion, higher than it has been in years, so that H bathing will be unexcelled. The new bicycle track H is nearly completed. The other features at the H resort will bo open and one or two new entertain- H ment pavilions have been added. At the Lagoon H the new bath-houses are ready and the fresh- H water bathing promises to prove a splendid at- H traction for the pretty resort. With the comple- H tion of the new Bamberger road Into Ogden, the B' resort will draw both from Salt Lake City and H that city, and that means big crowds all season. H Here too, several now features have been added. B At Wandamere the trees and flowers are in B full "bloom, the lake sparkles in the sunshine, mW and altogether a prettier place would be hard to B find. One of the principal features of the resort B this year will bo the improved car service from B , town. At Ogden the Hermitage is ready for a big season's business, and a little further out and reached directly by the car line, the Utah Hot springs is preparing for one of the biggest seasons sea-sons in the history of that resort. The Hermitage Hermit-age was formally opened May 14th by the members mem-bers of the Weber club at Ogden with a big hop in the dining-room of the famous hotel. "Billy" Wilson is as big-hearted, as genial and as popular popu-lar as ever perhaps a little more so, if that were possible. Associated with him this year in the cafe at the Hermitage are Mr. Wm. and Mrs. Rose Dunkerly, so long and favorably known by their connection with the Country club in Salt Lake. Their equal in the culinary line would be hard, indeed, to find. The roads up the canyon are in splendid shape this season, and there is a fifteen-minute fifteen-minute car service now from the depot to the mouth of the canyon, where busses and automo,-blles automo,-blles meet every car. The Hermitage is run on the European plan, and "Billy" declares he has the cleanest, finest resort in all the Rocky Mountain region. Another Ogden resort that has jumped into the limelight this year more than ever before is the Utah Hot springs, about ten miles out of Ogden, Og-den, but reached by the electric cars on a regular reg-ular schedule. The management has expended between $75,000 and $80,000 in improvements. The place has been fitted up until it is probably the finest sanitarium in the west. A great grove has been added to the grounds, a baseball park " has been fitted up and the road from Ogden to the springs has been put in splendid shape and J the hotel is big, roomy, clean, and comfortable, with a splendid cafe, dancing, music and bathing. bath-ing. The resort is located at the foot of Mount Ben Lomond, and the springs are unquestionably among the most beneficial in the west for rheumatism. rheu-matism. For those who are going to the coast this summer there are dozens of resorts that will claim their attention. Tahoe Tavern on the shores of Lake Tahoe, is probably as picturesque a mountain retreat as the coast states can boast fa of. It is fifteen miles by rail from Truckee, California, Cal-ifornia, and tickets to and from California this year permit of a ten days' stop-over. The Tavern Tav-ern accommodates four hundred guests and Salt Lakers who have stopped there declare it is one of the finest houses in California. Mrs. Alice Richardson is in charge. 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