Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-03-03 | Page 10 | Unique Colony on Lucin Cutoff

UNIQUE COLONY ON LUCIN CUTOFF I Midlake not far from Ogden is probably the only community In Inthe inthe inthe the world orld that Is built upon a trestle a with Ith the railroad tracks as asu asa asa u a main mali street and with sith Ith a 0 yard e ex extending o- o tending tor for rolls milos around and conI comI composed posed loed of salt I j It j Is located on the Lucia Lucin cut cut- cutI cutoff off cut I off of ot the Southern Pacific rail rail- railroad rail railroad road upon Great Salt lake mid mid- mid midway way stay between Promontory Point and and about 30 miles est of Ogden nine Twenty l persons compose the population of ot and I re-ide re In a SOl Soil t of ot isolation ten miles from land even at Its I nearest point I GO Government romont of ot the community Is cst cd in the tho single personage ot of oL L D E Stroud Southern Pacific agent and telegraph operator who acts In the capacity of ot e every esery ery cIvic official from tram ma maior or and chief otI of ot I polle police pollee and the entire police force for Cor that matter to postmaster and andI health h Inspector The station b bv by I I far tar the most Important and I ing Ing structure of Midlake is the I postoffice city tall hall and amusement I center as aa the tho dally daily excitement e of oC the community consists In atten atten- attentively watching the 20 to 30 trains oCI I drag by Besides the stationmaster his wife and nd nat 11 old 11 11 1 ear old daughter the colony Includes A T tho the second shift Mac MIs T L Stephens the third shift operator and her two children Ma IlIa 4 and Maxine 3 then ther there I I la is I A Ce rl and A Volpi t two tao 0 see sec section sec section tion ion foremen and squads of often often often ten men eachon each on a