The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-21
IN OGDEN.
The Colorado EXCur-
SiOniStS Arrive.
{ THE ROYAL WELCOME
The Programme for Their Enter
tainment To-day.
A VERY PECULIAR SUICIDE.
The Real Estate Transfers Made Yesterday
Brief News Items Gathered
Far and Near.
THE ROYAL WELCOME
The Programme for Their Enter
tainment To-day.
A VERY PECULIAR SUICIDE.
The Real Estate Transfers Made Yesterday
Brief News Items Gathered
Far and Near.

1t was just half past ten o'clock yesterday
morning when engine 81, of the Denver & Rio
Grande Western road, followed by one baggage
car and eight coaches drew up at the Ogden
depot There was a vast crowd of Ogden PEG
pie gathered from one end OF the depot grounds
to the other, and the large space reserved for We
hicles was almost packed with every possible sort
of conveyance imaginable, and line of seven
street cars stood on the track. No sooner had
the train stopped than the visitors BEGAN pour
ing out Of the cars, amid general iiutter OF
haudkerchlefS and waving OF mats and paraSOlS,
Tor there We're many ladies IN the crowd as
sembled 10 receive the guests. There was no
cheering but everybody wore 4 bright and
smiling face of hOsDitable welcome, and the
visiting COloradanS we've soon made to feel that,
though many of them were strangers 10 Ogden,
they had fallen among friends who would take
the best Of care Of them.
The arrangements for quartering the visitors
were so ample and complete that there was no
confusion MISUNDERSTANDING. Individual
members of the party had cards of assignment
with coupons attached, and all they had to do
was to enter any carriage in waiting and present
their cards to the driver and be driven to the as
signed accommodations. In a few minutes the
line OF carriages moved towards Washington
avenue, through Twenty-fifth street. The side
walks on both sides Of the street were lined with
Ogden people, and
THE FLUTTER OF CAMBRIA
and other evidences or welcome greeted the
guests all along the route. Every available
Flagstaff and pole in the city, the
city hall the county court house, the
liberty pole, the Broom hotel and very many
private business places ana residences displayed
the stars and stripes; and the Ogden brass band,
in their gorgeous full-dresS uniform, added TO
the general hilarity and good feeling by dis
coursIng at short intervals many OF their
choicest musical selections. There was no
formal reception, no speech making, no parade,
no hurrah; but there was no mistaklng the
thoroughly genuine nature OF the heartlness
with which all Ogden welcomed their Colorado
guests. The visitors were driven TO their
assigned rooms in much the same manner that
= royal parsonage would be escorted to his
palace by the throngs who would naturally be
attracted 10 see such an individual; but once
within the walls OF the hotel or residence which
was TO be the exclusive domicile OF each indi-
yiaual Of the party, there ended all demonstra-
tons, and they were left to enjoy, for a short
time, the quiet Of home. The chamber OF com
merce committee, consisting of MessTs.
S. M. Preshaw, Joseph Brinker j. c.
Armstrong, H. L. Griffin and A. H. Nelson,
provided and bore the expense of the carTiages
which conveyed the guests TO their quarters, ana
there they were left TO take care OF themselves,
IS would any ordinary visitor to the city. The
EACiOus real estate men, however, as 4 matter OF
COURSE, saw TO it that the ColOradans did not miss
opportunities TO see
WHAT OGDEN HAS To SHOW
them. in the way OF real property and sites for
manufacturing and other business investments
That pleasant drives about the city were insured
to the visitors may be inferred from the fact that
there was not conveyance OF any kind to be had
at any Of the livery stables, all being engaged for
the day. / u ing the afternoon very many private
citizens called upon the visitors and drove them
about the city and suburbs in their carriages
and bugges, 30 that between the real estate peo-
pie and citizens generally there was no lack OF
proper at, cation 10 the guests.
1t would be inVidlOuS 10 partlcularlZe in so
large a body of people who have come to Ogden
on Invitation of her citizens ana il is impossible
tn me inn O. q a. a
account OF the visit; but it IS only proper 10 say
that the general expression among the Colo
radans was one Of delight coupled with not
little aStOniShment, at the nearly ana SpOnIane-
Gus manner in which they had been received
not alone in Ogden, but ever since they crossed
the Utah and Colorado boundary line.
The day, so far IS the weather was concerned,
could not have been improved upon. 1t was one
of those BRIGHT clOudleSs, mild spring days 10 be
4t0und only in Utah. The trees Just budding into
leaf, the lawns of the city in their emerald car
pets studded with bright patches of flowers, the
twitterug Of birds, the absence Of wind, and III
the background, on all sides, the SnoW-capped
mountains, all combined TO make up one OF those
perfect spring days, common enough 70 UIah,
but hardly TO be imagined by those who live in d
less favored region. And the visitors evidently
fully
A APPRECIATED THE WHOLE OF 1T.
They stretched themselves, threw back their
heads, and while they gazed around seemed to
take infinite pleasure in inhaling the delicious
ness of the delightful and ife-giying atmosphere
There were not more than $50 Coloradans of
the party that came to Ogden yesterday ana
some surprise was manifested that there were
so few. One person was heard to say that he
guessed this was SAT- Lake excursion after
all, and that only q portion had come up to
Ogden" but during Friday not less than sixty
i've came up and distributed themselves among
friends who were expecting them. OF this mum
Der was A c. Snyder, postmaster at Cheyenne,
an old friend of the writer. Mr.. Snyder has al
ready about all the Ogden real property he cares
10 carry, and says he only joined the excursion
tohaVe good time. He went down from Chey-
A5nne TO Denver, and there merged into an eXcur-
sionist.
At7pm., the Ogden brass band took up po-
sition on the city nall grounds, and gave some
beautiful selections for two hours, when those
who designed 10 attend the ball given by the
Ogden drum corps in honor OF the city's
visitors began 10 arrive. All the eXcurSlonlsts
were admitted without charge, but others were
required to pay 81 for ticket admitting gen
Deman and and any number Of ladies.
THE OGDEN DRUM CORPS
is deserving Of special mention for having gotten
up this very pleasant feature for entertaining
the Coloradans. The corps IS composed OF tht
following members A. c. Emerson, captain
w. Van Wicket lieutenant; A. F. Danilson,
sergeant major; +. A. Ribbach drum major; f.
C. Schramm, A.W. Abbott, J.. R. Armstrong w
Beardsley, George Schramm John F. Ledwidgt
and John Beatty. They have headquarters IL
the Goodell g. Bates building on North Wash
ington avenue, and last evening, promptly at
O'Clock, with four uniformed policemen in ad-
vance, marched down " aSnlngIon avenue 70 int
city hall 10 the beating OF their own drums.
kThe city hall ballroom was very handsomely
dEscor ted for the occasion. At one end was
Aretc. ed twenty-foot-long motto, welcome,
Colora do to o. den, the Queen City OF the West"
This was painted on white caLTas in large orni
mental letters, the whole surrounded by draper
les form Of United States flags. At the head
OF the stairs leading TO the ballroom stood large
and beautiful pyramid of flowers and the entire
bu'1Sing was one blaze Of brilliant gas jets.
The reception committee was composed Of the
same membe sof the city council named else
where, and act u,h by request Of the drum
c,,tI II. l. e floor committee consisted Of TIT
entire ogden drum corps, Messrs. F.C. Schramn
90 A W. Alb tt being most connected there
"" T e mu ic was furnished by Ford's or
taastra OF VINO ces.
L.. programme for To-Day Is TO take the visit
ors by train to hot springs Ten miles north OF
the Utah g. Northern road There they can in
dulge in ath and there will be free exhibitions
- frntt M M einple- footing saddle hOrses will