The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

| The Foresters' Day excursion took
up all of the attention of the Forest
ers last week, and all were happily
| surprised at the great gathering at
Castillo Springs. In the neighborhood
| of 1000 people were on the grounds
| during the day. All towns between
Salt Lake and Salina and Eureka were
we'll represented. The Southwick
brothers, proprietors of Castillo
! Springs, commenced to smile when the
first train pulled in at 1890, and the
| smile grew broader and broader as the
| heavily loaded trains from all direc-
lions commenced to roll in, and to say
| that the Foresters were pleased would
| be putting it too mildly.
The committee from the courts down
in Sanpete showed all have received
| medals for splendid work they did and
the number of people they brought I'D.
Over 400 prizes were given away, and
a large number of them were costly
ones. ThC grand drawing was a sue
cess ana everyone who presented their
railroad ticket to the committee were
well pleased whether they received a
prize or not The creased pig and
creased pole was the cause of an i'm
mense amount of amusement, and the
foot races, e1ght-pOund ball throwing
| match and the numerous other amuse-
ments kept all those present in excel
lent good humor from noon until late
in the evening, and the delightful
strains from the splendid Sprfneville
orchestra kept the merry dancers go
ing from 2 p. m. until nearly II o'clock
at night, when all We're ready to take
their train and go home, satisfied that
the ForeSters were the people, and that
ITcsf @G
place on earth to spend day, was
second to none.
The springs afforded delightful bath
ing, the shade was good, the meals
were fit for any epicure, and every-
tnlng was there to make man or the
new woman" either feel that thew
were better for having helped the For
esters celebrate their great day at the
beautiful mountain resort. Castillo
Springs. The Rio Grande West
ern, as usual, furnished a most
excellent train service and there was
nothing to mar the day The Foresters
made reputation as entertainers. The
Companions of the Forest of Viola cir
Gle made the bands and a few of
their friends happy with the splendid
lunch they set up. and the SpringviIIe
and Mount Pleasant bands kept the
nils echoing with the fine music thew
produced. Both bands will we he
lieve, come into the fold very shortly.
and be Foresters and entertainine,
ones, too. Some splendid missionary
work was done by members of the Or
der during the day and a large in
crease in membership will be the re-
suit
During the evening Grand Chief
Ranger James Moffat welcomed the at
tending hosts and in a neat little
speech thanked them for being there
and hoped that they might all remem-
Der that we shall always celebrate
August Is and would be pleased to
see them and friends at each years
outing. General Organizer Thomas
Loughney followed with a few words,
explaining some of the objects, bene-
fits, ETC., of the order, both speeches
being well received. The grand court
reaped a nice little benefit from the
excursion, which will help very ma
terially in advancing the principles of
the order.
The grand court officers will visit
court Palantic Tuesday evening to en-
courage the boys a little Two candi-
dates will be initiated, a little CONSOLE
dation talk will probably come up and
a general good time will be had by all
in attendance. 1t is especially re-
Quested that all members of Palantic