The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-24

( Utah until there is great danger of an
! ice gorge in the Great Salt Lake. He
and r. G.. Taysun were responsible
! for the four column write-up which
/ appeared in that paper on Press day.
| Raymond is the brilliant and cr1spy
I correspondent who has Travelled Idaho
and Wyoming and is now stirring up
! the intermountain states with his
thrilling descriptions of Leadvilles
| crystal palace. He is the champion OF
/ Mayor Nicholson and DR.. D. II. DOu-
/ gan for distinguished honors in Utah,
and may yet conclude to elect them
to the United States senate TO repre-
sent the forty-ffth state.-Herald-
| Democrat.
NOTE.-The foregoing is all charged
up to George Wallace Williams. The
only regret experience is that he didn't
train his fashlight kodak on the "other
fellows while he was about It'll
FRIENDLY TO THE HERALD.
LeadvilIe is friendly to The Salt Lake
Herald, and throws method in it. They
argue that from start to finish it has
been an exponent of their interests, and
space in so doing" Well so it has. II
named Utah day, and promised a delega-
ton of 100 people. 1t took up the mat
ter Of low rates with the railroad pet
pie, and on both counts was successful.
In doing this, it recognized the fact that
the Leadville ice palace was an enter
prise not in any way seCtfonal-it was
one in which the entire west felt inter-
ested in and justly proud of-why not?
A WORD TO TOBOGGANISTS.
The sport is all right It's exhileratfng
and delightful to a degree. It's not
dangerous save when things go wrong,
and then you may not get killed. For
instance: The standard toboggan was
too slow for DIT. Dougan and few
others, and they had constructed for
themselves one with steel runners, like
unto a pair of bobsleds-it was to be a
world beaten in very earnest! So it was.
And it made history. They mustered up
a gang of brave hearts and rode the
meteoric thing down the ice chute until
it jumped up into the air and went
chasing the clouds. 1t was the sw4ftest
thing ever turned loose in LeadYille.
The thing itself wasn't hurt a Bit, but
the gang of riders Jared differently. Ala
OF them are nursing sore parts vet
while Anthony Sneve, general agent for
the Colorado Midland, had leg broken
or. and he hasn't done anything since.
Another instance: On one o fthe regJ.la.-
ton toboggans, time 2 O'Clock a. m.
Travelling Passenger Agent Ridd, War
souri, Pacific, and this fool writer, all
went down and colided with another
coming down from the opposite hill. Such
a mix up was never known. When I
regained consciousness I found the
Santa Fe man standing on my neck ar1
muttering incoherently about two trains
coming together. But the SPORT can be
pulled off without many sucn accidents.
THE ELKs ARE GREAT PEOPLE
Following Utah day came the Elks and
over the state and brought six bands
along with them. Cripple Creek had a
special train, and they captured the grand
priZe-they captured everything. Aspen
sent a special train with 80 Elks. Lew
Cummings was grand marshal of the day.
and when it comes to doing things up
right. they have to have him. He's a
big success in any line of life, and a
whole bundle of fun in himself.
STRAY BITS.
DR.. Dougan. of the Carbonate National
bank, allowed the Utah newspaper man
to pick up gold bars and heft them.
There is a man named Brown over in
Ieadville that is the smootheSt and most
winsome speaker to be found-he would
Mayor Sam Nicholson turns over tho
key of the city on every occasion and is
a mayor that the people are proud Of.
thinks of locating in Leadville- He made
a "hit'' while over there, and an offer
has been made him to come there and
take charge of a good newspaper plant
Director General Wood didn't do a
thing but say to The Herald mans
please give me the names Of all the
press gang that came over with you
so that I may make out passes for them
good so long as they remain with u.s."
And it was so done.
The Idaho Herald in It's last issue con-
tains a column and a half write up on the
ice palace in that vein characteristic OF
fts bright writer. Harry Moore is all
right and knows good treatment when II
is showered upon him.
Judge Mcdowell said nice things Of
Utah at the Shriners' banquet, for we
were in on that occasion, and heard all
tbot Woq said.
The Rio Grande Western did the hand
fhinC Wa61AfRh is a
favorite with those of the Cloud City, az
they know him to be their friend.
George Wallace Williams is nigh man.
nowadays over in Leadville, and a prince
OF entertainers. He is in demand on
every occasion-eVen the children cry
for him!
Utah people are daily going over to the
palace, and will do so as long as It
lasts. No one should miss seeing it.
RAY RAYMOND.