The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-20


reached. simultaneously there burst
from the ranks of the paraders flash
Of flame, shower of stars, a salvo Of
colored meteors, that lit up the street
from end to end and revealed in all
their fantastic picturesqueness the
long line of the carnivelH that came
behind The fire of the rockets was
ceaseless, continuing until the castle
was reached.
THE GRAND PRESS BANQUET.
The banquet rendered by the Lead
Vile Press club and citizens of the Wis
iting newspaper men and their ladies
was as big a success as the earlier
events of the day Plates were laid
for 200 in the banquet hall of the ice
palace and when the guests were seat
ed at IL o'clock there was not seat
vacant.
Caterer Miller had neglected nothing
that would administer to the wants of
the guests, setting before them
spread that was calculated to COM
fort and cheer the pen pushers, who
were by this time wearied from the
continual round of pleasures of long
day.
Two tables extending the full length
Of the hall were spread, and at the
head Of the first table sat Mayor A.
| V. Bohn, who acted for the Press club
as POSTMASTER. To his right was Hal
sey NJ. Rhodes, secretary of the State
Editorial association, and to his left
G. S. Sprague, the newly elected presi-
! dent of the association.
! Major Bonn, in aptly chosen words.
made a short address of welcome to the
visiting editors and spoke in compli-
mentary terms of the press. He then
called on w. ]. Orange, of the Silver
Cliff Rustler. Tom Howell. of the Grip
! pie Creek Times, Mr.. McShey, of the
| Denver World and C. S. Sprague, of
the Colorado Springs Telegraph who
responded to toasts as their names
were called.
DR.. D. H. Dougan and Mayor Mich
olson spoke for the people of Lead
Vile, when George P. Brown was re-
called and recited Gene Fields poem,
| 'Casey's Table d'Hote." Mr.. Sprague
then proposed a toast to the memory of
| Field, which was drunk in silence
Judge Dickson then responded to a call
for a speech.
r. G. Taysum. of The Herald, and
Ray Raymond, the railroad liar of the
same paper, and Charley Johnson.
were called upon to respond to a toast
to Utah-the forty-flfth state figured
in.
DR.. Dougan then proposed a toast to
the art preservative of arts, and the
press in it's entirety.
Major Bohn then announced that the
hour for parting had arrived, when
Mayor Nicholson and Dr. Dougan in
Vtted all to toboggan ride, which
was accepted with cheers.
TOBOGGAN SLIDES.
A great feature of Leadville's high
old carnival is found in its wonderful
toboggan slides, and to run down those
ice chutes once at a speed of 800 miles
an hour is an experience that adds to
LIES living
From the hill on which stands the
palace is reared a platform tower with
a broad stairway leading up and an
ice chute by the inner side is provided
Tor the toboggantst to haul up the thing
that is to swiftly bear him through the
air. There are two of these chutes.
which permit racing and such racingl
The toboggan is placed on a pivotal
board and when the passengers-from
one to eight in number-signify that all
is ready-'Let 'er gor'
Z-z-z-z-t!! That's how they went
down, the while masculine and fem
mime yells in one grand commiugIing
of pent-up excitement is borne back on
the air so suddenly rent in twain
there's nothing like it! Through inertia
and impetus given the meteoric bunch
Of humanity, they are sent high upon
the opposing hill where they alight and
gleefully continue on up to the chutes
at the other end by the Vendome hotel.
which are .counterparts Of the others
it works both WAYS.
The yells. screeches and merry laugh
ter ringing out necessarily but plainly
tell the real downright enjoyment of
the participants and on-lookeTs as well.
PALACE OF ILLUSIONS.
There is also a smaller ice palace
one of illusions. it is called. The show
goes on day and night there, and the
living pictures so artistically shown are
of a heightened type-one not to be
missed.
Near by in another enclosure is a
merry eo-round propelled by steam and
it's never idle; revelry runs riot all
about, and perfect good cheer roosts
round about on every turn and corner.
A FELICITOUs OCCASION.
To give color to that veracity I am
usually accredited with I must chron-
icle things as they actually occurred.
After the grand banquet at the ice
palace there was another at 2 a. m.
and still another at a. m.
They came thick and fast and in that
spirit characteristic of LeadviIIe peo-
pie, wherever you may find them.
IS 1898 ClPO LII SW W4dS OpSn y HS
doors at a. m. and a champagne sup
per was on the boards. the while toasts
: were the order of the day. There was
= no night. as I said before.
Everyone was a host in himself end
2 George Wallace Williams, once ts Salt
: Lake, tried to be two hosts. so warm a
spot did ne have in his heart for all
E things in Utah. Mayor Nicholson,
{ who turned over the keys of me city
to the visitors was in his clement,
!, and the life of the party. DR.. Dougdn,
= the ex-mayor, never lost an ooDor-
tunity to signalize and endear himself