The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-21
Trip TO the Agricultural College
at Logan.
WERE WARMLY WELCOMED
A FINE REPAsT SERVED AT THE
COLLEGE.
Inspection ef the Institution-The
Legislative Committee Meet With
the Trustees-A Very Pleasant
Trip-Personnel of the Party.

the Agricultural college at Logan "
gan and ended in a snow storm, and II
showed AL day. But the warmth OF
Logan's hospitality invested the event
with so genial glow that the inciem-
ency of the weather was forgotten.
At o'clock the special compliment
airy train rendered by Superintendent
Bancroft of the Union Pacific pulled
out of the Salt Lake depot. On board
was merry, rollicking party OF over
200 lawmakers, their wives and guests.
Mr.. D. c. Adams had charge of the
train of six coaches as the special rep
resentative of the Union Pacinc pas
senger department. Among the party
were Governor Wells and several mem
bers of the agricultural college board
of trustees, including w. 5. McCor-
nick, D. C. Adams and !. c. Graham.
President Nebeker of the senate and
Speaker Perkins of the house, with
about Is members of the legislature, re-
manned at home to assist in the enter
tainment of the Idaho visitors.
THE POPULAR CAR.
Representative Gibson was the first
excursionist to discover that the first
coach contained other things besides
seats, having been set apart for the
exclusive use of the commissary. ia
cob Moritz was the director general
of this interesting feature, and Will
lam Calder and l.. G. Johnson were
his aides. Shortly after Gibson's dis
covery the committees on irrigation or
the two houses went into session in the
commissary car, and it is alleged that
during the course of its deliberations 1t
was ascertained that some things be-
sides water would flow down hill.
AT Woods Cross the train bearing the
members of the Idaho Legislature was
met. "Hurrah for the alfalfas,' yelled
an Idaho statesman, but the stop was
not of sufficient duration to permit a
further exchange of salutations.
GOVERNOR WELLS RETURNS.
At Ogden Governor Wells was ad-
vised by wire that the governor Of
Idaho had accompanied the Idaho leg
islators to Salt Lake, and his excel
lency therefore parted company with
the excursionists and returned to the
city by the next train, to discover upon
his arrival that he had been misin-
formed.
JOINED BY OGDENITES.
Several Ogden citizens boarded the
train at that point, swelling the total
number to 216. The excursioniSts
reached Logan at 1890, an hour sooner
than they had been expected. but
the citizens of the Temple City were
equal to the emergency. The depot
grounds were almost blockaded by a
hundred or more conveyances and run
ners, including everything in the sled
line, from the fancy single cutter to
the four-hors bob. President Tanner,
Professor Foster and other members of
the agricultural college faculty were
at the depot and were asSiduouS in
their attentions to the guests
THE ALFALFA CLUB.
One of the conveyances was an i'm
mense hay rack, mounted on runners,
and drawn by four prancing steeds.
Banners on its sides bore the inscrip-
ton. Alfalfa Club" This was i'm
mediately boarded by such alfalfa
leaders as Representatives Shepard,
Romney and O'Brien, Benner X. Smith
and a score of others. They were all
standing up and clinging to the sides
of the hay rack when the word go was
given. Then there was a might surge
backwards, a great crash and job lot
of lawmakers tumbled overheard into
the snow. Representative Mangan also
fell out of another sleigh into a snow
drift, but barring these hilarious Incl
dents the two-mile drive TO the col
lege was accomplished in safety. and
was thoroughly enjoyed by the excur-
sionistS.
AT THE COLLEGE.
Upon arrival at the grounds the col
lege cadets fired a salute, and the cadet
band. a fine organization, was sta
toned at the entrance and greeted the
visitors with stirring airs.
A WELCOME.
,r, ..t 1..;-.- ,,-o-o ,,sha,o5 ;rto
the main chapel of the college, where,
after a piano duet by the Misses Fos-
ter, President Carlisle of the Logan
city council delivered an address of
welcome, the mayor being unable to
be present. On behalf of the citizens
of Logan he extended a hearty well
come and regretted that the inclem-
ency of the weather would somewhat
mar their enjoyment. He facetiously
referred to the fact that this was the
first time that Logan had ever had
the honor of welcoming lady members
of the legislature
President Tanner welcomed the visi-
tors on behalf of the college. He was
glad to have the citizens of the state
know that Utah had at Logan one of
the largest and finest archaeological
schools west of the Missouri river. He
also spoke of the increasing usefulness
of institutions of this class, that i'm
part the kind of education that comes
most directly home to the people. He
cordially invited the visitors TO inspect
the workshops and other departments
and see what was being done.
A BANQUET.
Then followed a most bountiful and
delicious repast, and the visitors, with
appetites whetted by the long ride,
did ample justice to the spread. 1t
was prepared and served by the &C
the pretty girls attended to the wants
of 275 people with a grace and dex-
terity that was marvellous. Fifty of the
guests dined at the college club house
and the remainder in one of the large
rooms in the college building An or
chestra discoursed popular airs while
the repast was being served
AN INSPECTION.
The guests were then shown about
the building and visited all the work.
shops and other departments of the in
stitution. In the carpenters an6
joiners' room. which is equipped with
all the machinery and tools of the
trade, some 10 young men were at
work at the lathes. saws and benches
constructing bookcases, tables and
other articles fully equal in workman-
ship to those turned out by experienced
journeymen. August Hanson is the
instructor in this work
The machine shop, where J. w
Mayo is instructor, was also inspected.
The dairy room was of especial inter-
est to the county legislators, who
were treated to an exhibition of scien-
tific butter making. Ten gallons of
cream were turned into one of the