The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
AT THE RESORTS.

| The Order of Foresters, Court Com
hmercial lodge No. S124, of Murray, ac-
companied by the Utah Circle, Com
panionS of the Forest, a ladies' aux
| Hilary to the order, spent day of pleas
ure at the Lagoon yesterday. The lodge
members were accompanied to the re-
sort by 500 or 500 people of Murray and
the surrounding settlements, and sew
| eral hundred of their friends from Salt
Lake. An interesting programme of
! sports was given during the afternoon,
commencing with foot races. in which
the following were winners of prizes:
Ray Williams, Laura Hadley, Louis
Williams, Willie Doran, Robert Ander-
son. Minnie Scott, Pearl Drinkwater
and Grace Hayes.
John Burch won the fat mans race
and Sarah A. Hadley won the fat
lady'S race.
A boat race over a 2OO-yard course
was won by John Sjoblom in l minute
and 10 seconds; James Drinkwater, sec
ond; Fred jacobson, third, and Ben
Hill, fourth.
A literary programme was given in
the pavilion. a song was rendered by
Flora Morris, and Past Chief Ranger
J. l.. Jones made speech on the OBJ
jects of the Forestry organization.
In the evening a baseball game was
played between the Murray and Tay-
louisville teams, resulting in victory for
the Murray boys by a score of about
% to 10.
Those in charge of the excursion were
J. l. Jones, Mrs. John Burch, Mrs.
John Berger, Mrs. Hyrum Chambers
spent in dancing and prizes were given
for the best walters.
The Calder's park management
promises a season of light opera as
soon as the "MikadO" can be staged.
The principal characters have been as
signed and rehearsals are now in prog
ress. The cast of characters is as fol-
lows: Nankipoo, Fred Graham; YUM
YUM Mrs. Hal Moore; Katisha, Mrs.
Earn Brockbank: MikadO. Al Swenson;
Koko, ]. J. Williams; Poo Bah. Mr..
Ellis. The chorus Will be organized
this week.
Next Wednesday at Saltair an un-
usually good programme is promised by
the projectors of the carnival of char
acters and childTen's kirmess. The
Afternoon will be given over to the
children, who will have cake walk
and fancy dress dances of their own,
with prizes for the successful ones. In
the evening the character ball Will be
given. The special features are cake
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walkers, d cake walk by number of
white local contestants. a minuet and
fancy dancing by sixteen young ladies',
a marine drill and the grand ball as a
finale Two bands. have been engaged
for the affair and a special train serV-
ice will be announced in the newspa-
pers.
The Allen Concert company has been
hooked for another week at CalderS.
The First Regiment band will render
a fine programme at Saltaip TINS az
ternoon, commencing at $3.50.
Among all the shows with which Salt
Lake has been favored in the past few
weeks probably none has been re-
ceived with more genuine pleasure than /
Rartholomew's horses at Lagoon. Hun |
dreds have visited them, and not a |
dissenting voice has been heard in vot-
ing the exhibition entertaining and |
truly wonderful.
Lagoon bookings for the coming week !
are as follows:
sunday. Aug. 1S-Baseball, r. G. w. |
VS.. Short Line; concert 2:30 and g.
Monday, Aug. H-Bartholomews
horses.
y.
THURSDAY. Aug. 1T-Young Ladies Aid |
society.
Friday. Aug. 1S-Z. c. NJ. I. shoe fac
tory road race and baseball.
Saturday. Aug. 19-R. G. w. employ
ees. Ogden and Salt Lake.
The Salt Lake & Los Angeles railroad
has generously offered to
axtend the courtesies of the railroad
and Saltair Beach to the returning vol
lnteer soldiers on Aug. 10. A special
rain will probably be set aside for the
zee of the soldier boys. and comph-
nentary tickets to the bathing pavilion
will be issued to them on that day.
Bookings for saltair for week ending
Aug. 49,:
Aug. l4-Ladies' day.
Aug. l5rSixteenth ward.
Aug. l6-Carnival kings carnival ana
,hildren's kirmess-
Aug. 17-Mutual Improvement socl-
Aug. IS and 19-Celebration in honor
f return of volunteers.