The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-15
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Great Eastern League Sends
Writers to Salt Lake.
WILL DESCRIBE COUNTRY
VISIT OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
TO UTAH PEOPLE.

After tour lasting nearly twelve
weeks and covering over 10000 miles
of territory in the Great West the
Great Eastern Newspaper league repre-
sentatives arrived in Salt Lake City
yesterday at noon via the Rio Grande
Western railway in their private car
Ralph King, and were met at the rail-
way station by G. S. Holmes, proprie-
tor of the Knutsford; George w. Hen
itz. general passenger. and ticket agent
Rio Grande Western; c. w Pen
rose of the News, and William lyle
heart of The Herald and escorted to
The Knutsferd. which viii be their
headquarters during their stay in Salt
Lake.
The party consists of c. f. King,
general manager: H. B. Hanmore, l.
E. Honeywell. Frank Hendry and Al
bert L. Widdicombe, and they travel
as Joint representatives of the New
York Sun, Philadelphia Times, Boston
Journal and Baltimore Herald, of
which establishments the league is
composed. The object of the present
tour. which will extend to all the
Pacific coast states and TO T exas and
possibly to Mexico, is to make an i'm
partial and intelligent investigation of
the industrial, commercial and agricul-
tural conditions prevailing in the i'm
mense territory west of Pittsburg and
to send regularly to the papers in the
league news letters of a reliable char-
acter covering the subjects above
enumerated.
Conducted By Major Hooper.
The party has travelled through IL
linOis, Iowa, the DakOtas. Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas.
Oklahoma. Indian Territory and Col
orado, and have everywhere met with
the most cordial reception. Their tour
of Colorado begun week ago last
Saturday. and was under the personal
supervision of Major S. K. Hooper.
The Man Who Smokes general pas
senger aren't Of the Denver & Rio
Grande. He accompanied the party
from Denver to Grand Junction, and
quit them only because imperative
business required his presence in Den
yer.
Many years ago one OF Major Hoo
pers children nicknamed him "potje, 50
that being baby idea of pronouncing
the word papa. II has hung to him
since in his family circle, and the mem
bers of the league got on to it and he
mains "Potje' with the eastern news
paper men. Last Sunday afternoon
they got him together" in his room
at The Colorado" Glenwood Springs.
and caned him 10 a finish with a SO
gold-headed ebony walking stick. and
told him if he ever lost his pass the
stick wedld enable him to hustle over
the ties during his remaining years.
And then there was some talk of
silurian spring water and the man
who smokes smoked again. and the
league sang He's a jolly Good Fell
low" and the springs fountain squirt
ed again its accustomed 1S5 feet up
among the Clouds and every one felt
good. but no one quite so good as
"PCtje."
Important to Utah.
Seriously. the scope of the inquiries
instituted by the Great Eastern News
paper league is of vital Importance to
Utah and to Salt Lake City. 1t means
a truthful and exhaustive look into
state and local industries and resources
and will no doubt meet the hearty
cooperation Of every aggressive and
progressive resident of the state.
The visiting newspaper men must re-
" on residents of the places they visit
for the information they are in search
of and as their stay in Salt Lake City
is necessarily limited. those who are
interested in the city's progress would
portunity to communicate with Mr..
a the Knutsford, or with any member
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