The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-06

By 9 o'clock last night fully 300 con-
ference visitors had captured the town,
and the popular-priced hotels and
boarding houses hung out the standing
o onlv Sign
With the arrival of the trains from
Ogden and the south this morning, in
dications point to this spring confer
ence being one Of the best attended for
some ear past. Owing to the fact
thai the weather has been of late pro-
pitious to spring farming operations,
and the farmers generally have har-
roWed in their seed earlier than for
some ears past, the backboneS of Utah
apparently have decided that they can
afford to take a vacation with the in
cidental plunge into the mild dissipa-
tons associated with a s-emi-annual
visit to the capital. Accordingly, they
have brought their wives and olive
branches along and invaded Zion.
The advance guard which came in
on Wednesday night from Sanpete and
Sewer, comprised for the major part
those who have friends in town, and
We're determined tc take advantage
Of the cheap rates to their uttermOSt
limit, with the result that beds were
made up on the floor of a number of
domiciies in the city, and the ward
butchers and grocers rubbed their
orders came in.
Night Trains Loaded.
Last night the trains were loaded
with a freight Of humanity carrying
mysterious bundles and parcels from
which protruded sections of %aucculent
chicken and kindred pastoral produce
gifts for the less favored resident of
the metropolis. The pilgrims came in
squads and ~battaliOns, waited in on
the alfaIfa-scented Zephyrs from the
country. AS they scrambled off the
trains End made frantic efforts to round
up their Wayward offspring n count
their bundles, the officials at the two
| depots INDUCED in problems in mental
/ arithmetic with the result that the fol-
lowing totals were arrived at: Oregon
Short Line LOO, and the Rio Grande
Western 1000 conference passengers
After the railroad officials had landed
] their cargoeS the troubles Of the street
car crews began. All the old friends
were there The lady with an infant
in arms and half a dozen little blue
eyed fac-simiies of daddy, would per-
sist in boarding the Center street car
for the Fifth ward, despite all remon-
stranceS, While the gentleman with the
luXTriant head of hair n
epidermis clutched wildly at the empty
air and thoughfully sat down with an
| air of mild surprise in the lap of the
trim little schOolmarm at every curve
as Of ore.
Old-timers Here.
The gentleman who rendered the ex-
ira nickle upon the advent of the con-
ductor at stated intervals, was not alb
sent, neither had that inevitable coy
young couple who unblushingly held
hands in the glazing light of day re
formed since their last visit. They
/ were a tired. dusty, but Withal happy
crowd. determined to enjoy life upOn
their vacation and spend their money
lavishly during the process. In order
that the country cousins shall be roy
/ ally entertained, there are the usu
cut-and-slash sales, auctions n the
less ambitious c~atch-penny attractions
in evidence all over town in a fashion
that gIaddens the soul of h sign
painter. while two new blind men have
come TO
In the same mysterious fashion the
youth with the extensive vocabulary
and dufcet tones is rending the Main
street atmosphere with the seml-annual
seductive invitation regarding gum
drops and peanuts. The signs are in
the air that conference has once more
arrived on scheduled time.