The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-08
.WOODAEN VISIT
SALTAIR IN FORCE
Six Thousand People at Resort
Yesterday.
DAYPAsSEDPLEAsAN
CHOPPERS AND FRIENDS
HAVE BIG TIME.

saltair surrendered yesterday to the
Choppers" of Utah. The Woodmen
and their friends were out in greater
strength than ever before in the his
tory of the order; they swarmed IN
from the ten camps of the state and
brought their families and friends with
them till the crowd a [ the resort num-
bered 8 1000 one OF the biggest or the
year. Part OF the credit Tor the DIG
crowd is due however, to the CLERKS
of Salt Lake who were out in force
The Woodmen were out for a good
time and they had il, many OF Inem
spent the entire day at the paVlloh
till near midnight; ZOO batn tlcheIS
were sold during the day, ana the IoN-
er floor of the pavilion had the appear
ance Of one grand dining room, Win
the family parties gathered about INC
tables. There We're seven cOach lOdus
from ogden, Z75 people from PARK Clty'
and good delegations from Murray, Eu-
/ reka. Provo and many other points III
| the state. 1t was estimated that there
/ were /, 900 WOOdmen III the crowd, ana
/ this number was augmented by 1OJ
more who were initiated into the mys-
/ teries of WOodcratt in the evening.
/ 1t was by far the best outing the
/ WoOdmen ever had, and one OF the
/ most pleasant days of the season at
/ the resort. The prOYerbial rain came,
/ but it was so late in arriving that II dld
/ little to mar the pleasure of the coca
1 sion Billy Elliott and Henry Slman
/ thought they took enough axes to cut
out this feature. but they missed it,
and while $500 people were waiting on
I the platform for a half hour for the
last train that was just that much late,
/ they were treated to light shower
| and to as fine a display or electricity
| as was ever seen in Utah.
The only speech of the day was made
| by John P Meakin, the lecturer of the
order. He laid special stress on the
value of the fraternal spirit IN the
/ scheme of civilization; told of the So
OO0 eco that has been paid by the WOOD
men of the Pacific states for the BEN
eft of the widows and orphans, and
made a right good talk along these
lines.
Winners of Prizes.
All the water contests were declared
off for the reason that there were no
entries, although the prizes were ready
and the arrangements had all Deeh
made. The prize Of s. for the cake
walk was awarded to J. 4. SlmpKlns
| and Miss Eva Weber Of ogden, thl
Christensen brothers being the judges
} This was the only contest of the day
that came of.
The most interesting events Of tbs
day were the exhibition drills by thf
y
I SO and Utah camp No. 538. The mrs
team was under the captaincy OF W. NJ
Z ! Elliott: il was composed OF SlXteei
{ men in blue uniforms. The drill tool
place on the dancing floor of the pa
3 vfIion and called out repeated applause
: The men went through many compl
/ Gated military movements and acqult
- ted themselves well. The team OF Nc
, 33S that followed was under the cap
}, taincy of Henry Simon. 1t was uni
e formed in white, and also evoked grea
i applause by its good work.
- Deep interest was taken in the draw
ing of cash prizes that did not TAX
place till late in the evening to give ev
ervbody a chance There were eigE
u prizes aggregstinS $40 Each perso
who passed through the gate was CIV
L en- n ticket with coupon: the coupe
c was dropped in d box and the ticke
held. When the box was opened tn
little 6-yeaF-Old daughter Of Al Wood
/, was blindfolded and drew twelve mum
a bers from the box. Fhe winners weT
y found to be No. l, 733, 50; 1923, s2.5t
1 4,7e5, $3.50; 1874, s.; 5,489, $3.50; 5'9S
= $3.50; 81, IS; 1,196, $3.50; S92, $3.50; 4'74
\ IS: 3,71S, $3.50, and 100, $3.50 The com
- mittee will meet today and arrange &c
the distribution of the prizes anon
the lucky ones.
The initiation of the new WoOdme
which would have been the most intel
:
p the people in general was shut in f
y the special edification of the membe1
- of the order. This ceremony took plat
i on the roller skating pavilion III
- was surrounded with canvas ar
. nicely Illuminated with Japanese lal
= terms. This was all the outsiders cou
- see. The contortions of the ninet,
Ia seven candidates who were taken
10 I will never be known except TO the Il
n / siders. The ceremonies connected wi
1e the initiation were performed by mer
bers of camps Nc. So and 33S or 50
Lake Owing to the late start not {
who were intending to enter the ord
were initiated. It was thought tn
- between eco and 300 would be Initial
- for the entire ten camps of the sta
&c There were very few incidents to O
tract from the pleasure of the da
Charles NJ. Bell, a, commercial travel