The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
SCRlBES LEAVE
FOR THE NORTH
Had q Good Time and Freely Ex-
press Themselves.
LEAVE MANY WARM FRIENDS
LIVELY TIME BEFORE TIE
SPECIAL PULLED OUT.
-EAvE MANY WARM FRIENDS
lsnecial to The HeraId-N

Special to The Herald}
Ogden, Sept. 16.-The Washington
newspaper correspondents left Ogden
tonight at 1880 with expressions of un-
qualified delight at their experience in
Utah.
1t was immense, boys" was their
The greatest stunts Of the whole
trip
is this on the square. now?" stern
4 " demanded one of the entertainers.
or are you saying that just for de-
cency's sake or because YOU think a
different answer might set you
mObbed2''
1t is absolutely and definitely on
the square" was the reply.
We shall never forget what you fell
lows out here nave done for us We
have had everything and seen every
thing and more of iu than we ever
dreamed of. We have found out what
a great country this IS. and we are 90
ing TO tell it to everybody we can
reach Utah for us"
And no reasonable man could doubt
that the visiting newspaper men meant
what they said. They left Ogden fun
Of enthusiasm and their lusty shouts
o. farewell as their special rolled away
northward to the further good cheer
awaiting them in Idaho and Montana.
startled staid residents of the outskirts
Of Ogden The boys left a great bunch
of warm friends in Utah and mum bers
of the local people We're at the union
station to see the guests Off safely.
Had a Quiet Day.
The last day Of the newspaper men I'm
Ogden was passed in manner that was
quiet as compared with the prevfous
days The correspondents attended the
morning session or the congress in a
body, one Of their number. Major Car
son, dean Of the correspondents. being
one of the principal orators of the fore
noon IT was intended TO take the BOYS
through the Ogden sugar factory i'm tha
afternoon, but IL was learned that the
plant was not running. so that visit was
cut out, and instead they paid a visit to
the fruit exhibit. where they, like every
one, Itahn or outsider. were astOnfshed
by the fine display The early depart
ure OF their train rendered it advisable
TO omit the proposed farewell dinner at
the Weber club. 1t was conceded that
the thing could not be properly cOnsuu1-
mated in less than three hours time so
II was cut out and the visitors dined
quietly and repaired to their cars early
49, 49,. - - ~ LGIile ABOUT
q CLOCK DuL they recOnsldercd that when
Or. BedlOe and Little. who left the party
mere. called TO say farewell BedIoe and
Little were to leave on this mornings
early train for San Francisco and fe1t
their systems required q little excite
ment to keep them, awake until train
idea Of a fearful and happy farewell iu-
d1ciously mixed. and shortly after reach
ln e., TINS decision the noted Salvation
army recruit and the learned physician
OF the OIL City Lift were prevalent i'm the
Ogden railroad yards
Dragged From Their Berths.
All who had retired were ruthIessly
dragged from their berths and a vision
OF Jesse Carmichael in the rose-tinted
paJauas and q long OvercCat, hopping
about 10 keep from freezing to death,
was only one incident in a long string OF
Jesse's dishabHIe and the more or less
dlsreputable appearance of others of the
party dld not cause their friends to shun
them, Senator kearns, Governor Wells,
Governor Morrison Of Idaho and many
other notable men being there to speed
the parting guests The El PasO dele
CATION in part was present to say adieu.
and more than one sOmbrerO was ruth
lessly filched from q noble head TO adOru
the football locks or naked cocoa Of a
Washington newspaper builder. The
Texans did not kick-they had learned
TO love the Wh0e-sOuled newspaper
bunch, as was shown when Colonel Hart
of the FL PasO crowd conferred a hand
some sOmbrerO worth much djnerO on
Hal Smith, the trifler, who slept through
the Commercial club jinlIs in Salt Lake.
delegation and proud wearer of the four
and a half pound hat, had TO fight like
his ancestor, Eeaf Smith, at San ia
CintO. to retain his headpieCe. Captain
Smith is not related to Hal Smith. fur
Their than that he invited Smith TO come
10 Texas and take the state home with
him If he liked it,
Had to Pay Real Money.
Tt seems that some heartIess miscreant
insisted on making Bedloe and Little pay
real money for their berths to San Fran
cisco. This reached the ears of the mob
that went north on the special and they
at once let all the civilized world know
that Bedloe and Little had to give up
some Of the easy money they pulled
down during the last session. Nothing
but the departure of the train saved the
union depot from being wrecked by the
lavish protestati0ns of affection given
Snyder H0sfOrd. Carmichael BreckOns.
COyle. the COyle pelican and many others
by BedlOe and Little.
Mr. DooIey'' was paraphrased to fit
the calamity that had befallen BedlOe
and Little in having TO pay out money.
and the song was sung many times. each
time louder than all the others With a
final grand WhOOp the train disappeared
around the curve and the visit TO Utah
was histOry-pleaSant history
These Washington newspaper men can
DO Utah lots OF good, and they are go
ing to do IL. there can be no doubt OF
that The party as it left viii be intact
until Butte is reached. There a few
more viii drop out. but the main s2Ody
viii continue in their special back to
their homes I'm Washington, reaching the
capital on Sept. q or 25.
Pelican Is Gone.
Utah is minus one large living pelican
tonight. Had the Irrigation congress not
come to Ogden. this bird might have
continued for many years to eat and
store fish on his native shores, because
If the congress had not come to Ogden
the Washington correspondents would
not have come here and +. T.. COyle OF
the Baltimore Herald. Detroit Press and
other papers would be spending his Vaca-
tiOn elsewhere. COyle is 10 be blamed for
taking the fowl away. He purchased tho
bird for the sum OF 50 cents today and
after an elaborate street parade. compris-
ing COyle, pelican and the pelican mer-
chant. a native son. the pelican was
placed in the baggage car ahead Of the
correspondents coaches and. not without
protest whirled away to foreign parts.
1t is the intention of COyle TO name the
pelican Correspondent" and give 10 to
the Washington zoo with the compli-
ments of the party