Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-28
ELL Hail The
Nation Chief
II Brilliant Pageant and Patriotic Thousands WM Greet
Ous Countys Head on HIS c4rriUaf in Sail Lake To-
c1fonow Mornmg--A Gseaf Parade 01ahHude Of
Children and Tabernacle Speech, te Principal FeauseS

Tomorrow, President Roosevelt Will
be the special guest Of the citizens Of
Utah, particularly the guest OF salt
Lake CITY and Ogden, the only cues
he Will speak in while in this state, The
welcome he will receive will be as cor
dial and patriotic as any that has been
rendered him since he left Washington
on the morning OF April !, to commence
his notable 1iOOO mile pilgrimage
through most Of the states of our great
and wonderful country.
During the day the city has been
bedecked In the gayest holiday garp
4 and by tomorrow morning, II the rain
does not once more Illustrate the pest
laid plans of presidential committees II
will present an appearance that VIII
rank among the best national color dis
plays ever seen here. The features OF
the presidents visit in Salt Lake will be
the big parade, the talk to the school
children at the city and county building,
4 the speech In The Tabernacle and the
presidential breakfast at the residence
Of Senator Kearns, on South Temple
street,
DECORATORS AT WORK.
Bright and early this morning a YER
table army of decorators, both amateur
and professional, sailed forth with tack
hammers and bolts Of bunting.
throughout the business district men
worked in feyerish haste to make up
for lost time resulting from the recent
rain storm BY this afternoon the city
had commenced TO emerge from the
chyrsalis stage and had fairly begun
4 to assume butterfly hues Indications
are that by the time President Theo-
dore Roosevelt arrives in Salt Lake to-
morrow morning he win be greeted by a
sea Of faces ana Il mass of color Des-
bite the many drawbacks incident 10
the unusual storm It now begins to look
as II tomorrows spectacle VIII be one
Of the best yet seen in Utah.
Jupiter Pluyius, II il hoped, has had
his fling and the committee with a
large eraser in the form Of additional
men and 5000 yards Of extra bunting
ordered yesterday afternoon is doing It's
best to efface the work Of the storm
and catch up on the decorations gener-
ally. AT the meeting yesterday AFTER
noon resolutions were passed urging
everyone along the line OF march 70
decorate their homes and places Oh
business.
Thirty men were put TO work this
morning repairing the damage ~ the
city and county building and completing
the decoration scheme The meeting
today was an enthusiastic one, Among
other things decided upon was the post
ing of a portion Of the National Guard
oh ha az
Senator Kearns during the stay OF
President Roosevelt.
IL was also decided that no vehicles
would be permitted on the streets traV-
1 ersed by the president during the pa
rade In addition the populace will be
required to keep to the sidewalks, thus
a affordlng plenty Of room and giving all
chonce to view the pageant.
81 DECORATION GROWING.
This afternoon some conception Of the
scope of the decorations was obtained,
A glance down the principal business
3Rtreets revealed mass Of color and a
Hsmal army of men at work stretching
Ebunting. Streamers were strung from
pole TO pole, both across the streets
fund parallel with the sidewalks,
The majority Of the business houses
thad their employees hard at work Al
". G., NJ ]. the windows were tastefully
Blocked with the national colors In rib
bons and dress goods, while female
WAX model formed the centerpiece
tdraped in Old Glory and adjacent to a
trortralt OF the distinguished visitor,
(which was similarly draped. Possibly
one Of the most unique window decora-
Hons and one which attracted attention
was that Of the Keith-OBrien Dry
Goods company Amid protlsion OF
palms and ferns and dollhouse iiowers In
Vases Is q llfe-sized reproduction OF
horse fully accoutred, with a rough
rider in Khaki standing at its head and
saluting.
Walker Bros. Dry Goods company pro-
poses TO concentrate their decorations
In huge flags. These will not be strung
until O'Clock tomorrow morning, so
that the effect will not be spoiled by the
rain.
The Paris Millinery company also Is
Keeping up its reputation for artistic
window dressing, the piece de resist
ance being a huge mounted eagle with
outstretched wings, while an effect in
the background with blue cornfowers
r. very striking. Like its competitors
ibis establishment Is utilizing q lot OF
bunting on the front Of the store.
COINS. the Lace House and other
prominent dry goods stores are also dis
playing wealth Of color and yards Of
Bunting and design.
Before 5 o'clock this morning force
81 men was at work on the Brigham
Young statue az the head Of East Tenn
pic street Carpenters repaired the
fence (which has always been such a
target for runaway teams while paint
ers got busy with their brushes on the
new picSets and Dashboard. Yards or
.bnntlng, plumes and paper festoons
were strung from the monument 70 he
Temporary poles that were erected, the
whole effect being a riot OF color.
Another feature OF the decorations IL
The display OF portraits Of President
Roosevelt that ls in evidence In the ma
jority OF the windows along the contem-
: plated line OF march
FROM THE DEPOT.
4 The president and party will arrive
n Prom Idaho over the Oregon Short Line
n al about $50 a. m. tomorrow. II is an
v t,clpated that Mr.. Roosevelt will leave
the train at once and enter the carriage
a ehich viii be waiting In due order the
n ,arlde will fall In at the rear. IL viii
proceed east from the station on South
iemple street 10 Main street, thence
south TO Fifth South and thence 10
IS piate street. From 10000 10 1900 school
4 children will be waiting opposite the
i ysviewlnE stand on the west front OF
A he city and county building The
resident will deliver a short address
II q them while waiting for the parade
% pass in review The procession WI
inter the grounds at the southwest
.orner PASS In review In front OF the
tat isavs the grounds at the