The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-17

march was formed. Two abreast, more
! than $50 of the travellers fell in behind
{ the band and gravely marched and
COuntermaTched about through the
! sagebrush Schwaebe. self-appointed
/ leader of the parade, next began IN
vancouver the crowd through some
. fancy figures, which were well exc
cuted. to the great enjoyment Of the
train crew. six OF eight section men
: and the excursiOnists VINO had re-
NAMED in the cars Presently
Schwapbe had the crowd maneuvered
2 into a great ring, fully 200 feet across,
with the band In the center. The band
, struck un a bit OF ragtime, and the
men. holding hands, kicked and
pranced around and around, sending
the desert sand high in air and waking
the echoes with their WILD shouts
Right and left they circled and
wheeled. rocking back and forth and
chanting wierd songs. until they had
virtually trampled two acres of sage
brush into the earth.
TaImage Talks on Lake.
At length. wearied IN limbs but fresh
in minds. they charged back to the
cars Here speeches we're demanded
! Fisher Harris was mercifuHy brief and
| introduced Prof. ]. E. Talmage. whose
book. Great Salt Lake. Present and
Past had been distributed on the
train with the compliments Of the Corn
mercfaI club. and had been studied with
much interest by the excu-slapissz- eDr.
TaImage spoke for about >Blin.Ites,
giving the visitors much IL [eStiug lh-s
/ formation concerning the q sasd the
| geology of the Tzgn54s 49, vzs
/ genuine regret by all SFfl 80 sawaTu7
J ing whistle OF the. Iozoh re sTaade II
( necessary for DR.. Taisnaesvto stlp. Be-
( fore the train left The crowd EXECUTED
- - -
| rOusiug cheers for the raih0ad. the
railroad men, DR.. TaIiIiage. the Conn
merciaI club. the lake, the etit-off, Hog
up and Utah
Returning across the lakes&he feseiv-
/ flies were renewed A select party
carefully rehearsed few .soT7ss1in the
/ baggage car and then passlkd through
/ the train singing them~to stHs. accom-
paniment of music produced by tin
/ pans pals, etc. This continued until
! voices and pans were destroyed. s'hen
/ the coIOred walters >sTs subsidized and
! induced to give concerts Elm each car
| The Foster band played whenever it
had a show to make itself heard. 50
/ that conversation was parfOrce COLI
Quoted in shrieks during. the return
! trip
Enthusiasm for Ogden.
When details Of the. canyon trfp-s,e-
/ came known 1t was at once decided
/ that Ogden not only Vas al right. but
that its unexpected efforts On Behalf
] of the AngeIenQs required formal
! recognition Accordingly an official
! badge consisted OF one CT the little
/ wooden plates orTsEhich luncheon hs-d
! been served. A quassrity of these plates
| was secured and one given to each pas
/ senger- The Inscriptions placed
| thereon varied Win the tastes Of In
/ dividuaIs, but navexite Legends were.
! Put me off att. Og5Sni" "OgdeD OF
Bust.'' ''HogupSand Return % Ogden
/ Cutoff Excursion" and ogden"
/ When the go reaC1ed Ogden every
/ passenger had one Of these plates at
| tached to his coat. At the Ogden depot
| a long line of CARSON rigs were IA wait
ing and the Yfs.tors were w bi
canyon ThZS progress through
/ Ogden's strszcH vas enlivened by
! ecstaJic GREETINGS Of frateTnaI regard
/ shouted by Stle visitors from the
| vehicles and rseir1ed with almost equal
| fervOr by the Ogdenites on the side
walks and in1sthe windows. A few
/ minutes stop at the Hermitage. just
| long enough to give the visitors an OPP
| portunity to view the beauties Of the
| canyon, was followed, by a hurried ride
/ back to the train The addition Of the
canyon trip had delayed the train a
/ couple of hours, SO that -Angelenos who
| had to start home last night had but
| a small margin Of time. The margin
| was extended somewhat by a splendid
| run to salt Lake 'frore Ogden over the
| oregon Short Line. The run was made
| in 50 minutes, including a 1o-minute
| stop at Pennington, landing the visitors
in Salt Lake before O'Clock and bring
ing to a close the last DAY Of Official
| entertainment