Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-21
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UTAA'S PRAISES.
Back Home California Pilgrims
Tell What a Good Time They
Had 10 This State
COIN WOULDN'T BUY ANYTHING,
We're Treated to RaOQucts, Concerts,
Salt Water Baths and Thou
sand Other things

Az told by tho san Bonordmo sun,
this II the impression the Utah trip
made on mcmbor " tho delegation
from that city
II don't want TO 30 irroveren," do.
clarcd r. y, Roberts yesterday m he
was Smoking tho desert dus, and cN-
pandlns his lungs with fresh alr but
lts The nearest 10 the place whore
lhlngs are without money and with.
out price that any Of that crowd ~ 400
Californians VIII ever bump against IN
THE world Meaning salt Lake,
why, do you know that our coin
wouldn't buy anything over there
Everything was waiting for US 10 walk
OF with H. kilograms, telephones,
street cars, bath houses, banquots, even
newspapers wero supplied until every
man IN tho delegation fell, like oalling
out hold, enoughl Such hospitality,
open handed, enthusiastic generosity
and welcome, no crowd Of strangers out
for Jaunt ever met with before, and
even the Los Angeles members OF the
delegation admitted that they knew
nothing about entertaining visitors IN
that city, when measured by the salt
Lake standard
I'VE began TO got o taste OF II al.
most before we were fairly started.
When We got 10 Las Vegas sunday
morning, Of course lot Of men wanted
to send kilograms. The operator there
was entirely Wiling Ia send the mess
sagcs, but no money for II, And that
thing continued with INFINITE vnrla-
tons, until left Salt Lake CITY on the
return trip, Just to show the detail,
as II was worked out, every visitor was
given book of coupons with which he
could by q newspaper from any news
boy or at any stand IN the city. a
nickel for n newspaper ie q small item
Of course, but | am only telling you
this TO show TO what length those Salt
Lakora went 10 DO the honors,
In Salt Lake we stayed ut the wind,
sor, and II was four days and nights
of entertainment all the time, We had
hardly brushed up from the trip before
we were whlskcd away TO Fort Doug.
las, whore We were treated 10 the I'm.
cst military drill that many Of US had
ever seen, and II was followed by u
concer, by the post band, that was, II
possible, inner than the drlll
"rhat night II was a swell reception
at the Commercial club and the way
those Salt Lake people turned out wns
astonishing, Mormon and Gentle,
without thought OF distinction, the best
people OF the city, Indies and gentle-
men by the hundreds Why, they
really seemed az II they had no other
thought than 10 make IN feel that we
were long Lost friends and deserving
Of welcome that would oUtshlne the
returning prodlRal
Tuesday morning found MS headed
for bingham and the United states
emoltcG and at the latter place zach
Of us was given souvenir n small
Ingol OF copper whllo .0t Bingham, the
mine had shut down, but lta labyrinth
OF drifts ana shafts running thousands
Of leo, into the mountains, were bril-
llanily lighted by electricity and those
miners had not only decorated their
town stretched for miles along the mar.
row canyon, but every ono Of them
was on duty Tor no other purpose than
TO take M In hand, and show us
through that great mountain OF ore,
whore there are ttOOoO,O0O In sight
"ThNt night hack IN Salt Lake, we
were entertained with n magnificent