The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-11
TRAVELLING MEN
CAPTURE LOGAN
Twenty Thousand People Congregate
in Cache County Capital.
entertainment IS TIP-T0P
JOYOUS OCCASION FOR ALL CON-
CERNEO.
Especial to The Herald.)

4 OGAN, Utah, June 10.-Logan has
been in a frenzy of delight all day.
A crowd OF 10000 people has made
the city ring with its joyous shouts
since early. morning. and tonight, tired
but happy. it is still thronging the
streets.
The day dawned clear and beautiful,
the shower of the previous day making
conditions ideal. As early as o'clock
people began pouring into the city from
all parts of the county. and by II O'Clock
fully 10000 people were upon the
streets.
Magnificent Parade.
At that hour the parade occurred. It
was the biggest thing of the kind that
had ever been seen here. 1t embraced
a great number of business floats, some
coming from other cities of the county,
and many of them were really artistic
| in design and construction.
The United Commercial Travellers, 150
strong, in natty white suits and col
| Ored parasols, and bound together by
| thousands of yards of coiored paper
/ streamers. formed one Of the finest
spectacles In the parade.
Three Old Timers.
I William Saunders, John c. Edwards
/ and Ike WOolf, the three pioneer COM
mercial men who began the life of
| drummer in 1873. rode in an old ram
| shackle of a wagon driven by Sam
| Whitney, AZ pioneer 1t was labeled
/ Commercial Travellers, 1873"
! The local odd Fellows lodge was out
| in force carrying the lodge regalia and
/ equipment. Four bands were in the
| parade, which ended with big detach-
/ Inent of rough riders.
Freedom of the City.
/ After the parade there was some
! speech making from the grand stand
| erected on Main street NJ. ]. Ballard
acted as chairman upon behalf of the
] Commercial club, and first introduced
/ Mayor Robinson, who made a very neat
| speech of welcome. He surrendered the
| city to the L. G. T. bidding them enjoy
themselves, and urging the citizens to
extend the glad hand to all He in
| vited the travellers to make their eel
! ebration a fixed annual affair for LO-
| gan
/ Senior Councillor 7. F. Ferrill, upon
/ behalf Of the travellers, made a brief
/ but very appropriate response.
Moses Thatcher's Speech.
Moses Thatcher spoke for q. short
/ time, commencing the travellers for
I their energy and pluck and patriotism.
| They are the peaceful conquerors
| Of the world" he said. land while we
are proud of our achievements in war,
/ the Conquests Of peace are more desir-
able, and 1t affords merchants gratifi-
| cation to see Theodore Roosevelt acting
as peacemalSer between Russia and ia
| pan today"
| Congressman Howell welcomed the
| visitors and compBmented them in va
rious ways. finally enjoining them 10
| circulate nothing but good reports of
/ Utah and her people.
President Bcwlett af the Salt Lake
| city council made a happy little talk
which ended the speech making.
! kilograms from Senator Sutherland
and Governor Cutler which announced
! their regret at being unable to cele-
brate with the boys were read.
Baseball Game.
The baseball game between the
! Cache Commercial club and L. G. T
! teams was the one great event of the
l day or, for that matter. of the cele-
/ bTatiOn. and the biggest crowd that
= ever attended any sport here wit
! messed it over 1000 admissions were
paid and fully 1000 more viewed the
/ game from points of vantage outside
! the grounds or crept in without paying
! admission The local team won by the
score Of 6 to .. The L. c. It's put I'D
/ q fast clean game but they could do
nothing with the local battery. GaIgano
striking out eleven men and pulling
out Of every critical position safely
I The first run that came to each side
was homer. Doane hit one into the
: crowd in left in the second inning and
/ Jack Hooper sent one to the right field
/ throng in the fifth. In the first inning
Galgano gave four hits, but steadied
| down after that In addition to
/ Hooper's home run the travellers Sc
cured another in the sixth. when Fer
/ rim singled. went to third on a bad
/ throw by Galgano and scored on an out
! to right field. The locals punched hits
+ on Romney in the fourth and fifth
when they scored most of their runs
| The hitting of Ramshaw and Doane
/ were features. Score: