The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-05
THOUSANDS HELP
IN CELEBRATION
Labor Day Draws Big Crowd Out to
Lagoon
CLAM BAKE MAIN FEATURE
GAMES AND CONTESTS PROVE
lNTERE3

casiOnal flurries OF rain. they stayed IN
III late hour The big clam bake the
games the contests Cf skill and the
pleasures of the grouads kept all happy
curing the afternoon. In the evening
they danced ia the PAVILION until the last
nam warning bell called the crowd
through the gates, ana these were OH
claty closed Tor the winter.
incidentally LabOd cay, apart from us
significance as a holiday, means OIhef
things 10 Salt Lakers. Ii marks the clos
ing OF the resorts. I he leaden clouds ana
Touch OF autumn in the air yesterday att
ernOOn and evening made the last home
corners feel that the Sssson was indeed
Clam Bake Sic Feature.
but as 10 Labor day: There was d pro
sramme al Lagoon. II lId been caretully
prepared and was carr sd out in detail.
And II gave enjoyment 10 hundreds. Bul
the big bulk of the crows had come LOT
one thing-Ihe clam bake
The committee had gotten the CLAIMS
from Puget Sound, where ihey are sta
Ire crop. They had procU' ed Just about
half a carload They had old-timers TO
bake them-meu who haN Offtciated al
such feasts back on Long Island oeiore
miliionaires palaces began To crowd out
the clam beds. These men worked hard,
Washing and wrapping the bNalVes, untll
after noon they started the llfes. AZ
% clock they were ready 10 dish out the
Shelliish- Word went forth 10 tndL IL
feet
Whatever the incentives. the clans
Tie muititudes suTged 40 to the barrier
erected about the ovens in a seetnlhg
mass. Attendants bawled themselves
hBarse getting them into a double line.
Aud then other attendants tired their
arms keeping them from rampllhg one
another under fool al lhe gate 10 tue Httle
enclosure, BY such heroic methods sem
bdnce Or order was maintained. ana lAeF
Went through the place like sheep com,
ing out of pen. On long benches sIlall
Wooden dishes were ranged. each holdlnS
tEftaf "A sYf r. ella
Tepienishing the tables as Idst as the
crowd cmptied them And the members
of the crowd. clans in hand, emerged 10
eat and To share with friends.
Athletic Sports Are Held.
During the rest of the afternoon the
sames and prize contests went on. Note
worthy WAS the ball game, which the
Plumbers won from the Carpenters by a
weird score. The lead pipe brigade did
some furious stick work and got LOUD
cheers from an enthusiastic following Of
their craft.
\ great ma jority of those who went 10
the resort brought their lunches. IL was
"a day of family parties. whose children
played about on the grass while the older
ones rested nearby. Then lunches were
brought forth when the hour for eating
arrived, and the long rows of tables were
surrounded by groups OF hungry and hap
py celebTants.
Trains both ways were crowded all aft
ernOon and evening. The rush Tor the re-
sort began before l. o'clock. and reached
its climax when the o'clock train pulled
out from the downtown station with every
available inch of sitting and standing
room occupied. During all the jam no one
was hurt. One woman tainted during the
struggle for CLAIMS and she was given i'm
mediate attention.
List Of Prize Winners.
ban game won by Plumbers score IA
TO G.; tug of War. Beer Drivers, Bridge
and structural Iron Workers and Brother
hood OF Electrical Workers won by EleC-
trical Workers climbing contest. first
prize, l.. Gulp, second. Pierce; wrest-
Kelly, e.. Griggs and Tom Gleason Ross
Kelly. &. briggs and Tom Gleason (ftOss
10 throw three in thirty minutes). Ross
failed, lU0-yard foot race, union men only,
first, Charles l.. Shelley; second. 4. Beu-
Ian; lOl-yard foot race FOR boys under u,
first. &. Watson; second, j. BurbTidge
lU1-Yard amateur foot race for boys u
Gillian; 25-yard foot race FOR boys under
years. first. Clifton WardrOp; second
). Fowler running broad jump for boys
To years or under, nrst Harry Mills; sec
ond Ray Spalding: 50-yard foot race for
ladies over lb years, first Nellie Tarbot
second, Aura Pitts; Jl-yard foot race for
second, Jennie FOgarty; 25-yard foot race
Tor girls under ) years. first Mary Mil
lard; second. \. Hartman; 2j-yard egg
race for girls To - years, first Florence
Greene; second Nira Nelson; boat race
free for ALL first William Wilson: second,
cue Backmani swimming contest, 100
aIuS. LltSA mar les olietleA HNCouus y.
a.. Riley. oldest couple on grounds,
Thomas Slight and wife, So Pear ST. (Mr.
Slight -. ana Mrs. Slight, "a years.; cake
walk for boys and girls under IL years
first. Lena Anderson and sister; second,
Ester CrOnin and Beatrice Brown: prize
waltz for ladies'. Mrs Lillian Bell. for
gentlemen, John l. Larsen.
Laaoon's Record Crowd.
Manager Jacob Bergemann of the La
soon said last night that he estimated
12.00O persons as the number who had en-
Tered the grounds. This is the record
daV for the resort. \ noteworthy fea-
1ure lay in the fact that I'm all these thou
sands there were none sufficiently dis
orderly 10 attract attention No trouble
of any sort occurred.
On all sides were heard words of COM
mendatiOn for the committeeman who had
raj I ha