The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-06-19
MEN WHO FEED US
HAD A BIC PARADE
Wholesale and Retail Butchers
and Grocers Demonstrated
Last Night.
HUNDREDS OF DECORATED
WAGONS WERE IN LINE
Thousands of Citizens Thronged
the Route to Witness the
Procession.

Nearly 400 gayly decorated wagons
and six times as many men and women.
boys and girls took part In the dem
onstration organized by the Butchers
and Grocers' association in this city
Monday night. as preliminary TO the
barbecue 10 be given by these mer-
chants at saItsir Wednesday. That
describes the parade IN bulk: TO de-
scribe II IN detail would be a mighty
task. Thousands OF citizens crowded
along the line OF march TO witness It;
Of circus day.
Headed by mounted patrol, fol-
lowed by the marshal and aids. came
Held's military band. Imm mediately be-
hind. on horseback and clad In spotles>
white coats came the board OF direc-
tors and officers OF the Retail Butchers
and Grocers' association, in charge OF
G. VI. Lees. Following them were $50
butchers and grocers, costumed N
white coats and aprons. Just ms YOU see
them daily in the stores attending TO
the multifarious wants OF their many
customers
Then came the barbecue float with
specimen OF the ten beeves, fine.
juicy animal, 10 be sacrificed tomor-
row, 80 that the hunger Of the guests
Of the merchants may be appeased.
Messrs. Blacllmar and Kramer had
charge OF this division.
Wholesalers Arc In Line.
The wholesalers came next. There
were butchers and grocers' and bakers
wagons galore. Commission men.
candy men and creamery men were
there. Red fire and flrecrackers accom-
panied by business yell,' somewhat
similar 10 a college shout, filled the
air, every one striving TO be heard
above his neighbor In good-natured RI
valry Richard Papworth, Jr., Bert
Milan and Mr.. Smith directed this d.
vision. Salt Lake stake delivery butch
ers and grocers' wagons followed. In
charge Of E. f. Rich, Jr.. William
Bowdidge and James Westwood
Another division OF Held's band led
the third division. followed by the En-
sign stake with 100 wagons, With Bert
nsen, William Hickman and Mr.. Muir
dock as leaders Next the Pioneer
stake butchers and grocers. with about
ninety wagons, directed by j. B. Wat
son John Kirk and Carl Cowan: then
Liberty stake. With over 100 wagons In
line. In charge of Robert Morris, q.
Hogan and Lewis Ensign, and Farm
ers ward Waterloo and Sugar House.
with Tom Davis in command.
Almost every wagon carried a motto
or sign OF some description where you
could Get What You Want" Salts
faction Guaranteed" Quality and
Weight" Hurry Up and Get Fed,
Our Sausage is the Best Try Our
Tea-It's Soothing" and similar seduc-
tive invitations.
Small Boy I'm Evidence,
And all along the route the small boy
who delivers your order when you have
'phoned II and leaves the gate open af-
ter he has made his exit. kept up a
continual and almost deafening advcr-
| tising campaign that would have made
the Chicago pit green with envy.
A feature OF the parade was w G.
Hardestys dog "MoXey." Mr.. Har-
desty is a grocer on Rio Grande ave-
nue. and he had "MoNey' dressed up
with a high silk hat toddl!ng alongside
the wagon. and Mickey" certainly car
ried that "skypiece" very becomingly.
The demonstration was complete
success in every detail. IT required the
procession almost forty minutes TO pass
a given point. and It was a compact
! parade. too. IL certainly augurs well
| for tomorrow's outing and credit is due
| the grand marshals. F, II. Wright. r.
| c. Allen and Richard Papworth, for the
| success.