Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-24
EXCURSION Of
BOOSTERS BAND
Fully Eight Hundred Will Swoop
Down Upon City Of
Manti.
WILL BE MUSIC IN THE AIR,
Every Preparation Made TO Give "Gct
Acquainted Crowd a Royal Wet.
Comc--iocai officials VIII 60.

There may have been few drops
Of rain last night. said President o. II.
| Hewlett Of the Manufacturers x Mer
| chants association today but that
does not in any sense OF the word
throw a wet blanket on the prospects
of the big excursion TO be given by
the association Thursday
Arrangements have been perfected
according TO President Hewlett and
Manager Place OF the association. thar
VIII make the excursion. the greatest
in the history Of the state. ana VIII
mark an epoch in the history OF the
Get Acquainted movement that has
been 80 successfully inaugurated by tnt
busy boosters of the association.
Manager Place held a conversation
with H. p. Larsen OF the Ephrain.
Commercial club this morning. Mr.
Larsen said that every preparation hau
been made by The club to give the ex
curIionisls a welcome thcy would long
remember. The Ephraim band viii be
out TO meet the train, and a short
march viii be given through the prin-
cipal thoroughfares, ending at the Tab
ernacle, where two or three speeches.
each of Ave minutes duration, VIII be
given.
Word was received today that the
Davis county delegation fully one hum
drod strong. win be accompanied by
the Davis county band Of 20 pieces.
The band has the reputation Of being
a "crackerjack." and will add much to
the pleasure Of the trip. There will be
music In the air all along the trip. Th,
pl gu "a
Mandoine club, six exceptionally well
trained players
ARRANGED FOR STOPS,
A large number of those who have
expressed their intention of taking tho
trip have requested the management OF
the excursion to so arrange the stops al
Springville, Mt. Pleasant and Ephraim,
that they will be able TO see the towns
instead of being compelled to spend the
whole time in places Of meeting. This
has been arranged as far as possible,
and the programs viii be exceptionally
short In these towns as result.
Amasa Aldrich, secretary OF the MI.
Pleasant Commercial club has written
to President Hawlett as follows.
mt. Pleasant is preparing TO receive
the Manufacturers and Merchants as
ISOLATION excursion on the 26th Nari-
Gus committees have been appointed
and we intend to give YOU all that we
have.
What we would like to know Is this.
VIII YOU come TO town2 Conyeyances
will be at the depot to convey the gov-
ernor, mayor and councilmen. and the
officers OF the NJ. q NJ, A. up town"
Gov Cutler has notified President
Hewlett that he will positively go ON
the excursion. The same word has
been received from Mayor Thompson,
the county commissioners and a ma
jority Of the members Of the city cOun-
ell.
Arrangements have been completed
with the Denver Il Rio Grande Rail-
road Co. to have special cars at the
depot at Sandy in advance Of the
special train In order that the Sandy
delegation win be enabled to have
their cars attached to the'specal train
without delay.
The Office Of the association 200 and
FL south West Temple street, resem-
bles railroad ticket Office today.
Sales are being made IN greater num-
bers today than was the case on any
OF the other excursions, 1t is estlmat-
ed that fully 500 persons will be un-
loaded from the train at Manti. Near
~ every business man I'm the city who
Is planning to take the trip Is securing
an extra ticket for bis wife.