The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-22
PROVO WELCOMES
TRAVELLING MEN
Utah County Capital Offers
Warm Hospitality to Its
Hundreds of Guests.
GREAT CROWD is PRESENT
U. c. T. TEAM LOSES BASEBALL
GAME ~ TO z.
Special to The HeraIdN


Provo, June I.-With generous handed,
open-hearted. cordial hospitality. Provo
this morning welcomed the knights Of the
sample trunk. There were no "long
shots or seconds" anywhere. Every
thing was first-class, as per invoice, with
hundred per cent added in the way of
good cheer. There was no draft at
tacned to the bill of lading, except a draft
on the good viii Of the visitors, and the
latter to a man are willing to paw that
several times over without discount or ex-
tension of time.
The United Commercial Travellers owned
Provo from the time 200 members and
friends OF the organization stepped off the
tram and started to march UP Academy
avenue, the TWenty-ninth Infantry band
at the head of the column. And Provo
owns the u. c. r. now, for the welcome
here, the genuinely cordial hospitality of
the people of Provo have endeared them
and their city to the travelling men for
evermOre.
The old-timers who have been to all
the clebratlons said it was the best that
has ever happened. The boys who were
attending their first reunion were a unit
in declaring that nothing could be better.
The line of march was along streets that
We're gay with the blue. white and yellow
of the Provo Commercial club the organ
lzdtiOn that mad the welcome in charge.
Across the intersection of Academy ave
nue. and Center street a great arch of
triumph had been erected, and through
II lilt DdIdlt HldFtIeU- OfllEnI Ine dTCn
and all the principal streets are blazing
with electric lights. amusements of var
ioUS kinds are in progress, and some of
the boys are willing to be quoted as say
ing that they don't care if they never get
home again.
Parade Genuinely Excellent.
The parade was certainly the best ever.
Spurred on by the Commercial club and
its energetic committees the people spent
literally thousands of dollars in arranging
and decorating their floats. Every bus
mess in the city was handsomely repre-
scented. and the cost of some of the beau
tiful floats must have run well I'D into
the hundreds OF dollars
The special on the Rio Grande arrived
at $50, after a splendid run from Salt
Lake. It consisted of seven coaches and
the private car Wasatch. in which came
Governor Cutler, Colonies Irvine Bower
ana Lund, OF MS staff. and some in
Vlted guests. Every coach was filled to
the limit of its seating ca pscity. few
minutes ahead of the Rio Grande spe-
cial was a heavily loaded Salt Lake Route
| train. and shortly behind both was the
regular through Rio Grande with an
other big delegation
The Brigham Young University band
was at the station when the trains ar
rived and, as greetings were exchanged.
the band played short concert. Former
Mayor w. NJ Roylance. Mayor J. H.
Frisbie, Postmaster Glove and J. T
Farrer. president of the Commercial
club. were present to welcome the city's
guests, and to lead the parade around
ProvO's principal streets.
Speeches Make a Hit.
When the parade was over. speeches
were made from the balcony of the old
pOstoffice building with Mr. Roylancs
as master of ceremonies Mr. ROylanco
was in his happiest vein and his tellinE
hits were loudly appaUded by the crowd
packed in the streets below. But undOubt-
eddy the feature of the speech making
program was the little impromptG talk
by Mayor Frisbie.
People down in Salt Lake think they
have some gifted orators. and they have.
but Mayor FriSbie can hold his own with
in every line he said. but he specially
caught the crowd with his remark that
he liked travelling men best because they
made so many happy homes. He went on
TO explain that if distance lends enchant-
ment the families of commercial traV-
elers ought to be enchanted practically
all the time.
After Governor Cutler whose talk was
particularly timely, and concluded the
program, had finished his remarks, an
adjournment for luncheon was had Mr..
his handsome home on Second East
street. Governor Cutler and Colonel
Bower were entertained at the home of
Jesse knight. There were numerous 9TH
er merry parties. but all of them were con-
cluded in time for everybody TO be at the
fair grounds. where the program Of ath-
lettc events was scheduled TO begin at
o'clock.
Visitors Lose Ball Game.
The big event was the baseball game,
and the visitors lost it by score Of
u to :. This was a disap prominent to
them. but they bore up manfully. know
ing that other attractions would quickly
drive away all care from their minds
Then there were foot races, one at loo
yards. one at 30. one at 40, one at quar-
ter-mile. a half-miie, and a relay haif-
mile Also a Heber-owned horse. Ray
Damon. owned by John Martin. was driv-
en- a mile on a wager of 500 that he could
cover the distance in three minutes or
less His hackers lost. for the watches
fixed the time at 3:0S.
At the end of the fair grounds program
everybody came back up town for an ev-
ening of meTTymaking. If they didn't ali
have a good time. and the color Of the
mans hair that didn't is yet to be ascer-
tanned. it was not the fault Of the Com
mercial club or the good people of Provo.
There was a concert in the Tabernacle
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