The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-19
LOVERS
IN THEIR GLORY
Five Thousand Visitors Have
Their Fill of Fruit and
Enjoy Themselves.
CROWD OF MERRYMAKERS
MANY KINDS OF ADJUSTMENTS
PROVIDED.
Especial to The Herald.N


Brigham City. Sept. 1S-That Utah's
best crop is babies is not likely to be
gainsaid, but there is a bidder for second
place In Utahs peach crop. Today was
Peach day in this city and it was peach
day in every sense of the word. There
were just loads of peaches and a happy,
merrymaking crowd of 5000 people to ad-
mlre them with their eyes and enjoy them
with their tongues. Tonight Depot street,
where the display stood, is fairly paved
with peach stones, none knows how deep,
ii was great crowd, the one that came
from everywhere to Brigham City for
Peach day. 1t was crowd that came for
fun and got it in quantity and quality.
Everybody was gOOd-natured and every
body was happy, even the most weary
making light Of their discomfort. The
crowd was essentially a holiday thrOng.
Everywhere was the brilliant color of the
festival-the decorations, the ladies'
gowns a million, more or less, of balloons
and blow pipes; the cries Of the haWkers
who did thriving business for sixteen
hours-all of these combined to make the
spectacle one of mirth and brightness
Weather is Ideal.
If Box Elder county's Oldest inhabitant
had ordered the weather according to spe-
cia1 plans and specifications it could not
have been better. There is no word that
SO accurately describes the weather that
favored peach day as the feminine eXcla-
nation, Perfectly lovely" The sun was
bright asi there was not a cloud in the
skies until late at night. There was no
wind and consequently remarkably little
dust. a condition which was appreciated
to the fullest by the thousands who
trudged the long and beautifully shaded
street from the city to the railroad sta
ton, wherein hundreds of vehicles hur-
ried to and fro with their loads of pleas
ure seekers.
The Peach Crop.
The display of fancy peaches this year
was fully up to that of any previous
year; indeed, II surpassed all former ex-
hibits In many respects. The supply for
free distribution was not quite up to the
mark set last year, many of the peaches
being hard and unripe and others lacking
flavor. There was little complaint, how
ever, for the people devOured hundreds OF
cases Of the fruit and when the day was
done there were still generous quantities
left for the hungry. one of the causes
of the slightly inferior quality of the
peaches for distribution was the hail
storm of five or six weeks ago, which hit
the crop hard. It is conceded now that
the peach day should have been held a
week earlier, before the growers had dis
posed of the best of their product
Crowds From Salt Lake.
At noon special train from the south
Salt Lake and Ogden and intermediate
points-came in. If everything had gone
according to schedule the train would
have been in at 10 clock or trifle later.
There was a long delay in starting at
Salt Lake. There were more people than
there were seats and the railroad OIL
Gals hustled around TO find additional
coaches to accommodate the excursion
isis When the train finally pulled out
of the Salt Lake yards il consisted OF
eighteen coaches, all crowded to the plat
form guards. 1t is estimated that los
DeoDIe came from Salt Lake, not includ-
+la
hies At KaysVille, Layton, Pennington
and the other towns between Salt Lake
and Ogden the passenger list was ma
fertallv augmented. At Ogden six coaches
filled from end to end and side to side
were added. A conservative estimate on
the Salt Lake and Ogden crowd is 2,4J1
From Cache valley and the Malad coun-
try came hundreds; the country peop-e
flOcked to town in numbers
Music for the Day.
There was music in plenty for the day.
The southern special brought the
Ogden baud and the train was met at
the Brigham City station by the Brig
ham City band, which escorted
the visitors TO town. From 80 O'Clock
until 1880 o'clock there was a concert
on the court house lawn, where, under
the Inviting shade. the people enjoyed
the music. In the Academy of Music
there was an excellent orchestra which
furnished music for dancing during the
afternoon and evening, and in the opera
house tbs re was a troupe Of vaudeville
people with their music and singing.
Tonight in the opera house there was
a recital Miss Estell Jensen was al the
piano. Her work was excellent. She is
a graduate of the Boston Conservatory
of Music. Elihu Call, a pupil Of the Pea
body Institute Of Salt Lake, was among
the solOists Mrs. Coles, an elOcutiOn-
list of rare ability, gave a delightful num-
The visitors were welcomed on their
arrival by Mayor c. Hoist. Mr. Hoist
smoke briefly, calling attention to the
fact that Brigham City had much to
be proud Of; that it is municipality al
most perfect. with good streets and an
excellent lighting plant, The mayor told
the visitors that the towns was theirs
and that they could do as they pleased
with It,
John c. Knudson, the president of the
Box Elder Commercial club, under
whose auspices Peach day is held, made
a few remarks, following somewhat the
lines OF Mayor HOlsts speech. Mr.. Knud-
sons subject was Our Desires" He re-
ferred with pride to the fame won by Box
Elder county and Brigham City as fruit
growing sections, and pointed. with es-
pecial pride, to the trophies which the
peaches and melons had won for the
state at the recent Sacramento Irrigation
The trophies were on display
introduced by J. d. Call, secretary and
Of the Commercial club.
Interest in Ball Game.
There was tremendous interest in the
baseball game between the Bountiful and
Wellsville teams. Bountiful was success /
full by a score OF 10 TO s. The purse was
100
Everybody IN town took a hand IN |
making the day a success. There were |
/ large number Of regular committees |
working under the direction Of the Com |
mercial club and a larger number work |
ng under the direction of the principal |
committees One OF the most important 1
was that on peaches Of which /
y. ]. Valentine was chairman. TIE en- /
ertainment committee was headed bv
q ". Dunno as chairman
During the day luncheon was served by
he Ladies' auxiliary OF the Commercial I
hub In the basement of the academy.
As may well be imagined, hotels and res |
aurants were pressed to their capacity. /
The Prize Winners.