The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-17
PILGRIMAGE TO
LAND Of PLENTY
Utah Legislators Entertained in
Royal Style by Good
People of RichfieId.
HAPPY BUNCH OF S0l0NS
BANQUET, DANCING AND ROL-
IER SKATING.
HAPPY BUNCH OF SOL0NS
lSpecial to The Heraldl

An open air reception in the middle of
February, with the weather mild as May
and the generous hospitality of Rich
fields peoples as broad as the boundless
mountains and as smiling as the sun
This was what met the legislative pill
grims on their arrival here this afternoon
Then such dinner; 500 people seated in
a great room before a table fairly groan-
ing with good home-cooked viaRds. just
such as mother used to make. Richfield
in her invitation declared she had moth
ing to ask of the legislature After an
hour spent here the lawmakers we're al
most ready to move the state canital to
this glorious valley. The people of Rich
q way to make everybody feel at home
Trip Down the Valley.
The special of four Pullmans. a day
coach. a private car and commissary
car, which was soon christened The
Bishops Carriage" left Salt Lake short
ly before O'Clock and threaded its way
through fertile valleys over the Wasatch
divide, down thTC~gn tie famous Sanpete
valley, and arrived at the capital of Sc
Fier shortly after O'Clock The train
was Richfield's, under the control of the
Richfield committee. headed by Judge
f ChldesteT, and no guest was allowed
to wish for thing that was not forth
coming. Carriages were in waiting and
the guests were driven through the city
afterward assembling on the lawn of the
sewer STAKE tabernacle Where Mayor
Heber Christensen welcomed the guests
and introduced Henry y. Hayes as toast
master. Speeches were made by Colonel
George B. Squires and Nephi Jensen.
Banquet in School House.
The banquet following was served in
the new schoolhouse building. which Salt
Lake might pattern with profit This
dinner was prepared and served by the
ladies of the city.
wa
toasts until later in the evening at one of
the skating Kinks. The special train bore
the first Pullman sleepers that were ever
drawn over the branch. The train was
In charge of Frank Groesbeck travelling
passenger agent. and the following ex-
perienced crew especially picked by SlI-
perintendent Geiger: Conductor W, r
Valiant: brakernen R Moore % p
- Shoviin. F. n. Crager was Pullman
conductor. Tonight speeches were made
BIZ President Love. Speaker Joseph and
others. after which there was dancing
and roller skating and luncheon at mid,
night. The special train will leave here
at $50 Sunday morning.
List of the Pilgrims.
Personnel of the party In the private
car 'Wasatch" were PRESIDENT Of Senate
Love. wife and daughter; Speaker Joseph.
]. L. Eidredge and wife; f. H Crager,
Pullman conductor
" A.
tives John Q. Critehlow and wife. Miss
Long, Mr.. Wadley and wife, Representa-
tive Craft and wife, Miss Allison, Senator
Rasband and wife. Representative West
phal and wife. J. r. Edgehill, Senator
Seely and wife Senator Willis Johnson
and wife. Representative Davis and wife
W. NJ. Ashes and wife Senator H. Bull
len. Miss Lynch. Mrs. Dennis Eichner,
Representative Peterson, E. NJ. Anison,
Representative Martin jensen Mr.. Miles.
John NJ. Mills. Mr.. Justensen, Hy Tingey
and wife, John 5. Rollo Miss Parry Miss
Snow. Lee Snow. Senator Miller
In sleeper "cabanas" were J. ]. Greene
wald Miss Wright Representative
Hendricks and wife Assistant Secretary
of State George B. Squires and wife Rep
resentative Bower and wife Representa-
tive Dorius and wife. Frank Groesbeck
Giles. Henrie, Fuller, Taft and Larsen
and the iatter's son: ]. j. Thomas and
daughter. Representative Dyring, wife
and daughter. Representative Meeks,
Parry, Representative John Parry and
Senator Cailister.
In sleeper "Rawenna" were Miah Day
and wife. VI. Shoppers and wife, Chaplain
Hess and wife, Mrs Edwards. Represent
alive Jackson and wife. Nephi u. S. c.
Jensen and wife. W. Langenbacker and
wife Burl Armstrong and wife. l.. Arm
strong Miss Ethel Orth, Representative
Kuchle- and wife, Representative Long
and wife, NJ. G. Whitney, Representative
Sutton. wife. and son. Justice D. n
Straup and Justice McCarty of the su-
preme court, Mr.. Beer, Representative
NcRae. Representative Gotham, A f.
Phillips and wife. C. B. Leigh and wife
Mr. Taylor and son. Representatives
Miller Holt and Richards. Clerk Buchan-
an. Docket Clerk Toone. Senator J. H.
Smith,
In the other cars were B. NJ Roberts
and wife Albert Giazer and wife. John
Van Wagon and wife Dr. Calder, Isaac
professor w. s. Lanston of the Aericsa1-
tural college. s. Oldham OF Cache county,
Nm. johnson. Representative DyrinR. w
D. Livingston and wife. Bishop George
Rcmney Miss June Pack and James
Christensen