Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20
HOTEL GOSSIP.

r. 4. Grant of Ogden lessee of the
Grand Opera House in Ogden and of
the Lyric theater in Salt Lake, put
up at the KENYON for a day. ME-
Grant said the dramatic business is
good right now, both in legitimate
and vaudeville lines.
Thomas Upton and wife of Denver
are registered at the knutsford- NIT.
Upton is general purchasing agent OF
the Denver & Rio Grande railroad,
and in his capacity as such makes
northwest MFR. Upton has the dis
tInction of having a town on the tops
OF the Blue mountains in Oregon
named for him. on the line OF the
Sumpter Valley railroad The place
was The fourth terminal point OF that
lively little road, which Is being built
into the interior of Oregon from ba-
ker City by David Eccles of Ogden,
and 1t was the friendship existing be.
tween Mr. Eccles and! Mr.. Tipton that
led to the ma ming OF the town. The
name was otherwise appropriate, also,
as II is in the tops OF the h1ghest
ranges Of the beautiful Blue noun.
tsins. and lies between 1000 and
5000 feet above sea level
William o. Spencer and wife of
Huntington, Oregon. are registered AT
the Kenyon, Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer
are iuss making a li;tle trip through
the country for pleasure The town
Of Huntington is where the Oregon
Short Line and The Oregon Railroad
and Navigation company lines meet
in the transc ontln entail span.' said
Mr. Spencer 1T was named for COL
lis p. Huntington. the late Central
Pacific msynate, who, with such men
as Leland Stanford Charles rrocker
and others, forced a way for the
bands of iron through the almost Inn
penetrable sierras. Huntington is
taking on an incipient boom all by
herself Since 1T has been decided
that the Navigation people will build
down through the Narrows and fol-
low the Snake as far as Billiards.
Landing and Lewiston. thus giving
the road practically all river lever
grade to the coast. cutting out al
the steep grades Of Baker. Gfanoe
Rende and Mscham Heights In Ore
eon, Huntington has become active
az the center OF operations and supply
point The town OF Copperheld- six
miles down the Snake. has Just been
started and new towns all along tho
proposed new line VIII be tine ORDER
natural distributing point for this
road. and The little Oregon town VIII
amount 10 something after all
Guy Lex. stevick OF Denver is stop
ping at the Kenyon Denver is me
said Mr., stevicl1 today with an
estimated population Of $4,000 at
present. we look for 100000 In Ave
Years. 1t is a pretty sight 20 ride
Into the city OF mountain and plain
from the eastern prairies, said Alr
Stevick, who Is considerable OF
traveller "On approaching the city
IL appears as II nestled UP against tho
outp osts OF the mighty Rockies. but
the fact ls the mountains are from 70
10 40 miles distant The last Z me j
went through this country and was
on my way home, a lady from eastern
Kansas wns on the train. While going
through the magnificent scenic cam
yons and gorges ON the railroad he
Tween here and the Colorado capital,
the lady shuddered and expressed the
hope that we should soon be out Of
these horrible mountains She said
sha felt as II she were Imprisoned.
and her soul henmed IN by the tower
Ing mountains i long for the open
plains, she said where one feels
free and untrammeIed Give me my
Kansas prairIes. she said II gave mo
a nnT idea, but ror myself. had al
ways appreciated tho protecting infiu-
ence OF being surrounded by those
sume towering mountains. 7 suppose
II all depends upon the point OF View,
and We are all different'"
James ". Gani aud wife and Miss
Mary u. cuddahy OF Calumet Mich.
are IN Salt Lake for "A day or two.
They are making a cross country tour
and during their stay here are regis
tered at the Knitsford,
II. A. Kelj.k OF 81. Paul MINI, Is
nj the Wilson. Mr. Keljllk In speaking
of the liberallty of the eastern elites
toward tho Chinese famine fund. said
the loading and shipping OF train
load OF honr across the continent by a
Minnesota city. was tho Result OF
movement inangnratad by the Chris
tlan Herald, New York weekly. All