The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-12
GOODBYE SAID To
ANTLEREO VISITORS
Seven Special Trains, Carrying
Best People, Depart for
Los Angeles.
SIX THOUSAND WERE
ENTERTAINED LAST WEEK
Visitors Obtain Information
About Salt Lake and Utah
That AstoniSh Them.

tinent, and in our wake we left a pur
pie streak. We stopped in Salt Lake
expecting 10 leave the streak here.
But we did not We can not. For
across the top of the page of our log
book is written. The acme of hos
pitality Nothing like it has ever be-
fore been shown In this country. 1t
Will be many day before it will be
shown again. Hospitahty-thy name
in the future will be defined Salt
Lake Good bye, good people, good
bye; come see US IN our New England
homcs'
With these remarks prominent
Hartford. Conn. business man--and
prominent Elk-badc goodbye TO Salt
Lake as the special train CARRYING HIM
self and party left the Union station
over the Salt Lake Route for the City
of the Angels on Sunday afternoon.
He simply voiced the universal sentl- |
ment of his party over the splendid
entertainment accorded them during
the twcnty-four- hour visit in Salt Lake.
There were others-6000 Of them
who were guests of Salt Lake lodge,
No. 81, during the past week, who were
equally appreciative as was this gen
tleman from the Nutmeg State. And
all Of this army OF people viii talk
came here expecting 10 see peculiar
Town. They found one. They were
shown the relies here. They were
taken to the Temple block; they were
shown the tabernacle: they listened to
organ recitals; they heard the mission
aries deliver their stereotyped lee
lures; they received the literature
which is handed out at the information
bureau.
Shown Over Salt Lake.
Then they were shown the town
the city-and they were astonished-
more than astonished. Ocular demon
stration is the best. With their own
modern city--one with all the modern
conyenicnces, with the finest streets
that can be found anywhere in the
United States. They saw more hand
some homes than can be found in any
city OF twice or three times the size
of Salt Lake. They saw the improve
mcnts now being made by progres-
sive people. and when they were in
formed that most of this modern i'm
provement IN the way of streets and
sidewalks had been during the past
five years they were more than as
tonishcd.
Told About Resources Of Utah.
Then they were told of the resources
of Utah-of the great metal mines.
which the first half of this year paid
four million dollars in dividends; they
learned about and many saw for them
selves the great smeters IN the Salt
Lake valley, one of which has daily
capacity of 5000 tons, they were given
facts and figures about the great camps
az Park City. al Bingham, at Eureka,
and the various other metal mining
districts in the state; they were told
about the coal mining and coke indus
try OF the state, III which 5000 men are
employed and which has an annual out
put of two and one third million tons;
they were given facts about the agri-
cultural resources of the state, Of the
horticultural resources. of the livestock
industry, the value of which for taxable
purposes is $4,000, 900.
Then their hosts detailed other facts
10 them about the state Informed them
that The largest iron deposits in North
Amcrca-ereat mountains of IRON
were located IN southern Utah; they
, learned that the gypsum deposits OF the
state are lneXhaustible: that asphaltum
exists in large quantities: that real rub
Der enough to supply The world has been
discovered in the Wasatcn range; that '
great deposits of hydrocarbons exist
and that the product therefrom in 1908
exceeded half million dollars. And
again the visitors were astounded.
other Facts Detailed.
Still their hosts talked and the visi-
tors learned that there were ineXhaustI- 9
ble quantities Of stone Ill the state;
that there was sandstone Of every color;I
that great quarries Of marble had been
opened; that slate and ONYX existed In
great quantities; that there were noun
tans OF salt, crvstalized and rock; that {
- bed OF salt thirtyhve miles square
bad been found. And the visitors were
still further astounded-
And the host still talked this time
about the sheep and wool industry, the
clip Of last year exceeding fifteen mil,
lion pounds, while the mutton brought 7
the stock man five million dollars; the :
visitor was informed that there were
$4,000 acres OF sugar beets grown in {
1908; that the product exceeded ninety {
million pounds; that three quarters Of {
Il million cases of fruit and vegetables z
were canned in Utah canneries last {
year; that the dairy interests Of the !
state had an output last year exceeding !
two million dollars. {
Should Let World Know. |
And then the visitor asked: "Why !
don I YOU let the world know this?
Why don { YOU send missionaries dis
semnatlne this kind Of information In.
ftcad of prosclyting for reli gion alone? |
We will tell the people what we have |
seen. Many Of us will come back. I
We may help You develop your state {
for if you have this kind of weather in l
the summer, your climate is ideal, and +
YOU have mountains and sea and valley [
1T your door. Great is Salt Lake City,
great is Utah great are you people as :
entertainers.' !
Who Did the Entertaining. !,
Sunday night the last Of the visitors !
departed. Seven special trains moved
out during the afternoon and evening.
During the eight days ended Sunday r
night 500 members of Salt Lake lodge. )
No. 50, y. p. o. E.. acted as hosts, with :
Thomas Homer as chairman of the en-. :
tcrtainment committee, and their Sol ,
members looked after their visiting {
brothers I
For the lady visitors, their wants
were looked after by o committee con ;
sistlng of Mesdames Willard SNYDER, ,
G. F.. Applcgate, +. C. Irwin, William
Baxter a. J, Davis, Sam Shcrrell, f.
f. Kaufman. T. NJ. Sipherd c. II. Reed ;
Frank Hines, w. c.. Romney. Chas M.
Pulyer, Richard A. Shnnnon. and Mrs