The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-13
CAPITALISTS PLAN
TRIP Of INSPECTION
Party From Salt Lake to Visit
Green River and
Moab.
TO LOOK OVER FRUIT LANDS
JAUNT INCLUDES RIVER CRUISE
IN GASOLINE LAUNCH.
TO LOOK OVER FRUIT LANDS

] With a view TO getting acquainted with
! the people living in Green River and
Moab, in the Green river and Grand river
districts, in Utah, and also becoming IA
miliar with the possibilities of the regions
/ for fruit growing, a party of prominent
| Salt Lake and Ogden men, piloted by +:
! T. Merritt and T. G.. WINNER, jr., of
/ Green River. will leave Salt Lake Mon
| day morning over the Denver no
/ Grande for the southeastern part of the
state.
| The party represents almost unlimited
capital and if the country offers suffi-
Gent inducement for investment it is
/ likely that great results may come from
/ the visit.
1t is likely that Governor William Spry
will be a member of the Get Acqualnt-
4 ed expedition, although he has not def
/ nitely promised to go. He may go with
/ the party as far as Green River, join in
/ the festivities there and then return to
| Salt Lake. The roster of the party so fei
as known at the present time IS as I2I-
/ lows: Mayor John S. Bransford, E. II.
Merritt of Green River, A. ]. Carter, Ed
ward o. Howard, assistant cashier of
/ Walkers bank; NJ. s. Browning of Og-
den, David Eccles of Ogden, c. A. Gray,
of the Huffman Realty company; M l..
Cummings of Anderson Cummings cont
Pany; A. II. Birreil of the Birrell-Shipp
Realty company; II. l.. Griffin. an eX-
Perienced navigator of the Green and
Grand rivers; T. G. WINNER, jr., of
Green River; +. d. r. Thompson, register
CT the United States land office: Assist
ant State Engineer Morgan, the Rev.
Francis Burgette Short. d. D.; A. S. Bib
bins of the NewhOuse Realty company
and two local newspapeTmen.
Entertainment Provided.
The party VIII leave Monday morning
at O'Clock and on their arrival at
Green River will be met by the Green
River band and escorted to the CONNER
cial CLUB, where a banquet will he served,
at which addresses will be given by sew
eral of the visitors and by prominent 10
cal people. In the evening a dance viii
be given in honor of the visitors.
At Green River the party will board
gasoline launches, which under the pilot
age Of H. L. Griffin. will carry them
lance of 115 miles. As game abounds
along the banks of the stream stops may
be made Tor the purpose of hunting.
Members of the party will be equipped
with hunting outfits to take advantage
of any opportunity.
On arriving at Moab the party will be
met by band and a banquet, speech
making and dance will follow. Resi-
dents of the two cities are making elVo-
crate preparations for the entertainment
of the visitors and it will not be their
fault If they do not leave with the best
OF impressions of the coming fruit dis
trictS of the state.
The return trip will also be made by
gasoline launches and the country along
the banks Of the stream will be looked
over carefully with a view to ascertaining
the possibilities presented for the raising
of fruit.
A movement is now on foot for the
navigation of the river by large passen-
ger and freight carrying steamers 1t is
thought that a little dredging will be
necessary to make this safe. In the event
that a regular line of steamers is Op-
Grated on the river it is said that the
whole country along the course of the
stream will be given over to fruit or
chaTds.