The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-16
FLIGHT Of EAGLES
BIGGEST THING YET
1t Is Estimated That 10000
People Enjoyed the Day
at Lagoon.
CREDITABLE PARADE
GIVEN IN THE CITY
Baseball Game and Various
Other Sports Help to Make
Day Pleasant.

From every quarter Of the state
Eaglcs-the ig-hearted, Jolly, good ma
tured variety-flew 10 Lagoon, tho
"Prcttiest Spot in Utah. Thursday.
The occasion was the annual state ont
ing of the +. O. f. And a great sue.
cess it was. in fact, considering the
size of the crowd, the dav s programme,
and the occasion in general, It has not
been surpassed this season The Eagles
flew high, made merry and showed the
visitors the time Of their lives.
Trains from all over the stats
brought crowds Of the fcathered tribe
into the city early Thursday morning
The train from the south over the Salt
Lake route, brought in $50 Eagles. An
important feature of the celebration
was n big parade which was held short
ly before noon. About two thousand
members OF the Eagles lodge partici
pated in this parade, which was one
of the best that any fraternal orpani.
cation has ever conducted in this citv.
The parade, which moved north on
Main street 20 South Temple. counter.
marched on Main 10 Second South
street and thence west To the Eagles
club at the corner of Second South
and West Temple streets, was headed
by platoon Of policemen and Held "a
military band All Of the large towns
Of the state were represented in tho
procession
Features Of Parade.
The parade was characterized bv the
symbols Of the order, cunning and
unique feature being n tiny white
goat, the kind used especially in the
ceremony in connection with the initia-
ton of new members, pulling a little
cart in which was seated a young
Eaglet. number Of beautifully deco,
rated floats, bearing the colors emble-
matte of the order, red, white and
blue, also were prominent features of
the parade.
Following the parade, the crowd i'm
mediately spread their wings and made
a handsome flight to the Salt Lake g.
Ogden railway depot. The first train
to the beautiful resort carried fully
5000 people and each subsequent train
was crowded to its capacity. Extra
cars had 10 be attached to the last
trains returning at night in order to
accommodate the immense crowd.
When the goal Of the flight was
reached, the Lagoon, the Eagles began
TO scream, flap their wings and have
a general good time. A baseball game
between a team from the Salt Lake
aerie aud one from the Murray lodge
was the principal feature Of the aft
crnoon. The game was fast one and
was won by the Salt Lake team by
score Of TO p The battery for the
Salt Lake aerie team was G.. Frazier
and n. Hansen, and for Murray, E.
Heusser and A. Scott.
Field and Water Sports.
Following the ball game pro-
gramme Of field and water sports was
pulled off. The boat race was won by
G. NJ. Mirikel. and the swimming con-
test by Albert Friedel. There was
long list Of other sports. the winners
of the various races and contests being
rewarded with substantial prizes.
1t is estimated that fully 1900 peo-
pie visited the resort during the day,
almost half of whom were members of
the F. O. T.. The visitors were shown
a good time by the big birds aud the
gayety of the occasion was unmarried
Many business men Of the city deco
rated their places Of business i'll an
appropriate manner for the Eagles
celebration. Red, white and blue, the
colors Of the lodge, could be seen on
more than half of tho stores in the
down town district.