The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-07
VISIT TO LOGAN
IS ENJOYED BY
THELEGISLATORS
Members of Senate and House
Are Entertained at Agri-
cultural College.
MANAGEMENT IS LAVISH
IN PREPARING WELCOME
BELIEF is THAT INSTITUTION
WILL GET APPROPRIATION
ASKED FOR-SPEECHES,

With a salute of seventeen guns.
Governor William Spry, the state Off
Gals, the members of the state legis-
lature and their invited guests were Of
fieiaily greeted yesterday by the facul-
" and students of the Agricultural
college yesterday.
A big holiday was declared by the
people of Logan to honor their visitors.
All of the streets were filled with
townspeople welcoming the visitors and
escorting them TO the state school Of
agriculture. Flags were on every build
ing, and the stores were hung With
buntinng and college colors
Tine Junket was pronounced success
There was not a mishap nor a miscar-
riage of any plans to interfere with the
pleasure of the journey. The enterta n
ment provided the visitors was great
The people of the college as hosts were
the final word of hospitality, and the
visitors We're most delightful guests.
Over the remains of a most satisfy
ing banquet, the governor, the preSi-
dent of the senate, the speaker of the
house of representatives and other
members of the legislature pledged
their unqualified support to the Agri-
cultural college. They gave the faculty
and students OF the college to under
stand that unless the heavens fell the
institution would receive every cent of
the appropriation asked for
Trip is Ideal
The visiting party left Salt Lake at 7:sO
O'Clock yesterday morning over the Ore
gon Short Line on a special train. The
train was in charge OF d. s. Spencer, and
this fact Of itself insured the success of
the trip. The members of the party,
however, were not prepared for the ex-
tent to which Mr.. Spencer went in pro-
viding for the comfort of the travellers
There were enough coaches provided 50
that there might be seats for every one
II the party And then there were more
coaches provided that there would be suf-
tic1ent seats to permit OF moving about
from car to car. and stiIl have seats to
spare. In the diner coffee and rolls were
provided free for all members of the
party.
Three hundred and twenty-five persons
were IN the party that left Salt Lake on
the special train. The party included the
state officials. the members of both houses
Of the legislature, the regents and fac
Glty of the University Of Utah, the d.
rectors of the Agricultural college Of
Utah and their invited guests
After delightful trip of less than
four hours the special arrived at Lo-
gan. The band of the Agricultural COL
iege and scores of sleishs and carriages
met the train at the depot.
on all sides, covered by beautiful man
tie OF snow, Logan was never more beau
uful, never more picturesque The view
to the college on the hill. to the great tenn
pie and through the canyons was a win
ter scene without a peer
From the depot to the college the Az
ricuitural college band led the procession
followed by the carriages containing the
governor, the state officials, the presid-
ing officers of the senate and the house
and the carriages and sfeichs 0ccunsad
by the other members of the legislature
and their guests The road ito the col
leSe ran through streets hung with bunt-
ing. banners and pennantS of the pri-
cultural college. The streets were lined
with people who cheered tie party as it
passed along
Fires Governors Salute.
At the college grounds while the pro-
cession was arriving the battery was fir
ing the governors salute OF seventeen
guns. The band played THE Star Span
gled Banner" and the cadet battalion
main entrance the teams drove the partv
the entrance.
The members of the party were taken
through every department of the college
by the members of the faculty and stu
dents selected to act as guides. All of
the workings of the various classes were
explained in detail.
At ] O'Clock dinner was served in the
main dining hall. The meal was the prod
uct Of the domestic science department of
the school and was an excellent practical
demonstration Of the marked success Of
this department. During the dinner the
Agricultural college orchestra pIaved Sc
lectiOns from -Babette." the opera To be
produced By the members of the school
Following the banquet there was much
speechmakiDg in which everyone agreed
that the Agricultural college was the best
- Liz -
suits obtained were Of the greatest posi-
BILE benefit to the state. that the girls
of the institution were the most beautiful
in the state. and that they would make the
best possible material for eligible house
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