The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-18
ITINERARY OF TRAIN.
BY f. a. CHARLTON,
staff Correspondent of The Herald
Republican,

Republican,
Richfield, May 17.-Boosting as
business has been taken up by the Com
merciai club party which is now tour
ing the state, and before the return to
Salt Lake Saturday morning the gall
axy of orators and their side-partners
will have told more than 100000 per-
sons that Utah IS Soou state in
which to live, and that it has advan-
tages far greater than any other state
in the union.
After two strenuous days on the road,
the party reached Richfield tonight
Judging from the enthusiastic recep-
ton at Fairview, Mout Pleasant, Eph-
rain, Manti, Salina and this place, the
salt Lake advocates OF d greater Utah
left a profound impression and have
started movement which will awaken
the people all along the line to a realf-
7atiOn that they have a commonwealth
that possesses more natural advan-
taSes than any other equal number of
square miles on the western hemis-
phere.
Enthusiasm was intense at all towns
included in the second days itinerary.
Everybody seemed to have become i'm
bued with the boosting spirit and en-
tered into it as earnestly as the mem
bers of the party who had the dispens-
ing of it.
gracefully down through the beautiful
Utah and Sanpete valleys. hundreds of
men, women and children were assem-
bled TO receive and welcome the eXcur-
sion party. Crowds were gathered at
the railroad stations with vehicles of
every description, ready to convey the
mem bers of the party to points OF in
terest in and about the city, and final
~ to the tabernacles, theatres or town
halls, where brief addresses of well
come were made by local speakers and
responses by members of the CONNER
ciaI club party.
Change Clubs Name.
1t is the expressed belief OF Vice
President George T Odell that the
statewide interest taken in the boost
er and publicity movement may OF ne
Lake Commercial club to that Of the
Commercial Club of Utah. This sug-
gest1on has also been made by Secre-
tary J. +. Game, E. F. Colborn, J.. G.
Mcdonald, o. II. Hewlett and Others in
all seriousness, and the people Of the
towns so far visited seem to be anx-
ious and would gladly welcome such a
proposition
The people of the thriving city of
Richfield, the metropolis of central
Utah, welcomed the somewhat fatigued
visitors upon their arrival at o'clock
tonight Many automobiles and car
riages were lined up at the depot The
train, which today passed into the
charge OF the Denver & Rio Grande Of
ftcials, pulled into the Richfield depot
an hour and a half behind schedule
time. The delay was occasioned by the
pressure brought to bear for longer
stops at five towns between Fairview
and Richfield-
Samuel NewhOuse of Salt Lake the
guest of General superintendent j. c.
DALEY and Assistant Freight Agent S.
v Derrah of the d. & r. G. railroad,
preceded the excursion party, having
arrived late in the afternoon on spe-
c1al train from Salt Lake.
While il might be considered unfair
TO discriminate as to which town gave
ton since leaving Salt Lake Monday
morning, it is but fair to Richfield TO
say that the welcome reached a degree
OF enthusiastic cordiality which was
pilgrims.
Being the metropolis of a rich sec
ton, Richfield appears to be fully alive
to the general booster movement which
is rampant throughout the entire state.
Superintendent S. E. Burkhead and
Assistant superintendent N \ Will
l1ams and Travelling Passenger Agent
Harry NJ Cushing of the ID. * r. G.
took over the excursion train at Provo
early this morning. The service was
excellent throughout the entire days
journey.
Welcome TO RfchfieId.
The committee which welcomed the
pilgrims to Richfield was composed of
Mayor c. Christensen, Guy Lewis. NJ.
c. Nielsen, N c. Poulsen. John Hood, |
c. NJ. d. Heppler, H. y. Hayes w H !
Clark and j. NJ. Petersen. The Richfield
band was on hand and enlivened the |
occa sion.
At $50 tonight the tabernacle was |
filled with an enthusiastic |
audience After the playing of a popu- |
lar selection by the band H n. Hayes /
as master of ceremonies. delivered an |
address in which he extended to the |
visitors a hearty welcome. Samuel |
Ne whouse made the chief response He |
praised the state of Utah, its valleys |
and its mountains, its great mineral |
wealth, and splendid agricultural re-
sources Mr.. NewhOuse said that the |
copper ore now in sight in Bingham, |
alone, was so extensive that were 25 900 /
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