The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-20
PESSIMISTS NOT
WANTED IN PROVO
Utah County City Virtually
Flowing With Milk
and Honey.
SALT LAKERS ARE HOAxED
GUESTS OF J. h. MANDERFIELD
EAT STRAWBERRIES.

Provo and the great farming and
fruit raising community 30 contiguous
q the town have no use fer psesinlistio
people. OF course. n Is an easy matter
60 look az the bri SHIT side. and 20 de-
termino why tho people Of Provo and its
immediate vicinity arc optimists. when
one is trundiod along tho county roads
trat trace and intorssct tho beautiful
fruit orchards extending for miles
along the fertile bench land up and
down the Utah valley.
When "a fruit grower who has twenty
acres planted gu from three 10 eight
velr-old peach trees. tells you that his
crop from the tract VIII this year net
lim $1,000. 90 O. easy TO undcrst land
why De should De pretty well satisfied.
There are scores Of just such fruit
growers within n radius OF six miles
90 Provo. and almost 20 man they
declare that the smudgepot saved their
truit crops last spring
Surely Provo is entitled TO be called
-',- :rHit Yield this year viii, it s.
said hv capable judges, exceed by 20
per cent that OF any other year since
tho valley was settled.
Guests of NanderfieId.
Last Saturday j. H. Mandcrfield. as
afgfanf freight and passenger agent OF
tie salt Lake route. took "a party OF
railroad and Newspaper men TO Provo
as his guests. The trip was pisa,nnea
william Ray. William G. Roylance, J.
T. Farrcr. a. T.. smith and other citi-
zcns ~ Provo met the party at the
train in tie evening and for several
hours Tho absorbing thought Of fishing
gave way Co admiration for the city
and lts surroundings. The party was
uuccrcmoniousiy loaded into autom0-
bilcs and "a visit paid 60 many Of the
splendid peach. pear and apple orchards
along the west bench near the city.
After n ride in the refreshing even
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fields party fancied they could scent
affair tho inviting aroma OF trout dim
ucr. which ~. z. Wakefield. manager
of the Lamar hotel. had Tn course or
urCuura fiuu az en- compliment TO them.
While on tho way back to the city
n trick was played on the salt Lake
newspaper men by Mayor Ray and AIR
Eoylanco. which win oblige them 10
hold these two gentlemen In abiding
memory. It was such capital Joke
and Sd well carried out that the incl
known and n matter Of humorous com
mcnt iu and about Provo
Dine ON Strawberries
Members OK tho party had worked
uu keen appcutcs when tney were
driven hy beautiful tcn-aCre field or
strnwbcrrics Mayor Ray called halt
and invited tho newspaper men TO un-
load and follow him into the patch.
Those who had some misgivings were
treasured by the mayor that Tom
whonfcy. the owner OF the strawberry
patch was his friend and was good
fellow Mindful not 90 tramplc any Of
tho vines undcrfoot the crowd sailed
into the field and were delviuE into the
berries with both hands. when sudden
1y formidable looking character
emerged from clumr Of truit trees 20
the west OF che patch. and In emphatic
Language ordered the Immediate eVac-
uation 81 the field. In strong terms
me denounced the crowd and uphraioed
the r1nvor and Mr.. EovlanCe Tor their
presumption fin leading an In aston OF
bis private property.
Tho mayor tried to argue the mat
ter but the farmer" was obdurate ana
hraudistcd pondcrous bis stock. Feel
fur guilty. and n keen sense Of humtlia-
ticn. Tho party hastily withdrew from
the berry patch. one YOUNG man re.
erufef the attack Of the farmer and
made him "a Song distance tender OF pay
Tor the berries he bad consumed
subject of General discussion on the
way TO- town. To rancored ana proc
ably would have marred the Vlsit n.lo
tcrilv driven the party from hts
berry patch. showed mp az the dinner
table in AT entirely different dress
no other than Ted wilkins. one OF the
most arniabfc and clever fellows about
town The joke was 80 wen planned
and clcvcrly carried out that ll was
matter % general fun from the llne
30 was sprung until the crowd returned
Co. salt Lake az $40 o'clock last even
Members Of tho party. who were the
guests % the management or the La
mar hotel during the stay IN hrovo'
SAT down tu n splendid trout dinner.
nrr E0vlaucc sat az the head or the
able and ls Dc called upon several OF
frc visiting embryo orators ne showed
himself tO he a. hiEh-class booster Tor
Provo. Among other things. Mr.. Roy
lance oiled attention 90 the elaborate
rrirbrnriou tho Fourth Of July In
fact hr said DO was going 20 De such