The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-20

through the bcaut,fal panorama OF na,
tire, President Roylance concluded
with a short address III which he ex'
pressed thanks TO the guests, paid 4
and led Hthc lay of the Provo boosters
at the Denver apple show. lt follows:
Here Is the Lay.
| | am a jolly booster from q hustlng.
bustling town,
That flies the flag Of progress and will
Wa never p,,, pull ,ro II down, .nn,.s and 81,
But on water. land and climate. and
,.r some other things to boot
| III tell you all about II IL you'll give me
| half a show,
And by listening you Will profit. there are
| things you want To know.
| So sit straight up and listen. III eEpound
Some sound and solid gospel from the
| greatest town on earth.
That's Provo, Utah.
Our streets are broad and nicely shaded
Leveled smooth: superbly graded.
| Sidewalks paved and always dry,
| Running water ripping by;
Lovely homes and cottages neat,
Greet the eye on every street.
| Federal building, fire station,
| Church OF each denomination,
| Lodges ala social set.
Finest folks you ever met;
| Graded schools. and college. too.
With the splendid B. Y. o.,
| Give the youth chance TO be
| Anythong from a 10 Il;
Public library: parks and drives
| No bawdy house or gambling dives.
| Highest mountains, purest air,
| Climate that's beyond compare.
| Lovely river grandest lake.
| Fishing fine and hunting great;
Yachting. boating. bathing, too.
Place to go and things to do;
Beauteous landscape, lovely skies,
Rural scenes that charm the eyes,
Prolific orchards, paving farms,
Blessed with natures many charms;
Little wind. not too much rain,
Fields of golden tasseled grain.
Radiant flowers and lucious fruit.
Almost any kind TO suit;
Lovely women, sturdy men,
Never happier than when
With their children at the gate.
Bid the stranger not to walt
But TO enter and with Zest,
Help TO keep our town the best.
Many things have / forgot,
But these and moro has Provo got,
Now you all know that a booster Is prone
to stretch II some,
But every statecmnt ] have made. I'll
prove II you will come
| Out to our lovely city. where the folks at
homo Will be
D-e-l-i-g-h-t-e-d at the chance to show
you every courtesy.
| We can't wine you, but well dine you,
and show you much good cheer,
| So don't limit your engagement, be pre-
pared 10 stay year,
! You'll enjoy II / assure you, so be game
and make the trip.
And wesll greet you In our valley with the
| hand OF fellowship.
Guests Of Navigation Company.
After night rest at the Lamar
hotel the party were aroused at :
o clock, and after splendid breakfast
served by Mr. Wakefield, became the
guests of the Utah Lake Navigation
company, and under the care Of Cap
tain D. H. Madsen of the gasoline
launch Lehna and Captain Edwin q
and Sheriff Wilkinson were driven tC
the lake, where the party embarked or
the boats and were taken to fine fishing
| grounds about six miles up the lake
from the mouth of the Provo river.
Utah lake, it should be said, is one
OF the most beautiful bodies of fresl
water in the world and the scenic sur
roundings. of this beautiful sheet of wa
ter make it one of the show spots of the
world In area it is $50 square miles
length "a miles, width 10 to 20 miles
| There arc about forty gasoline launches
on the lake owned by private parties
in addition to the boats owned by The
navigation company.
Sunday Excursions Inaugurated.
| This was the Inauguration of Sunday
excursions, as said above, over the Salt
Lake Route and the navigation com
pany's boats About 100 people visited
the lake. The Inauguration indicates
that the Sunday excursion will be l.,
is the intention of the company to ar
range for vessel that will carry 10t
passengers and this vessel will be pu
in commission next spring. Now thu
company has buses which meet tn,
trains at the Salt Lake Route station
Sunday, takes passengers to tho boa
landing three miles away, gives the rid
on the boats named to fine FISHING
grounds and furnishes row boats fo
those desiring them, dropping them a
various points in the morning and pick
ing up these boats on the return triI
in the evening of the larger boats Al
this for IS cents for the round trip; ado
TO this the railroad fare for the rount
trip $l25 and the days outing, there
includes the ride through Provo cit,
to the landing in Provo river and tn
return TO the station in time to conncc
with the train returning. For week da,
or other parties desiring special atten
ton communication should be had witt
CAPTAIN Edward g. Brown. Ind d.pcndcn
nbone 1886, Salt Lake City, or Captai
D, Provo, or any Salt Lake routo agent
Delightful Day Had.
The newspaper party had q delight
ful day 8 outing on the lake, some beau
tiful specimens of the 6nny tribe wer
secured, one bass captured by MI
Barnes of the News weighing 81
pounds. Several others weighing owe
three pounds were captured. while cat
fish galore were taken.
The auxiliary yacht Galilee, it shoul
be said, was built by Captain Brown n
his home on East Third South street
for the use of himself and family, an,
was launched on Great Salt lake bu
afterwards it was taken to Utah lake
Captain Brown is proud of the fact tha
he carries a certificate as captain sgne,
by the British admiralty. All the boat
in the feet of the navigation compan,
are up to date.
Provo is making great preparations e
entertain the United Commercial Trav
elers. when their state gathering is he'll