The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-12
THE ROOSTER EXCURSION

The booster excursion of the Com
merciai club is to start next Monday
morning for a trip through the state.
According to advices received by Sec
rotary Game, the Salt Lake business
men will be received with open arms
everywhere. The people of the cap
ital are proud of the state, and the
citizens of the counties, towns and viii
lagos are proud of Salt Lake. It's a
reciprocal feeling.
Many people formerly residing in
Salt Lake, some of them raised here,
are now doing business in other por-
tons of the state, and are naturally
filled with wonder and admiration
when they visit the old home. Such
we presume is the case with the ed
itor of the Vernal Express, a recent
visitor who went home and told the
readers of his paper about the trip as
follows:
Recent visitors to Salt Lake City
have noted the wonderful strides
being made in our capital city.
Some of them remember well
when they farmed the ground
where now are beautiful resi-
dences- They also remember the
muddy roads and lanes frinEed
with sweet clover which are
now macadamized and paved
sidewalks have replaced the clo
yer.
They remember when the old white
house, where John w. Young
once lived, was about the best
on Brigham street Now 1t looks
very onesome-something like a
ira In 4r1o- L 4 1fe,
court.
There was one place the boys
thought would be forever on the
hoodoo-Butcherville they called
II. There the slaughtering for
the city was done and all around
that uncanny place were bleach
ing skulls and rank doors. Grav-
Ell beds spoiled the natural con-
tour of the hillside. Now the
state university overlookS that
once neglected nook and pala-
tial homes. beautiful lawns and
have forever hidden Butcher
Vile"
A trip to Fort Douglas used to be
considered half-day's journey.
service and the fort seems to
have come down from the noun
tains and is next door to the
city.
The streets in the eastern part of
the city are fast being parked,
and one can see the beauty of
broad streets. fresh green lawns
and shade trees
The asphalt pavement makes the
best road in the world and 1t is
pleasure to even see the We
hicles, either automobiles or car
riages, gliding smoothly over the
springy pavement.
Farms that sold twenty years ago
for $1O0 an acre are today bring
ing $1,000 for building lots.
Of hn L -
Salt Lake City and county too
small to hold them moved out
10 new lands. When they visit
the old homes now they find the
things they left eagerly sought
after. Ten-acre tracts way out
of town are bought at high
prices and men make good
living on them.
People are flocking from the east
to get in on the ground floor
think of it-and they feel that
land is selling cheap in Salt Lake
City and suburbs.
1t is a good sign when all the COM
munities of a great commonwealth
work together for the good of ALL
When there is no jealousy, backbiting
or desire manifested upon the part of
one to prosper at the expense Of all
the rest. That seems to be the situa-
ton in Utah-al pulling together for
the upbuilding OF the state as a whole.
Regarding the booster excursion, ii
may be said that it is sure to result
in much good in the way of establish
ing closer commercial relations and
the bonds Of friendship al
ready existing. Moreover, it shows a
spirit Of enterprise.