The San Francisco call., 1910-08-21

and other towns to Salt Lake de-
sire me to say to you that we ap-
preciate your hospitality and the
splendid treatment we have re-
ceived. We want to say to the of
ficers of the Western Pacific, over
you. that We approve of their
choice. and we hope they Will
see why they have selected you as
their chief trafficman. You not only
have our friendship from the man
ner in which you have handled the
also won our hearts by your hos
pitality and your genial good ma
ture.
In behalf of the gentlemen from
California and Nevada | desire to
present to you a little souvenir.
1t is not of any great monetary
value, but with it go our best
wd wishes for y9uE ~ future - success; io f5e
history of the great west, some.-
thing that will live for years and
years to come. The people west of
Salt Lake City highly appreciate
done for us. You have brought
them the means now OF gaining
great wealth and prosperity, and
it is UP to the people of the west to
show their appreciation.
RESPONSE BY LOMAx
Much moved, the veteran
took the jeweled gold match box tina
the Californians and Nevadans had pro
cured at Salt Lake. Thanking hi!
guests for their token of appreciation
he said:
1 want to thank you very much,
indeed, for the remembrance of the
California and Nevada gentlemen
who have been placed in my care
on this trip. l want to say that
tllic hiph1W annrapiaf66 hV
me. | want to say, further, on be-
half of the officers of the western
Pacific, that we thank you thou
sand times for the representation
that YOU have given us on this trip.
In thanking you, and those wnom
you represent, we recognize that
the press of the country is just as
great an educator, II not more SO,
than is the railway. Take a com
mission of the railroad and the
press and you have an advance
guard, so to speak, of everything
that stands for progress and for
higher civilization in this country.
There are very few undertakings
that ever materialize success IN
which the press does not play
most important part, and on this
occasion, the opening of new
railroad and a new country, 1T is
very essential, it seems to me, tnat
the press should be represented.
We want the press with u.s., Tor
it is up to them to elaborate the
idea of what the railroad means to
the development OF this country,
any other class of business in this
country.
Therefore you can understand
how delighted we. the officers of
the Western Pacific, are over the
representation that you nave gwen
hope will be an historic event;
we hope the Western Pacific will
bring greater population. more
wealth and greater facilities of
commerce than this western coun-
try has had in the past.
We thank you again for this re-
membrance, and ] ask your help
and assistance in our behalf. Your
criticisms of our service are freely
invited. We want you to point out
what are the best things to do.
Sometimes railroad people, like
other people. get in rut- We
want to avoid all that. We stand
before you as new proposition,
untrammeled by past promises or
traditions and with one purpose
the upbuilding and development of
this great western country.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Then came a yell for G. Fred Herr
the tall and capable assistant of Lo
max. and neat bit of a. speech b.
Horn of the Chronicle, who handed hin
a pair of gold sleeve links and scar
pin. There was a roar of approva
when the name of Clyde Opelt wa.
called for Opelt is the superintendent
of the Western Union dining car serv
ice and is personally in charge of thu
creature comforts of the special. B'
ii noted that, Notwithstanding the in
tricate and vexatious business of trail
catering just begun for this long snt
yet sparsely settled stretch, thirc
the width of the United States, th'
dining car of the first train has beer
a three times a day delight to all this
crowd. Opelt surely knows how.
ELKO is THE FIRST