The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-28
BOOSTERS HPIY
FRATERVAL SPIRIT
Representative Members of
Utah Development League
Visit Tooele.
CITY'S GUESTS
Inspect Big Ore Reduction
Works and Welcome Re-
turning Industrial Train.

Representing the Utah Development
league and the Commercial club. par
u of tbir.y members Of the two organ
! izaticns went To Tooelc yesterday af-
tcrnoou IN a special train over the salt
Lake Route for the twofold purpose
| Of making q fraternsl visit TO the
| I'oocle Commercial club aud welcoming Q
.'he return of the Industrial and edr-
| cational special tram. which had com
plctcd q thirty days tour of south.
| crn | tah aud portion Of Nevada ly-
| ing along tho Salt Lake Route,
Both objects were accomplished and
in return the excursion party was roy
| ally entertained by .'hc citizens and the
Commercial club Of Tooele
The excursion train left this city at
$50 p. nj, On arriving mt Iooelc 1t
was met by committee from the Com
merciaI club Of Shat city consisting Of
l.. l.. Baker. president; w. S. Marks,
secretary; j. G.. Ormc. mayor Of Tooele,
q. Il Mcbride G. T. Green, J. A.
Phipps and J. A. Kaufman. all of the
board Of directors Of the club.
Visit Big Smelter.
The train continued on to the plant
of the international Smelling company,
Here the visitors were conducted
through the smetcr by l.. I. Sicka,
mechanical superintendent, and other
officials of the company, who pointed
out ana explained the different smelt.
ing processes. The party began With
the. new lead smelling annex, which
IT is expected to have in operation in
Il few weeks, and finished at the point
where the copper iugots are nodded
From the sme!tcr the excursionists
returned to Toocle, where q sumDtuous
banquet had been spread in Fraterual
hall. Two hundred guests who sat
down ut the table were served bv she
wives and daughters of the members
Of the Commercial club. An orchestra
furnished music during the dinner,
which WAS terminated with few
toasts.
"A toast in honor Of Prof, Lewis
\. Merrill. Of the extension depart
mcni Of tho State Agricultural college
was drunk in "White Ribbon Extra
Dry
Variety of Toasts.
Joseph f. Caiue. as the representa-
tive Of the Salt Lake Commercial club,
was toasted in a Settlement Canyon
Cocktail and Douglas White, indus
trial agent Of the Salt Lake Route,
with 4 "IGighball Ia Toocle.' The
menu card bore the announcement that
the decoctious had been go. X. d
by 3. T. Grant
Brief responses were made TO the
toasts by the gentlemen who received
the mark of favor.
Following the banquet, a public
meeting was held at the opera house. ;.
which WAS completely filled With
Tooele S best citizenship.
l.. l.. Baker. president of the Toocle
Commercial club, presided over the
meeting. aud called on a number Of the
visitors for speeches. Sandwiched iu
between The speeches werc musical Sc.
lcctions The speakers all added their
need Of appreciation of the reception
and reviewed the work that was being
done in the development Of the state
and the possibilities of the future,
Welcome by Mayor.
The programme Of speaking was
opened with formal welcome BY
Mavor j. &, Ormc.
W. =. Jensen. Of salt Lake, made au
effective boosting address IN his ca
pacity of Il representative of the Salt
Lake Commercial club. He praised the
work being done by the agricultural
college III its extension work In edu.
eating tho farmers in particular.
Professor Lewis \. Merrill reviewed
tho tour 0f the demonstration train
which he said had been the most sue
cessful one in the history Of the work. !
Nineteen thousand people had visited
tho train aud great interest had been
manifested all along the line In some
sections farmers camc from distance
of thirty.iive miles. 1t was the first
season that the train had gone into
Nevada
For Home Industry.
i. r. Sicka called attention to tne
fact that much Of the material used |
In the construction OF the smelling
plant was of home production and that
the employees were all local men,
j. II. Mauderiield OF the Salt Lake |
Route urged the making of Utah an
exporting rather than an importing |
state.
Lafayette Hanchett said that Tooele |
had three great resources. namely. its
smelter, the Salt Lake Route and 1000 |
good cooks, as had been demonstrated |
by the banquet that had been served |
Joseph T.. Caine spoke in behalf Of |
the Utah Development league and the
Salt Lake Commercial club.
J. w. MclIenry of Murray gave an
Interesting review Of the work that
was being done by the Commercial club |
of Murray,
Douglas White told n few good |
stories and in serious vein gave the
farmers some good advice on couscrva-
ton Of water and agriculture in gen
cral.
After the meeting was concluded the
demonstration train was added TO the
special train and all arrived safely at
midnight.
Young Men Steal Keepsakes.
Il. King. aGed 81 Years and !. T.
kiuoan, aged .. years were arrested
last night by Detectives Ripley and Cleve-
land. ThcT are being held at the city