The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-19
BRIGHAM CITY
GENEROUSHOST
ON PEACH DAY
Thousands of Visitors From
Utah and Adjoining States
Are Entertained With
Lavish Hospitality.
PEACHES ARE FREE
FOR GREAT THRONG
Band Concerts, Speeches,
Dancing and Baseball Game
Furnish Recreation; City
Well Decorated.

HANDS of thousands from all parts
49, OF northern and central Utah.
southern Idaho and many from
western Wyoming who have come to
participate In the big annual peach fes-
tivaf that has been SO successfully per-
petuated year after year for nine sue
cessive seasons, until now the celebra-
tion has reached such proportions that
the day could be called a state holiday.
The crowd within the limits OF the city
today numbers well up into the thou
Eands
Why Peach Day.
To those who do not thoroughly under
stand why Brigham City Instituted an
annual Peach day It might be we'll to say
that this day Is 10 the city what a well
established county fair Is TO a county.
a state fair to a state or an exposition
is TO a nation, The day is 10 advertise
the fruit that grows here in abundance.
and upon which many people depend for
their livelihood. Peach day has come to
stay and was made possible by the vast
stretches Of peach orchards that adorn
every nook and corner. every hillside. and
Brigham needs Peach day to advertise
her products, which, by the way, do not
consist entirely OF peaches. but Of every
variety OF fruit grown in this climate.
Preparations for the big celebration
this year have been under way for many
weeks, under the able management OF
Prof. A. ID. Merrill and assisted by many
prominent business men OF the city.
Arrival Of Visitors.
The city began to present a busy ap-
pearance as early as Monday, and many
people were in tho city Tuesday night
The arrival OF excursion trains this
morning on the Oregon Short Limo and
Ogden Rapid Transit company'a line
bought throngs of visitors from Salt
Lake, Ogden, Logan and Malad. The
big special from Salt Lake City arrived
here shortly after 10 O'Clock with many
coaches loaded to the guards. while the
Caehe valley and Malad valley trains car
ried extra coaches for the acoommoda-
ton of visitors from the many towns
along the two lines. On the Ogden Rapid
ransit compapys lines electric trains
OF several cars were run every forty-ftva
minutes throughout the entire day. These
cars brought sll the visitors from Ogden
and intermediate points.
Eight Thousand People.
A conservative estimate of the number
OF people in the city today places the,
crowd at 5000. AL roads lead to Brigham
People came by train. automobile and
vehicle, and those who had no means
OF transportation walked-it was sim
ply matter OF getting here and partak-
Ing Of the hospitality OF the people o.
Brigham City. Those who have been here
on former occasions know what Brig
hams hospitality IS, and those who paid
their first visit to peach town" found
out what hospitality means
The reception committee from the
Comm orcial club and the Brigham City
band were on hand TO welcome
the visitors at the Oregon Short Line
depot who came on the three regular
tr,lins and the Salt Lake special all ar
riying between 9:S0 and 1880 g.. m, The
eemen distributed copies OF
twenty four-pngo souvenir programme
Tho reception committee consisted OF tho
board of control of the club. as follows:
T. d. Call. president; 2. W, Dunn, Harold
g. Day. Victor e. Madsen, Card Isancson,
william j. Lowe, George A Anderson,
Rudolph Kaiser and Wynn L. Eddy.
Are Held.
From the trains the visitors were es-
,orted to the city park on lower Forest
street Tho park rosernbled county fair
with its many booths built In long ters
extending the full length OF the park, and
he splendid fruit exhibit which greeted
.he eye of every visitor as he entered
he grounds. The park soon became
living mass Of humanity, meeting was
,eld at IL o'clock which was addressed
,y 3. c. Call. who acted as chairman.
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