The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-18
MIDLAND TRAIL
TOURISTS DUE
IN ZION TODAY
Local Automobiles Arrange
to Meet Visitors and Escort
Them to Commercial Club
for Reception.
MAYOR AND GOVERNOR
WILL MAKE SPEECHES
Entertainment Programme to
Be Carried Out Saturday,
Concluding With Banquet
and Dance at SaItair.

The Indiana to -the-coast automobile
party, which is making a trip from the
middle west to the Golden gate, will
arrive in this city between 3 and 4
o clock this afternoon, unless the sched-
ule goes awry. The excursionists
reached Price last night and will leave
that city for Salt Lake City this morn.
ing, stopping in Provo for luncheon.
Yesterday afternoon VIII G. Far
rell, president OF the Commercial club;
Jesse D. Jewkes. state treasurer, and
David Mattson, secretary Of state,
went to Price to meet the visitors and
accompany them to this city. Cover
nor Spry will meet them at Provo.
According to the arrangements made,
the visitors will be met at Twelfth
South and State streets by the auto
mobilists Of the city. The machines of
the Salt Lakers will be parked on the
west side of State street, just below
Twelfth South and when the visitors
arrive at that point they will be wei
coined by Mayor Park. Hundreds of
American flags will be in evidence,
but there will not be any demonstra-
ton, aside from a formal greeting.
Pass in Review.
After the visitors pass in review, they
will turn east on Twelfth South and
60 to Ninth East and then proceed to
Brigham street. They Will then go west
on Brigham street to Main street and
then go down Main street and turn
into the Commercial club building,
where they will be addressed by Mayor
Park and Judge o. w. Powers. The
visitors Will then go to their hotels.
At 10 o'clock Saturday morning, the
visitors will be taken for ride over
the city, and at 12 O'Clock noon they
Will attend an organ recital at the
tabernacle. At Ais they will be taken
to Saltair and at CLOCK in the even
ing banquet will be rendered to them
at which members Of the Rotary club
will be the hosts.
The visitors will leave for the coast
Sunday morning.
Last night The Tribune received the
following telegram from Price respect
ing the movements of the party:
Unless the weather man interferes.
the Hooser tourists should reach Salt
.lra
IS the Information given out by Chair
man w. Nick, White. All OF the tour
lists arrived in Price today. The
Tribune-Velie pathfinder covered the
seventy miles in FIVE hours. driving
time. which is a good average.
Roads Are Good.
The roads between Green River
and Price stand as monument to
the enterprise OF Price boosters.
Nearly all of the work was done by
private subscription and in the face
OF great odds they built a compara-
lively smooth trail. which was sur
prise TO all who drove over 1t. To-
night q banquet was given all who
drove cars from Green River. fol-
lowed by public street meeting, in
which several speakers talked on the
future OF the Midland trail.
Tomorrow the party will start at 6
o'clock for Salt Lake. They viii go
through the Price canyon and when
the pilot JJof the tourists pulls into
Salt Lake 1t will have the distinction
OF being the first car that ever drove
over the Midland trail from Grand
Junction to Salt Lake on It's own
power. The tourists have wired to
have Salt Lake escort show them
into the city from Murray. Instead Of
Provo.
The trip through Price canyon to-
morrow morning is looked forward TO
with great interest by all Hundreds
of men have been working overtime
for weeks to put the canyon In pass
able shape and It Is announced here
Ut Price that there Will be no trouble.
Word has also been sent here that
the Spanish Fork canyon Is in good
shape
MenascO Arrives.
D. S. Menaseo, one Of the directors
of the Midland trail trip, arrived in
the city last night by train, and was
enthusiastic concerning the tour of the
| automobilists and the results that will
accrue. Mr.. Menasco took the trip
year ago that included Kentucky and
other southern points, and is enthusi
astic over the treatment that the auto.
| lists have received on the present trip.
Mr.. Menasco is vice president of
| the American Motors company, and
y (COnt tinued on Papa Fn,rN