The Redwood gazette., 1935-10-17
THURSDAY, OCTOBER II, 1885
Group Tired and Worn Afte1
Long Trip, Concerts in
Many Cities

Tired and little worn, the
Scenic City band returned to the
Scenic City Sunday morning after
two weeks absence during which
they were feted and entertained as
the official Minnesota day band
at San Diego.
At Omaha, their last stop be-
fore reaching home, they serenad-
ed the victorious Gophers, also re-
turning to Minnesota, with the
Minnesota Rouser. The Gophers
shouted their appreciation in no
uncertain voices, members say.
Scenery and receptions took Sec
ond places in most members en-
joyment of the trip. Old Redwood
Falls residents who greeted them
during their stay were the main
sources of interest.
Dense fog Saturday night and
early Sunday morning made the
drive to and from Window where
the band disembarked, unpleasant.
Some drivers who started turned
back before they got there.
Denver, October live are on
the train again riding toward
Denver. 1t is the worst train we
have ever been on although the
route is the most picturesque. No
one slept much last night as the
train jerked continually. The
"wisecracker" maintained that it
was woman driver.
Thursday when we were in Salt
Lake City we saw many points of
interest. First we went to the
capitol of Utah. In it is the most
expensive reception room in the
world The curtains are embroid-
ed with solid gold thread. Also
there was large, seamless, hand
made rug. From the capitol we
walked six blocks to the Temple
Square which consisted of the
Norman Temple, Norman Taber-
nacle and museum. In the Taber-
nacle we listened to concert
played on the large organ which
has been made famous through
radio presentations.
In the afternoon Bob Tiffany,
Paul Asleson, Jeanette Hillig,
Alice Lauterbach, Mary Dwyer
and l went with Mr.. Andrews and
his daughter, Mrs. Harrison of
Salt Lake City( previously of Red
wood Falls) to Saltair Resort and
Sunset swimming beach at Salt
Lake. The resort had been clos
ed but the gateman was nice
enough to let us into the "fun-
house" free of charge where we
enjoyed ourselves on the slide and
barrel. 1t was quite an experience
to go swimming in Salt Lake.
While we were swimming rescuers
were searching for the bodies of
three pilots who had crashed in
plane the day before. After we
had gone Rev. Westby and Fred
Anthony saw them bring in the
body of one of them.
In the evening we went to the
airport which ranks second to
Chicago in the amount of mail
and number Of passengers it
handles. We were allowed to go
through one of the Boeing planes
which carries 10 passengers Zone
of the airport officials told us
how to work the controls.) Next
we inspected the buildings of the
airport including the weather bur-
eau and the radio transmitter. We
wanted to see plane come In but
we had to go to catch our train.
While we were at the airport some
of the other members of the band
saw the largest ballroom in the
world, "Cocoanut Grove"
We are now passing through
the canyon of the Colorado River.
This afternoon we will pass
through the Royal Gorge.
G. M. Smith.
P. S. Roy Hardy, who has been
making a collection of signs, very
crafty acquired a warning sign
belonging to the American Detec-
tive association.
Salt Lake City, Utah, October
1O-Arrived in Los Veges, New
ada at 5:45 a. m. Wednesday.
How we hated to get up at that
time! That town is supposed to
be an early frontier town but it
seemed to be quite up-to-date. We
left for Boulder City at a. m.
Two buses were chartered for US.
We got to see Boulder Dam. 1t
was a marvellous thing to see and
/ don't think half of US realized
what a wonderful thing it is. II
we had been at the bottom and
looked up we would have realized
how large it is. We were at the
top looking down. The people
looked like just little specks. ;.
When we were in California 1T
was really cool, but now that
we're getting back towards Min
nesota it's getting hot. Yester-
day wednesday, at Los Veges
it was 90 degrees. When we ask
ed a clerk in a store if it was al
way this hot, she said it was cool.
They had had a yery cool summer.