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Show 1 MIIHD MEN OFF for mmm Hereafter All Will Be Enthu-siastic Enthu-siastic Boosters for Salt Lake City. ENJOYED STAY IN ZION J. M. Johnson and C. L, Stone Give Out Interesting Interest-ing Interviews. A party of 200 enthusiastic boosters for fialt Lake City left over the Western Pacific for San Francisco last night, at 11:30 o'clock. They were the traffic officials of-ficials of the Gould railroad?, who have been holding a meeting in the city for the past three days. Salt Lake will gain advertising of inestimable value from their visit, in the opinion of every one of the party. The passenger men from all parts of the United States declared they would go home full of good things to tell tourists about Salt Lake and Utah. "We had no idea of all the wonderful things you have here and the beauty of your city," said one eastern passenger a cent on the special train last night. 'We have talked of Salt" Lake to our tourists before, but never could we talk of it as we will in the future after our delightful visit here." So successful was the first meeting of the traffic officials of the entire Goui.l evstem. including the Missouri Pacific & Iron Mountain, the Denver & Rio Grande and the Western Pacific, that similar meetings will be held annually in the future. Officials declared yesterday that much benefit was derived by the discussions, discus-sions, the exchange of ideas and the getting get-ting together of the men on the firing line in various parts of the L:nited Sta tes. Benefit to Salt Lake. As a direct benefit to Salt Lake is the promise of the Gould officials to have representatives in Houston this month for the national convention of the Rotary Ro-tary clubs to assist the Salt Lake delegation dele-gation in urging Salt Lake as the 1915 convention city. The Gould officials declared de-clared that they would do all in their power to help Salt Lake land the convention, con-vention, or any other convention it ever wanted. A committee from the Rotary Hub culled upon the Gould men yesterday yester-day and asked their co-operation at the Houston meeting of the Rotarians. It wart pointed out that on account of con-b'eeted con-b'eeted hotel conditions on the coast fait Lake would be a much more advantageous ad-vantageous meeting place. The Rotarians Ro-tarians can buy through tickets, have a ten-day stop-over privilege in Salt Lake and after their meeting go on to the coast. Many improvements in service and schedules were planned at the -conference. Among the important things was the discussion relative to a through train from St. Louis to San Francisco, which will probablv be put into service next fall. It will" be an all-stel, electrically lighted train of the most modern type. . ; Tunning on a fast schedule. Johnson Is Pleased. J. M. Johnson, vice president in charge of tra ffic for the Gould lines a nd the ' ra nklng official at the local conference, ave The Tribune the following statement i last night regarding the visit' of the "Gould family" to Salt Lake City: We certainly are glad that we selected se-lected Salt Lake City for the first an-: an-: nual meeting of the traffic represen tatives of the Missouri Pacific - Iron Mountain. Denver & Rio Grande and I Western Pacific, for we have found it i not only a convenient point, but we ; have also been entertained in a most , ; roval manner. From the expressions I hear among our men. they are all very much delighted de-lighted with your city, and Salt Lake ; should reap the benefit of this for manv years to come. These men are rout ins: hundreds of passengers every ! ciav, and not many tourists make the trip from- the Mississippi river to the . ' far west without stopping off at some 'I noint en route. Salt Lake Citv is the natural point at which to make this stopover, be-; be-; cause of its geographical position. After viewing the crags and canyons, the heights and waterfalls of the Rockies, it is a relief to rest the eyes upon the beautiful valley lying beyond and in whih Salt Lake City is set lik" a brilliant flower in a mass of foli ace. The spire;- of the City of. tin ir.ts. the sheen of h.pr neighboring lakes and the waving tips of her trees av- seen long before Salt Lake is reached. Hotels Are Praised. Ik-re vou bn v magnificent bote?? rv-1 win a '.:- ty the most exa cting tourists. Til r-n you have ,i beautiful .-iN- with romnrkfiMy n. hi-ond, v eil-ps ved a -fjni.'HS a nd boulevn rds. ma ynifici-it homes st amid luxurious surroundings, handsome business houses. a nd delightful automobile drives ' extending up inln majestic mountains !es than on3 hour away. In Cues'1 mnunuiins are canyons traversed bv elctrii- line? and good roads and dotted with mountain inns and summer '-amps that are rK"t excelled. ex-celled. The fishprman can rvel in his favorite sport right at your very doors, and one may enjoy the unkpie experience of going from thesp snow-fjippd snow-fjippd mountains ' to Great Salt lake in iess i han two hours. Here thon-sands thon-sands of summer visitors gather to tnkf- a swim in salt w;itr and dance in what is said to be thf la rgest caiu-'.ns pavilion in the world. fitit more than all else, we are espe- cially impressed with the culture and hospitality of your people. This city has been the- leading center of musi? for the' entire wst ever since your great organ was built. It is a" rare, trea t to attend these or Ran recitals, to hear this wonderful instrument so skillfully handled by Organist Mc-' Mc-' Clellan and his assistants, i Not the least anion? the city's at-I at-I tractions is the great Mormon tern-pip, tern-pip, which rernii red so many years and so much money to build, and ia without question one of the world's mopt notable strurtures. C. L. Stone's Tribute. C. L. Ptone. the general passenger traffic menager of the Missouri Pacihc-Iron Pacihc-Iron Mountain, with offices in St. Louis, was also enthusiastic in his praise of Salt Lake. He said last nisht: Our men are simply delighted with Salt Lake f'ity, and when you realize that practically all of them arc not only located in large cities of the eat. but are continually tra.veliner throughout the entire rountry, It is a real compliment for them to praise this city. A gxea t many ppnpjp will travel to th Pacific i oast in 11 7 to see the great Panama -Pa "'i tic exposition. Naturally Nat-urally they are going' to sivp serious consideration to the selection of the route whirh will permit them to see t i i e most on the way. Lying between St. Louis and Sau Fiancisco is a stretch of almost 2."ri0 mih's of wonderland. There is much for one to see in Switzerland, Italy's sunn v skies a re a ppealinp. and t he woods and waterfalls of Europe are pleasing to look upon, but all these do not compare in natural grandeur with the mountain heights, the .canyon depths, the erag.s and cataracts, the forest giants, the sweeps of plain and vistas of blue ocean which unfold in kaleidoscopic order before the pvps of tlie traveler over the Missouri Pacific, Iiem er. & Rio Gra nde a nd "Western Pa cin. In the very heart of all this Is Salt lake (ity favorably situated for u restful break in a transcontinental trip, and poss-sing such attractions as to virtually compel the tourist to . spend a fpw flays here. Almost at your very doors Is Vellowslone park. A' our loca t ion 'is id pa I. Von escape the severe wim rs of t he north a nd ypt yon are not, far pnounh sou Mi to suffer extreme lies i in summer. Salt Lake Pity js the best all-year resort in America. All of these tilings make it the natural gateway from the east, to the west, or vcp versa. I know that our men "ill return lo their various territories filled with an uncounded enthusiasm about the tourist tour-ist possibilities "f Salt Lake Citv and vicinity, and this citv should certain-lv certain-lv reap benefits rlchlv deserved from the visit of our men for many years to come. |