Show s HAPPINESS IN HEBER t Celebration t Marks tne Opening of the Railroad i SPEECHES AND FEASTING + I SALT LAKE AND PHOVO PEOPLE THERE 1 Programme Concluded By a Dance last STight Secretary Hammond and Other Prominent Men Make Happy Talks Charleston hareston Decorated Deco-rated Por the Occasion 4 Special to The Herald Heber Sept a The residents of Heber with a trainload of friends from Provo and a delegation from Salt Lake today and tonight celebrated in royal style the v j < ning of the Westerns branch to this olace Thero was speechmaking and feasting during tho day and a dance tonight to-night Everybody turned out and every ever body enjoyed the occasion to the fullest extent A special train of seven heavily loaded coachc left Provo at noon and arrived here at 230 The run over was made very I slowly on account or the newness of the + t r + 11 4 1 4 e JJ j it111 t 4 t t 7 4 I = + + I + First train leaving Heber station It consisted of seventeen cars containing 5000 head + property of John A Austin and J 0 Ihike The train pilled out of Heber last of sheep the + 4 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ± + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Saturday LAAAik I 4 track and the fear that there r some weak places which have not yet been discovered Enthusiasmat Charleston The fin > t stop was nnde at the Provo power house Another stop was made at Bridal f In order to give the travelers a good view of that exquisite bit of na tures WTlk The next stop was at Charleston Here there was a wait of nearly half an hoUr while the citizens of this lively little place guve evidence of their enthusiasm over the advent of the Iron horse Decorations of all kinds were every where in evidence and as the train pulled in I was greeted by an anvil chors puUed was fairly deafening A pretty fefature of the ceremonies hereiras the sinning of I I America by a chorus made r up of I Charlestons school children After leaving leav-ing Charleston no further stops were mace and the run to Heber wgsrjiccDmpllshed without Incident worthy of note The Sait Lakers who wjsre on board were Acting Governor Hammond State Auditor Richards Treasurer Chlpman and J J Thomas Mrs Hammond and Mrs Richards Rich-ards accompanied their husbands At the head of the ProVo delegation were Mayor Jones with Councilmen God dard Harding Keeler and Taylor Recorder Re-corder Nelson Superintendent of Water worlt Armitstead Health Officer Simmons Sim-mons Street Supervisor Farrer and Fire Chief Tailor Many other prominent citizens citi-zens of Provo were present Welcomed By Mayor Clyde When the train reached the depot Mayor Y Clyde of Heber was a the depot to meet it and welcome the visitors The Heber band was also out and during the few minutes walt that ensued discoursed a programme of patriotic airs When the band finished Mayor CJvde announced to the multitude Chat further exercises would be conducted in the courthouses court-houses and Invited everybody to be present pres-ent The whole town of Heber on the line of march was profusely decorated The display of flags and bunting at the courthouse house was particularly effective Mayor Cljde presided over the ceremonies ceremo-nies He first in well chosen words Introduced frst wons troduced President Hatch Of the Heber stake President Hatch has been a longtime long-time resident le this valley l and It was Ito I most appropriate i that he should be first to speak He extended a most cordial welcome to the visitors and thanked them for the honor Implied bv their presence iou are welcome here so long as you behave yourselves sad President Hatch hu morousU In conclusion ho predicted that an r ok ea prosperity would follow fol-low tho advent of the road Mayor Sbne T k 4 Mayor Jones was the next speaker The I Provo executive was exceedingly eloquent when he spoke of the I warm spirit ot fellowship that had always existedbbtween Provo and i t tJ8Xn I Heber and declared hat the building of the road would cement the bond even more firmly The iron horse will rollick I up this canyon and rattle the rails that have been silent for centuries said Mayor Jones and I will bring Heber and I Provo Into more neighborly relationship than ever before At the conclusion of the mayors remarks re-marks the Provo quartette gave a selec I ton and then Acting Governor Hammond spoke Mr Hammond started out b > expressing ex-pressing his pleasure at being present He aid he was sorry that Governor WHs could not also have been on hand as he knew of the executives warm feeling feel-ing of friendship for the Heberites The speaker praised the enterprise of tho railroad in making the extension and decsarod that it wQuld mean much for Hebt He said the p opl must now do their part Although the road would do much it couldnt do everything Praise Prom Mr Chipman Than Treasurer Chlpman spoke He said he was In Htber many years ago I but through I stress of circumstances had iever been Iat fn rpn J lt his Visit I He I congratulated the citizens on the progress mde since thei and expressed the hope that the lrWe of enterprise shown would b kept up until Heber takes rank as one of the first cities of the state Auditor TUchardslolloped Mr Chlpmaa Ar Richards said the road was a good J4ng and that I would undoubted b o nencfit to the town I might also ring some bad features such ds hobos ne similar objectionable characters but the people must accept the good and reject re-ject the bad He was willing to trust theu to distinguish between what was t objectionable aid what was unobjection able unobJetOnj Reed Smoot of 3rov > was the last speakei Mr Smoots remark along I the same lines a < those who preceded him When he had finished a lunch was served in Heber hall Prepaiations had been made to feed 900 people and there was plenty for evsrvbody The menu consisted f excellent sandwiches coffee and other rood things thing The state oCSclas and Mayor Jones were taken to dinner by President Hatch and nany other visitors were entertained at private residences The ladies In charge o rvate public spread are worthy of special mention on recount of their untiring efforts ef-forts to make ewrvbody comfortable They were Mrs Levisa Alexander Mrs t TIary Willis ssL Giles Mrs James McDonald i Mc-Donald Mrs Joseph McDonald Miss Margaret Cook and Is Mllle Wit 1 Dancing in Turner hal at 7SO The cuests from abroad participated In the I festivities until 930 when their train started back to Provo I 4 1 |