Show I THE CLARK BANQUET Alta Club Scene or Notable Social J Event Givpn by Irlr Kearns At the Alta club Inst evening Mr I TltomnK Kcnrna gave a banquet in I honor of Senator W A Clark of Mon tuna The oval table was spread in the gold diningroom and tastefully decorated with asters bride roses and 1 maiden hair ferns Mr Reams sat at the head of the table and Toastmaster David Keith at the foot The invited guests were Senator Clark Gov Wells Mayor Thompson J Ross Clark of Los Angeles VicePresident E Gibbon of the Terminal President Lorenzo Snow George Q Cannon General Manager Man-ager Dickinson of the Union Pacific General Superintendent Welby and Traflle Manager Babcock of the Rio Grande Western VicePresident Ban croft and General Passenger Agent Burley of the Oregon Short Line George y Wallace R C Chambers Judge C C Goodwin H M Clay Reed Smoot J 10 Dooly A L Thomas C O Whiltcmore W S McCornlck William Wil-liam l Iglehcart C W Penrose C K Mcfornlck In a few graceful words Mr Reams introduced President George Q Cannon Can-non nonMr ilr Cannon said the building ofsa railroad to Los Angtle1 had always been a great desire on the part of the Mormon people that they had often tried to induce the help needed but could not He gave an interesting account ac-count of going over the route In S43 and said he had passed to and fro four times He wantedto seethe road built spoke for a closer walk among the people peo-ple of Utah and predicted a great city here hcrcMr Mr William A Clark was next introduced In-troduced and spoke aa reported above Mr Gibbon of Los Angeles made a = anost interfbtlnjir sncecbv noko of the wx ivXcr urrlchnesi < of life Lbs Angeles > s country of the unparalleled growth of It he city during the past ten years gave figures as to fruit shippod from that region said Los Angeles had bcjn built Iby Eastern capital by men who had fallen bi love with its climate and environments en-vironments spoke of the railroad as u certainty that It would make the journey jour-ney between the cities only twenty < four hours long spoke of the Immense passenger and freight business It would create and the tide of traffic turned through Salt Lake President Snow spoke briefly saying that wo all know what those gentlemen want they want the Pioneer square and the Influence of the < Mormon people He favored giving both freely and heartily and said he would like an expression ex-pression from every one present He was loudly applauded Mr Clark arose and said The square is a little thing not of much consequence the Influence and good will are everything Coy Wells spoke cprdlally oC the road referred to the mention he made of it In his inaugural address and I speaking for the whole people expressed the belief that the sentiment was prac tically unanimous favoring the road and extending all good will toward It and called for an expression from those present asking all who favored giving the square and the influence of the peo pie to rise They all stood up except the especial guests Mr McCornlck was reminded of the incident when Napoleon ordered one of his marshals to invade Italy But slro was the reply I the Alps will have to be crossed Whereupon Napoleon Na-poleon answered Remember there are no Alps to the army of France iSO V Mp McCornlelqsjilU when W A Clark gives tha order there will be no Alps and no desert between here and Los Angeles Mayor Thompson In a few happy words welcomed the enterprise and promised to further It In very way possible 4 Judge Goodwin was particularly hap py In his choice of words in a short speech full of bright sayings mingled with good wishes for the road which ho said he had built many times in the past but had never quite bridged l the Jordan Rood Smoot said if all the men who had spoken were In earnest the road would certainly be built and he hailed the outlook with delight The speeches were all Informal and were most enthusiastically received |