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Show WERE SHOWERED WITH BOUQUETS Royal Reception to the Angelenos. Commercial Club RoomsPre-sented RoomsPre-sented a Scene Long to Be Remembared. Tie i of Friendship Were Fumly Established Es-tablished Betwesn the Cities of the Saints and the Angels. Accustomed as they are to flowers, the ViSltOri from Los Angeles were well-inlgh smothered hy the bouQUi ts showered ii...n tlu m by the speakers at the Commercial Com-mercial club reception Inst evening. Ro- marklng that they must have air. the members of the AngoIehO city government govern-ment withdrew about 9 30 o'clock and, when Inst seen, had an air of expectancy and their faces toward the Salt Paluce. Those who remained wa re obliged to content con-tent themselves with the t'ommerclal club punch a mild form compared with that served nt the South Main etreet resort. A Scene of Beauty. Seldom in the history of the rommerciul club has lie roof sheltered h larger or more enthusiastic gathering than that which tiMsemhled Inst evening. The staff of OOV. fuller. In full uniform, members of the Commercial club. Real Estate association asso-ciation and other kindred organisations, cltv county and State officials In evening dress, nnd a full complement of Salt Kikes fairest women, mole the affair a memorable one. The beautiful settings of the scene will not x i he forgotten. Th halls wore lined with palms and rubber rub-ber plants. An OfChestM. of twentv piece's was stationed In the dining-room and grontlj ndih d to the evening's plea-sure Flags, streamer- of the national colors col-ors and bunting were seen on all sides; largo Hags worn festooned from the corners cor-ners of the rootiiH to the chandeliers. Many bowls and vases of roses, carnations carna-tions and sego lilies WOfO placed mi small tables In the dining-rooms Punch Was Delicious. Delicious punch was served during the evening In the public and private dining-rooms. dining-rooms. Yery attractive Were the decorations decora-tions In the west end of the dining-room. A large mirror was outlined with many sprays of asparagus fern, In front of which was a tall vase of American Realities. Reali-ties. Above this was a large picture of Senator Mark, with "Old Clor" forming a background. Like Old Friends. Long bSfOre Secretary Fisher Harris mounted the Improvised rostrum In the lonnglng-room and Introduced tho flrdt speaker tho Angelenos and th Salt Lakers had reached tho stage of Intlmai c and were chatting away like old friends Many pleas. int .o .pialntances formed during dur-ing the pile rim ic to lb - sen were renewed, re-newed, and many social obligations discharged. dis-charged. Address of Welcome. BX-OOV. lb her M. Wells, now president of tho t'ommerrlal club, was the first speaker. He said. Governor Wells's Address. I fin not rln with th Intention of tnnklnc you a speech, hut only to make you wele.ini. you. who are our honored nrits mm that splendid City of the ntinaet KOA fis Angeles. if it arould add anything to tho wajratth of your greeting to have Salt bilkers present rlxo In concert and nlmut tho word Waldorrio I" n hUOdrcd times or tnnrr, I am Mire It Wtmtd he cheerfully and f.sihltfly tendered, ten-dered, nut Inasiniuii ax tho rules of Iho Club fOrbld any unusual or unnooestary nolxe. I iihall auk you to tin content with iho a.i-surunco a.i-surunco that no Ntrangers over entered the gatCB Ol a City who were more welcome, more eagerly expected, more TSSIohily sought after, af-ter, nmro cMrnestly yearned for than you nr.-Therefore, nr.-Therefore, we open widn our arms to you and enfold you in a fond embrace. Wo do thlo for various reasons. After Many Year 5. For ninny years w have heen looklns forward for-ward with eyes of hnix. and Joy to tln Unite when our two cities would he Joined together hy the Iron hands of commerce I nin getting an old riUUl now. when the heyday In the b 1 In tonic, yet the drew nf innnmry Hill hum reasonahly bright, nnd I declarf to you that my in. in.uy runs not hnck to the timo I first heard a public sneaker refer to th proposed wedding of the cut r.r the Angela nnd the tity of tho Saints. Fbr ten yems we lmi heen offering prlien to the orator who OOUld orate without mentioning this Wedding Uncle nniy Workman, away back In the pari) eighties, laid nway a ease of ivlno In hf cellar In Los Angeles, and a secret ov that he MOUld not oppu li until the two iltles were united. It Is oven nssrrtf-d that Hnn'or f'larlt and ford K. Itule pc.Jgo, to e.ich other that neither would shave their heard until tho fiini.. happy event. And now it Is nn accomplish. accom-plish. . I fact. Uhcli Billy has opened the win.-, tin .vj.)ing march Is on, th Senator and Mr. Huloi tnny renew their youth and become shavers again, nnd wo all hnvo Mndlar cause for rejoicing 1 lint the Did Colored woman hnd who. when the oldest old hncholor and iho Oldest old mniil In a Southern village tlnnllv wedded flftor a qunrter of a century' Of lourt- s ii 1 1. sjtclaimadi "Prnlsa da Lewd! day spliced at InM." Cordis Welcome Extended. We WclCOrnG you nlsn because you have re-Centlr re-Centlr shown nur own townsmen pilch splendid hospitality, only a month ago our cltlji"ns In gay attlrn won- Hitting utK.ut thn strvots of your beautiful city, Mining with nn angel hero and buying a comet lot there, or. perchance, viewing tall ostriches from hlfrh-prlced automobiles, auto-mobiles, or tutn.ggnnlng up and down Mount Lowe, or wandering arm In arm with somo dlsl Ingulahed atrahger amidst an endless con-tlaulty con-tlaulty of orange srovcfci pausing the while to InJialS the rlcll fragrance of the camphor tree and to Inquire If any hroino-seltzor hushes gn v In the orehard: or mayhap Ix.undlng over the restless billows to fulr Cntullmu with a "HO, hoys, hOI and hrlng hack my h,,nny llUIOh and n "tillor's llfo'x the life for .llrnmy McDonald " And sn wo wnnt to got even with irou for all these luxurious and ecslatl.! delights de-lights Other Reasons Given. We welcome you niso because wo want tn work nft-oine cheap ral aetata upon you ori you are aware BUalficee han licen a llttio dud. ion see. and this looks like a notion opportunity opportu-nity tor us To all Intending .ureha.sors lot in Issue this frtehdly nolo of warning Don'l buy -until oU have seen mv quarti r-s. otlon over the rir. it u as beautifully flecked with alknll n anything you ever siw. while underneath tho surface thorp Is its gt.rl. us nnd unyielding a stretch of hard pan r. say tioni -t farm OT was over up against Now, as -..-in as the water bonds are tio.-ito.i and tho Government estsbllahes a storage reservoir In Btrswberry valley, and construct two or three hundred mllea "f cnnnls. Just as sure as the sun shines upon it. which it unquestionably d. oil, this choice acreage will sopr.-cliUe another owner. IT It Is nt all tiossllde. e welcome you bacauae you are of th Went, ns we are. where the golden sun rnnken' HIS glorious set, nnd Where men's hearts aro attuned to the hospitable meiodlee or the evening, and swnpptnu llvs over the back ft See, Neighbors Always Welcome. Vft Welcome you bet atiie now vou ar our nelghlrtirs nnd We want to he neighborly, Thu dlstan.-e h.iween us Is hut n more strip now and If IberS ho any among you who, after your visit, do not wish to remain here pcr-mnnently, pcr-mnnently, these few many run oyer almost any time. The commercial riuh n.i the public-spirited cltlseaB of the Imperial commonwealth of r Tinh have provided you th bekt entertainment entertain-ment they could. Olid I liust you will enjoy yourselves feu will be tut en to some .r mines nnl smelters, our summer raSOrU nnd sanitariums fou win ntethlng of our agricultural development nln from the Windows of your cars nn tiir thunder through our valleys, now rleh with verdure :uid onb Mfty elght years afio hurrcn a, the desert Through which you hnvo pnsse.i Keep this thought In mind, my friends what hns heen accomplished here has he. ii done by the Indomitable energy of a great and ge.od people, after much hardship nnd suffering Have the not hulldorl br-autl- fUllyt Have they nol carved s hsoPf smile upon tho etiihhorn fuce of nnturo, and Is It not tho smllu that won't cninii off? Rcsponte by Koepfli. The response of the Angelenos to this cordial welcome wax voiced by Presl-d Presl-d nt J, 0 Kooptii of the Chamber of om-merce om-merce as followw: Maj. Kocpfirs Speech. Lnst me.nth When VOU visited us In Is Angeles, An-geles, wo promised soon tn return vour visit. Thanks Senator link's getier-sliy, wn ha. not had to curb out Impatleiiec Very long. Pn hero wo are, and tnlghty Bind of It we or1 for wo hud a sufficient snmplo of you Salt Inkers to mitke us feel about 'ou nn the l..v did about that pit when ho wanted It Often nnd plenty of It. I find It ni..st natural that the ir tplo Of Snlt ljikr and iis Angeles poposas a Btrong affinity f'.r eaeh other Mnrn It Is the mnn who has done something himself who ran best appreciate appre-ciate sturdy, active manhood In his successful fellow. Y..U of Salt Tallin rouni a aoBort, ami on It you built a great, beautiful city and you converted tho dreary waste nmund It into pro. In. '. I e f.-irm". tho homes of a prosperotn una contented pe..po. You tapped the mountains moun-tains and they ore yielding you their hidden Wealth lo wo nnt hold among nur meet, valued poaaeeelons that plate whereon your Skilled luul artistic craftsmen fashion, d fr.an your own BllVi v. y..ur own gold, your own Copper and your own mahogany wood that beautiful Invitation with whieti ron bid us hero Many men ll Ing Ii. l.os An,r.i s t.-lnv v.-- membi r southern California ns a semi-arid Wliste. the brst nf It thought to ho BI f.r little more thnn as a pasture for sheep ami cnttlo. W hen now you Journeyed westward vou mot lone lines e,f solid nrnnco trains, you met other trains of fi eight carrying varied products pro-ducts of the soil nnd factory Whe n Int. r "II passed through euir gniv'es and e.nr fields and entered the ;ily of 1m Allgoles. saw her tall buildings, h. r factories, her bpay sire. ts. her qlilet homes e In green, you must hiive sstd tn yotirsojvos, "horn Is a people Who have done as we havo done; what wo ,11,1 !n th. I a-sln a-sln of tho Orral Salt lake the- have d. no on the border of the- l'oclno " Such, ladies tmd Bcntlerc.en, wer the thoughts that rams to mo as wo traveled through t'tnh nnd entered this city, and I felt that tho soma energy, the ame entir-polso, entir-polso, tho Mina persevering virility must ho common lo both our e'tles. Today we have the Ntnrt nf you In sire, but you nr much fnrth.T nlong thn we ,.re when our 'ham-her 'ham-her of Cnminrrcn began Its lahas our chamber hns worked many more years than your buslneas men's club here. Our Frank Wiggins w.is discovered and set In mniinn long before your Fisher Harris was. BUt now since you hnvo this One asSOclatlofl yo Well equipped t., do your w.uk. nnd Hi's man whom men who know besl stenk of no the double ot ouY own Frank Wlggin- let nm urco vou people of Salt Lakp to benefll hr them tn the fullest oxtmt. Tut plenty of i.v. r to th. ir elhowf. Let the association and Its secretary at all times fool thnt tho fieople of salt Ijike. are behind them, not nl ono time a part nf the pcopln for nn thing, and nt another time another part of tho people peo-ple for another thing; hut that all tho peopln ore behind them at all times for all things, regardless of th special interest or the inu-iduni inu-iduni in tho particular thing nt. hand. That Is what we In lis Angeles huvo done f..r our Ohambet ot Commeroe, and It is thai concerted, centralised effort that has enabled us to four-fold our population In fifteen years, te very nearly double It In tho Inst live years. The occasion which wo ore celebrating l DOS of equal Imparl tO tth cltlec the opening of the San Pedro, 1-os Angeles & Salt Lake railway rail-way tho easy grade rnllroad thnt follows the old mule-team mod from the western slepe ef tho Kooky mountains to thn sro. fVr years Iho .Snlnts nn.l th'i Angola both prayed fur It, but Snlnts and AliBels wen unnhlo to hi lug It alxiut. till a man discovered nnothor man. and In four short years there-) aftor this man had de.no what Saints and Angela had failed to do. Tom Olbhon dle-. dle-. ivered Bebator w A. Clark; not that the Senator needed discovering, for We all knew him and so did you; but Gibbon made up his mini thai (Senator iark OOUld, shoul 1 and would hulld the missing link, ami what Mr Qlbbofl gpea aitet ho generally gets. However, the- building e.f an overland railroad hy one man whs such a revolutionary thought that even the giant business mind of the S. nat-r might have r. fuged to entertain It. had It not been fnr J. Ross dark, his brother, Mr. liark Is an Angoleno to the fullest extent of California enthusiasm. He umspe.i tho Idea In all Its breadth and extent; and It was un-ilouhte.Jly un-ilouhte.Jly duo to the Senator's confidence In his brother's Judgment that We owe his undertaking under-taking this great work. There nr.- others who should ho remembered mi n llko Senator Korns and Paid Keith -but It is not my Intention to mnnnpnllze the nooi Th.. nil-important fact for us to remember remem-ber la thnt Salt Ijk- and I-ns Angeles nro nrh nn Important center that you have many things we wnnt, that we have n.anv things which yOU wnnt That we have a Splendidly hunt mil route connecting ui that it brings you closer to the sealnard than yon have ever been, nnd over a mod nf Which It Is said that you could start a car nt Salt Ijike and II would land In I-c.s Angeles nf Its own motion. That for us tho whole Rocky mountain region I opened up as It naVbr was l.efore; that lite hlstoiy of b..th our . Hies show that the men who Inhabit them an do a man's parti that lour reception nf us hero today Wnji an outpouring out-pouring of friendship which came fnm tho Kearf and went to the heart, and that it means that tho two hnvo Joined hunds and will pursue their destinies together that unless un-less we become untrue to i.ur own record tho future of Iwith spells greatness nnd success. Applause for Clark. Prolonged and enthusiastic applause greeted the appearance of Senator wn- ll.im A 'lark. tie was distinctly tho central cen-tral feature nf the reception Keen thej mention of his name by the other speakers put the audience In an uproar. The president presi-dent of the San Tedro railroad said: Senator Clark's Speech. Mr chiirnian, tieniiomon of tho Commercial Commer-cial Club and of I'tah, and (Jurats from t'all-loriila t'all-loriila I am here this evening us a guest nf this club to assls.1 111 welcoming and entertaining enter-taining our frionda from southern California which I, hs president of the San Pedro sjnd Salt Lak' Rallreael company and y.ni us hosts, have Invited to make a pilgrimage to the lity nf vhe Saints and lo partake ot your hospitality. hos-pitality. It has l.ei n a royal welcome. Indeed, and I nm sure that our friends from the south will ae thut Salt I-'iko hospitality has the ring ..f the true- niotal, nnd that they aro up against the real thing In all rrty experiences I have never witnessed wit-nessed Rueii a manifestation of geniality and g. o. fellowship ns glows upon tho Intelligent faces In Mils grand Intermingling of the best und bigheal tjTpa of American manhood. 1 wish that It could he witnessed by every rustling young man In tho country. Jt would bl a means of Inspiration to greater effort and higher achievement to them irhlle lining themaelVaa to mke their places in the stirring aellvltl I life, activities ihor must create ii n Industries, unfold tv w empires of wealth and mak homfs for tho millions. I don't IcnoW how thn rett of you feel, but 1 myself am never so happy ns wh.-n I am out here In the might v West nnd In a crowd nf Western - r I like people Who "do things. " and. ns David llsrurn gftTK 'do Ii fUSt." Nnw I ri nllze Ihsl there are some tender-feet" tender-feet" SinOnest us. and pnrllcularly In eotlth- in California, but they soOtl catch on. Im-bit.e Im-bit.e the W m. vn spirit, and make the ! It kind of Hustlers. In Live, Wide-Awake Town. We are all here In 0 UVSi wide-awake Western West-ern town tonight, hut we must not forget that Its foundations were labl by the pioneers, and thnt they yvoro tho forerunners of the Clvlllsatloi of the West They had the courage cour-age tn take their flvas hi their hands and bluno the trails. They fought the Indians nt . . i y step They dlSCOVSred the mines In the mountains, ipenad up tniins in the vaUsys, i stahllrli' d tl utposts, laid out towns and prepared the w.iy for the hulldlng nf railroads and the estnhhvhiuent of State g.ivernments anl all the conveniences and luxurlea of modern mod-ern civilisation which we now enjoy. The early settlers of L'tah. more than any or us realize, were powerful factors In the development f all this great Intermountaln ti Klon. ItrlKham Young mil his brave band Of followers, fol-lowers, who landed iu this valley July. Isr nr .1 stait'si out this City where wn are now enjoying this Rr--iit function tonight, Initiated an enterprise f grand Importance, which at least from sn industrial standpoint entitled them to the hlghteal consideration or gratitude. grati-tude. In the early ph.neer days of placer mining, when the first rush Of prospectors pushed Into the canyons and gulches of Idaho ond Montane., I recollect very well that we-hnd we-hnd to rly on our Mormon friends In I'tah for th. DM!arles of life, tnd all tbj r.m.ls out of Salt l.uke to the mining CSlbpS i'0 lined with mule terms ar.d hull trams and park animals le-ided with lUpplli I That buslncMi was tho occusluu of sny first Visit here In 18. Kslt Like was n .small town then bui one cod Id not fu to be struck with Its CCgtraj localhjn und coinmandlug p.J(- slth.n as a llstrlbUlIng point M thai tl nnt n tall wui laid wst of the MUnourl river, and it was Impossible foi snv one L. grasp 1 qi nihilities e.f the futuri'. Greatest Smelting Center in West. Today It Is Indee.l a city, and the greatest smelting fi rit'i In all the Weslei-i .euntry. ev. rtt- e Ii I' co.' r..miriii ' ely only In lis Incipient stage of progress with extended rnllronl facilities nnd larger development Of Contiguous nnd Inexhaustible .al and Iron dersiKlts, the mineral prexlucts of the gnat mining regions for hundreds nf mUSS nroitnd. nn.l particularly from the south nnd west, Including the marvel. .us gold deposits Of Nevada, Ne-vada, will naturally Mow here for treatment, an I this will Insure it permanence and prosperity pros-perity fnr ngos to cOme Now, my friends fi om I'nllfornla. I assured ynu a feW Weeks ago. when I had the honor to bo received by you, that when ynu came t.. t tali. Noil would tlnd the Inteh-strintf out or. every door, and we are Kind that you have come Congratulates Calif orniarrs. These Interchnnges of visits, aside from their sncini npr.-t, are productive "f substantial advantages In mnnv nthor respoets that cannot bo estimates or fully appreciated at lb lime. While I Heartily Join with nur Vtnh friends in extending to vou a Kind Welcome, I want also t" congratulate ou upon the remarkable progress vou haVe made In southern California Califor-nia Vou. too. are builders ! builders nf homos ne.l communities, of eitlei and forlorn for-lorn i V.. in vineyards and orchards a'" e-pnnding e-pnnding and growing year hy year until now you ar- shipping to the Eastern und Southern markets annually thirty thousand carloads of fruits. The man-bless profusion ami splendor nf ..ur Mowers nr. unrrpi.il. .1 anvwhnre In the wide w .rid Your homes and gTOUbds and gardens are I nlng more beautiful and en liuioilng every yeSr, and .'.n r metropolis Is growing so rapidly that nt Intervening vl1t of only n few nthS npart I nni obliged to study mv lenrings from the old landmarks, 0 ITlChy new and maKiiltlcont structures there nro In th" course of erection, and most nf theni skvverutieis at that. As to San Pedro Harbor Hut. my friends, with mi these gratifying conditions, your ambition Will spur yon nn to greater cortqueats, notwithstanding the local achievements accomplished, of which you am Justly proud, yOU will renllze that at your very door lies a great bnihor, which, when fully Impiovrd. ns now undertaken by tho ;oornment, will be second Id none on tho Western hemisphere with your magnificent nn" Pedro harbor, command Ins the mighty re sources of a grent area stretching eastward uj thn MISSISSIPPI Valleyi embraolhg proat mlnoial wealth, whOas agricultural product! win bo Increased ten-fold by the rociamatlon of Its urld lands, with the first call OH thn commerce com-merce of the Isthmian rnnnl. nn.l your SOSSt trndo extending northward to Alaska, you Will send enmmeninl fleets tn the Orient to oxrhantfn your products for theirs and share with other rirls the rich conunere-o of the Kastern world. Thin Is tu pipe dream nr t'to-riian t'to-riian prophecy, it Is merely a faint outline nf netnal conditions n they will oxlt elnrlng the lifetime of manv ot those piesent hero to-nlRht. to-nlRht. Opened Vast Empire. Mr. Chairman, 1 have addressed myself this evening to the psOpie of two groat sections of this country, people so different anil rsl SO alike, so near nnd vet until recently so far. I am glad that I nuiy have heen Instrumental tn bringing you together here and nl LOS Angeles for an exchange ,,f l.bas and cordialities cor-dialities Hitherto, although only eight hundred hun-dred miles apart, 'nil hnve heen separated by a zone prirtlv desert, which was inaecesslhlo by the ordinary methods of Communication This belt or snhe, fortunately nnt Very wide, has nil e,r the characteristics of ths gr.-nt .1. s.-rt of sahaia little verdure to greet th" eye; no water except from occasional cloud-bui-sts; llttlo anlmnto life, other thnn the llsard and snake. nothing but alkali nnd sand, and gray, bare and rocky hills, Iwirderlng on the famous death valley, whore many nn animal ruid ts-.r prOSpOCtor havo been lured U) destruction. TCI all this region ha-s untold tron'sures nf mineral wealth and Immense .e-jM-islts nf Irf-.rax and nitrate that l.v moans nf tho rhJIroad Will bo made available to tho world's Industries Railway Through Desert. A gre-nt art. ry the San Todm. bos Angeles Ac Salt Iake railroad, pulsating with life, has been laid down through that daSBrl waste, as well ns through the magnificent fertile valleys val-leys of I'tah Nevada end California on either Hide, nnd brought together Into closer relations rela-tions iho two grent cities of Pnlt Lake and l.s Angeles. From one nd to the other It traverses a country Which SbOUlldS HI natural resources, whose rapid development It will Insure. Branches will In duo COUrsS he con-StrUoted con-StrUoted and the man makers Trill for si. mo time he kept busy The Influence of readJUSt- l mente an uVjund in various industries follow- Ing the completion e.f this route has already been felt fmtn the Atlantis, to tho Pacific. Mr. r'hnlrnian. I recall with Intense pleasure pleas-ure tlie occasion of my visit to this cltv two years ago on the 17th nf this month, when I and mv n-r.intes were guests of this club and Were given a banquet such as has never boon KUrposed In any country. It was a "hot number." and thn memory of It will he a refreshing re-freshing souvenir In tny heart whllo life shall last. 1 ran never forffet the kind SSprCBBlOHS e.f confidence nnd cnoourn&ement which I knew canm straight from the heart "ti that evening. I trust that our policy and an I n may ever be sm-h thnt your food will and respect re-spect may ho maintained What was then e. uiiestion partly of expectancy is nnw- one of fulfillment. I believe thai all nf our brightest hopes wiil be more than realized The business busi-ness of lh road Is opening under the most favorable SUaplCOS It Is un aagUrCfl success. Limited Daily Service. Snmo rhanges of grade nnd curvature nn tho old sections, In th.' waj of betterments will soon be completed nn.l tho ballasting of tho whole line will bo finished as soon as possible. possi-ble. Thn service yvlll be Improved by the ai-dltlnn ai-dltlnn e.f trains as fast as the business warrants war-rants It. and in the autumn It Is proposed ill conlnnctlein wllh Other lines tn establish a through limited dally service Isith was from l hi. ago to Los ArtgaJeS This will he r..in-posed r..in-posed of new Pullman trains nf the highest efficiency and nmst elegant and luxurious typo that tau.- and skill ran dOVlSC. In the traffic department tho management is determined t. give tho best possible service, and wth low gradients, light urvatures. heavy rolls, powerful pow-erful locoihotlvaa nd entirely new equipment nf the high, .t standard, there is no reason that It should not bo rnpld prompt and efficient. in conclu'alon, sentletftco, in behalf nf myself my-self and associates, I beg i,, extend to you our Warmest greetings and kindest wishes. Mr Skinner Was Visible. A. W. Skinner, a .Hi ..tor of the I'hnm- ber .if Commerce who t""k the lead in entertaining the Bali Lakers during their h i ent pilgrimage, overcame hi natural diffidence long enough to show himself, express bis appreciation of Snlt Lakes hospitality and recoivo a round of applause. ap-plause. Mr. Kerens Talks. Hon u o ECercns, one of the builders ot tho Suit Lako Houte, made a bappy little talk full of personal nlluslons and historical references Speaking m the new rein.i, he said ho had been BS far as Las Vegas on it and considered it the finest line of new railroad ho had ever 8 n, and capable "f handling almost anv amount of traffic. The possibilities Son P.-ilro harbor wore d. lrted In glott luu t. rnis. and Mr. Kerens closed with i appreciative reference to Senator 1 larft, S. ii, i tor Kenrns. Hon. David Keith and the into Senator Stephen iilto. as thn men who had given of their means and energy to make the lino an accomplished fact. Welcomed by the Governor. In behalf of tho State of Utah the fol-lowitnr fol-lowitnr welcome was extended bv Got Cutler Gov. Cutler's Address Tho Governor, after a most heart y wolrome to the Los Angeles chamber of Commerce, city, county and Stato official, in which hi pleasingly referred lo the recent visit nf llthhbi to i-os Ant. i, ' mid sxprSssed tre hops that thn visitor would enjoy their visit to I'tah. spoke an follows: ' "Greet as has been the work In constructing and placing in operation the magnificent piece of railroad engineering n.,M to bo popularly known sh the Salt bake Route, nnd which connects San Pedro, lns Angeles and Salt bnk" Lily, giving a new and sid -ndldlv-equipped short line from the Pacific coast aen.ss California. Nevada and I'tah. to the heart of tho Intermountaln region. I sav that great us has been that work, its real magnitude magni-tude cannot i,.. measured bv coulsmplatlna only tho span Of months OOCUPIed In the actual i i,' icaJ labor performed. We must look back. WSrd, Uy half a centUrV, and forward, nur atsiut the same period of time Makes a Comparison. "Half a Century ox.., what was the scene where you nr.- now c an led alone In palatial railway roaches nt thirty to forty miles an hour? A few sjsds of verdure, a few SpHngl Of WSten a few Villages and towns, u i;i! I panee of rr.rk and desert, a veritable death ti all from tho mountains to the sea, where none but those iwssessed nf. -jnusoal lyor. nf hody and IhurOd to hurdshlps. in'sht ventttio In hope of tiaverslnij It safely. As the years passed on. the towns ar either end srew into cities, the Villages Int.. towns but tho Intervening Inter-vening space remained almost as 'the rsl ley of tho shadow of death.' in Its resistance 10 development by lha energy of man 'This wan the COndltlOn of the linito when William A. Clark of Montana gazed upon the having hn.t i- . t "n.M.s ,llu, " .'n""'"l IsuBf ' "'" '.nt; , toll "he-lH hefnro hi n S3kv"" rnlnds M,.ir TZ, & In papers d on tknrsJ Ro.sj ,e, ults tr, ,:.,v, K? 4 tl, "J!" ii .... ; th" u2 "' ' ' int.. ... 1 Vi? their hearts-;,,,,, n3 felled ,h..f. , ,,' 1, ersnl ?" -brectioaaV KofJ1 a-t as were tn r, l, W " ''vuh In hi. an" -i compllMhnv ni nn, V"'"" ' to Ph -leal'lati:; V3 Th Outlook No ' "r''f "I cn-urv her. V..laBes ar ' epand.-d l , ,.rv 1 , Jh Tsj Shorn ThrVffi3 Ilk., a r,a, ,?0 hlBl ''dlng lis rich n.in.ini,S1 of Industry Is h.la ?l "" ' t.alns th..?' """"" m.i..r he 'Vm :..-.eis .iviii inlon ' '--nte-inplato iheiT 11 what has been I n? m lh "'" ' ' - Inunehir,- lrgIr, V; "' -' eC'lebrat. Yv',, u bro.iRht nt(J , , ' i1rLrjSU,l !h;:;-' !. Th,. sa rlp ' " " r... :i . " 11 11 'i 1 have i, v. T ,h J hi",' ,,bel ""' A'Mns' Sij l ink, d t., I'nelMn-. , -n m-'Sea Aro sisters n,aj thVJ And tho... who ooVH Shall friend, Take the Strang .ull.ur-t of spontanpoj! siired the visitor that Ra While the Salt Lake rxcurei AngekM hut lo o,,r hoil J""" Powers praised1 the two . Itlc-s ere njW,hl nectlnK link, and presci3 merci:,l expansion when M ' ' Hlmll put San P.Mlro nJ connection wm, ,ho A(nn More OratorB in Bt Se. ref.iry Harrl?. beff,.,, . ' omph Hon nf the prnCrami slori t.. , orr. ct ativ rrrond that mlffht have i)evn forni 1 ' 'Ve do not , ' v.- are out nf sucasj li.i; nv.ro men who like I S- Ives t.ilk than anv cltfl hut th. re win bo other cfl will all upon them thaw |
