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Show RAiLR0AD8 BUSY ! WITH EXCURSIONISTS Three Local Roads Bring Thousands Thou-sands of Visitors fo Zion Wednesday. The railroads had a busy day Wednesday Wed-nesday handling Fourth of July excursionists. excur-sionists. The three local roads transported tran-sported some 3000 people, of which number thousands were bound for Salt Lake, and today they will handle almost al-most double- that number. The special reduced rate of one fare for tho round trip linn provod a great inducement. The Rio Grande brought some. 800 people from Mureku. Tho mining camp lias simply suspended all business, closed up everything, except the saloons, sa-loons, and giveu itself over to pleasure. From Bingham ihero came 550 people, all on pi ens ure bent. From tho northern section of iho State the Oregon Short Line handled over 1500 people. Cache valley sent hundreds to Zion lo spend the holiday, and Iho country norlli and south also sent forth largo' contingents. The Salt Lake route brought. GOO or 700 people from the southern portion of the State and from the Tintic district, dis-trict, so that our country cousins aro turning out in force and ihey aro welcome. wel-come. Thirty-three Spoclals. "Within tho next, two weeks the. Denver Den-ver Rio Grande will handle thirty-three thirty-three special trains. The first one. will arrive toda-. The special trains are be-in be-in f used for the transportation of delegate del-egate lo the Natiounl Educational association as-sociation al, Los Angeles, tho Christian Endeavor convention at Spokane, and the Baptist Young People's union at Portland. |
