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Show To Ke Made Next Week by I'arfy of Zion Dusiness Men ' and Others. i . 13 IK MOST KO It SALT - IjA KVj Itf ANTICIPATED Incidentally Plenty of Sport. .'Will He Furnished the Kxoiirsionisls. A. big boost, for Utah and incidentally for Salt; Lako City Avill bo given .by the excursion to be taken next v.'eok through the Green Eiver country, down Ihe Green river and up t he Grand lo Monb. 'H'H. parly Avill include u. number of Salt; Lako Cil.v business men and rep-resontatiyen rep-resontatiyen of the press of tho city. Mayor John S.'Hransford will' bo present, pres-ent, and it, is probable also I hat, Governor Gov-ernor William Sprv Avill go. Other members mem-bers of lho party Avill be as follows: 11. L. CunimingH, of Anderson- Cum-mings Cum-mings company; A, JL Birrell, of lho Btrrull-Shipp Really company; C A. (? ray, of the Huffman Realty company ; h. T. Morrill, of tho Green 'River Fruit and Land company; the Rev. F. J3. Short. F. 0. R. Thompson, A. R Carter, O. Howard, Matt. HroAvning and David Kcclos of Ogdon,' II. L. Griffin and P. G. Wimnicr. F. F. -McGurrin is also ex-jiectcd ex-jiectcd lo be of tho parly. To' Be Met by Band. , The start Avill be taken !Mondnv morning morn-ing lioin tho station of the DeiiA'cr & Rio Grande railroad al. 8 o'clock. Ar riving at Green River, lho parly -will bo received bv a delegation of citi'eu.n headed by a band and oaterluined at a baiupiet. This Aill be followed by a ball jii the evening. The (rip of 175 miles doAvu the Green river to the cataracts and up lho Green river lo Moab Avill bo inado 6u a boat specially constructed for use on the rivers. riv-ers. A visit will be made lo tho ruins of the cliff dwellings and In inanv other of tho iiatural Avonders of the locality. I ravohng will be dotio only by da', so as to avoid accidents and also to permit per-mit of explorations along tho shore. Arriving Ar-riving al, Moab, the party will bo entertained en-tertained with a banquet and ball and shoAvn tho sights of the place. Tho Avon-derlul Avon-derlul Irnil lands of Green Uivor and the surrounding country will be visited and the visitors will bo given an opportunity oppor-tunity to see as many as possible of (he beauties and natural Avoudcrs alon'' lho trip. ' From Moab, arrangements Avill be mado to permit mouthers of Lho party who desire to do so. lo return homo by way of stage to Thurston springs, a distance of thirty-five miles from Moa.b, and the Denver & L'io Grande railroad. The rest of the party Avill return by steamer. The trip AA'ill occupy oc-cupy about a week. Will Afford Sport. The region is said to bo unusually pleasant at. this lime of the year, Avith warm, sunny days and nights not too cool. Gamo is plentiful along tho route and it, in expected that, members of the party avIio arc inclined to rod and gun n!, m" opiwtunity for roval sport. Ihe j rip is taken under the personal supervision of Mr. Merrill;, one of lho leading properly oaamuts of Green River, Riv-er, and of p. (,. Wnnmer, a pioneer of the place. Mr. Wimmor will uso his own boat, which contains both stern stud side-whoels, and two forlv-horscpoAvor engines, fl. L. Griffin, an old boat builder, build-er, will make a special study of conditions con-ditions on tho riA-er with a view to constructing a boaU for a company to conduct freight and passenger traffic betAveeu Green .River and Moab iu tho near future. |
