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Show More Than four Thousand People Peo-ple Are Present During the Day. mV ATTRACTIONS ARE ENJOYED BY THE CROWD Lagoon and Wandaniere Will Greet Visitors on Decoration Decora-tion Day. More than 4000 persons paid tribulo to tho popularity of. Snltair on its opening open-ing yesterda' in spile of tho unfavorable unfavor-able weather conditions that prevailed during the greater part of Iho day. .Knell succeeding train during tho evening even-ing until 10:.'J0 was forced to attach moro coaches than the former ono lo accommodate the crowds bound for tho lake and bubbling over with tho carnival carni-val spirit. The now lloor of tho dancing pavilion, Ihc soft, dreamy strains of Christcnscn 's orchestra and the perfect weather for tho dancing cast au irresistible spell over Iho younger people who crowded ho dancing pavilion to its utmost capacity. ca-pacity. Along tho "Midway" Ihc many attractions at-tractions lent. I heir duu-m to tho scene and were freely patronized, particularly particu-larly tho new aiid mysterious one. "Pilgrims' "Pil-grims' Progress." Due (o a slight, delay de-lay in the completion of Iho ship restaurant, restau-rant, that at tract ion was not fully op-oned op-oned to the public, but it is expected that by Monday it will bo ready for tho serving of meals. The Japanese tea garden at the south end of the pavilion found inunediato favor, aa did tho "Old Mill," "Fiirurc Kight," "Automat," "Witch's Swing." "Ocean "Wave," and the many oilier attractions. The "spielers" for these concessions made the air ring with their good-natured jollying of 1 he erowds, inviting t.heni to get busy and "pin- ball." "play marbles," and "win Lucy a box of candy." Many Go in Bathing. The bathing promises lo bo better than for years past. The temperature of the water on Saturday was lS degrees, de-grees, which lured many of tho visitors into its depths. The new train schedule sched-ule went into effect ou Saturday, Ihc first train leaving Salt Lake City tit fhno in Iho morning and tho second leaving at J2.-J5 in the afternoon and at every lo minutes from I hen ou in tho afternoon after-noon and evening. At Iho main entrance, now iron gates have been installed and ihc gate keepers keep-ers will bo able to handle tho crowds with greater dispatch than has been possible pos-sible in the past. Pain's fireworks, which have been extensively ex-tensively advertised for the opening of Saltair have been postponed indefinitely. K. L. Bernard, special representative of the Pain 's Fireworks company, reported Saturday night that his company could not. assign a definite, dalo-for the furnishing fur-nishing of the display. The Saltair management' is in no way, it is said, responsible for tho failure to give the people what was advertised, and arrangements ar-rangements are being mado lo give some special features to lake the placo of the fireworks. "Willi the many attractions already an the resort, pleasure seekers will fi'ud plenty of amusement and recreation. rec-reation. Others to Open Monday, .Decoration day is the day scheduled for Ihc opening of Wnndamorc, and the fealuro of the opening will bo Ihe spectacular spec-tacular play "Vesuvius." The resort claims the longest "scenic" railway hi the world as one of the major attractions, attrac-tions, which, it is said, will receive its share of the patronage. Tho management manage-ment of this resort announco the following follow-ing programme: Saturday. Juno 5 Society day. Monday, June 7 Ladies' and children's chil-dren's day. Tuesday Salt Lake day Pictures in fire of Mayor Bransford and other prominent prom-inent citizens. wcuuesoay wiraniiu ih . Thursday People's day. FridayPioneer day. Saturday Utah Jockey club day. Lagoon will also throw open its gates to the pleasuro loving public on Decoration Decora-tion day, the feature of the opening being the road race. Following the observation ob-servation car run over the lino of tho Salt Lake and Ogden raihvaj, the riders in this race will start from tho corner of Third "West and Fifth North streets at 11:30 o'clock Monday morning. The details of the race, which is given under the sanction of the National Cycling Cyc-ling association, will become-a matter of .record iu the national racing records. Fifty prizes have been offered for the winners and more than ono hundred onirics on-irics are looked for. The distance covered cov-ered is moro than sixteen miles and a number of the crack cyclers of the city arc in training at present for this event. |