OCR Text |
Show SURFEITED WITH PLEASURE PEACE ARMY IS RETURNING Salt Lake Visitors to Los Angeles Have Had the Time of Their Lives. records show he was two months more than 987 years old. The Chamber of Commerce of Long Beach extended an invitation for "all hands'! to visit Long Beach. Friday, but it was declined as a proper representation of the members of the Salt Lake Commercial Commer-cial club could not be had owing to so many being on their way home by that time. f The invitation from the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco was also declined de-clined as it would necessitate leaving our host and all preferred to remain as quests of Senator Clark. Each of us has seen innumerable real estate chances along the route of this new road. It is a safe wager that many Salt Lake men will have added realty holdings before they reach their home city again and they are holdings which will bring them much money In a short time. We are also In for a quick "side-light" for a run to Pomona in connection with our Riverside trip. Senator Clark Coming. And when we come back tonight we will have with us none other than our host. Senator Clark, himself. He is coming to Salt Lake with our body. When we reach Salt Lake It won't be our fault if the keys of the city are not handed over to the Montana man to do with as he wishes. Clark Is all right, and so is Salt Lake. We expect to be with you Saturday morning at 6:30 a. m. Every one of us has writer's cramp from endeavoring to keep but the briefest synopsis of who we have met and what we have seen. But "enuf" said. Next Jump, Salt Ijtke. Booked Indefinitely Indefi-nitely as they say in theatrical parlance. So we'll be home and back among. the old folks again within forty-eight hours and this time to stay. Wo have had the trip of our lives and enough for a. lifetime. (Special Dispatch from a Staff Correspondent.). Corre-spondent.). LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 11. Wo will be homeward bound, tonight. Already a few are on their way back to Salt Lake. But the main body starts overland for the I East at 7:30 p. m. At that hour it will be a case of "toot, toot," from the engine, of "All aboard" from the conductor and the next destination will be Utah's Zion City. AVe have looped the loop of all worldly pleasures. It has been a trip to that fairyland we dreamed of in our boyhood days when as youths we drew air castles and other mind pictures of things beautiful. beauti-ful. Hopes Are Realized. But as a race track two-year-old beats a plough horse, so has this trip overtopped over-topped anything we could have pictured In our Imagination. It is a realization of our childish hopes and ambitions. j And now comes the period of recuperation recupera-tion and a return to business cares. It seems hard to give up this sort of regal existence without apparently a care In the world to thoughts of settling down to the hard grind of work again. Many Courtesies Shown. But we are not ungrateful nor unappre-clatlve unappre-clatlve of the many honors and courtesies courte-sies shown us. A hundred strong we met (n the Angelus hotel last night and drafted resolutions of thanks. A special committee consisting of Gov. Heber M. Wells, Joseph E. Calne, J. XV. Houston. Dr. E. 8. Wright. Simon Bamberger and Fisher S. Harris, were appointed as a committee looking to this end. The resolutions reso-lutions after being properly drafted on parchment will be presented to United States Senator William A. Clark, the Chamber of Commerce, the officials of the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake ' railroad, and all others who have lent their aid in making of this excursion one of the most pleasing recollections and remembrance re-membrance to those who were fortunate enough to be of this distinguished personnel. per-sonnel. It . will be decided later in just what formal way these engrossed resolutions resolu-tions of thanks will be extended. Invitations Pour In. And how Invitations have poured in upon up-on us. Why, if all were accepted we couldn't possibly reach home until we were all as old as Methuselah and the |