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Show shivering: sehes mx PLEfiSllRE ;TflJE rtSSOST S : ? DESPITE Cflli) - WEfiTteOi I-. In' heavy wraps and clothing that spoke more of arly spring than the beginning of summer, thousands of Salt Lakers flocked to the opening of the resorts this morning and this afternoon. after-noon. - The morning trains to La (toon and Saltalr saw but few- board them, but the afternoon saw them well filled. 'The ' resorts would ' have had many thousands more pleasure seekers had the weather permitted. The chill disagreeable disa-greeable weather caused many to stay at home. The first train left the Lagoon depot at o'clock this morning-, stopping at KaysrUle as the terminus. It carried only, a, few persons to the Lagoon. It returned with a number from Kays-ville. Kays-ville. The second train left at 9 o'clock, and the last train In the forenoon was at 11 o'clock. Each train carried aulte a number of passengers, but not the usual number for this time. of the year. During the afternoon and - evenlns: trains lea-re for the resort, at 2. S. 4. 6. i. T and o'clock, the J. 4 and o'clock trains going direct through to Kays-ville. Kays-ville. c The road race from Salt Lake City to the Lagoon waa abandoned yesterday, and this took a large part of the people who would have gone to the Lagoon. The bad roads necessitated the race be lng postponed until next Saturday. ; - Only one train waa rua to Saltalr this morning... That' left the depot at vi1 'gPTkandarrted aa urmsaally" larfe crowd. Beginning at 1 o'clock this afternoon af-ternoon trains wete pm every forty-five forty-five minutes, and nearly every train was comfortably filled. The last train leaves for the resort at 10:15 o'clock this evening, v . The weather Tflld not permit bathing on Decoration day this year, and visitors visit-ors at the pavilion were obliged to be content with- other amusements. Among the new additions . to the 'resort this year is the scenic railway and the old mllL which attracted so much attention atten-tion tn the Eastern resorts last season. Only a small crowd went to Calders park. The .gates were opened today, but the formal opening- was postponed to Saturday. - The . management was unable to complete the- remodeling of the resort in time. Under the new management - the resort will be better equipped this, year than -ever before. It 1s expected that it will --be one of the leading resorts of the city.' ' . 'The Salt Palace received Its full quota! quo-ta! of visitors today. The -revolving swing and the scenlo railway received their full amount of patronage.: These ar some of the additions that have been made to th park this year. . . . i i The races at -the sauce track vaiso attracted at-tracted a great deal of attention. From indications the track will -hold a larger crowd this evening than any of the resorts re-sorts held, during the day. The meet promises to be the greatest that Salt Lake City has ever had. , , ' At all the theaters toda a'maiinee na. giwatwt; i-.-- ee att ended by-large by-large croyds ' " |