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Show iA!LR0Al HEM AT BAHQUET PROMISE TOSEE SUIT LAKE IS WELL MUTED IN PRIVILEGES . A fitting elimsx to tha fathering of the member of tba Tranaeoatiaental Paieangcr atsocistion io Bait Lake City ail the banquet given at tha Commer-rial Commer-rial rlub last night. When the gathering gather-ing eloeed it it saf to aay that every member of the association aa well aa the many tnembera of tha elub who were present had a better understand-ing understand-ing of what Utah asked and the post-tion post-tion ia which the railroad tood to thi tate. Ihirinc the eourte of their remarks Gerrit Fort, passenger trafhe manager for the Union Pacific and the Oregon, Short Line, and Maj. 8. K. Hooper, it aiatant to the general manager of the Deaver A Rio Oraade. dean of general paaaenger ageata in the United State, declared that no eitv in the west had better atnpover privilege tbaa did Bslt Lake t.itv. Both gentlemen gave a uranre that anything within their power that would add to the benefit of Utah ia tbe way af advertising or stopover stop-over privilege would be granted. Gov. William Spry made aa addre that to th minds' of thoae present stsmped him as t fair minded states-ma states-ma a who not only knew what bis state had to offer but on who wanted only th truth to go forth ado tb world. Bom of those preseat who bava heard Governor clpryimak many speeches declared de-clared that never bad they beard him make a better or more appropriate peech. It ia doubtful if Rev. P. A. Kiotpkin has aver mad a better address ad-dress thsa he did last night ia respoaae to tbe toast "Utah." Oaa't Stop Advancement. Ia glowing word he paid a tribute to tbe pioneer of the atate and without making aay apology paid hi pespeots to those who defamed Utah. For the nearly thirty minutes that "Parsoa" Bimpkin spoke he hsd the closest atteotion aad was greeted from time to time with applaus which culminated cul-minated at the close of hi speech when he declared that: "Th state of Utah will go right along growing no matter what anyone savs about her. 8he will grow because of the thrift and energy of her people, and if you men know Utah and her people you will go back to your homes and tell th people tb truth about thi stste and her people, and aot do as tome people have don in maligning the people of thi state at very opportunity," . During the course of his remarks Mr. Fort said that before tbe opening of th Pnama-Paei(lc exposition in Ban Francisco in 1915 th Union Pacific Pa-cific and th Southern Pacific would be double tracked from Omaha to Ban Francisco. Jo a few word Mr. Fort dismissed one subject by saying: "I do not believe that all of the people of the east or of tba wat believe all th thing that are being said about Utah in some of the magazines. Bure-ly Bure-ly they bava no reason to believ the article. " . -Story of World's Progr. On of tb most interesting ad drestei of th gathering wa that of W. W. Riter. who responded to the toast "Th Firat 8pik." Mr. Ritr traced the growth of th railroad inc th driving of tha firat spike in Kngland ia 1824 to the present time. His address? was replete with 'the wonderful growth which tha civilized world had made from IS'-' 4 to tha preseat time. Douglas White,- industrial indus-trial agent of the Bait Lake route, responded re-sponded to the tot. "Dry Farming." Mr. Whit proved that he knew a jot about the dry farming opportunities in Utah, and ia doting declared that "there ia no other tat ia tbe uaioa that offer so many opportunities for th homeeeeker, tba investor of capital, cap-ital, as does the. atata of Utah." W. B. MeCoraiek acted a toast- mitn nil In well etineea werda we. corned th guet aad introduced tba tpeaker. Th ret pons of thrlee A. ( aim to the nddre of Ooveraor Spry ahowed that tha eastern railroad mea appreciated .the fact that they had held their forty-fourth eesioa ia Salt Lake City. , Oa to YellowstoiM Park. A feature of tha banquet waa tha menu card, which ara printed in tb form af a railroad tieket nearly a I yard long, aad which gave minata ia-atrurtiona ia-atrurtiona to tha bolder aa to what privilege k waa allowed. Thia morning about twenty of tba paaaenger mea left in a special car for Yellowaton park at 4he guest of tb Oregoa Short Lin. - Other left for tbeit borne sst and weat thia morning, while a fw will linger over until tomorrow.. Without exception the Mngr mea expressed their satisfaction that tha ateetiag wa bld in Salt Lake City. Several of them had never visited vis-ited thia cite before, whll other bad aot beea here in year. E. L. Beving-toa, Beving-toa, secretary af tha association, aaid laat aigbt: . - "Tau may aav for -me that I bava boss more tbaa delighted with my visit to Salt Lake City. I can go back boma (Chicago) aad tell all. of my friends aad everVone else that I may meet that they will make tha miatake of their Uvea if thev coma weat and do aot sneer several dava ia Salt Lake City. My only regret ia that I cannot tpc'nd at least a month hero." . - RAILROAD HOTES. ' William H. Bancroft, vie president and general manager of tha Oregon Short Une. hie aaelstant, F. H. Knickerbocker and R. C. Manann. general superintendent of the road, will return tomorrow morning morn-ing from en Inspection trip over the Ida-he Ida-he and Montana division of th ystem. Oougla Whit. Industrial agent for tbe Salt I.ake route, left thle morning for a visit to Millard and Beaver eauntlea. where he will secure Information which will later be 'used In tbe advertising of that aaetlea of I'tah. ( Kent O- Keyee. commercial agent for the New York Central Unea. baa gone to Nevada oa buelneea. a a e - The flret train for Yetlewetone park for tbe season 111 over the Oregon Short Une left Salt Ike City at 7:11 o'clock last night had Ave Pullman eleepera, with every berth taken. From all Indlcatlone the travel to the perk thle year will be the largest In the Malory of that famoue natural wonderland. T C Peck, general passenger agent for the Salt Lake route, and J. H . Man-darfleld. Man-darfleld. assistant general freight and passenger agent for the road, left Salt Lake Cltv thla morning for a Ashing trip te Flah I -eke, Utah, where they will apend aeveral daye, - |