Show MERCHANTS OF COAST ROYALLY ENTERTAINED DURING A BI BRIEf STAY Local Business Men Show Guests Good Time on Way to Convention Salt Lake Lako City is the best beat city between between be be- tween tho river and tho the Pacific coast said J J. J B B. Connoly a Ii retail grocer of ofSan ofSan ofSan San Francisco at the Commercial club dub last ni night bt during daring the dinner that was given iven by the tho local members of the Butchers and Gro Grocers Grocers' ers ers' association to the tho visiting dele delegates atel to the national convention to bo be held next week at Sprin Springfield Ill The cit city is tho best advertised ad of any city eity in the intermountain region I and the funn funny part of this is that the advertising Rd is done dOM by the visitors who I j I como come here bore rather than by the Salt Lake Cit City people themselves There isn't as much of 4 tooting their own horn as asI asI I expected In fact I was waR most agreeably agree agree- abl ably surprised when 1 reached here this afternoon and anti had a chance to see just justa a little of your cit city I had heard for man many years cars of ot your wido wide streets the they are arc l here cre I had heard of your our drives and parks had a chanco chance to ride on one of tho the drives and see a part of one of the parks they arc are not o In fact the people seem to be too modest about the beauties of the cit city When I had the opportunity to hear from one of your local business men of the won wonderful field that is tributary tributary tribu tribu- tary to Salt Lake City for its business and ana enterprise I could see eco a natural and logical reason for tho wonderful growth of the tile last Jast decade I understand understand under under- stand that the city cit has bae doubled in size sire since sinco l 1000 1900 OO it W would lIld not surprise me mo in tho the least to again see sea it doubled in another ten years Twenty six J Pacific coast delegates on onI their way to Springfield field Ill to attend at at- tend tho the annual convention of or the National National Na No Association of Retail Grocers of the United States were entertained I yesterday e t afternoon b by Salt Lake reI retail re reo re- re I tail tall grocers i The visitors jl were taken about the I city in in automobiles and were later entertained entertained en en- at dinner at the Commercial club The party part left at o'clock last ast night for tho the east accompanied br by I. I S Carver of Ogden and F. F W W. WWi Wilson Wilson Wil- Wil bl son of ot Salt Lake Cit City the Utah dole dole- sates gates to the tho convention Members of the local Joeal reception committee ommittee were ere Fred W Weight ight Charles M M. M Lees S. S W W. Price Irice e C. C M Castleton H P. P Neilson and E. E T. T E Egli The members of the visiting party were J. J B. B Connor Connoly San SaD Francisco ran Joseph A A. A Shultz San an Francisco A A. A G. G Caner Carver and wife wife O Ogden den W W. W H H. H Jensen Portland Or Ori E E. E C C. C Gutler Cutler Portland Or M M. M A. A Pen Perry and wife w'S wS Houston Or J. J E. E Malley Malle Portland Or eW W. W H. H Booker and wife San rr Francisco L. L and wife Sacramento Sacra Sacra- mento and J. J S S. S Shirmer and wife Sacramento J r 1 M. M Marriott of this city was another aDother an an- other of the the local men men who assisted the tho committee in the entertainment I |