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Show B ' " '" !-"' I ! II B The Tintic Excursion. H Last Saturday morning the sun rose H qtii'Jtly above tlio eastern mountains B flooding the valley below with its B brightness and imparting n spring H softneus to the uir. It was n day to be. H wished for and r.t nn early hour many ot H our people were itbtir and -before seven H o'clock many were wending their wa m Shli u cj NV ,lenot: - Ascnt Wi',8h B Jquld not sell tickets to Tintic fun. B Jeiiough ni d others were pioused int B service. The Bpccial train arrived 01 B time but all liiyd nut scuuied tikete B which caused n delay of Ionic lu'fnin'utcH." fl Over SOtUicfots wine Soldf so the' Lehi H people tin n iia out well. .More got on at H each station until the lung train was B we" loaded witli a happy crowd eager B to have a good time and to fully enjoy B the picturesque ride and ,to wituqss.ti.o B yranduer of tlie route ay ft? winds in and B out through tunnels oveigiddy tredtl&e B and around the loop up the steep ascent B to tll(J Keat mining cainp. As the B '" train sped along the oars wcro enlivened H With sweet music from sweet toned B voices and the welkin tang with their H tncrrimeitt. B At 1U:."0 Euieka was reached and lo- H many this was their first glimpse of a B mining uunp and many were the im- H piessious mi'de on their minds by this H H The teachers held a very interesting H session at the I, 0. O. F. Hall which H was packed with eager listeners. After H the session came lunch and then the H crowd scattered to take in toe sights of H a great camp, clambering over the H dumps and surrounding hills, glancing. H into dark tunnels or descending rapidly B to the lower icgtons to see where the m ores come from ; then again to the mills B to bee it treated, all of which was ex. H :eedingly interesting to the visitors. 1 Old Lehi friends over there weie in B evidence and proved excellent enter- B tuiners who seemed pleased to sec so B many Lehi faces in the camp. H In the evening a splendid free concert B was given which was a decided success. B The leading Utah county musician B took part and u number from Eureka. fl A unique feature being a pretty cornet M duett by two little girls from Eureka. m Alter the concert the excursionists B again boarded the train which reached B Lehi at 1 :.'!0 a. m. It was a tired crowd B that reached here but they all say they B iiad a good time. |