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Show The Commercials at Ogden Their Visit an Occasion for Great Demonstration. Dem-onstration. Cache Turns Out, ' Tho visit of the U. U. T. boys to Og- , den last Thursday, Friday and Saturday Satur-day must certainty have been a pleasant pleas-ant one for them It certainly was that, and more, to the thousands of business men and friends generally who visited the Junction City on those days. Ogdcn's citizens had made every reasonable preparation for , the reception and entertainment of her guests and it Is dltlluult to con-, con-, celve how the honors could have been , m dono moro gracefully. The city was I4fljr literally turned over totheCommer-' totheCommer-' Wtrfmt clals atd their friends and there was 3 eucn a genial, social, whole-souled feel ing prcvadlng the atmosphere that, even the confirmed dyspeptic and stral?ht-laced Sunday School brother could not resist the call that bade them enter heartily Into the pleasures prepared. In point of decoration, the private and public display of colors was not extravagant, but probably as extensive exten-sive us tint condition or the previous weather permitted The electrical display, howpver, has never been surpassed sur-passed in Utah, the two principal streets being festooned with colored lights to the greatest advantage. -The streets were literally ablaze with In-candesccnts, In-candesccnts, 4,000 being In use, and to this display was added a Inrge number num-ber of private clcctrlo designs that added ad-ded to the attractiveness of the cltv after nightfall. The parade on Friday was gorgeous and decidedly attractive despite tho fact that the very inclement weather prior ,to that day interfered with the construction of many private floats. The Commercials in uniform, headed by the Government band from Fort Douglas, "cut a wldu swath," of j course, and these were followed by ! floats of different organizations, a dis play of horses, Hrlgham city delegation, delega-tion, then the Cache county bunch, with its band. Preston boosters, decorated dec-orated automobiles, another band or two and floats from business houses The parade was probably a mile and a half In length, but those who walked I the distance covered by the parado will swear that It was twenty miles. . The big ball game between the Salt fc l-rrfLake Commercials and an Ogden team &mT was attended by about 3,700 people, 0iil" and this game created Intense excite- 'ment until the first half.of tho eighth Inning, when thcSalt Lakers ran away with the Ogden bunch, the score standing 12 to 4. Tho races attracted large crowds also. In tho evening, however, was when Ogden showed the stuff she is made of. The town was "wide open" to every stranger within her gates On the city hall square a generous portion of the fine lawn had been decorated with the Commercial colors and festooned with electric lights. Here all out-of-town people holding invitations and Ithey had bien handed out freely-were ' served with real punch, and a first- class Dutch lunch. As the guests circled about in social communion or sat at the tables, there was wafted to their cars delightful music furnished by the Fort Douglas band csconscd on a platform at ono end of the great bower. Everything was as free as the air, and It is estimated that not less than 4,000 partook of this generous hospitality. Not content with this, each holder of an Invitation to this grand 'seance' was also given tickets entitling them to free entrance to the Utahna Park pavilion and Trcllor's dance hall. The following day on the return to tho city from the Lucln cut-off trip, all excursionists were shown through I the Heckwith brewery and given a fine B m free spread there. W.JufiWH Doth in a public and private way. B'KV Ogden citizens held out tho glad hand IjK ' doing all possible to make tho visitors have a good time. The city Is Justly entitled to the warmest praise for her generous hospitality. Some Notes. In tho big parade tho Cache delegation delega-tion with badges and umbrellas presented pre-sented a very formidable appearance. Of the 400 that went down from this reck of the woods, probably one hundred hun-dred llfty were In line. These, four abreast, bended by the Logan Military band in white duck suits, all marched like veterans In military training, and attracted considerable favorable mention men-tion from the crowd generally, and tho U. O. T.'s In particular. "The boys" felt that Cache had Indeed dono well, and they appreciated it. The Cache delegation outnumbered any other In the parade, except the U. C. T.'s. The Logan Military band, under Ptof. Thomas, made no mean showing In the parado and at the ball grounds where It divided time with the Fort Douglas band. With recruits, the bind numbered twenty and played good muslo in such a way that no one felt other than proud of them. If there is In Utah a more genial, princely fellow than Judge Howell, wo would like to sco the color of his h.lr-suit h.lr-suit adornment. Howell, as a member mem-ber of the Committee on Entertainment, Entertain-ment, was here, there and everywhere, always in evidence with a smile and handshake thatuMem'ed like the real thing, and whlle'creatlng a favorable Impression of himself he made many think more kindly of Ogden. He's the kind of man that helps make a town. J. A. Hendrlckson was very active In completing arrangements for transportation trans-portation and his service was invaluable invalu-able throughout. When it comes to selling badges, II. G. Hayball Is about the real thing. Going down on the train he sold Cache badges to everybody whether they wanted 'em or not. Frank Thatcher and Leo Campbell handled ball tickets and umbrellas, and they got rid of a great uurabcr. In that big parade P. M. Maughan and John Hench made more noise than the band. |