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Show I RESORTS OPEN J FOKJOIKI !m Yesterday mnrked the formal open- Ill Ing of the summer season In this city, SJfo this opening being signalized by tho .K "warmest day of the present year and iho throwing wide of the gates to tho several parks In and near Ogdon. Thousands of people gavo themselves over to the pleasures which come with tho disappearance of winter and tho opening of the reHorts. Tho Ogden resorts whloh openod yesterday were Glcnwood Park and Sylvan Park In addition to theso the : Ogden canyon was the center of at- traction for many, whllo the opening 7 ; of Lagoon park and tho race meet there attracted hundreds from thfs ! ; city. Even these counter attractions S ' eld not detract materially from the V, Attendance at the afternoon's ball J ' : game, which was witnessed by fully j j eighteen hundred people. f Of all tho placos to which crowds 1 "were attracted and from the stand-i stand-i point of Ogden alone. Glcnwood park V was probabl the favored resort In i point of numbers Instilled with a j I new Lfo which conies with complete i - A renovation and markod Improvement, c 1 this beautiful spot drew thousands of g & people within its confines. j fl It is estimated that at one time I u ' yesterday afternoon thore wore fully a jl three thousand people at the park. a I . Glonwood Is In charge of the Ogden City band this season and tho organ lzntlon 5s putting forth an effort which makes for the success of the resort. A trip to the park proved to tho several sev-eral thousand visitors that Glonwood i vras never In better condition. ! Dozens of swings und sco-saws have i been Installed for the children, bonch,-! bonch,-! es have been erected at the base of almost every tree, every particle of p brush has beon cleared away and tho buildings placed in a clean and sanitary sani-tary condition. Tho dancing pavilion sas tho center of attraction during I tho afternoon and evening. I Tho dancing surface has boon placed plac-ed in good condition and music for , tho dancing Is furnished by tho band. Glenwood will now he open every day and there will be dancing to music furnished by the band every ovenlng.. It was noticoablo yesterday that the great crowd at tho park was a most orderly one. The management will mako this feature a permanent one during tho reason Tho happy crowd at Sylvan park last evening demonstrated that this ' pretty little resort ion tho banks of I the river will also have Its share of patronngo this season. The largo dancing pavilion Is tho center of attraction at-traction at Sylvan and those who have I appreciated the excellent music by the Salter orchestra at the Royal dunclng ; academy will turn their attention to i Sylvan Thcro will be dances at this pnrk on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. even-ings. The Lagoon park on the Bamberger line opened ycstorJny with all of tho concessions In operation and a number num-ber of new ones added The number of Ogden people at this resort yesterday yester-day was estimated at two thousand and many of these were attracted by the big race meet which openod at the recently completed track. Thoso who attended tho races had the pleasure of seeing horses which had been Quartered at tho local track and which wero entered during tho meet here come home In front in ev-o.ry ev-o.ry race Fully ten thousand people spent the afternoon at tho Lagoon park and new race track. |