Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-09-22 | Page 2 | Dinner and Presentation to Warren L. Wattis

DINNER AND presentation TO WARREN L the newspaper men their wives and best girls those who had not tho former rustling the latter but none taking both went to billy Wll sons hotel the hermitage in the canyon where they were tendered a dinner by the genial host ot the resort in honor of warren L until recently ogden correspondent of the salt lake herald they left the town uncovered and for one night their old haunts knew them not much to the surprise of tha denizens representatives of all the papers in the ally and of the salt lana papers boarded one of hellers canyon wagons for the resort shortly after 7 and repaired to the residence of mr wattis who had not been informed of the affair he waa summoned from the house and told that he was wanted it did not take long to get informed as to the object of the affair and soon a lively party were en route to the hermitage there a dinner bad been prepared and soon after arrival the cola crowd ushered into the dining room where a dinner such as only billy wll son can serve waa in readiness after dinner W F bossner Boss ncr on behalf of the newspaper men of ogden presented mr wattis with a handsome gold fountain pen mr wattis responded feelingly speaking ot his associations with the men with whom he had worked each of the of the papers spoke on the sorrow which mr decision to leave the newspaper field occasioned and just before midnight the party returned to tho city