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Show CALIFORNIANS ENJOYED THE CANYON I It was the most delightful Incident Inci-dent of our trip." Is the way Walter Forbes, one of the Oakland delegates to the N E A convention, describes the reception given the Oakland eriu j cators last evening by the Weber club.' The 2o delegates, among whom were i H. W Hyatt, state superintendent of j public Instruction, and wife. E. M i Cox. aslstant superintendent of the! Oakland schools George Frick. super- lntendent of Alameda county; Miss Emma Breck of the Oakland high; school; Miss Minnie Coulter, D. A j Spencer and Mr and Mrs Walter Forbes, were met at the Bamberger depot by the Weber club committee In the committee were A. P Blgelow. Dr. H. W Rowe, I. L. Reynolds, Royal Eccles and R. E Bristol Tho visitors were taken to the Weber club, where a banquet was served Owing to the shortness of; the time, there were no after-dinner speeches, with the exception of the I welcome given by Dr. Rowe and the response by E. M. Cox. Following the banquet, the Oakland people were conveyed through the canyon as far as Huntsvllle In auto-i mobiles Returning, a stop was made I at the Hermitage and the guests were brought to Ogden in time to catch the: 10:30 o'clock train to Salt Lake. Six of the delegates will leave for Yel- J 'lowstone park tonight and the others are returning to Oakland. In speaking of the reception today. Iff. Forbes, who Is a former Ogden man. stated that every Oakland dele-gate dele-gate was more than pleased and went i away with everlasting friendship for Ogden Although all were from California, Cali-fornia, where scenery Is advertised U a feature, all. nevertheless . were greatly Impressed with Ogden canyon. |