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Show TICKET AGENTS ARE DELIGHTED WITH TIE Cf 1 Twenty-one more eastern railroad agents were given an afternoon of unallowed un-allowed pleasure yesterday, when, at? guests of the Weber club, they were taken for an automobile dme through Ogden canyon, which lasted from 3 35 j p ra , the time the arrived in the city, until about 6 p m, At the latter lat-ter hour they were brought back to the city and with appetites heightened heighten-ed by the health-giving mountain air, they were entertained with a dinner ' at the Weber club, as guests of the Union Pacific railroad. This part of the affair had been arranged for by General Agent W. H. Chevers and during the dinner hour he was as-1 sisted in entertaining the visitors, u I other local Union Pacific traffic ofrt-cials ofrt-cials and representatives of the Weber We-ber club. Though there was plenty of mirth and good fellowship at the dinner, much of the comment of the guests was upon the superlative beauties or the canyon and the progressiveness of the city. This comment began, however, when the automobiles first got under way at 3.35 o'clock for the canyon trip and continued to the knowledge of the hosts until the train pulled out for Yellowstone Park at 8:30. D. A Hanrahan. passenger and ticket agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, rail-road, at 501 Fifth avenue, New York, in a short conversation, expressed the general opinion of the party about as follow 8 : I hardly know now to express me surprise and pleasure that I feel at haing found such a progressive city Jc and beautiful scenery in this part of ,( the country. But few eastern people " would believe that such things were possibilities, much less realities, without with-out seeing them We hae read ot. c and seen pictured in magazines and Q railroad circulars, the beauties of the west, but these have referred to Cal-C Cal-C ifornia so much that the tourists usu- c ally have their faces set to that state, without any idea that they are pass-C pass-C ing through such a prosperous city as Ogden and so near to such a w onderful on-derful canyon as the one we visited )c this afternoon. You people do not c advertise this place nearly enough Why, in the east, we would have to travel hundred? of miles to reach any-c any-c thing at all like it. while you have it at vour very doors. )c 'Many tourists pass right on through this city with plentj of time . to spare seeing only the railwa sta Jc tion and not realizing that by a trol- j ley ride they could see a canyon w-hose beauty is almost unequallpd anywhere "Words fail to express my appreciation apprecia-tion of this magnificent scenery, i would recommend that tourists pass- ing through Ogden endeavor to spend at least one day at this wonderful place." Other individual statements made were as follows "I He at the foot of the famous Catskill mountains Always thought them the best ever, but "must take off my hat to the beauty and grandeur gran-deur of Ogden canyon So far on iuv travels it is the first natural beauty : that has not been sufficiently described de-scribed in advertising matter," said H S Carpenter Kingston. X Y "I shall certainly advise my through I passengers to break their overland trip by a stop at Ogden and a trip to the canyon. It is a wonderfu: piece of scenery." E. L. Repass, Roanoke, Ya "Found Ogden canyon so impressive impres-sive and magnificent and awe-inspiring that to try to express one a sell is impossible The only alternative will be to recommend to all persons coming to this vicinity to stop oer for a day and see for themselves." J T. Caulfield. traveling passenger agent of the Union Pacific, New York City . Mr Caulfield was in charge of the party ' Ogden appears as a very progressive progres-sive city. Was impressed with the neat homes and general appearance of thrift. The canyon is grand and I majestic. Would recommend all tourists tour-ists to stop here and make the trip " M M. Martin, Jamestown. N. Y "The most inspiring, beautiful and wonderful place I have ever seen. My visit here shall always stand out in my mind and thoughts so much so that anyone coming through this country shall stop over and see for themselves if I can give them some i idea of its beauty, which is almost impossible" im-possible" C. A. Overton, Jr , Rich-1 mond, Ya. The members of the party are as follow-s: M. M. Hennessy, Utica, N Y. ; L Bluestone, Syracuse, N. Y., D. A. Hanrahan, New York City; E. D Ainslie. Brooklyn, N. Y.; F A Stickler, Stick-ler, Norristown, Pa , Winfield S. Schuyler, Pittsburg, Pa , T J. Gollery, Baltimore, Md.; T. E. Rlckert. Allen-town, Allen-town, N. Y ; J E. Caulfield. New York City; H S Carpenter Kingston, Kings-ton, N. Y.: A C Meinck Scranton, Pa , W. H. Jefferds, Hoboken. N Y ; H. B. Moore, Lebanon, Pa.; C. A. Overton. Ov-erton. Richmond, Ya j F B Georgia, Olean, N. Y.J E. L. Repass. Roanoke. Ya., T J Savage. Reading, Pa.; George J. Ealer, Easton. Pa.; David Kellv, Philadelphia. Pa. and J. S Murphy, Mur-phy, New York City As a special courtesy to the isl-tors, isl-tors, the Weber club le giving out several hundred post cards of local views and a large number of the ''Beautiful Ogden Canyon'' books eacn day. These are addressed by the usl-tors usl-tors to their friends in the east, with a message also being written on the cards, and mailed by the club at its own expense. oo |