Show AI CIT at W 1 A LL HUNDREDS OF VISITORS WERE entertained grounds were beautifully decorated fort for douglas band gave d ave concert the reception and dance given last night by tho the citizens ot of ogden to the visiting commercial com mercal tra travelers volem and bu business men was a decided success visitors began to enter the iho reception grounds at 8 an hour later hundreds of people were strolling in the enclosure enjoying the balmy air of the pleasant evening and gazing with wonder and admi admiration nation upon the magnificent electrical display to say that this display was one of the most brilliant and imposing affairs of 0 its kind ever witnessed in ogden or in III utah is a mild expression and no exaggeration of the truth in point of artistic design and marvelous splendor it was one of the most pleasing scones of the evening ever since the convention met the electrical display has been one of the chief topics of favorable comment among the visitors it is not strange sixteen candle power lights should attract attention and comment thais what they were put up tor for ogdene way of doing business her way of saying baying you are welcome the best Is yours if you dont see what you want ask for it A commercial traveler from the east last evening wad for the area c covered vered cs I 1 have never seen such a sup tro and showy display of illuminations not even at such great fairs as the portland ey ef and the worlds fair at st louis louig the committee in charge of last nights program deserve much honor and th the 3 greatest commendation for their decorations nf cf bu bunting an and d lights in the city hall square they transformed the northwest corner of the square into a verliabel verl tabel fairyland it was a charming place filled with a jubilant crowd an enclosure rectangular in shape was fenced off with wire netting or on the square this enclosure was about feet long and feet wide the fence made of wire netting was covered in an artistic manner with long streamers of blue yellow and white bunting above theses these wore were streamers running around the entire space bearing the national colors in the center of the grounds e enclosed closed n a pole some forty feet high was planted and from the top of this pole eight long strings of electric lights ran to ro the coners and sq sides Vs of the grounds there was another string of lights that ran completely around the grounds the lights which were 18 inches apart on the string and in all al were red whito white and blue fifty three dining tables each accommodating commo dating four persons decked the greenlawn green lawn here bere and there each bach table was covered with 1 snow white linen and placed upon the center of each table was a large beautiful bouquet of the choicest flowers light refreshments fresh ments and punch was served by the falstaff cafe they furnished sandwiches made of deviled ham assorted meats and imported swiss cheese olives pickles salads crackers etc were also to be had mr pattison superintended super intended the serving of the guests and was assisted by 26 waiters he deserves much credit tor for the courteous and bountiful manner in which he served the guests beer forthe for the occasion was furnished by the becker becken brewing company while the weather was a little cool yet there were several empty bottles lying around when the reception closed the main reason for this however was because water and coffee were not served there was not a drop of water to be found on the grounds A bandstand was erected in the southeast corner of the recep reception ti h grounds and the fort douglas military band of thirty three pieces with F herrick as director played excellent music for tho the occasion the bandstand was vas tastily decorated lec orated with the prevailing colors and was beautifully illuminated with large clusters of electric lights at 10 many nad left the reception and wended bended their way to toller s dancing academy where a grand ball was in progress the rhe attendance tat at the ball was war unusually large and fashionable every available inch of space in the waiting rooms corridors and abo main ball w was s occupied and many were unable to fa dance or even find standing room many of the tired boys lounged in the sitt sitting lIng or smoking booras and exchanged jokes and talked of the royal time they were having this convention said E S johnson of helena mont surpasses anything I 1 ever saw J E evans an old knight of the grip from dutte butte when asked how lie he was enjoying himself replied 1 I am haying one of tho the best times of my life I 1 have attended attend dd many similar conventions but never saw aw anything to equal this sam kollberg koblberg Kob lberg lborg wife and daughter of helena fielena mont were present at the ball last night when someone asked sara sam why ho he did not dance he said why I 1 walked seventeen miles today in that parade and I 1 am all in this gait is too fast for me J V U eldredge jr county clerk of salt L lake are county 13 1 3 D R T thompson bomp son receiver of the U S land office fred tice state statistician williamm william M mccrea member of the utah legislature a jolly bunch from salt lake took in tho the citizens reception and dance last night when asked what kind of a time they were ha having mr air eldredge said the time of our ivas lives ogden takes tile the cake for hospitality mr thompson said Oi ogdene Ogden derlo 8 electrical display coats anything salt lake aver ever did in this line J B herrack was wag soon in antho the smoking room at last night when asked what he thought of the ball game lie he jumped upon a chair assumed an oratorical rigal PO pose se and said not having premeditated upon the stupendous topic I 1 must ignominious ly confess my illiterate dexterity lext erity to substantiate late very fluently and I 1 have tho ineffable pleasure of surrendering my exalted position don 0 to o my worthy colleague I 1 e ague mr brooks brook 3 1 it is claimed by lewis that peruna high balls were responsible for this speech |