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Show MuchDifferent Than The Inside Of A Wagon MOST COLORFUL PARADE IN UTAH HELD ON BRIGHAM MAIN STREET Brigham City will take on the afternoon at the Academy square color of the rainbow and the at- were pretty much a failure exmosphere of the Mardi Gras cepting the ball game. celebration In New Orleans, A rodeo was scheduled but September 11 and 12, Friday "no wild horses were brought In and Saturday when its dnnual two day festival in honor of the for the bronco busters to tame and they had to do the best Peach is held. they could with their own parProbably the most colorful parade in Utah, over two miles in length, travels down Brigham Citys main street both days. A magnificent display of fruit and produce is arranged in front of the county court house where color photographers revel with a subject of a hundred colors and beautiful designs. This years celebration will include a host of events and special attractions, such as hobby displays in the windows of Brigham City stores, coronation dance at which the Peach Queen is crowned, ball games and vari- In the parade are over 60 expensive and colorful floats entered by clubs, communities and other organizations from all over Utah. Many bands from surrounding high schools participated. One of the unusual features of the celebration is the distribution of tons of Peaches, free to anyone who will walk up and help themselves. Peach days has evolved into one of the more colorful festivals in the west during the past 48 years. In 1904, just as today, there was magnificent display of fruit display in front of the court house and was large enough to have supplied the wants of a crowd twice as large, reported in the old Box Elder News. It was recorded that the fine assortment of fruit was praised highly by the visitors and they sampled to their hearts content during the day. Highlights of the first Peach Days included tours to near-b- y orchards, band concerts in the afternoon. But not all went smoothly that 'first Peach Days for said an early paper, The amusements scheduled for the - Students In The Indian School Vocational Division . . working in modern shops are learning to become auto mechanics. With this trade they will be able to leave the desolate reservation and earn a good living. Education 1$ school just outside a city the size of Brigham City to form, Most Plausible Answer To Prblem Facing Navajo Indians Continued from Preceding Page estimated at 7,300. In 1910 it Was 17,204. (Now it is somewhere 'between 81,000 and many more than the fruitless land wall adequately provide for. ; To prepare the young Nava-Jo- s for successful life off the reservation, the only plausible 4nswer to their population problem,' the Intermountain Indian school. waS created as a part of a new program" for Indians. A Homekeeping Lesson 0 - , ' but this has never been the case. The youngsters have not only been accepted by the commun ity but helped as well. Many of them work in the homes of Brigham City people during the summer and on week-end- s and on their weekly visit to town they are welcomed in the stores. Brighatn City and Box Elder county people, in their generous acceptance of the Indian youths in their community, are con tributing to a humanitaran project. While only 7,500 Navajo chil dren out of 24,000 of school age have educational facilities available for them, the Indian school is a long stride towards making a producing and the consuming people, rather than a stagnant race living in pover ty on a fruitless desert. - Originally the school was Bushnell General hospital, built during the'. war to- - care for the war wounded. Until-194- 6 .thousands of American soldiers sufwere fering war disabilities treated there. i i . I y 2. Break your match In two. 3. Drawn your campfira. 4. Never burn grass, brush or trash on dry or windy days. HIT THE ROAD! - In 1946 the hospital was officially closed. Patients were moved to hospitals located near metropolitan centers. All of the equipment, to the last chair, was moved out, and the buildings were boarded up. Millions of ' dollars worth of good buildings were laying idle It was a natural for the Nava-jos- . They had no school build-- ' fngs on the reservation, and as is often the condition, no place to build them for lack of water. There were several different possible uses for the buildings, but in 1948, the government definitely decided the value oi tially tamed steeds. Getting your feet off the ground into the air was, to say the least a bit unusual in 1904, about the time the Wright Bros, were experimenting with their flying machine. Consequently the most spectacular event scheduled for the day was the ascension of a gas balloon with a human passenger. Alas! More troubles developed for "the balloon when nearly ready to ascend caught on fire and was destroyed and the parachute was damaged. Much of the same spirit of that first Peach Days still prevails at the yearly event, and a day or two-dastop in Brigham City to participate in the celebration, will be well spent. Youngsters Wash And Iron . . . their own clothes and keep them neat and clean. Personal cleanliness is, cne of their fundamental lessons. AND CONFIDENCE.... WITH DRIVE on B. F. Goodrich the buildings would be best utilized as an Indian school. It would not be unreasonable to expect a resistance to such a "LIFE-SAVE- TUBELESS TIRES know New LOOK MY mileage too! Wipes a road so dry you can light a match on it Seals punctures and protects against blowouts on long, hot stretches of road. k tread grips for quick stops Outstops and conventional tires on icy, slippery, snowy and wet roads. Gives greater LIFE-SAVE- grip-bloc- R out-pul- ls BEST... ! 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