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Show PEACH-DAY' AVG-R-EAT SUCCESS Brigham City's To ft oh' Day this year was tho most uucceusful celebration of its kind ever held. It was conservatively conser-vatively estimated that 15,000 people attended the festivities. Sixty-six passenger coaches on tho Oregon Short Line from the 60uth and two trains from the north poured into the Peach city thousands of visitors, while the masses of folk that journeyed journey-ed to the scene of the celebration in automobiles, wagons, carriages, and the like, worn beyond the wildest anticipations an-ticipations of the hospitable Brig-hamltes. Brig-hamltes. "Some" People There. The crowd was no dense, and the town so utterly inadequate to copo with the situation, that hundreds upon hundreds of people traveled the city over until they became footsore ami weary in a vain hunt- for a resting place, or a place where food and refreshments re-freshments might be obtained. At 7 o'clock last night there were some 3.000 people, tired from the plrenuous day s outing, waiting at the railroad station there, for transportation facilities fa-cilities In which to bo carried homeward home-ward The prospects were at that time that the next train for the south would pull out sometime after 11 o'clock. Attractions Were Numerous. Tho attractions and program of entertainment en-tertainment were numerous and Inviting, In-viting, but the concessions were so overwhelmed with humanity that enjoyment en-joyment was well nigh impossible. People formed In lines a block long to await their turn at restaurants not tho chop house sort but the coffee and sandwich style of a railroad town and after waiting, sometimes n half an hour, purchased their sandwich and munched It slowlf, trying hard to make the best of the situation Most of the visitors brought lunch baskets, ami picnicked on the square, and lawns, but tho others, who had not provided themselves with edibles had to bustle fast In order to secure oven a bite Liberal With Fruit. There were no regrets, however", for the novelty of the entertainment, and tho general good nature prevailing during the entire day made the trip worth while. The liberal distrlbu tlon of fruit, the numerous varieties of entertainment, and the- cordiality with which they were received by the town people compensated for the inconveniences in-conveniences of the outing. Everywhere, even on tho Incoming trains, peaches, melons and other j sample fruit of the fort He valley were i I banded around In such a generous manner that many people complained of an uncomfortable feeling from eat- , ing too much of the fruit. Thero j were Immense crates of peaches and ; melons at conspicuous place:; along j the main street, with .dins inviting the visitors to help themselves to even fill 'their lunch baskets, and take ns much of it away as they could carry. car-ry. Parade a Feature of Day. The parade at noon was the feature of tho day. Threp brass bands furnished fur-nished enough music tn drown the noise and bustle of tlm throng and the floats composing the pageant would rival ern tho famed efforts of the float-makers cf the mystic socio' los of the Gulf Coast Mardi Gras. One cf the most interesting of the floats was that of the Ogden Portland Cement Ce-ment company a picture of a coun-try coun-try residence, with a real cement house In the renter, and surrounded by a spacious lawn and shade tree, i Every detail was neatly arranged, 1 even to tho lace curtains hanclng In i the windows of this miniature mansion. man-sion. Other floats, representing the Indians and the pioneers of half a century ago. the productiveness of the soil of the Rear River valley, and exhibits ex-hibits of the fruits raised In it, were I really works of art. Mayor Welcomes the Visitors." I After the parade. Mayor T. II. j J Blackbuin of Brigham City, welcomed the visitors on behalf of the city. ( and extended tei them tho privileges and pleasures of the citv, not only for the d.iy but at anXtlme they cared to c-iime. Governor Vllli:ii:i Spry re. spouded to the- address of welcome-, extended the thanks of the visitors for the hospitality shown thetn, and complimented the people of the- city on the success of their Peach imv celebration, and on their wonderful progress In tho development eif (lit-peach (lit-peach growing Industry. Other brief addresses were made by prominent business men. Real Injun War Dance. During the aftornorm theie was a real Indian war dance, then by a band of Shoshone Indhn." imporl-'d for the occasion, a bicl-rill game between be-tween representative teams of Well.-ville Well.-ville and Salt l ake learnier. nnd In the e-verilng a concert at the tabernacle. taber-nacle. There v.-jis an exhibition of sheep by W. S. Hampton, a prominent cattleman cat-tleman and sheep man. who lind an exceptional display of live stock on parade. Hr. II. J. Pierce also showed a line lot ef Jerseys, anil other cattlo men and breeders of the valley con-(rubuted con-(rubuted the best of their stock to the show. City Beautifully Decorated. The city was . decorated In a beautiful beau-tiful maimer. Flags and bunting lined the ptrectK from the depot to Main street and down the main thoroughfare, thorough-fare, with lite telegraph poles In the renter of the streets draped appro-prlately appro-prlately in the national colors, individual indi-vidual de'coratlon also added much to the effectiveness of tho scheme, giving giv-ing the city the holiday appearance necessary for the celebration. |