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Show ON TO OGDEN. Ogden is to celebrate the driving of the golden. spike Saturday. On May 10, 1869, fifty years ago, tho steel bands of tho Union and Central Pacific railroads rail-roads wero joined together in the presence pres-ence of a distinguished company, and the first transcontinental rail route from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific became an accomplished fact. Tho' development of the intermountain region quickly followed, fol-lowed, tho trado of tho orient was brought to our door and tho whole coun-. try rapidly increased in wealth. Tho driving of the golden spike therefore marks an epoch in the history of the t'nited States and is worthy of being celebrated at this time, half a century later. Nearly all of the men who took leading parts in the ceremonies of fifty years ago have passed on. But there are, hundreds of people in Utah and the surrounding sur-rounding states, Utah especially, who were present upon tho momentous occasion, occa-sion, and many of them will make the pilgrimage to Ogden Saturday to participate partici-pate in the celebration. We wish all of them could be there to exchange greetings and relate stories of the long ago, when U. S. Grant was president of the United States and Brigham Young president of the Mormon church. Such events seldom occur more than once in a lifetime, and very few of us, comparatively compara-tively speaking, ever enjoy such an opportunity op-portunity to revive memories of the past. So, fortunate indeod are thoso who were present when Leland Stanford Stan-ford drove home tho historic spike and ' are still alive to tell the story to their childron and grandchildren. AJX roads will lead to Ogden Saturday. |