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Show BEAVER COUNTY CELEBRATES AT PUFER LAKE Fifty-two miles east, and one mile above Milford; up the Minersville canyon, throught the city of Beaver and on up the Beaver River canyon, Ls a group of small lakes, thelargest of which is Puffer's lake. Deer Lake, Otter Lake, Mirror Lake, Blaney's Lake, Kent Lake, Blue Lake, the Reservoir, Re-servoir, are all easy of access from the Puffer Lake road, many of them by auto. This group of lakes 'situated, as they are, at an elevation of fromS,-000 fromS,-000 tolO.OOO feet above sea level, nestling among mountain peaks whose summits pierce the sky above the 12,000 foot mark, are destined to become the attraction which will make this region one of the most popular playgrounds -for thousands of people. The big event which was staged for Monday, July 24, but really began be-gan the evening of the 23rd, was in the nature of a double celebration. First to celebrate the 75th anniversary anniver-sary of the settlement of Utah by the pioneers, and second to celebrate the opening of the Puffer Lake road. Saturday the people began to arrive ar-rive in all kinds of vehicles, carts wagons, jitneys and automobiles, on mules, ponies, horses, burros and on foot. Sunday morning there was, by actual count 47 tents or camps around ar-ound the lake and 125 head of horses It is estimated that on Monday there were over 200 horses and 900 people peo-ple and 150 automobiles at the celebration. cele-bration. Sunday evening there was an enormous enor-mous camp fire around which the neoplc gathered to listen to stories, songs, 'speaches and music by the Milford Mil-ford band. The weather man was surely on his good behavior. A more perfect sample cf Utah weather could not have been found in the whole year. Monday morning the crowd gathered gath-ered in a beautiful grove above the lake to do reverence to the pioneers. whose hardy belief and desire for ; freedom, brought them to the Utah mountains seventy-five years ago, to build their homes. And it is a conspicuous con-spicuous fact that the second' act of their legislature was a law providing tor the improvement of roads. So it was fit that here at this time this gathering should celebrate the opening open-ing of the Puffer Lake road a road which opens to auto travel, one of the most beautiful and attractive spots in America. Promptly at 11, Karl S. Carlton, master of ceremonies, after music by the band, introduced the different speakers and numbers. The program as carried out was as follows: Selection by the Milford band. Prayer C. D. White Song "America" audience. Remarks O. A. Murdock. Song Beaver Glee Club Remarks J. F. Tolton. Song Glee Club. "Out Where the West Begins" by Beatrice Hurst. ; Address S. V. Peet. Song Audience. P.r-.'ioriojt ion Ge Marshall. SnWtion by the hand. .ft'"r lunch came the sports which werf null -1 off at Otter Lake near the f:;jo rr-Mi Theyconsisted of 11 .t--. ra--'s. br.-iiicho riding and font I '?: .' t. T'l'on rrnr l'ie honor of "' :'!'- ;r i 'i . ' I'1:-; cMobrrition -'r. lr,;v.. 1 ,,,, nriivntK' I'-T .'"-.'. n. wh (', if rr,r- 1 v'i:"'' 1 of nr!,i".:-l inffTP-t l " n f '''" 1 1-r, Vi.ri'iav vrr r- m v,-,r:, ...,, ,,f - - ' r I i a I: '.'"V,,.r 1 ... ' .;....,... tl,; , .. .,r-..,. - -.1 i v, , - , ,. -.v, v. r.- mar.. " -p; ir ,-,r I"-' 'infr ovn "' " ' to h',m-. '!' n-vtur ' "! TtiV't'C i'ic bfst appearand appear-and at a di-taiHP of lOO f.-et. N'o 'irize-3 to be given except blue and 'd ribbom. For the best saddle horse and the 'rst draft horse, ribbons might also be given. CELEBRATION NOTES Tt is a good road. But the fish got scared at the automobiles. auto-mobiles. That Union Tacific man Peet is v.ire some booster. On'.y one accident reported for the day. Mr". John McKeon fell in th" creek. The Milford hand added much to the enjoyment of the occasion. Neither the mayor of Milford. the mayor of Beaver nor the president of the Stake were there. Why? oh why? Did you ,--co our county librarian's new suit? The original committee that had charge of the celebration was com- oso(! of II. D. Thompson, chairman: Des Hickman, Grant Tolton, Geo. Mitchell. Timothy Brownhill, L. R. Fournier and Karl S. Carlton, and to them is due much of the success of the event. The display of horses at the lake was one of the best ever seen at that altitude. Yes, and many a county fair has been held where the quality of hordes hord-es could not touch them. A few more water closets are needed. The Gillies ramp grounds o'i Hin bank of Otter Lake are nice, elean rnd mn'h apnrepiater! See pir'nre fm this pace. We think M:"K - - wax the ''e;:t Ififl-ing ?.Iirord ('ill HP there Wo can't just reeall her name " fev- tun re tr'itinutK wnnl'l ie nrecia ted . 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