Show THE GLORIOUS FOURTH the fourth was spent in americal Ameri cac style ahe band boys werf about at sunrise discoursing patriotic and other and the small bov aa on deck with his fire cracker Ev got on the streets at to witness the parade a warm faatu e of tho days celebration the young jadv representing the godice ot liber t mis luella u rode on a float following the band wagon she wae robed in a pretty costume made 0 pure white material and looked proud and the fl at was a pretty conceit decorated in toe national colors with streamers floating in a breeze just aut fluent ta aid the general effect t bilow ing the came miss elsina pet ersen representing utah surrounded by a bevy of bright little airia representing the 13 original states utah wa also gowned in a pretty dress made of white her fb tt w is in red white and blue and looked pretty citizens in carriages fol loved the u at the academy were first class the general committee 8 well arranged was nicely car ned out ahe band played several sections the star spangled banner awaa nicel sui g by miss hannah larsen and mrs amelia cluff cleverly rendered a pretty eolo loved and saved the mile quartette sang splendidly the flag out stain and were en ored to sing my country inde pen dence bell was cicely recited b louise kofford the oration 0 the day bv prot geo cluff was a patriotic effort that elicited h arty applause ahe events leading to the formation of first american lie were commented upon by the and a brief resume of the history of the republic given hon seela spoke on the sub eject of castle valley 20 years ago in his and characteristic manner s to how the allea then looked to the little band of pioneers headed by him self that were sele ted bi the church to settle u this section the speaker an idea could be gained from the present appearance apie arance of the barren hills beyond the water line mr seely made light of the trials and tribulations endured by the early settlers lying that most of them bad become to that sort of thine oj experience he told of kis trip roin council bluffs iowa in 43 ii athe winter of 47 in salt lake ind lhnn of his california experience 1 ow he felt proud to be in castle valley and proud of the progress that had been made here in 20 years mr seely inject ed a touch of politics into his speech b he was thorough expansionist both for himself and his country he ac counted for bis own avoirdupois of some pounds became so much of him recited upon the ground from which to draw dami ness lie referred to the organic org aniz tion of emery county which embraced about one h lit of all astern utah at that time ind hov the first commissioners worked without pay top people boarding them during the bebb ions freo gratis hon ad spoke ot bistle val ley tody and gave some interesting figures relating to ita growth in tion and wealth mrs john petersen to the subject ot pioneer aomen vigorously denounced the persecutors of the women that wore driven west to tike up their residence the indiana a race that had been persecuted heb and knew bow to treat the 01 pressed many 0 the women igbal stants of utah left trails of blood to murk their pathway the then united to this then mexican territory that they might he permitted to god according to their own ideas she thought there were here to lay that ft ere makina poor use of the liberty now theira the speech by the of liberty miss luella au was brief but to the point at 5 30 the field sports began ad were witnessed by a large croft d too prizes offered ran from 60 cents dow n tod 12 50 was in this manner distributed among the 1 atle folks the piff race created the most fun the big porker was in floe hap and defied all coiners borne 25 boys tried to ride him but none lid more than 10 seconds on his hurricane deck the horae races were also interesting first one was a dead heat between dr u s sorrel raiden by 1 mi andersen and joshua andersen 14 1 4 ridden by ferda andersen ou the t ill the sorrel won the win lung imre alao won che next race against 1 a horse I 1 he da a celebration closed with a fine dance at night tie bens ander ears old wis w is won by peter borresen with bd jorgensen a close second gunda andersen won the free for all pirl rice M atia wilba rg second dorcas third savage won the little girl race olin beconi and lucy third girls under 7 millie himmons first vera king second evelina lund third girl raco wis one by sig rid andersen hannah Pe tereen second dorcas andersen third ahe efto legged boj race aia woo by henning olaen and earl acord pirley pete coq andziul arthur jameson nod carl beely third in the boa race 12 years par ley petersen won hrat money baiel seel second and earl miller third in the mixed race auder 12 carl seel won carrie miller second aad hazel elseo third girls under 14 race was won by emma andersen lund second and gunda dersen third the 15 ear old boy clase was won b vill jorgensen Jor geneen mma anderen nd eren second ind evan wilberg third the 15 year old girl race won by mil dred wilberg da bond gacond olsen third in the bo race under 9 years edgar willcox wag first freddie woods second aad iw third boye under 10 race wai won by elgin kofford henry willcox and M thur jameson third evan wilberg won the 13 ear old race clarence art wil lard miller third FIRS J sealy acted chaplain chap laio john peterson gave the only toast the dry climate band was all right jude woods made a first class chair man the smallest state was represented by the largest girl the uncle sam float with H P ot toson as high muc kamuck came up mis sing the subject the ladief D foster duff failed to leepond mr duff is not always so ungallant senator jones came over from price and played in the band with an accent on on the played the girls carried out the parts assign ed them first class but the boys bos will be boye and even worse than that at times ira browning chairman 0 the float worked like a trojan almost to the hour for the parade atari his energy bad a stimulating effect the girade like the arm of the pot was slow in getting under head baj and its points 0 omission omia sion tallied cicely nitrite features of commission the of the day george bran don looked like the real thin k of his borrel charger leoree wore a military outage of 19 and hid no in the crowds back to the sidewalk curlings cur bings justice andersen and jude hinkein bass and kettle drum respectful ly beat their way into public favor through solo performances in thi I 1 ind one end of the kettle drum was miss ng and bila missed the other end of ten than he hit it the baad ol 01 john evans leader larsen hector evans ed snow billy hinkin andersoh Ander soo and E A jones furnished music and plenty of it ditto seme noise and amusement it nag a mate band and winner at ariga tion conventions |