Show SALT LAKE of THE from stir special correspondent PIONEER DAY celebrated big contrasts shown in salt lakes parade the greatest coloration of pioneer day that was ever beld 1 n utah took place yesterday yost erday the whole city was in gala dress and every ona was as busy as possible in having a good time the big parada was as great R one as was ever seen and it showed the wonderful contrasts between the days ot the pioneers and the days 0 today the parade moved promptly at 10 entering the southwest corner of liberty park it then marched to the volunteers arch on sixth bast street then countermarched counter marched down tho central drive the order of the parade was as follows first came the mounted platoon of police clearing the way then camo the marshal richard TV young grandson ot brigham young and his aides followed by the fort douglas band leading the united states troops immediately after the troops came the grand army 0 tho republic then in carriages came the surviving pioneers church officials stat officials county officials city officials the nauvoo legion and mormon the second division waa composed ot liberty stake liberty stake float in blan brass band float indians at home float indians hunting float indian courtship float indians moving camp float the pipe of peace float rappers indians war veterans minute men other divisions in line the other divisions were as follows third division granite stakes helda military band first division pioneer train hand carts ensign stake float of the first sod float flag on ensign peak float lorenzo D youngs firer home float the first saw mill float trading with the indians pioneer pony express riders two overland stags coaches representing method ot communication float bv belt telephone company floal b independent telephone company fourek division salt lake stake tul ea figuratively represented stats hand the stake float july 24 fit tanh tf nh ward float our state twenty eighth ward float deseret seven benth word float deliverers of 48 fourteen ward float the harvest sixteenth ward float twenty nine and center ward flaat the west 1 second and twenty third wards farm division granite stake show in the ald method and the new muri band veteran fire department modern fire department 1847 carriage W ferriage floats school of 1847 rhyl ot 1905 preparedly prepa redby state normal abol candy in 1847 cream ry of 1905 prepared by faust r company letb ids of sew n 1847 methods of sewing in b linw machine company tb r ansin 1847 fan and flail i ang in ate gm by condoll da od wagon and machine company an a n in 1847 reaping in 1805 fl ns in 1847 washing in in 0 in 1847 knitting in sun oa school children in 1847 sunday children tn 1905 holds mill ai band second division th parade from a picturesque stand was all that could have been im it was by odds the best that has vet been devised in this city both n beauty of design originality of conc plan and size the floats showed weeks of care and attention to details and so thorough were the various scones depleted that for a moment he illusion was so realistic as to make one belles he was looking upon rhe scenes of 47 As a spectacle it was all that a mardi gras festival in new orleans could produce all that the pageantry of the drury lane in london could command space would not admit of a proper detailed description of each float for they were so diversified and so numerous that it would tire in the reading after the disbanding of the parade the other exercises began As many of the great crowd present numbering fulla thirty thousand people as could get within bearing distance crowded around he grand stand whose supporters ware completely enmeshed in american flags walked with proud headd drooped around the grand stand were men and women prominent in every walk of life tho old pioneers they call themselves walked elih proud heads from their garments fluttered red ribbons showing their honorable badges of distinction the exercises began shortly before 12 governor john C cutler presided an invocation was delivered by president joseph F smith to the bowed and uncovered heads of tho mighty multitude present then cams the hinging of those present en masse ot america the address of welcome was delivered by bishop orson F whitney kent sang the plon w an original song the words of which were as follows ocr r datrio vast oer deserts drear there came a valiant band through mountains pass through river clear into the promised land oh praise oh praise his nama oh give oh give him fame with courage bold with heart of gold his deeds we do revere oh boneso brava his lite ha gave abo boM bowtho tho dauntless pioneers plo t his hardship great and toll ambold transformed tha deserts wild now gardens fair lt homes rich and rare appear on every side oh glye oh give hain fame oh praise oh praise his name with courage bold with heart ot gold his deeds we do revere oh none so brave ills ftfe he gave the bold the dauntless pioneer asher harris was introduced amid great app laate air harris speech was entitled what the pioneers accomplished complis hed U was delivered in masterful way superintendent george II 11 wallace then introduced the pioneers one by one and then the tabernacle choir sang ehg star spangled banner the benediction was pronounced by president AIL lund following ho exercises tho crowds had basket lunches and a great pro 0 o athletic sports and games continuing until almost nightfall all oaths resorts were crowded to aud as one man on a street corner said it Is a wise man who will stay at home today and eat his dinner and be satisfied DR ISAIAH watte DEAD dr isaiah white one ol 01 the oldest medical practitioners in the state Is dead at his home here death came to him sunday at the age of 77 years two months and fourteen days he at one lime had one of the largest and most successful in the state this he kept until his retirement a fevry years ago dr white was a native of new york state where lie was bom in 1828 in 1862 he came to the west seeing in this region possibilities that the physicians of the east could not have he located in nevada and thence went to california but was not permanently established until 1874 when ha came to salt aake the active years of dr whites life were spent contemporaneously wither with Dr benedict sr dr fowler and dr hamilton with those men of medicine he enjoyed a large practice and nun deeds of friends who respected and honored him not only for als knowledge of medicine but for his gentle ness and manliness dr white Is survived by bis widow and a son and daughter dr john T white and mrs lockyer dr white was in practice tor more than fifty consecutive years tha funeral services will DO held today at 1030 at the family residence whitehall 28 south state street burial will bo in mt olivet j TEACHERS convention the eleventh annual convention 0 the utah state teachers association w lit bo held here beginning january A several cities of the state including ogdan provo logan and mantl made a strong bid for the convention portland san francasco and los angeles also offered inducements it the convention could be held in one of those cities several of the teachers ot toe state urged tb selection 0 one or tha other of those cities the resolution of the provo teacher adopted last october offered in modified form in favor of of los angeles the first request tor the meeting of the convention at loa angeles was received by superintendent nelson last fall in a resolution from provo city after a careful consideration ot tha resolution and requests from utah cities the executive committee decided that the association should meet in salt lake city in annual convention january 3 1 and 5 1905 at the close of the convention tho wisdom of selecting salt lake as the place ot holding it was admitted by practically every teacher in the state in holding the convention in salt lake but few ot the teachers 0 the state need be absent PIONEER PAYS VISIT mrs P E wilder who was a member ot the ill fated donner party that passed through this valley in the summer of 1846 one year pioneers settled here and who bad not been here that amo was in tha city from california for pioneer day ehfe donner party was lost in tho great salt desert in N evada aad nearly all died for lack of water the party was stalled in the mountains ot Humbold fc county nov whore the snow fell so fast that they could not get auli there a number of the party died of starvation and others were forced to subsist on the flesh ot those who had died rescue parties then found ethem and saved the lives of the others aira wilder and her daughter have been in salt lake sanca last thursday mrs wilder Is greatly surprised at tho changes that have been made here and says that she cannot ice bow the development of the country from the barren desert it was when the pioneers arrived was brought about SALT TAKERS WIN salt lake city utah july 24 the salt lake country club defeated the butte country club in the third annual golf tournament today thus winning as a permanent possession the lavy son silver cup butte won last year and salt lake the year before making match the deciding event arthur cobb of chicago defeated richards last yar champion of har vad university 5 lip and four to play in 36 holes every local player won his match layson and company have offered another cup to be played for next year it Is probable that clubs in colorado and also spokane will bo invited to compete |