Show GREAT JUBILEE work is now rapidly progressing THE biair fowe FLOATS chinese dragon in night trappings no expense will be spairl OK arnde Sr nde special correspondence SALT LAKE CITY aarl the worn of ohp utah semi centennial commission in preparing for the areat pio neer jubilee to be held in alna city july 20 25 has assumed euch eions that in ICES than a time nearly a half hundred people will be on its payroll pay roll between beisty and seventy floats are to be built directly by the commission and from present indica eions as many more will be constructed under its supervision there will be as many floats in the jubilee parades as there were in the last mardi in new orleans more than waa to be seen in the veiled prophets celebration in at louis twice as many as were in last years festival of mountain aad plain in denver aad three times as many adlla fiesta of los Angeles which begins on the dinst will have the jubilee floats will be the peers in beauty and ir any similar productions et exhibited in the united sta es and will bo of greater interest because the subjects to be depicted will come closer to the hearts of the people the commission will expend not leas than 25 in the construction of its own floats and as much moro will be expended for floats by the counties of the state and by merchants and manufacturers rs the chinese dragon which the chinese reverently worship ae the greatest of all their idols will be a feature of the jubilee parades ai it was of the midsummer carnival held here last year in one of hu acht parades the dragon will serpent of the great bait lake its gaudy trapping will be covered with drapery which will elisten with salt and which will under the glare of a acore or more of powerful powei ful calcium lights produce a spectacular effect more magnificent ent than has yet been accomplished by scenic artist or float designer the chinese attendants in number will be dressed in the most ela borato and fanciful costumes of their country every float in the parade the subject of which is great salt lake heal and fanciful will be decorated with materials made from the products for which the waters of the lake are famous the largest bathing resort in the world will be reproduced in miniature stature of heroic aiza chiseled from huge blocks of salt will grace many of the floats the trappings of the horata the costumes of the attendants in fact everything connected with the parade will be encrusted with crystals of salt brill ant and van colored the whole producing an ensemble eo grand and so beautiful and so unique as to defy criticism the estimated cost of the parade is 10 OCO but it will be carried out as planned if the cost should prove to be double that amount the county display parade will ap peal to the commercial instincts of the spectators as completely as will tho great salt lake parade to the lovers of the beautiful and sublime sixty or more floats will DO in line every county in the state and there are twenty seven cc unties will have at least one float and a number will have from five to ten each float will rep recent some resource or industry it will be the largest and best representation of a wealth the west has ever seen and will be the object lesson ever presented to a people everything connected with the jubilee will be carried out on as costly and elaborate scale as will the parades alluded to by day and by night the en tena of ho people will go on at the theartres theatres the atres pioneer dramas will bo presented barbecues athletic cames and bicycle races will be daily features at liberty park the largest and most beautiful public park in the intermountain inter mountain country at tha lake re sorts the days will be given up to naval displays regattas boat races swimming contests aud balloon ascensions ana the to entertainments of absorbing interest and dancing at the city re sorta there will be sharp shooting con teats horse racing football foot ball contests a 30 tournament in which it is expected there will be one hundred or more of the moat daring of the plains the country can boast of and exhibitions of athletic skill by a number of the most famous show people in the world not the least features will ba he grand concerts and other entertainment tain ment to be eiven in the tabernacle ut tah moet famosa structure aad tho open air concerts in the public parks of the city |