Show ALL ARfi EHfHUSIAsle m The Jubilee Commission is Raj i idly CIosingfArrangements y I + 1 PRES AIKINLEY MAY COM COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PR SENT FORMAL INVITATION I 10JMIITATION Intimation That it Will Be favorably favor-ably Considered The Finance Committee Issues an Address i o the Public The Log uabin Cost troversy Jubilee Notes f7 OOD progress rI4J is being made all along the line In the Preparations Prep-arations for the i jubilee I jubiee njghts Lat nfights I session oz the 1 TTtah Sem CentennIal Cen-tennial c mission mis-sion was to record rec-ord breaker bfeaker t t4 More Avofrk was really accomplished I pUshed I t h a never n-ever before and it can now be said that the machinery of Jthe great jubilee is In complete working order worIing and that from row on results will flow as swiftly from the resft Sifb plans for the cele bration agreed upon as it is possible for human ingenuity and ski to make them The appointments of J S Ander son a superintendent of the construc ton department and SJT Whitaker of Ogden as foreman of 1fle same dePart ment by the committee on floats and parades were ratified The ratiied same com mitee reported that the Department would be under full headway ful by Mon day next and that all the necessary supple would be contracted necessalJ The I committee on designs reported that de signs for the numerous floats numerus foats were coming in at a most gratifying rate gatfying and the committee on music reported that propositions had been received from every band worthy of considera tion In the state for furnishing music during jubilee week and that arrange ments were being made for the holding of two or more grand concerts and band contests in which the full taber ful nacle choir augmented by 1000 more trained voices and the leading bands of the state would participate in the tabernacle I is proposed that Professor Profes-sor Evan Stephens be the musical director di-rector of the conceits and contests Professor Thomas Bassett was engaged to train 1000 children in the singing of national and Utah airs for the chil drens day celebration and Chairman Clawson and Judge Colborn were ap pointed a special committee to arrange to formally invite President McKinley to visit Utah during jubilee week This resulted from a statement made by I Judge Colborn that he had been in lormed by a person in touch with the president that an Invitation to attend the jubilee would be favorably considered consid-ered In the discussion which followed the statement it was proposed that a committee of three distinguished citizens citi-zens be appointed as representatives of the governor and the commission togo to-go to Washington as the bearers of the invitation and itiis more than probable that this a ton will be taken A HISTORIC SPRING Chairman Clawson was appointed a committee of one to petition the city I council to place in order the spring I from which the pioneersrobtained water t upon their arrival at what was afterwards after-wards known as the Fort square The spring is situated on property owned by Thomas E Taylor on Third South street near Second West The commission com-mission believes that such a historic spot should be properly cared for that the spring should be cleaned out and enclosed in a stone Avail that the ground immediately surrounding i should be beautified with shrubbery flowers and walks The estimated cost is not to exceed H50 and the commission commis-sion is of the opinion that the city council will be willing to make the necessary appropriation I is the mission I mis-sion of Chairman Clawson to learn whether or not the confidence of the commission founded in the city council is well AN ADDRESS The following from thefinance e committee com-mittee was unanimously adopted To the Utah Public The day of July 24th 1S97 will ever be I memeorable in Utah r I will mark the close of an enoch I pregnant with Interest and crowded with incidents in the upbuilding of a sovereign state On that day the 260000 happy and prosperous pros-perous people of Utah will turn their eyes to the past and review the pageantry o hail a century of evcnts On that flay we shall be on dress parade before the nation for on that day will grandly culminate the five days celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the first party of travel stained and weary pilgrims in the valley of the Great Salt Lake The Pioneer Jubilee will be just what the people of Utah make it Its preparation prepara-tion has been by law committed to a commission appointed by the governor The first and second legislatures of the state unhesitatingly and generously appropriated ap-propriated ftom the public funds toward to-ward the expense of it but the amount of these approapriatlons are wholly inadequate in-adequate to provide a celebration which will reflect credit upon the people of Utah refect ard properly commemorate the most important event in the history of western civilization Therefore additional funds must be secured se-cured and to our genreous state lon people we confidently apply for them Let subscriptions come voluntarily The pride of our people is at stake They have never failed In former emergencies they will not fail in this one The Jubilee will not be a city or county affair I will be the celebration of the people of Utah It will bO the occosion for general rejoicing over the achievements of the past the blessings of the present and the bright promise of the future I will be a time to do honor to the men and women of 47 as well as to the pioneers who followed their trail and unceasing conflict with them waged an con1ct against the silent and almost irresistible forces of the wilderness Of l the celebrations given by the I joyful people of the United States during I this century save only the celebration of the centennial of the nation and of I the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America none have pommcmorated more wonderful feats of courage patience and I faith and none more mighty achievements achieve-ments than will this Every citlen of Utah of every creed nationality or political belief when he looks about him and contemplates as he must with satisfaction the high degree of civilization attained through the work of tho ploneers will feel a yearning desire de-sire to have their achievements celebrated nt the close of th first half cntury of our civilization with a magnificence that will not only satisfy every demand of state I and personal pride buv as well will compel com-pel the attention of the people of the I nation to the state which though last to r bo admitted Into the Union was the first to be founded in the western wilderness I wilder-ness Let us as a people awaken to the importance Im-portance of this occasion Let us vie with each other in securing its success wih local Let not jealousies animosities or selfishness impede the work we have undertaken un-dertaken but let all unite to make the Pioneer Jubilee tell to the people of the United States what we haye been and are and will be FO that the celebration wi will be long remembered and every print and voice In the land will proclaim its success The semicentennial commission conscious con-scious of the vast work before it indifferent In-different to the value of personal time and lahqr with no ambition for gain and no hope 0 freward desirlous only of receiving re-ceiving the approbation of the citizens of Utah earnestly appeals to all classes for their financial and moral support promising prom-ising In return therefor that whatever fidelity and enthusiasm can do will he done to make the proposed celebration memorable In the history the state Voluntary subscriptions are earnestly solicited Address all communications toE to-E G Roknon secretary Salt Lake City y The Utah SemiCentennial C mml lonE lon-E F COLBORN Chairman Other matters were discussed and disposed of Jn rapid order until a late hour When the question of arranging the details of the jubilee programme was broached it wasvfieclded because oC the great labor that would be involved in-volved by its discussion to hold a special meeting of the commission tomorrow to-morrow evening at 730 oclock The commissioners present were Chairman Clawson Mrs George Y Wallace Miss Cora Hooper and Messrs J D Spencer Smoot Moritz Rognon Nelden Colborn and Whitney THE LOG CABIN CONTROVERSY The original log cabin controversy has been settled by the receipt of the following communication which was read at last nights session of the Utah SemiCentennial commission Spencer Clawson chairman of the SemiCentennial commission Dear SIrThe old log cabin you mention still stands on the spot where it was placed in 1849 when removed from the old fort at the rear of my residence No 176 North West Temple street I was purchased by Albert Carrington at the time the fort was abandoned The mans name who cut logs and built the house I have forgotten for-gotten but if my memory serves me correctly the logs were cut about the 20th of July while the pioneers were rounding what was called Bridgers Point a short distance up the Emigration Emigra-tion canyon As soon as the location was made the logs were hauled out and put in place Perhaps Mrs Jane M Ycung could give you more minute details de-tails as to the history of the cabin ZEBULON JACOBS JUBILEE NOTES Miss Cora Hooper chairman of the ccmmittee on designs requests artists who have made designs for floats to deliver de-liver them at headquarters not later than tomorrow at 12 oclock The amusement committee and the advertising committee will meet at headquarters today at 12 oclock Architect Dallas has completed the plans necessary for the unveiling of the monument to Brigham Young and the same are now in the hands of the church authorities for approval He is now making the plans for the proposed Hall of Relics i It is proposed to have a series of band contests during jubilee week I arranged ar-ranged for prizes aggregating 2000 I in value will be offered Professor Evan Stephens will compose com-pose an ode dedicated to the pioneers which will be rendered by over 1000 singers and all the jubilee bands at the concerts to be given in the tabernacle taber-nacle I is probable that the annual convention con-vention of the Mutual Improvement association will be held in this city on July 18 and 19 The convention is now scheduled for the first week in June but the governing board of the association associa-tion is in favor of postponementS S T Whitaker who has been appointed ap-pointed foreman of the construction department de-partment is one of Ogdens most capable cap-able architects and mechanics The position was selected by him although he at first applied for the position of superintendent With J S Anderson the well known scenic artist and designer de-signer at the head of the department the two make a team it would be difficult diffi-cult to find the peers of in the country The following brief but to the point communication is on file at headquar ters Pioneer Jubilee Headquarters Gentlemen Gen-tlemen What would it be worth to tcmen you to get Brigham Youngs original bedstead for your exhibit L SANDBERG The commission laid the letter on the table without discussion Albert H Grice a prominent young I ored man has informed the commis on that he and a number of his people peo-ple are anxious to organize a baseball club and are willing to donate the proceeds I pro-ceeds of the first series of games to the commission provided the club is supplied sup-plied with the necessary uniforms and I f I paraphernalia 7 |