Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-06-15 | Page 2 | Gala Occasion for Franklin, Idaho

GALA OCCASION FOR Fill! IDAHO Pioneer Celebration Proving Greatest Event in History of he Gem State. Special to Tho Tribune. I'RAKKLIN', Idaho, June H. The Tlo-ncer Tlo-ncer celebration which began Iu this city today, and will continue throughout tomorrow, to-morrow, has already proved to bo tho greatest event of the kind In the history his-tory of Idaho. Six thousand visitors Invaded In-vaded tho town today and tomorrow a much larger throng is expected. These visitors carne from all parts of Idaho and Utah. Mom of the state offlcluls of Idaho aro In attendance at the celebration. celebra-tion. Tho day's events began with a sham battle botwecn sovonty-ilvo Indians from the Waahaklo reservation and an equal number of pioneers, tho hitter proving victorious. A mass meeting wa hold at 10:110 o'clock, at which Judge Alfred Budge presided. pre-sided. Addresses were made by Pioneers 11am Nelson and William 11. Smart. Franklin was credited with being tho llrst prominent sattlement of Idaho. At 2:30 o'clock in tho afternoon tho monument, erected by the sons of Franklin Frank-lin pioneers, was unveiled. The unveiling unveil-ing was done by Franklin Reed, the first white child born In the state of Idaho. Bishop S. C. Parkinson presented tho monument to the public and governor James II. Brady, In an eloquent address, accepted It In behalf of tho people of Idaho. Joseph F. Smith was to have offered of-fered tho dedicatory prayer, but was unable un-able lo bo present, and Xephl L. Morris, of Salt Lako City, performed that ceremony. cere-mony. A grand banquet was served In the opera house at 7 p. in. Attorney John Mc-Dougall Mc-Dougall of Idaho presided as tonstmaster and toasts were responded to by Governor Gover-nor Brady, Thomas G. T-owe. State Treasurer Treas-urer C. A. Hastings and Stale Auditor F. D. Taylor. Mount Smart, lying to the west of Franklin, Is a blaze of electric lights tonight. to-night. Myriads of Incandescent bulbs adorn tho seventy-foot flag pole. Four huge electric letters, twenty feet high and fourteen feet wide each, show brilliantly agnlnst the dark background of the mountain moun-tain side. They are ' representative of Franklin and the three towns In Il3 vicinity.