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Show CITIZENS TO MEET AT PARK NATURALIZATION IS FEATURE OPEAKERS to represent foregn nations at patriotic exer-cises exer-cises today Top, H. W. Matthews, Great Britain; 31. .1. Dixon, Germany; below, John T. Georges, Greece. M - 1 f ? 1 1 j l ,-v J:1 ! jr V il Mayor Ferry Says Day Will Be Observed in Hyphen-less Hyphen-less Celebration. WHEN the word " American" was minted 140 years ago today, to-day, it was without a hyphen. Many who then took unto themselves the appellation that was to become the hallmark of liberty were born in foreign lands. No hint is there in tlie pages of history his-tory that (he orthography ot the word impressed any of the foreign born heroes he-roes of '7(i as having something lacking lack-ing about it. L' pon each an n i versa ry of t.h i s d ay the word, new-burnished by the spirit that first fused the letters of it, stands forth in a glory of unadornment, the sister of the word Liberty. In appreciation of this the celebration of- Independence day to be held at Liberty Lib-erty park at 4 o'clock this afternoon was planned. At Liberty park, as it was in Independence, Inde-pendence, hall 140 years ago, today will be Americanization day. .No hyphens have been provided. According to 1 Mayor W. Mont Ferry, who will of-; liciate as chairman, hyphens that will j stand the pressure of the day are not, to be found in Salt Lake City or Utah.; To Deliver Address. As foreign-born Americans in the days of Liberty's winning declared without qualification for the day that they had adopted, so men of alien 'birth j will todav assert themselves for the principles that attracted them to the i United States. t m ! Representing those of varied nativity,! speakers will be given opportunity to' stand forth today and declare, in behalf of their brothers, for the cause that men like them espoused nearly a half century ago in undying words of eloquence. elo-quence. ' , , An impressive feature of the patriotic ; occasion will be the presentation of naturalization certificates to thirty-; seven aliens gathered from a dozen foreign for-eign lands. ITnder the myriad flags that 1 decorate the park they will receive citi- . zenship in the United States of ! America. ! In tlie presence of a constituted tribunal thev have given evidence that they are j wofthv of the name American. They have pledged themselves as being as satisfied satis-fied with" undivided orthography as were the patriots of '76. Park Gaily Decorated. Among those who will, by invitation, express the feelings of Americans of foreign for-eign birth toward the land they sought for its libertv are H. W. Matthews of the All-Briti?h society, M. J. Dixon, representing repre-senting citizens of German nativity; John T Georees. on behalf of the Greeks who have chosen the Stars and Stripes for their national colors; J. P. Scarpino for the sons of sunnv Italy, and some speaker, yet to be selected, to represent the Scandinavian Scan-dinavian peoples. I In addition to the elaborate decoration i of the park that is already completed, it is anticipated that many automobiles will de bedecked for the occasion. The programme pro-gramme is planned to occupy not more than an hour and a half. Societies that will be represented and that have been instrumental in the prep- arationa for the celebration include the Eagles and the Daughters of the Revolution. Revo-lution. Programme Prepared. On behalf of Utah, Governor "William Spry will address the throng gathered in : the name of patriotism. TJie programme, ! including addresses not already men- ! tioned. follows: I "Yankee Doodle," Held s band; "The; Flar Spangled Banner" (all standing). , Held's band; introductory of "Ameri- canizatlon Da Us Object and Men- ! ing." Mavor W. Mont Ferry; selection. I Schubert Male quartette; "In the Year of: Jubilee" Hold's hand; address. George Albert ' Smith; ' "The Red, White and. Blue" Held's band; speech. W. H. Fnl- ' land : speech, John T. Georges of the Greek society; speech, M. J. Dixon of the German society: speech, J. P. Scarpino of the Italian society; speech, H. TV. Matthews Mat-thews of the All-British society; selection. selec-tion. Hormnnle Singing society; speech. Governor William Spry; "Dixie." Held's band : presentation speech. Judge Armstrong, Arm-strong, followed by presentation of citizenship citi-zenship papers by Judge Armstrong iyid "America" by entire audience. f V ' g A 3 ft 1 "N - 4 a ft. . vv-- . ? - : N Iff' s nwsts&i. an. f ' ; K k m III . t V m I. 'yss' -. J) |