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Show THOUSANDS HONOR PIONEERS IN SALT LAKE 5 wtS 3 3 .3 PATRIOTISM IS DOMINANT NOTE DURING DAY' S CENTS at the celebration of Pioneer day in Libeity park At top, a pair of old cronies and their child companion enjoying a bit of refreshments. At bottom, kiddies proudiy displaying their toy balloons. ' X-A,f - J y , i ' ... 1 1 . Z, 1 W' v S,-f P' -1 1 ill .. -u ' Big '.. ' 2 jSk C-L. thf entertainment. "Songs From Old Folks" was perhaps the most popular with the vast concourse of people, who were in just the mood to appreciate the touching melodies of the old sentimental airs. In this selection eight soloists were heard. A comet duet by Visser and Snow was one of the high lights of the program. pro-gram. Two vocal soloists charmed the audience audi-ence with their songs. Harvey Pierce's rendition of "Keep the Home Fires Burning" Burn-ing" was an immediate hit. He had to respond to an encore. Jack Wright sang his way into the hearts of the vast assemblage. as-semblage. He ' sang four popular war songs. A feature of his performance was the occasional use of the megaphone, by means of which he made his voice penetrate pene-trate to the remotest edge of the great crowd. Lieutenant Brigham H. Roberts addressed ad-dressed the audience during a half hour's intermission in the musical program. His eulogy of the Utah pioneers was eloquent and impressive. He pointed out that civilization civ-ilization owes them a debt of gratitude for three big achievements. The first is their exploring the way for the vast system of irrigation that , is redeeming the arid west; the second the evolving of a practicable means cf economic conservation con-servation and co-operation; and, the third, the crystallizing into a declaration of patriotic pa-triotic faith that America is the land of promise, a dwelling place for the unshackled un-shackled and the free. These things, he declared, now are commonplaces in our national life. Preceding the band concert the pioneers and the members of the artillery band were guests at a banquet given at the park by the Daughters of the Pioneers. The hostesses were represented in short toasts by Slav or Ferry and Mrs. H. J. Ha v ward. Presidents An thou H. Lund and C. V. Penrose were honor guests. Tickets in the form of buttons bearing bear-ing the words. "Welcome, Our Boys," were sold before the concert by sixty girls. They sold for 25 cents apiece and netted the artillerv mess fund $600. The tickets were sold again for the evening concert at the capitol and will probably bring the total up to $5000 when returns are all in This will mean for the band an acquisition of $1250 in voluntary contributions. con-tributions. , , . . . . . The regimental band, which has just completed its successful tour of the state, made its farewell appearance on the steps of the capitol building last night. Six thousand persons assembled on t.ie lawns to hear them plav. Governor Bamberger, his official family and wives were hosts to the visitors from Camp Kearny. Following the concert there was a reception recep-tion that lasted an hour. The concert was one of the most pleasing pleas-ing that the regimental band has given and was proclaimed by all who attended to be a fitting climax to a tour that will live long in the memory of the people of Utah. There was dancing and a general good time following the farewell musicale. The new Riverside park was formally dedicated vesterdav afternoon. Xephi L. Morris was the chief speaker. Commissioner Commis-sioner C. Clarence Keslen also made remarks. re-marks. The celebration in the northwestern northwest-ern recreation center was largely attended. Utah Artillery Band and Survivors of 47 Share Celebration Honors. ACCENTUATED by the revived spirit of 1S47 that impelled sturdy frontiersmen to enter a strahge and dismal land, patriotic fervor ran high and tense In the celebra-! celebra-! tion yesterday of Pioneer day In Salt j Lake. The war note was dominant, and 1 it found happy expression in the triumphant tri-umphant tour of the regimental band representing the sons of pioneers, who make up the 1-if.th field artillerv Dividing honors with the sold'iers were tne survivors of the pioneer band of "47 who, with the musicians, were the special spe-cial guests of the city and county. The two groups were taken on an excursion together, feted together, and lauded on several occasions by the same speakers as representatives of two generations that typify at once the finest spirit of the state and the nation. The thousands of celebrants crowded all of the parks and resorts of the city, Liberty park attracting bv far the greatest great-est number of men, women and children The canyons, too, had a large patronage of those seeking rest and recreation The steady breeze made the day just balmy and cool enough to entice everybody out All recreation centers within a radius of miles was bristling with lively crowds irom morning until midnight. The first scheduled feature on the day's program was a serenade by the band from Camp Kearny, on the lawn just within the gates of the Lion houe President Joseph F. Smith of the Mormon Mor-mon church was the host He listened to the music from a balcony, being too ill to leave his chair to greet the bevs He made a short, informal address in response re-sponse to the compliment paid him, and spoke to his guests in an earnest, happy vein. More than seventy-five pioneers of 184 7 were taken by automobile to the capitol, where Governor Bamberger addressed ad-dressed them in the hall of representatives. representa-tives. Later, the itinerary took the veterans vet-erans to many points of historic interest, inter-est, including a run to the mouth of Emigration canyon and a visit to the spot where the first encampment was made, which is believed to be a short distance west of the City and County building. Governor Bamberger's remarks at the capitol were brief but impressive. "FA-erything is war just now," he said. "Not belittling the men who are offering offer-ing their lives to democratize the civilized civ-ilized world, it must be said that their sacrifices are no greater than those which were made by the men and women who Introduced and established civilization in tTns part of America. Manv of the Utah pioneers sacrificed their lives in that effort, ef-fort, just as many of the soldiers of today to-day are called upon to give theirs In the interest of humanity. "The women of France are teaching their children to care for the graves of Americans as they do for the graves of Frenchmen who fall in battle. The sacrifices sac-rifices of the who died before reaching reach-ing foreign shores are none the less noble and we should feel grateful to and for them all. Put we must not forget that we should feel equally grateful for the pioneers who hazarded their lives in trie founding of this commonwealth." The climax of the day's celebration was the band concert from 2 to 4 p. m. at Liberty park. This was the crow-ninz event to which more than 10,000 persons had looked forward and for which they assembled. When the concert was over Bandmaster Clarence J. Hawkins and the regimental players had won warmest approbation. ap-probation. The call for encores, again and again, was irresistible. The boys endeared en-deared themselves to the hearts of their fellow Utahns forever. The program was liberal and varied, the selections ranging from snappy marches to solemn strains from grand opera. A dozen soloists appeared during |