Show alpine early in the morning the atara and were unfurled to the breeze 3 per a previous announcement the vil laae ball waa rung at 1230 pm ap a signal for the assembling of the people at the ward meeting house the house having been beautifully decorated for the occasion soon after the opening of the doors the place waa filled with old and young bhae faces beamed with joy and gladness predominating during the whole proceedings at 1 the audienna audi enca was called to order by the mabler of cere monies J W vance the ward choir sang prayer was offered by the chap lain david adams the ward choir eang after which bishop albert marsh gave a ten speech on the early history of utah leading up to statehood he to the hardships of the early pioneers of utah and of their final triumph Mrs Maggie hackett gave a recitation entitled the dawn of eight followed by a song strong an old veteran of the early days of utah entitled the working ases of deforet Dea oret A ten minute i speech i waa given by healion He alyon present condition and qualifications for statehood and he did austice to the subject mrs barah ann mcdaniel then eave a select reading on freedom and liberty followed by a comic recitation by john fisher Al pines humorist abe star spangled banner was rendered by W JS trong the audience joining in the chorus with a vim A ten minutes speech was fiven by 0 0 hackett on the future of the new state I 1 R vance rendered a song entitled unfurl the blaz which was followed bv a select reading by john A vance master hayne booth a tot of nearly four deais of ago gave a titled making the fire in the morning mrs va L brown gave a song entitled tha plains of waterloo thanks were then given the decorating committee for their labors alter which america was sung by the whole audience the closing prayer was afi ered by the chaplain the day was a beautiful one all nature seemed to smile in harmony with the feelings of the S W BBOWN alrice jan 6 18 |