Show IAKOWANS AiNMVI IISAIIY Iho SluiJj Iron Iouuiy Iiwn Is rorljn II alE Yra rs OU IAIOWAN Iron County Utah I January 14 moo I To Ibo Ixlltorl Yesterday the ISli woe a big day tlth us U bell the 43tb annlvtnary I or Ibo settlement of lull place by the pIoneers This placo was settled thou lry IS 1851 by President Ueorge A Bmlth and a company ot 120 rniir women and children They woro forty days getting from Bait linka ely to 1arawan we can now make U wIth tbu utnlttance of Ilia railroad In odajs Ln tuu remarks of the pioneers ye3 lordy we Karon that this put of the counlry was seemingly BO foibludlui the tvnbrr w astoecacce Ike soIl eo cad ond barren and the trouble with In dIane ao tlrroabcotog Iba sIlo Kthor mnoy nero 1I10urRd aud tbo next spring nrtc Ibo calllemoni here only twentyfly moo wre hell Fire ludlan bookIe tbo only ctlo 01 1rowou bd wee retold mime of whIch have appoarec lu the News from your excellent oor respjuueut James II Martlneau llro Malou lived br Ito laly tImer Wa gdheeol reCur der el tills pai 01 Ille urilry nod being an educated man kept a flue record Brother John Hteele of Toquorvllle a pioneer to Parowan also mcuibor of the Mor moo i Battallou and his worthy daughter Mr lUltabelb Merle Htiely were with uj yesterday Hl3 lit btapoly was the first child born In Bait Lake Clly Bliu was born In a lout lltcheJ mere the Trmple block now stands August U 1847 Blstei Htuptly liven at Kauarru Iron county aou has a larga umlly Ono of her cone i performed an honorable mission reluon lag therefrom two or three years I O lu early days Brother John Sleet woe thu military leader of Ibis plsoe and lea his minute company ugalust bile Indians whenever they wero rankIng rank-Ing raids R alut the tetllera or against tbolr stock Ono of tbo plonetrs lu his remarks said we bad tuch fallb In our leader that had Captain Bleela lilvcu the command we would have rouhl all Ibo Indians In the United Stab had I been possible The remark or ti severs I pioneers present were Interspersed with songs recitation Instrumental muilo etc and a vury bappyreuuton a enjoyed Uy tb veterans and their bundled of warm hearted Irlendr Btatehood day was also celebrated hore 10 first clan style an Ihe Oil tour dome tbouirhl should ho January till and oat tho 6th The rubstauie ol the ruurks ol Iha elbr IoI various speakers was that taken In lla I brcaj and comprehensive light statehood state-hood was one of tOo groatcat blessings I that ojulu coma to Utah Tbe burden 1 might be felt a little at present lu higher taxation but the ble lngs 01 J Bfnture would outweigh thai burden a hundred fold W mfke Wo would lIke to ear I not out of place here that we were exceedingly 11 well I pleaeeJ wllb Eider li II Roberts reply to an Omen currccpiilent pub liiunl In the HUIIWECICIY UESEIIET NEWS of tbu 12th lust I weu a mo1 ablu reply covering lIe whole ground and from standpoint of every true Litlerilny Sabot I think U unanswerable unanswer-able I trust our Otlen brother and 1 who may feel moro or less I as be does will read and ba ureatly benefited by the reply I could wish tbat everyman every-man woman und child Interested In the subjects treated In tbe correspondence j corres-pondence might read the same and every Latterday Saint Is I lutermted and those who oppou them euould also 1 be Interested tnoicreeledIV WH C MoOnEaon |