Show I DA y I s 8 WITH UNU UNUSUAL LACK Of rOMP I Unusual Conditions Incident to War Prevents Program Being Carried Out Parties Parties Parties Par Par- ties Spend Day in Canyons OR the tile first time in many F FOR decades Salt Lake had no public ceremonials to commemorate commemorate commemorate rate the coming of the Pioneers who founded the tile state of Utah just seventy years ago Unusual conditions conditions chiefly chiefly that the nation is at war war combined combined to cause those who guide the destinies of city county state and church to decree that no public celebration shall be held Little groups gathered to celebrate among themselves in h nor ho nor of the band that crossed the plains in 1847 Ahong these were the Scandinavians of Granite stake who are holding a picnic in Nelsons Nelson's grove TWO BAND CONCERTS In honor of the day two band concerts concerts concerts con con- were arranged for Liberty park and one in Pioneer park The music at all programs was to be commemorative commemorative commemorative of pioneer days Both parks were crowded with ith visitors who have I flocked into town since early morning Two baseball games were arranged one for this morning and the other for this afternoon Theatres and picture houses arranged arranged arranged ar ar- ar- ar ranged special programs Parks and resorts were to be open all day All prepared to handle capacity crowds The Bamberger and the Orem lines put trailers on trains to carry crowds to various resorts Prisoners at the penitentiary celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- by playing baseball the prison nine crossing bats with the Smoke SmokeHouse SmokeHouse SmokeHouse House team The Utah Camera club passed the day in the neighborhood of Lake Blanche having left for that point in Big Cottonwood canyon at 4 30 o'clock this morning Boy Scouts of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt Latter day day r-day Saints made a trip over the old Pioneer trail finishing finish ing the long walk today This took them over paths traversed by their grands grandsires ires seventy years ago PATRIOTIC PROGRAM Children of Neighborhood house planned a patriotic program for 5 S o'clock this afternoon Fifty of Hancocks Hancock's fruit firm arranged a picnic at Knudson's at grove The band composed of twenty- twenty five young women musicians of Nephi planned to parade the streets playing patriotic airs and later play at ball game Many stores took their Ina in ina ina a body for outings Families packed bursting lunch baskets and went to toru ru rustic tlc spots |