Show FEATURES COLUMBUS COLUMBU DAY FETE FETI TR TRIBUTE I B lt rAID PAID TO 10 MEMORY Of GENOA N A AO O DREAMER AM Dignitaries Take Part in Pretentious Pageant That Traverses Streets in Honor Hon- Hon or of Noted Navigator Discoverer of America toBe toBe to toBe Be Eulogized at Mass Meeting in Assembly L i Hall After Procession IN N FUN frolic and pageant Utah today is celebrating with appropriate festivities the four hundred and twenty-seventh twenty anniversary anniversary an an- anniversary of the discovery i of America It was Just a little more than four and a quarter centuries ago that Chri Christopher Columbus landed on Wat- Wat ling Ung island San Sa Salvador vador one of the Bahamas at 2 o'clock on the morning of October 12 12 1492 Thus for the first time did the foot of civilized man touch the the sh shores res of 01 the western hemisphere It vas was the beginning of of- anew a ne v world and ind the the I birth of all from which the liberty freedom and wealth of America has sprung And today the peoples in the heart of the western world are memorializing ing the conquest of the great seaman UTAH IS CELEBRATING Here in Salt Sait Lake thousands of miles inland from the shore shor upon which Columbus landed many are ire paying tribute to his memory Forthe For Forthe the first time in the history y of the state the anniversary of the discovery of America Is being observed d as a a. legal holiday hollday This afternoon one of or the most pretentious pageants ever held heid l in the city is traversing the streets It marks the first of what will hereafter be an annual event in connection with Columbus da day To the music from several bands thousands of school children and citi cUt citizens citizens zens are arc marching in the pageant Floats proclaim the significance of the da day and scores of gaily decorated automobiles carrying state ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ecclesias ecclesias- and fraternal dignitaries are adding to the beauty of pageant SONS OF ITALY The sons and daughters of Ital Italy descendants of the tho famed Italian navigator are essaying a proud and conspicuous role In the days day's events St State te county and city officials churchmen and fraternal organizations are Joining with them in ht a fitting celebration of the day Christopher Columbus lodges lodes from Carbon county Utah and Pocatello I tda are represented in the parade Almost the entire local Italian and Greek colonies are taking part in addition to various arlous fraternal One of the most elaborate f features of the pageant is the Sons of Liberty float loat arranged by the tho Italian colony This is presided over b by Miss 1 Fannie Fannia Ferrari of Magna 1 as queen of the tha Columbus day festivities Miss 1 Ferrari Fer Oer rari Is a charming charming- daughter of sunny Italy taly and was as queen bythe by bythe the he committee In charge of the parade arrangements ts The Italian Mothers Mothers' club of Salt Lake has two floats In the parade The Italian HaHan band from Sunnyside Utah which carne came to Salt Lake es- es Continued on page 3 i TRIBUTE UTE PAID I Continued from page 1 1 lIy to take part in the pageant is also in line LODGES REPRESENTED The Knights of ot Columbus of ot Salt SaltI I Lake the Elks Moose Moose- and I Eagles Eagles' lodges are represented as units In the parade At the close of ot the parade a special Columbus day J program will be given in the Assembly hall Otto E. E Asbridge Asbridge As- As bridge e will act as chairman A special musical program and amI Columbus day addres addresses es are scheduled Governor Bamberger Mayor W. W Mont Ferry Bishop Joseph S. S Glass President Heber Reber J. J Grant F F. I Anselmo Italian consul and other dignitaries I figure in the parade palade A contingent lot of the national guard of or Utah the University of Utah R. R O. O T. T C. C Boy Scouts and Junior Naval and Marine Scouts give a a military touch f v t the I pa pageant e Charles J. J J McNulty former captain of the Sixty-sixth Sixty railroad engineers of ot the A A. E. E I. I F. F Is grand marshal of the parade His Isis aides are Thomas ThomasI Homer Geor George e II Islaub Berkeley I I Olson James Ivers Richard Treanor I and Samuel Dowse I |