Show OUR M MUN UN LETTER great celebration of statehood day by our oar south southern sister the holidays have been spent heie bete wit with 1 all the enjoyment the young and old folks could invent the schools closed with santa laus distributing rewards coall to all the be children and they fully appreciated precia ted the kindness of the echers the primary associations held an aa entertainment in the opera house and the children did as they do gave a very interesting pro gramme the old folks the folks and the infantry have enjoyed the dance to their hearts content good order and pleasure in seigh h riding riding and other outdoor exercises have been in demaud demand I 1 iere bere is great credit due our boys r one old time folly has been re to II gated to the past not a picket or a gate has haa been disturbed and all jj loose or otherwise list has been u unmolested molested li this lat our youth have overcome al all I 1 ich ridiculous nonsense that af crded them pleasure in the beart at have gone by and let us hope oat mat t a higher education will forever to ave all such things as the des dee ruction of property a long way be and hurrah for statehood inaugural d ly was duly celebrated on monr ly by a public meeting A com c n attee was appointed and an im pro gramme prepared it in i bort time C P F olsen alvin lien ilen and others decorated the 1 p hall with several reveral fine flag he be stand and other parts parta of the th ri use ause were covered with bunting 0 aking a pretty appearance A rge audience assemble abbt to do 0 nor for the great blessing of s Ate hood the choir sang america prayer by charles C shaw shaft song by the choir governors proc proclamation read by I 1 F olsen address by C F olsen song the star spangled banner by miss E eliza liza lV williams illiams the knole people rising and sang the tat aa chorus enthusiastically repeat 0 ois o the same hiie the presidents proclamation ad a eting utah was read by alvin I 1 ft len when hon 1 I C ailed for a rising three cheers for t over cleveland and statehood 1 is ie way the people responded c 0 ade the windows rattle songs recitations and patriotic a ai dresses were delivered by I 1 C 1 lo rio resen mayor H P F liljenquist cv C v phillip bohmback Boh back C 11 II bev a s bishop J F wright C C aw james mcbride and arid others A humorous select reading was od I dered ered by bv james esq ius three hours were spent in i 0 ankine god and all men who ve labored to bring about so bo g eat a deliverance from the thralldom of territorial vassalage then orce once more hurrah for for stater od and the grand old democracy w aich gave it to us much has been said and written about ingratitude to those vv V to 10 brought her out from bondage am no prophet nor a son 0 one but I 1 want the readers of 1 2 E JOURNAL to remember that the ilie people fully comprehend what great deliverance has come collie to 10 them they will show to the party that they fully appreciate the boon and by return returning ng to their first love will make democracy democracy triumphant in the greit great state of utah we have this monday mor morning i seven schools filled with pupils conein one in the academy and one in the new building in blacksmith fork C C S cache co state of utah jan fth 1896 |