Show BASIN TO THE T five das ol of festivities lands inspected by governor senator representative state and church officials amazed at resources never nener before in its history has the uintah Uinta 11 basin been ho bo st signally nally honored as during the last five days ot ol festivities held in honor of ct the ath anniversary of cf the opening of the former uintah indian the completion of the government steel rind cement bridge across the duchesne at myton the dedi cation of the campus tor for the new stake academy at vernal the cele bration in of the corn of the vernal city water works aind the quarterly conference of the Latt latter erDay day saints all of these events were participate ed la in by governor spry senator smoot representative II owell preel dent at lyman bishop davia A smith state treasurer mattson and fish and game commissioner chambers senator smoots smoot e son eon uld did ridge and J J ceaner accompanied the party an escorting committee met the party at colton and conducted them to theodore on the there they were cordially coid lally received by the ott zens zena and a party was given in honor of their the following morning an inspection wa wai i made os of the recent Govern government mit work at theo dore consisting of the straightening of the duchesne Duc besne river channel at that point to prevent an overflow during the spring freshets fresh ets an la in spec lon tion was made of one of anost ano st famous tracts of land the blue benth which lies just on the out skirts of theodore the party also looked over the redcap irrigation pro eject which had recent recently ly been corn plated by the indian service depart ment to irrigate several thou thousand zand acres of indian land about four miles from myton the patty party NN was as met by a number of the prominent aitt zens of the basin when the distill gulshen visitors I arrived at the govern ment bridge their progress was block ed by a bevy of young girls dressed I 1 lii LL 7 bite they formed two lines ac ross the entrance to tha bridge and aad in the center was a huge pad docil to whom shall hall I 1 dellier er the key challenged the marshall of the day of the head conveyance in which were mere senator smoot govenor spry and superintendent of irrigation 11 II C means I 1 to the governor of the greatest state of the glea greatest test country in the gracefully replied senator smoot governor spry accepted the mammoth key to the mammoth pad padlock lock the key was mas inserted in the hole the lines fell apart the guests of honor were admitted to the town towa amidst a furious bombardment of dynamite and other demonstrations demonstration as and unwar s of three thousand people from froin all parts of the uintah dasin basin were assembled to do honor to some of the states foremost representatives the exercises commemorating the op opening ming of the former uintah indian reservation were held on the coining of the in the large pavilion es specially pec lally ally erected for the several days celebration mr J it II hardy ed over the meeting which was opened by the congregation singing I 1 america was fol followed loed by the invocation by president francis ba M lyman the opening address m acis as delivered by mr air R S collett who ho fittingly welcom d the Nial visitors tors and people and spoke of what had boom accomplished by the government and the people who was fol followed lomed by register chad charlea DeN demoisy folsy and re celver don D B colton of the U S land off office ice m who ho spoke of the number and kindol kind of ent entries on the reservation and the policy of the government toft mard ard the settles settlers Ilono honorable rable joseph howell spoke of the work in congress which attended the opening and encouraged cou raged the to 0 stay by their farms hete heie thi the atako choir dundei tho the leadership of david the tha meeting sang ang utah we love tace and utah the star of the west benediction was waa pronounced by rey rev DI J Ife heincy isey A vf very ry larso conjor congregation gation attended tho the first session of tho the quarterly conference held during the tha afternoon president william 11 II smart tax ins the important business or the tb meeting was the dividing of the uintah stake which was mas submitted to tho the conference by frost lyman and aid voted upon by the people it was mas the unanimous choice of tho the people that should be made wro wm 11 II smart was sustained na as president of the stake to bo be created out of the territory terl teri tory embraced the tha formel armei reservation and other contiguous country Ephia ephiarm lin lambert and jos eph 11 II hardy were chosen as hla his counselors and wm win 11 II gagon as clerk la in misaddress bla his address before the conference spry urged the young people to stay in utah lie ile noted that there was waa an inclination among the younger generation genei gene atlon tation to move away from their homes into other states lie pointed out the adv advantages antares in utah for young men and women as being superior to those cf any other state and ho he advised them to grasp these wonderful opportunities that were theirs non lion joseph was the next speaker who spoke of the beauty of the church organization organisation and the of its mem bers senator smoot urged his listman ers era to squire their own homes t stay with nith them and to hand them down as aa a sacred inheritance to their children lie he also spoke poke of the glory of in the home ile he at al so paid a glowing tribute to prest dent wm win II if smart for the manner la in wiloh he had sa BO willingly responded to every call made of him in the performance of his duty in going to lo the wasatch stake toV tor nal and now having to build a new home lu in the stake now nov being creat ed cd in following him prest smart stated that he had always consider cons ider ed it not only his duty but his great ful privilege to comply with the desires of his church at the close of the meeting the party was mas taken tor for a drive to in the lands on the south myton bench they were astonished at the amount of land in that section of the country yetta yet to be almed in the eleming evec ning a reception was give by the myton commercial club in honor of the visitors tor for this occasion the club had spared neither pains labor nor expense in tendering them a novel entertainment five hundred mountain trout had been caught va on the day previous in the resen aaion astrea streams ins aind by noon of j the these thele had all been I packed eked in ice and delivered in ia Aly matoi toli A chef had been engaged from the out side to prepare the meal which consisted of beside the trout baked potatoes sa sand adv iches aiches cantaloupes canta lopes salads peaches and cream bind cako at theand the end odthe of the spread toasts were responded to by lion hon it at pope govenor jio venor spry senator smoot and ic biowell register registe chas cha demolay acted as toast master the entire day follo following whig mas devoted to the celebration of the completion of the government bridge there was a meeting hold at ton ten A at at the pa pavilion ilion la which prest dent smart acted as temporary chairman in ia a few well chosen words he told of the untiring efforts of the commit tiou in preparing for this celebration and especially ie ica erred forred to the splendid work dona don by judge D 11 fiest as general chairman whom mhora he introduced as aa the permanent chair man of the meeting the judge re ire viewed the history of the bridge and paid a high tribute to Seiri ator smoot and colleagues in congress for the work they had lone done for the people of thin section of the state and espell ally commended them for the cecur ing of the to build the bridge which will mean ro PO much in the development of the whole c countey u ty the visitors paid tributes to the plon erdag 0 31 3 |