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Show LOGAN CITY, UTAH, VOLUME NUMBER 112 ATION BIRTHDAY ? f- - SATURDAY,' MAY 8, 1909. OUR CITY FATHERS this was a direct slap hearing before tne author itie. Mir. G. Y.' Smith, of Smithfield:, at the Boosters since, they had also made & strong talk along the just been ehtrusted with . the The city council was in sessiog same genealiinea That JJr. matter, and this motion wuuld ou Wednesday evening and lie was'quitew fi- deprive them of the right of nam- among other things that vcame be- his share of' the ing their own committee. ore it was the' letter of the Agriling tdpui-omeans necessary 'to keep them "Chairman Thatcher ruled the cultural College relative to th: motion out of order and Mr. turning out of the water from stitution intact.' Of-cours- The City Sees Most Successful Public - t Demonstration. Boosters Make. Good' - Well ask appropriate historical compariwho par- son. ' The Indians were out 75 thousands any of the If ticipated in the doings of the day strong in fill war costume, ni any and 'if you find one who has a of them, and they made a really kick coining youll find that he, fine impression. The parade was Then pame Isaac Smith.' He began by simply throwing a wet blanket ton the whole ' proposition, stating that he knew" that the whole difficulty was due- - to lack of means upon the part of the- church. to He endeavored Vas it a success f or she, as the case may be, is suf- well conducted throughout, and w fering fiom a toothache, a bad for a onder was on time, or a nearly so. After marching over grouch or else is afflicted with We to Center street, down it four blocks and return; it quickly dis.had pride ourselves upon having solver! and the street was promptsome pretty good celebrations and justly do we show ly cleared for the drill by the A. this pride, ,but the Founders Day C.. Cadets. R was very good inaffair was just a little better than deed. the boys behaving just like inreal x.ddiere. executing their any of them. This is not our dividual opinion alone, but is the movements vrithTprecision. expressed1 opinion of most of the THE MEETING older people who were present it was another glorious triumph The meeting in the tabernacle for the Boosters and. the organization has a host of new friends was just a little the best thing of its kind that has been held in as a result of it. a that structure in a long time. It Many people feared that as result of the hustle and hurry of was neither tx- long nor too the past few weeks the prepara- short, and was full of good tions would be incomplete ' but things. they were most agreeably disap- . lion. L. R. Mirtineau offered pointed for all the arrangements the .opening prayer, and. then were well nigh perfect, and every- - Mayor idwardapad a brief went off as smoothly as dress of wdfcbrne and extended could be desired.. Everybody was the freedom of the city td the well reared for and everyone 59 ers a lid their friends. lie also found something to be pleased congratulated the Boosters upon the complete success of the whole over. Between eight and ten tbous- - affair. Five or six hundred of the city and people took part in the celebration most of them, being resi- school children then sang Utah dents of the city,, although there We Love Thee, being led by were hundreds of county folk in Prof. Sm'urthwaiter town. There were no serious acSecretary J. A. Langton, of the of Boosters Club then delivered the cidents, no rows, no disunion any sort in fact, the friendliest address to the Pioneers. It was home a very neat and altogether approfeeling being exhibited,!) folk and visitois alike, and all priate oration. The choir sang Hard Times had a good word to say for the then Mir. Robert Thornley. an and Boosters and their successful way, of handling things. Robert Thornley, the aged Smithfield apparently pioneer, of the piovoiced thesentiments neers when he said that he had celebration. It was full of home-had the best time of his. life, for ly yet subtle humor and bits of scores of the others were heard to pathos that only added do its express the same opinion. They charm. The audience was delightfelt that they had been honored ed with it and laughed itself into as well as entertained ana were good humor for the feast that was to follow. The choir sang angrateful as well as pleased other selection and then the asTO THE sembly sang America. MORE STRENGTH This ended the meeting and Hie BOOSTERS" guests of honor was escorted to the Auditorium 'where the BoostTHE PARADE The eelebration began with the er ladies had provided a feast of parade of course, and the people good things. Between four and who turned out saw the finest. dis- five hundred people sat down to play in the history of the city, or the four tables set, and they apat least one of the very finest. It parently did full justice to the ' was more than a mile and a half meal. After the dinner was over a long and altogether appropriate in its make-up- .. great many of the visiting 59 ers shown about the tpwn or a verc half of There 'were upward hundred of autos and carriages in v .'nt out to visit old friends. which the 59ers rode, carriages THE BALL GAME. for the eity officials and others. The Boosters, 125 strung', made a ' The baseball fine showing in their duster cosgame began about A oclock. It resulted in a victumes, but the best showing was tory for the Boosters by. a score probably made by the B. Y. of 10 to 2. The Indians are not whole lege which turned out its student body to march in the line. the' most proficient baseball ar-- The A. C. Cad e tspresen ted the tists in the world in fact they neatest appearance, and their know but very, little about the splendid band won many compli- great 'national game, and as a rements, as did the B. Y. C. musi- sult the Boosters did not have to order cians also It Was estimated that exert themselves at all-ito one win. men The red had students' approximately ' 1,500 their first base-ma- p were in line, and by actual count; good but the rest of them were there were 1,185 school children hi the parade. Three yoke of ox- pretty slow. They scored 2 runs en, hitched to prairie schooners, a in the first inning, but after that A big couple of hand carts and a team they never had a.look-ih- . n saw ti estimated trowd atr3,500 e eiTn rnoveTf t ep e. Teetzel Coach of thy in addition to furnishing the the gam case of chronic knockeritis. - ad-thin- g . t i , 1 ! - . - - n ball-play- rur fsl - I N r-ad-e, er Har-rtsfoIloyei- - contradict "statemeutsTnadeihy Mr. Owen and Mr. Harris, and in a general way knocked the whole proposition. Being the man of all men of whom the people expected loyalty, they were extremely note his lack of it, chagrined-tand did-io- t hesitate to show Their disapproval of the stand he had taken. Every other speaker had been generously applauded, but THAT B. Y. C. MEETING when Mr. .Smith sat down there The meeting calk'd by the was perfect silence, for a short Boosters to consider the matter of time, andtlien a ,singje band-ela- p the elimination of those . college was hearx,j .. .Immediately. there courses at the'B. Y. Colege con- came from-- all parts, ef the Wll vened at 2 :45 in Nibley Hall, and sounds of f3h 1 Shi .and silence while it did not last very long it feigned again. Then to emphasize n Booster ,C. M. waexceedingy lively while it the' thirig-whewas in progress. It was a good Harris arose th,er;e was a roar of sized assembly and it was very approval ilmtn .early lifted the strongly in favor of tbeJntegrity roof.ttt was an exceedingly painand educational standing of the ful situation, for" Mr. Smith, and B. Y; College being maintained, apparently he 3 id not relish it at ' '. . .. Tli is fact was made very plain' by alt'-- ' , ' ' the hearty manner in which all Mr; Harris madp one of his vigthe speeches were received ex- orous' little talks apd then introcept that of President Isaac duced Hon. L. R. Martineau who Smith, who, received a scathing made a strung plea for the retentrebuke for" his peculiar ' utter- ion- of the college, .work at the schooP-add- ' - ances. outlined art Admirable t Bishop B.G. Thatcher presided plair of campaign to get. it reat the meeting and after a few stored. lie was qffe sure that words in explanation of the the Financial difficulty could be of the gathering, he intro- overcome, and he was equally duced Bishop E. R. Owen, one of sure that the church authorities his associates on the special comJ.weie anxious to do the right thing mittee appointed by the Boostere& by the College. They had been to take charge of the matter. unadvised perhaps, der discussion. Mr. Owen made and if that should prove to be the a very vigorous talk in which he case it would be a simple matter contended for the right to peti- to get them to rescind their action the church authoiities to re- tion, as they are men who. are consider their action in eliminating- eminently fair and just. -the Bishop Thatcher stated that college work from th B. Y. C. He asserted that President Joseph F. Smith' had to' make of the College a high school said to him - when he,teft the n destroy a school that the ehurch offices Remember, Brothhad built up and would al- er Thatcher that anything we people so destroy the purposes of the have done is subject to being founder, Brigham Young; vit changed if we find out that we would leave all the graduates of have been mistaken. Senator Bnllcn then presented the College without an educational-mother. the following resolution, and it lie believed that the church authorities had been im- was unanimousiy passed: WHEREAS, it has been reperfectly advised in regard to the matter and he was in favor of ported that the General Church making the strongest sortof rep- Board of Education have recently resentations "to ' them as to" the taken an action to the effect that Logan side oft he question. If it the College work is to be elimio-ate- d from the Brigham Young is a question of finance only be felt quite sure' that that difficulty College,mnd, Boostere eould be overcome, as of the WHEREAS, the Club of have $200,000 worth of buildings and Logan appointed a equipment now owned by the in- committee to confer with the stitution the church had purch- Church authorities,. andK have ased but $18X100 worth the peo- been referred by the Church' auple had furnished the rest and he thor! ties to the General Board of was sure they would rally to the Education, , THEREFORE, be it resolved support of theschool again rathby the assembly that we do hereer than see it die.X Hon. C. Z. Harris, of Richmond, by endorse- and approve the acwas then called upon and he was tion of the said Boostere Club, just as emphatic in his utterances and that we urge that they take as Mr. Owen had been. People in immediate steps to appear before his section were surprised, he the said Church Board of Educasaid, and not a few were suspi- tion and do. all in their power to cious. They could not understand get the reported action reconsidwhy the College could be main- ered. And, be it further tained and built up in the days RESOLVED, that this aswhen the revenues of the ehurch sembly pledge to the said Boostwere much less than they are now ers Club their united support in When the church was poor and this matter. . Then J. A. Hendrickson took a now that it is wealthy, should be destroyed. He was quite sure that hand in the proceedings and tried thepeople of the north end of to tangle up things by moving Cache were interested in the wel- that a conjraittee of twelve be apfare of the B. Y. College and pointed to visit the Church Board would stand behind theBoostere of Education -- and present-rth- e in their efforts to get another College side of the story to them. - - -- r r - purposed ' - -- Ilendrickson therefore amended the mains recently. The council it blit eould mot obtain a second yas not at all pleased over the to hjs new proposal before an ad- action College aqthoritie in making the letter public bejournment was taken. fore the council .had received it; A FEW NOTES and the committee, appointed to draft a reply will likely say some-thini- g The Boosters are very grateful spicy in return for the to all those who assisted them in rather sharp missive of the A. C. making the occasion such a suc- board. cess. Particularly they desire to An ordinance was passed fixing' thank the good. people who gener- the initial' point for all surveys reafter made in Logan, ously donated about 50 fine fat chickens to be cooked for the with the recommenda59 ers banquet. tions of Engineer Parker. This They also feel obligated to the initial point will be at the inter' citizens ynd piominent people of section of Main and Center towns outside of Logan who by streets. their presence and in other "ways It was decided' to spend some, helped the. affair along very ma- money in repairing streets fa various parts of town, as prayed terially,' ' The monument greeted by the for by various petitioners. . Boosters waar admired by all. It is The invitation ' of the Boosters as to participate in the Founders f regarded being more a more expensive and Day celebration was accepted stone would have been. Its I . with thanks. showy is ruggedness typical of, the character of the pioneers. The bronze SMUGGLERS PLOT- tablet upon it bears thjs inscripTO OUTWIT OFFICIALS : tion : Not far from ibis spot on the San Francisco, May bank Little Logan, en- of a plot to outwit the .federal camped early in May, l59, .these officials of this port- and to evade first settlers in Logan.5 Griffith the new statute which forbids th Charles, Abraham Caldwell, Sid- importation of opium into this ney Dibble And wife, David Reese country have come to the knowl- -' and wife Mar that In memory of edge of the local surveyor. A this je vent, this monument Was the- remilt mofe elaborate prccau- -' erected by.ejtizens of Logan, May tions have been taken against 8, 1909 r smuggling than have been used The dance at the , Auditorium here in years. Undercover of was a brilliant function. There the general impression that there was a big crowd in attfcidance would be ' no attempts made to and everybody enjoyed himself smuggle opiumi nto thisi country to the limit. as Tong as the present bountiful ' A few more such successful supply of the drug held out, a affairs and the Boostere will be well organized and generously regarded as authorities on how financed ring, according to the to successfully conduct celebra- customs officials, was formed with ' tions. agents in San Francisco and the orient to conduct an illicit trade in the contraband. The first intimation of the , conspiracy to evade the new law was conveyed to Surveyor of the Port Edward F. Woodward by the regular opi-- J am dealers of San Francisco, who feared that the dumping of a of contraband on- the market mass The baseball game yesterday would reduce their present enorafternoon was won by the Saints mous profits. A number of plain 6 to 0. It was a pretty good' exclothes men and special surveyhibition of hall, if a couple of inors have been placed' at work on nings are omitted from the reckthe case, but hpw far their invesoning. In those two innings the Crimsons simply went Into, the tigations have led them can only be surmised at the present time. air, leaving their pitcher to play is generally admitted, however, , It the game alone. Christensen did some fine work" on the slaib but that the headquarters of the", al- his support" was very poor. He leged ring is in China with agents gave four hits, two of which throughout the,;United States. came after the side should have BULLET TOOK ITS TIME. been retired, and struck out 13 men. Lund diid the twirling for 'the Youngstown, O., May 6. A Saints and he pitched fineball, bullet which lodged in the head lettiqg the .Crimsons down with of Miss Elizabeth Farr a gher,T4 -but three hjts.i, He fanned five years'of age, has been found in men. His support was good, but one oft he womans feet, he bul- - ' one error being made behind him let has never caused her the least whereas there were an even half pain in. its travels. She discovdozen 'behind Christensn. The ered the projectile near the contest was fast, even though it of the skin by accident. An was spotted, being played in one operation will be performed hour and fifteen minutes. Boh foot and the bullet removed. Morton officiated' as umpire and The hulled lodged in Miss Far--' he held the players, to the rules raghers head when a man acei- pretty well. The line-up- : dentally discharged a revolver at L. D. S. B. Y. C. a Fourth of July celebration in c Snow Watkins 1895 Physicians were unable to Lund, p. . . . Christensen locate the bullet at the time of lb, -- . . Wangsgard the accident. Gallagher ' 2b. A., Van Orden Richards . 3b. .... Skidmore Lees Judge" Brangham imposed a' Horton . ., . 8.s. Johnson fine of $10 upon a Joung man of l.f. Petersen the business district, yesterday, Paul Faust . e.f.; . . - Anderson for- - interfering' with arr officer in ICesler . . , r.f Young the performance of his duty. of-th- e injic-cordan- ce -- .appro-priateTb- an . . of-th- e - , - t SAINTS TRIM CRIMSONS - -- ur-fa- , ce on-th- ...... .... .... , ... ..... -- e X |