Show I 1 T THE H E kwin TWENTY tyro FOURTH U RTH IN THE COUNTRY ephraem Ephr alm july the T twenty wen ty fourth was ce celebrate lebrat ed here with unusual at daybreak the people were agre agreeably bably awakened by mus musie music fe by the brass band firing of musketry and the booming of manutes Ca nutell a cannon made hereto hero here to give the alarm during ing the time of indian troubles at ai tbt that at time brass was wasy very ery scarce but th the e sisters furnished their old brass kettle kettles candlesticks snuff snuffers eis ebb etc enough to make quite a cannon following the example of their forefathers or rather foremothers fore mothers who joined joined to together 1 ether their trinkets to buy the freedom of canute the greats father when a prisoner at borg at 9 a large procession was formed and marched through our prin cipal streets the most interesting feature of which was as the the pioneers who took the lead clearing the streets of the obstructions bladed placed there repairing their wagons etc bringing vividly our minds the coil constant stant labor and toil of those noble men who led the way to these peaceful valleys through the trackless desert the proceedings in the inbe inee meeting ting house consisted of a short pithy oration by bishop petersen and a dialogue by A 0 Niel nielsen seu sed between him and others p portraying the ca causeless useless persecution arld and severe su sufferings of the saints in lils liis missouri ilis and lind illinois the songs recitations tlona eions and nd sentiments were good our brass band played several fine pieces andi and under its able leader alfred aifred bailey balley is improving fast our string band comp composed ased of ah quite to a number of young men ld re lighted blighted us whit writ some very sweet music which wis was a p pleasant surprise to the audience this being the first time they them had played together in in public one piece was called for twice inthe in the everall evening our young folks enjoyed themselves in dancin dancing 9 which seems n nearly indispensable 1 on 0 n husich b beca occasions the finale however to the fes tivi ties was the arnival arrival of opa anderson tind and niela andersen An densen returning from their missions to norway and sweden with fourteen wagons loaded with emigrant emigran Ui c bishop mishop Peter peterson sou went out in the evening some four miles mile sund sand and escorted the company into our ofik city elty tha the emig emigrants p presented resented a I 1 hope the ith will continue with them tobe lobe a day of double rejoicing several of them had lyeen lyben helped delpe by the saints 0 of f this place who 0 expended pen ded nearly two thou thousand ii i I 1 dollars for that purpose three hundred of which was donated by tife the relief society being the proceeds of the sunday bags 11 A H 11 LUND reporter mouna mount fia Fla plasant pleasant sant july juls the anniversary clr of the entrance of the pioneers into these val vai valley vailey sawas celebrated eleb M in this ci city 0 by firing wa of af at 4 adock a m at sunrise the thib national flag w wa a unfurled furled saluted with of musketry by caraffi 0 jells jelis jensan an a and nd company and music musie by prof has pas lers band iian at gol gor 9 lock the procession under the thi di direction 1 atlo i n of wm win F reynolds mar marshal marshai of the day was was formed and after marching through some of the principal streets returned to the tho bowery prayer was offered by the chaplain daniel page an oration delivered by i edward cili cliff T I 1 esq and arid speeches q were e made b by y jos page mayor of the city citi bli bih bishop h seely and othis others s the muse musie both vocal and ins instrumental tru mental meneal aas was well veil biec executed buted and aud reflects much credit on the manaker manager manager prof hasler the sunday day school composed of nearly children childr under supt bupt john tidwell made mado a prominent feature inthe in the procession in the after afternoon the children were taken out for a ride accompanied by the brass band baud in the evening a dance in thet the social hall brought to a close a day long to be remembered H HD D wellsville Wells rille july 1875 the ever to be remembered twenty fourth was not shorn of any of its honors in wellsville although twenty eight years have passed since the entrance of the pioneers into these valley vailey severy succeeding year seems beema to add a freshness to its anniversary which must be born of love the usual promenade and musio musto aro were indulged in and addresses delivered by mayor daniel hill orator of the day elder eider Robt baxter and bishop john jardine the day was spent in a good natured jovial manner by the tho hol hoj hobday idAy th throng throne rong every one trying to provo prove that his mission was peace peace on earth and goodwill to man W IC it K 1 I I 1 gunnison r july thi this s is the oldest city gity of evier V valley alley ailey its faithful eith citizens bens today to day came camhout out and celebrated the ithe of july in fil a manner worthy af pf pathe the 0 occasion cc si on old gunnison that stood its ground lonely in this valley vailey during the long continued indian w wars rs with its usual pluck determination mi nation and characteristic taste tato turned out en masse and with remarkable exactness processional hieroglyphics and alad enigmatical distinct distinctness ne VS lex expressed what whit it meant from the cannon firing at daybreak and 31 immediately mediately ru after the martial band hand reminding everybody that the dakof d py 0 t the li 0 ath of july jelv had ad davy daNy dawned ned to tp the tho procession and throughout them the meeting epting in the oration the songs toasts sentiments ar there was A a choice utterance ter anco ance and presentment ent P af pf f lat ter day aint ism there was t the he h history of the ua II 11 8 and the latter day dv saints government and order faith hope and charity fathers mothers skis sons sous daughters defenders e r and in d home hom ind industry of zion T these jl e f features are essentially indescribable d c ribal t e they mua must be seen to be ve appreciated to try to portray them to tou you so asto as to approximately lamake make them present to the absent I 1 shall ahill thel etore eiore not undertake Su suffice frice it to say the arrangements were skillful and genial major R G fraser being the able master of ceremonies the female lemale part art of bf the pio procession cession fa was s festively attired but no foolish extravagance ezme elme to our notice there was vas no police aein in service and nori none norl ewas was wag needed after the visual preliminaries the gration oration was delivered by bishop J ti non ngn nome home uke ule of gunnison lug ing remarkably was har bar hold the bortl fort hort by the jhb juvenile choir was sublime the mountain brave brav hard hard times come agten aguin no more home sweet nome home 4 do a good god turn when you dan can pan aud and other songs and recitations comic with toasts and sentiments were all ail reasoned with the spirit ott oft of the beday day to the praise of nephi gledhill hill for training those thom sweet j juvenile voices not enough could he be said there was general joy and happiness a vote avite of thai thal thalius thanks iks ius three cheers pon for or ayery everybody body present adanee a dance darce in the afternoon for juveniles and from 7 to 12 pr pm m borad for adults ul ts C A AM IL paradise i 7 w 71 J u py Z 1875 f t situated as this ibis place is in a recess or cove in the mountains a rew few milea from the thoroughfares 0 of r travel it is but wt bittle known alfi and offers consequently more advantages to a home seeker than those places enjoying more publicity the el element ie ments menta are aro here and the be gunning ginning sare saro anade fora forn future town of considerable importance posse pinga aa I it does superior advantages in regard to land water extensive range i proximity to fuel and tim ber e rox rex excellent cellena water powers beautiful t building and grindstone joek jock ck and withal not mot an unreasonable distance from our prided queen city of the rocky mountains and still nearer to the great continental crossroads eross cross roads monds ogden where the commodities modi ties of two hemispheres meet and band coupie couple cars with ores and products from north and south an ATI honest gospel loving people gathered mostly from the laborers of the eastern nations are here herd subduing the soil and rejoicing over the prospects which waving fields of very promising grain now pree prie present sent to them thorn after the struggles r of 0 the grasshopper seasons of oi a few years ago they are also laying the foundation for future happiness for themselves and children and for those who may join them in good regulations regulation sand and the cultivation of good music A brass band baud under captain william Or gillis v cry 9 good indeed for a population so limite limited and reflects much credit on bot both its members and supporters martial music Is nicely discoursed by a band of young amateurs ama teura under cap tain robt ilott pierce who is also the industrious superintendent of our sabbath chool school an infant day school taught by sister bishop Is well attended the town Is laid off in the tho usual manner with plenty of city lots still reserved for the new comer or the rising lad ad which are judicious jy y and gratuitously distributed 1 ly y bishop H T jackson past which lots murmurs in suitable streams the life diffusing water A mutual feeling of common interest n and a willingness to as assist each other are notably conspicuous to a person who has lived in the city mills mines machinery and store owned by a operation cooperation co of laboring men and everything eise else go to prove that this paradise 14 is is 14 not a place of departed spirits u unless uless the departure means from babylon for everybody works and I 1 have seen no idle gentlemen loafers around here liere except the hog and he in I 1 close confinement but hs lis ils the people under lelent sufficient tax to support him thus wise such buch artillery as was aval available lable awakened the citizens at sunrise yesterday mornin gand at half past 9 a procession was formed the health wealth pride dignity age beauty and youth of or the place 1 its ts inhabitants I 1 mean were nicely represented under the management of a committee previously selected after parading the Irin trin principal cipal streets the procession and people honored the newly elected bowery by occupancy and there with joyous sens seus sensations sensation atlon heard and delivered their songs orations music and sentiments both sexes taking part after which the j juveniles uren lles iles received a collation of fancy doodles from the store and the day closed by a free and well conducted ball not a dollar a ticket and all went home happy nobody paid fifty cents for a bit of bread nor any made merchandise of their neighbors improvidence the following are the ananies names of those who officiated the speakers were henry henny A shaw orator of the day bishop jackson chaplain G D gibbs steven coupard Cou coup and mary price songs and recitations by brothers lofthouse hurst orgill housely miles and nelson sisters Obra yand smith samuel obray marshal of the day committee of arrangements henry A shaw george D gibbs james lofthouse 0 C housely and samuel 0 oldham d J SMITH reporter jul jui july y 21 tb 1875 1870 5 kidol ri ng of guns announced the dawn 0 of f the the children met in the schoolhouse house at ten ani ana joined by the echo city school elc ell children ildren and a few pleasant hours were spent in dancing sinking etc after a rece recess s they reassembled assembled re at 2 pm continuing their amusements amu e till five tere there were many people peo 1 yle lie present io to witness the dell deil delight lit of thu the children who were ilg in number which h speaks well for the p people opio in that direction bro it jones delivered a speech appropriate to the occasion thero there was a danee dance tn in the evening for the big chil ehll children dren dien which was kept up in a spirited way 1 till midnight there thero waw was bothi nothing ug to 0 mar roar the tho days day enjoyment nl PHILIP pak VAK st pt U ciora lorge e I 1 I 1 I 1 july 5 1870 1875 editor deserea acus Yes yesterday ferday wa we had firing of guns guus flu fla flags 0 s and musi music musie 1 e also als aiso ho o merry horns an aud and I 1 voices an or oration A tion tiou from frow prest E banow snow 0 on behalf of the pioneers ditto from n samuel miles for the tho 11 mormon EA battalion and col A P hardy for the pione pioneers ers of our dixie the tho sunday school children some hundreds in number made the hall hull of the tabernacle ring with their musie music songs t and choruses at 3 the tho people met again continuing till near six there was no disorder or accident through the day in the evening the young folks had a reunion eat tat at the gardeners club hall and passed a pleasant evening we had quite an assortment of fruit ripe so we all too took tooh our picnic at home homo wo we have had nice showers of rain ralli within ten days which have done great good to growing crops the earliest grapes are coloring and ripening cabbage tomatoes melons and grapes are being shipped to pioche Plo pio clie cile and we hear that th boquer is shipping ripe peaches to the tho same point the mercury daily runs up deg or near that point in our district and county convention yesterday van cott and hills were nominated to fill their old niche prest E snow to the legislative council and james pace selectman tobe voted for at the august election CACTI heber july uly 25 3 at about ten on the evening of the when all people good and bad were or ought to be sleeping a crowd of boys got a couple of anvils and a ke of powder planted the anvils in f front of the meetinghouse meeting house threw a rope over the roof claimed to the belfry threw throw the bell beil rope down outside of the house and then aston astonished dished the happy sleepers with such a BY system of firing and bell ringing as was never heard beard before and the sleepy portion of the celebrators celebratory hope will never be heard beard again it was ke kept p t up steadily until sunrise when a glorious shot told the boys it was time to raise the national colors then the volunteer firing gave way to the organized shot gun gunners ners who saluted the town with a squall and discharge sim simultaneously followed with music by the martial band hand on the public square and the string band Bome somewhere where they were all on the square anyhow remaining in 9 there all day from sunrise until very warm weather the two ban bands ds of music entertained us with a variety of pleasing music at ten am the people gathered at the meetinghouse meeting house which was beautifully decorated with ever greens and flowers ail all happy happ y and dressed gaily after the usual formula of song and prayer the orator of the day john gallagher gave an opening address followed by R sess sessions ions lons who spoke of the hardships and and privations p liv riv I 1 actions of the mormon battalion on 11 other speeches followed with with vocal and instrument I 1 music the meeting lasted two hours nothing occurred to mar the e enjoyment D i oy and all went home homo well pleased with the entertainment at two pm the sunday school commenced a dance attended attend edby by all the children of the place which lasted till near sundown and many happy faces told how hon well they enjoyed their special part of A the the racecourse was attended largely and was free to all some of the vintah uintah indians indiana were vere present they bet big on their ponies speed and won several races and lots of dollars then with indian luck |