| Show PIONEER DAY in this city pioneer day bay was spent quietly without public demo demonstration nitration in the wa way y of a celebration business was suspend ed and thousands of citizens went out of town to the different bathing and mountain resorts in most of the larger towns of the territory there were public celebrations many of them being highly creditable and enjoyable perhaps to a greater extent than ever before all classes of citizens united ir commemorating mem orating the anniversary of the arrival of the pioneers in salt lake valley LOGAN CITY on wednesday logan city put on her holiday attire though it was far into the night when the work of decorating was complete the work accomplished however the city presented a most beautiful appearance at an early hour on wednesday visitors from neighboring towns began pouring in and the influx was steadily maintained during the day the hotels were filled at an early hour and the pressure upon them continued as time advanced under this strain the hospit hospitality alicy of the people was never more manifest nor more adequate almost every residence became a hostelry none that made their wants known were permitted to want long and they were all made to feel entirely mchome the utah northern train due at p m did not arrive till shortly after 11 this was the second section of the train bearl bearing ng visitors from the south and was much the lar gerand more crowded of the two the dc depot 0 t is s about a mile from the bustness business busto busio e ss part of the cit yand city and by the time the people had reached it many residents had retired for the night by means of which some little searching and inconvenience in in cases oc occurred curled but no complaints were beaida and early enough all hands were up looking as aa fresh and bright as possible some cannon had been provided by the committee and at 3 k in the morning the enthusiastic and altogether willing hands bands in charge of the artillery turned them loose upon the quiet and orderly community the town was soon astir and by 8 main street and its approaches were crowded with citizens and visitors I 1 in carriages parTi ages on horseback and on foot sharply to the time set 9 oll elock the order for the procession to move was given the fire department part ment city council various organizations handsomely decorated wagons representing different classes of business and features specially designed to direct attention to the event that tha was being commemorated made up a column in close marching order was three fourths of a mile I 1 in n length the pageant created much enthusiasm and it would be impossible to name all that was noteworthy in the space at our disposal there was not a thing in the line that did not dot denote the utmost care and attention that was not strictly appropriate or did not ev evince nee a disposition on the part of those who designed it to help to make the day a memorable one in the annals of northern utah it was much like the old time celebrations of the fourth and twenty fourth fourt in salt lalie lake when nearly everybody took a part and each did his best out of pure loveon love of aurland ou our land rland to swell the procession and fill it with points of interest information and amusement decidedly the most realistic feature of the procession was a representation sen tation of utah As it was consisting of a large float containing a ad surrounded brou tided by sagebrush and other rank growths among these and in the opening ot of the tent were indians all looking as natural as life a wagon drawn by oxen and a band of indians some of whom performed the war dance as th they ey went along assisted this representation materially the peoples peopled drum corps and the mandolin club from salt lake and the brass bands of logan and other settlements were variously distributed through gh the parade too great praise can scarcely be given the various committees for the exceedingly efficient manner in which they attended to their duties and the general gratification and comfort experienced by visitors and residents the procession disbanded at 10 in tabernacle square and as many as could obtain admission at once entered the building to hear the exercises previously arranged not many succeeded however as the populace outside of the pageant had the first chance and availed themselves of it so that when the vast assena assemblage blage was called to order there was not an inch of vacant space within n the building bui idi ng the pro gramme previously isly published was closely followed d apostle moses thatcher was orator of the occasion and spoke with great precision and effect As a review of the work of the pioneers as a piece of rhetoric sparkling with ith flashes of lofty thought and as ai an instructive and interesting address it was a great effort the other features of the day such as the races the ball games the dancing amid chinese lanterns and the splendid display of fireworks ought to be mentioned but lack of space prevents the day closed with a record of the consummation of one of tile the most successful and enjoyable celebrations brat ions tons that ever occurred in fin the territory PROVO the garden city was not a whit behind her northern sister in the enthusiasm and care displayed the national notional colors draped all the bubli and many private buildings and the city presented a gay scene at daybreak the firing of cannons as a signal for hoisting the stars and stripes was also a signal for the awakening of the population and by 8 the streets were thronged thron ged by people in holiday attire the evening before and iz in the morning hundreds were brought on excursion trains traina at am the procession took up the line of march on center street the column was made ulof up of most interesting tives of the conditions which existed on the arrival of the pioneers 43 years ago their tolls toils and hardships the improvement in the cir cu cum ms stances of the people a since nee then business representations civic and add other organizations bands of music etc the procession was a mile in in length and was highly credi creditable tab to those who managed the affair and and took part therein when the marching was over the vast concourse of people repaired to the stake tabernacle which though a large building was still too small there an interesting and instructive pro gramme was rendered the afternoon was spent by the people in games and sports of various var ous kinds AMERICAN FORK this thriving little city also did her share in honoring the coming of 0 the pioneers A well arranged pro cession began the proceedings followed by an excellent pro gramme deredin ren the bowery while the afternoon and evening were given to the enjoyment of old and young in dances games etc SOUTH cottonwood COTTON WOOD A series of tableaux were shown illustrating many familiar features and associations connected with the pioneers As in other places the poverty of the early days here and the affluence of the present were typified indians and mountaineers were wp represented resented in the procession which embraced many features feature s that were unique or beautiful or peculiarly interesting at a public pub ic assemblage of the people joseph S rawlins kawlins delivered an enthusiastic speech joseph harkeka Har kera pioneer also mae made an excellent address hon F S richards the orator of the day delivered the following oration mr air president fellow Citi citizen it is 19 a beautiful and time honored custom to commemorate important events by celebrating the anniversaries saries s of the days on which they occurred states and nations like in vl vi duals have their natal days which the people love to honor the day we veye refe brate is most worthy of commemoration it is not only the birthday of our commonwealth but it also marks the founding of a galaxy of states in the mountains whichard chare destined to become the pride and power of the union well weli may we meet on oil this auspicious occasion to hobor tle he memory of those who made utah the mother of staten forty three years ago today this beautiful valley which now teems with fertility and life was a scene of utter desolation no sign of human j life except the indian savage was to le be found in all the dreary waste y extending hundreds of miles in every direction the heat beat and 1 drouth were so intense that in many 1 places the earth had cracked leav ing deep fissures like open mouths parched with fever and crying for drink of vegetation there were I 1 the sagebrush and the greasewood 1 with narrow strips of timber and willows friggi fringing rig the banks of the streams and an occasional sward award J or patch of bulrushes bul rushes in the S swampy places of animal life the I 1 howling coy ore ethe the slimy lizard and 1 I the deadly rattlesnake were typical 1 specimens j imagine if you can call the feelings I 1 of the pioneers as they emerged from emigration canyon led by pros pres dents brigham young and wilford woodruff and gazed upon the for bidding scene how disappointed they must have felt cheh told that this was the promised landham land Had they been men of only ordinary courage their hearts wo would ald have sunk within them at tile the thought of waking making homes ithome s in such an inhospitable desert and they would have yearned for the comforts they had haa left behind but not a single murmur or was heard beard from that heroic J bund band with bleeding feet and 1 aching limbs they bad traveled a thousand miles over the mountains and across the plains plain to secure freedom of conscience and religious liberty in inthe the midst midat of desolation they saw that for which they had staked slaked their all and with tears of joy and songs of praise for gods art serving care that had brought them through the wilderness they proudly bore the stars an and stripes to the top op of ensign peak then mexican soil and planted them there as aa an emblem of freedom I 1 shall not attempt to enumerate the trials and privations endured by these noble souls and those who followed them across the plains though some of you who are here today know by experience what they were there is not time to speak j of the hunger and thirst the peril from savage indians ferocious animals and deady deadly reptile sto to say nothing of the poisonous water malignant fever and other diseases that took many suffering souls to untimely graves the s sd d story has never been fully told nor can it b be adequately equa tely written by mortal pen its agonies will never be known ur til that great day when the earth and sea give up their secrets arid and this the recording angel makes maes known the sacrifices and sufferings of mankind nor is there time to recount the hardships endured while establishing homes in the desert and maelu making 9 utah the pa paradise ralise of the mountains much of the time the people were without food and obliged to dig roots for sustenance they were poorly clad and often without shelter delicate Be licate wamen women and te der ob children ildren suffered from hunger and exposure until death brought them release and all for conscience sake make yet still there whispers the smal voice within heard through gains silence and oer glorys din whatever creed be taught or land an d be trod mans conscience if is the oracle of god the lesson taught by this sublime example of heroic devotion to principle is as worthy of more than passing mention it should be treasured jn in the hearts and practiced in the lives of the people no na trait of character is more noble than that which causes men to live or die if need be true to their convictions of right the illustrious lustan instances ces of this kind of heroism that appear in the worlds history show the golden thread that runs through the warp of life and gives lustre to the fabric of humanity when four hundred years ago columbus stood alone before the sages of europe in the bouncil of salamanca insisting that the world was not flit flat as had bad always been supposed but that it was round and m navigable although he had proof from heaven in the testimony of the moon lie he was laughed to scorn and denounced as a heretic but bu t he I 1 lived i ved to mark ma rk a way across the trackless deep and to discover the new world today his name is sounded bounded with praise in every tongue and the whole world is preparing to pay tribute to his memory in 1892 when the great reformers of the sixteenth century threw off the shackles of ignorance and superstition that bound the human mind dented denied the power of the pope to grant indulgences for wrong doing and insisted insist eJ on the right of man to think an I 1 act fur for hida self in all matters of conscience they and their followers were persecuted maligned and killed but posterity lias has awarded them the martyrs crown and they ara aid now numbered with the true nobility of earth and of such were our ancestors who first settled america when our patriot fathers declared the sublime principle of human equality and pledged their lives their fortunes and their sacred honor for the establishment of civil and religious liberty in this free land they were called traitors and rebels but the unanimous verdict of mankind has since placed them on the very pinnacle of earthly eminence and has written their names in letters of shining gold upon the pages of history so bo will it be hereafter with the martyrs of the nineteenth century and with the noble men and woman who forsook the popularity of the world the case and comforts of home and the precious society of loved ones that the rights of conscience and religious freedom might be perpetuated on ea earth lt in tile the years that are to come their memories will be kept green and the record of their sufferings and achievements will be arl written eted as with a pen of fire oo 00 4 the hearts of their posterity these shall resit t the empire of decay when lyben time to Is oer aler and worlds have passed way away cold in the dust the perished heart may ay lie brit bat that which warmed it once can never die the magnitude of the work accomplished complis hed by the founders founder 3 of utah becomes more fully apparent when we consider that they were without the help of those powerful agencies which science ce has since made the ser vant of man practically there were no railroads or telegraphs in those days the lightning had been chain edbur electricity was in its infancy so far as the knowledge of mau man was concerned the wonderful uses to which it has since been applied were not even dreamed of then the first telegraph line ever built was only three years old in 1847 and extended but forty miles from washington to baltimore the power of steam as a motor was must just st beginning to developed dev elope the oldest railroad in america way was but four miles long and had bad existed existe donly only twenty sue one years the first passenger engine ever made that was worthy of the name was constructed ted in 1829 with i a capacity to run 35 miles an hour tim tae first in this country was built in 1830 and could only run 18 miles an hour our I 1 flyers make 75 miles horses mules and oxen were the engines and prairie schooners ners the freight cars of their day while the pony express was their telegraph the harvesters mowers re apers gang 0 plows sewing Daae machines bines washing machines and the thousand other labor saving appliances that are now in every day use were unknown 40 0 o our fathers they preserved the utterances of men by imperfect long hand reports and supplied ornis omissions from the imagination we have stenographers who write every word that is spoken w while hile the phonograph 0 will record a speech and repeat it afterwards whenever desi desired reid in the very tone of voice in which it was delivered the wealth of croesus could not have purchased a telephone or 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