| Show HONORING ARIZONA PIONEERS ht act JOSEPH navajo co ariz match march 27 1896 herewith to la a brief synopsis 0 of f a celebration given to lo honor of th the of 1876 who settled on the little colorado river there were four colonies started their presidents respectively ively hereof su sunset neet lot smith of brigham city jesse balanger of obed george juke bake of st joseph mcallen WC W C alien Allen the last named being the only one left of too toe four on oa pioneer day march 24 at 4 pm dm the people assembled at the school house where one hundred and fifteen poisons did ample justice to the good things spread before them after supper a program was well rendered the principal cipal features of which were inci incident dente of travel and pioneer life by the oldest residents our dam boss J C hansek gave a history of dam building from the first dam in 1876 which coat 1695 days labor down to the present one dam no 8 the estimated oost cost ot of jam and ditch work putting a very low estimate upon labor jabot has ban been over la in 1876 there were 45 men 4 boys 13 women aid at d 11 childr u or 78 73 souls at present we number 24 men 19 wo meu 87 children or souls Pree president went L H hatch batch of woodruff and bishop joun jonn hunt A L rogers and wives of anos flake were among the visitors the house was decorated with flowers and pictures plo tures sod and among them at the head of the hall ball was the flag of 1876 made of strips of bleached sewed on a red blanket too hour of midnight was reached before the ex birches were over the health of our people to Is good prospects tor for fruit and other crops never better respectfully S S BUSHMAN J mclaws committee |
