Show THE 6 with very little variations the celebration as outlined in last weeks issue ue was carried out to the letter the early morning slumbers sl ot of the people of this city were rudely awakened by the booming of cannon guns and other implements that could make a noise and as old sol peeped his nose over the mountains on the east he be was greeted with flying banners and flags which floated la in the morning breeze from the top of almost every business house and otherwise displayed on residences A pleasing feature of the day was the band concerts in the early morning and arter afternoon neon by the B C military band A public celebration without music is not complete and the martial strains of the band seems to put the spirits of the people in just the right condition to properly enjoy the festivities the meeting at the tabernacle was pretty well attended but there was room for a great many more the building had bad been profusely and artistically eally decorated by the committee the national colors prevailing and the effect was most pleasing the pro gram was carried out as announced and the oration by ron hon matt thomas was waa a gem lie he began by reminding the people that the day was a sacred one and the day upon w which the declaration la of liberty was confirmed ci he began at the beginning re rehearsing the causes that led up to the struggle for independence the drafting of 0 the declaration la of independence the fight for liberty the inauguration of a democratic government and what it all means to the citizens of 0 these united states the speaker was listened to td intently as thel the words flowed from hla his lips in n rapid succession and the listeners were stirred with conflicting emotions as each experience during the struggle tor for liberty was wa a recounted and the motives that actuated the men who led out in the matter pointed out mr thomas closed his address by an allusion to the civil war which he characterized as p baptism 10 for the r remission emission ot of sins and which was necessary to more fully establish liberty on this continent ills his effort was a masterly one full of 0 the spirit of patriotism and yet it was so earnestly delivered that it partook ot of the nature ot of a sermon and its truths made an impression on every heart in the afternoon the people throng ed to the city park where games and contests had been been arranged for in tho the con contests conceits teits tor for the grownups grown ups the following were the prize winners couple married longest time sir fr and I 1 mrs john evans 59 years couple married 1 shortest time mr air and mrs waldemar allamon El laton lamon 6 weeks handsomest baby under eighteen months stanley 16 months son of 0 sir air and mrs george cheal mrs al V rohwer sawed oft off the plank and drove the nails in 31 seconds winning the prize and mrs lizzle B jones sewed the pillow slip in the shortest time the prize for the largest family went ent to sir ajr A aid afro henry hotter I 1 ho he had 16 children present the prizes tor for the little folks folks were so numerous that it would be a hard matter to td give them all 4 A record crowd attended the ball game between the budweiser Bud welser team and brigham nine the game was a good one but rather one sided the locals walloping the visitors to the tune of at 10 keller went on the rubber tor for the home team with hunsaker behind the bat the moving pictures lid did it a ehrl thriving ing throughout the day and evening and the dances at the academy and opera house were liberally patron lied in th the evening the work ot of the various committees was well attended to and not a hitch in the days daya program grama occurred to mar the pleasure no accidents occurred and everybody felt the spirit of the occasion A great many people from out in the county camo came to brigham and participated in the celebration A number from this city went to the canyon out to tre mouton onton tn over to logan and other parts of tho the state to spend a day with friends Irl ecila or relatives irrigation EXPERT VISITS BRIGHAM dr samuel fortier Fort ter chief of 0 irrigation investigations of the department of agriculture at washington D C was tn in brigham monday with prof AV W V mclaughlin ln Div division sIon agent who last year conducted experiments in irrigation in this city and who Is continuing that work this season dr fortier called at the news office and among other things stated that at the annual convention of government irrigation engineers and agents held in denver deaver ast autumn prof mclaughlin read a splendid paper on the work he has been doing in this city and there has been so many inquiries come to the department on that subject that he wanted to come here and get the information info he could on the ground stated that he was more than pleased with whai he has found here and the information he has baa gained from prof mclaughlins ins notes and charts will be disseminated throughout the united states and anywhere else where irrigation Is a factor ln in the development of the country dr fortier was delighted with the electric well ell reclamation projects in this city readily acknowledging rii value of them and their practicability in making the arld arid spots produce commercial vegetation As a suggestion dr fortier stated that he would not ds dig the wells so large considering that four feet in diameter would be sufficient and the cost ot of the well would be cut down that much he also stated that he be noticed in some wells wella the discharge pipe was up SOT set eral feet above the box bos to give the water gatei a drop which means meana that tha the he efficiency of 0 the pump Is ia lessened lust at that much his hia suggestion Is have the discharge pipe come just even with the top of the well tho the pipe to taper to a small end and avoid elbows as much as possible for those things have been demonstrated to effect the efficiency lof of the pump very materially dr fortier arit 14 it the saving in power would be sufficient clent to buys shoes for the baby J the is being biffi carried c rr eai out el mk j in the valentine valentin orchard here cereo were most anter interesting stang to dr fortier and lie he absorbed the ideas like a thirsty sponge takes in the moisture for he stated the work was intensely interesting to him the special purpose of the department now is to educate abe irrigators to know just how to apply the water and when to apply it lie he stated that the general mistake in irrigation is in ill over irrigating As an illustration he be stated that when the dear bear river canalias canal was opened which labor by the way he performed it was considered that one cubic toot foot of water was sufficient for SO 80 acres or of land since then it has been determined that the same amount of water Is sufficient tor for acres ot of land dr fortier had something to say regarding the distance of the irrigating furrow from the trunk of the trees stating that it should be the aim of the irrigator Irrl gator to keep the furrow just about a foot beyond the euls ena of the roots in order to draw them out from the trunk that they might have a greater field to draw nourishment from ife he said that in the orange g crovea roves of california the roots boota from the rows rowa of trees extend out and overlap each other which is the proper thing tor for them to do dr fortier was connected with the experimental station at the agricultural college a number of years ago and conducted experiments in measuring irrigating streams in this city in the early nineties nin ties lie is perhaps the greatest authority living today on irrigation and water measurements |