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Show TPedn erfay, May 7, UflJ 4G Big Days for Steam Buffs , While attention will focus on jftie histone plateau, - Promon- tory Summit, where a National Park Service Historic Monument is to be dedicated and g will be reenthe will temporarily acted, Utah become the rail capital of the nation, especially for A big team train "buffs. a team locomotive of recent Vintage, the Union Pacifics jNo. 844, will haul May 10th "Iron Horse" excursionists from Salt Lake City to Ogden as close as steel rails reach nowadays to o a c promontory. The same locomotive will operate in daily service between Salt Lake y City and Ogden for a 11, May period beginning friakir.g it possible for thou- of visitors to once again fands see and ride behind a Snorting steam locomotive. :i ' ' ' ' Almost a century ago '' - , BRIGHAM YOUNG founded and became the first president of spike-drivin- BANK OF DESERET .r, t Ewywyiygfei ( FIRST SECURITY BANK - - - V which now has 102 offices with Jf RESOURCES OVER A BILLION DOLLARS Jar ft.-ssfrA- p - ! kSs ten-da- At Promontory itself, where bracks were taken up an-used for scrap metal during World War n, the National park Service has done everything possible to restore the jsite of the linking of the rails to conditions that prevailed in 1869. A mile-lonsection of which became Deseret National Bank and later '$'' ' V m iL. ji )ww. ..w.mimhmti S First Security Bank today proudly serves the Golden Spike country with offices at Brigham City and Tremonton, as well as throughout Utah, Idaho and in Wyoming. Sm ! g ties and rails has peen relaid on the original roadbeds of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific, hacked tut by Irish Immigrants and fchinese laborers a century pgo. Near a newly built museum and visitors center, replies of the historic Jupiter" will touch and No. 119 "cowcatchers, ring bells and blow their whistles exactly as their originals did a century earlier. For the May 10th reenact- e pld-styl- Locomotive 119 the first engine to enter Salt Lake Valle pulled the Union Pacific's special train to the Golden Spike Certmony In 1869. ment and ceremonies, the original Golden Spike will be returned from Stanford Unimuseum vault in versity which It Is usually stored. Descendants of pioneers who helped to build the railroad across Utah's mountains and valleys will dress in period costumes and use a century-ol- d silver maul for the ceremonial reenactment An telegraph key will clate messater out the ges that wen flashed to the White House and the nation in old-sty- self-sam- completion of the unprecedented construction feat 1869, signalling V r .. V syTV v, A 0 r s Governors of Western and Midwestern states crossed by ihe original transcontinental line, along with chief executives of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, will attend the ceremonies ,h representatives of railroad unions, federal agencies and historical societies. The May 10th reenactment Is Just one of dozens of events planned by the Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Comthe Utah Golden mission, Spike Commission and a California commission to properly mark the event. 1 3 - 'e n KX?' V - K v " y'- Z v. Xt WS5 V w tv j Of 'W v-- i SvrsjV'' S-u- X V uXj 'id r 4 'l ? 1 Ay Jl iJf. 'if- - Vi - VVi., C? I ! ty r X5. .. , ,Cl . . yft vhX 7T I 'Southern Pacific Is giving an old locomotive a face lift to make it look like this Central Pacific engine, the Jupiter, as it came to Promontory,' 1 V 1 Savings with Cash & Carrie Sasions .' Medallions To Finance Centennial Costs for much of the centennial observance will be met by the sale of an official Golden Spike Centennial Medallion struck by tiie U.S. Mint In Philadelphia. Bronze medals are available In two sizes: AS and Tx" silver medallions are 2 in diameter. 1-- 5 Historical displays will be at Utah museums, universities and libraries, on view while concerts, a Centennial contests, ball, railroad symposium at tiie University of Utah, and similar events will mark the Centennial. model-buildin- Gaffers & Sattler WINDOW MODEL FOR FRESH COOL AIR ALL SUMMER ( 95 $ Complete with 4 card, meter, pump, fleet kit, switches, window prill. PIPE 100 coils g - 35c There are other bands of steel that have helped the growth and development of this area. One is the pipeline that brought natural gas to the Wasatch Front in 1929, and has kept the thousands of natural gas users well supplied eyer since. Like tiie railroad, natural gas has meant much to this area In its own way. Natural gas is a major source of energy and processing heat for industry, and the ideal fuel for the homemaker. 00 We Till 4v.r - The completion ofthe first transcontinental railroad a memorable event that was celebrated with the driving of a golden spike on May 10, 1 869 was a great catalyst in the growth and development of this country. The Tjands of steel that united the East and the West of America provided an essential importation link to speed the movement of passengers and freight from coast to coast JH OzitB REG. chairman 979 a son TOUCH 9"x 9" The National Golden Spike Centennial Celebration Commission appointed by the President and authorized by Congress Is headed by Thomas M. Good fellow, presiden of the American Association of Railroads, with Senator Frank as vice E. Moss Plastic V2 Galv. PIPE CARPET g salute the railroads on this centennial anniversary of the driving of tie gulden spike, and we wish them continued success in the next 100 years. We look forward to working with the railroads and other industries so as to make the next century as prosperous and eventful as the last. t I ,4 A t MOUNTAIN FUEL ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, LIGHTING & HEATING H,vrt Mon.-Thti- ri. 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