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Show Citizens Pay Tribute To The Builders of Industry Thousands Gather at Big Sugar Factory and Enjoy Program Notable Orators Ora-tors Predict Great Future. By the continued shrieks and blasts from the whistle at the Gun-nis-jn Valley Sugar factory last clou's. clou-'s. lay at mid-day, it was the signal that preparations had been completed complet-ed for the formal opening of the nev million dollar factory. Promptly the wheels cf industry throughout the valley were ceased, excepting those :it the new factory. Farmers un: hitched their horses or stopped their tractors; the housewife forgot, her toils; the bank, and all of the business busi-ness houses in Gunnison and Center-field Center-field and other hamlets in the val' ley closed their places of business and all, and even more, attended the formal opening of the factory which was put on by the citizens and farmers farm-ers of the valley. It was an event that surpassed any of its kind ever held in the southern part of the state t and nearly 3,000 men, women and children joined in making the "formal "for-mal opening" one long to he remembered. remem-bered. Soon after the first blasts of the whistle the immense crowd began to assemble. They came in automobiles, automo-biles, some walked and the trusty "Old Dobbin" was much in evidence as a means of conveyance to the place where a notable event in history for Gunnison Valley was to be recorded. It was a jolly, good natured crowd. Smiles and hearty welcomes were the synonyms for a "good time" and that was the program throughout all of the festivities. Eloquent addresses. address-es. Inspiring music and an interesting interest-ing program proved one of the big features of the day and the immense throng time and again gave approval of the numbers by deafening applause. ap-plause. Many Visitors Present. The opening of the factory had been extensively advertised and not. alone did the entire populace of the valley turn out enmasse, but visitors from Richfield, Salina, Aurora and other towns in Sevier county, and Mt. Pleasant, Ephraim, Manti, Moroni Mo-roni and many of the northern pities, swelled the crowds and the gathering far exceeded that which had been expected by the committee on entertainment. enter-tainment. But the big crowd was handled in splendid style and all were made happy, notwithstanding the crowded condition of the spacious factory warehouse, which had been artistically decorated for the occa-nion. occa-nion. Masterly Addresses. ... It has been many years since such brilliant oratory as Was delivered at Monday's celebration has been heard in the valley. Many of the officials from Salt Lake, Manti and other points were present and gave brief, but telling talks on the fireat value the factory will be to the southern section. Charles E. Embley, acting as master of ceremonies, introduced the talkers and announced the several sev-eral numbers on the program. Among those that delivered addresses were H. A. Kearns, of Gunnison; E. D. Sorenson, Manti; R. T. Harris, Salt Lake City; Chris. A. Peterson, Cen-terfield; Cen-terfield; Judge Albert Christensen, Manti; W. Harvey Ross, Salt Lake City; William IT. Seegmiller, Richfield Rich-field and Fred Hinze of Gunnison. Striking to the point each speaker speak-er dwelt upon the importance of establishing es-tablishing the factory in Gunnison Valley. While the factory has not as yet been put into commission, the building of the magnificent structure for the manufacture of sugar has had a telling effect upon the growth of the valley. Land values have increased in-creased and the demands for hold-j hold-j ings are now double fold to what I they were before the factory was 1 planned. As to what the future would i bring was vividly portrayed by the orators. There will be a better community, com-munity, better farms and homes, more and better schools, better churches and thriving and prosperous prosper-ous and up-to-date communities throughout the valley. Each speak er was warmly applauded at the conclusion con-clusion of his address. The double quartet, music by the band, the solos, the reading and the entire program was well arranged and executed in a most pleasing manner. Many Inspect Factory. At the conclusion of the program the visitors were invited to inspect the factory. For this special occasion occa-sion the boilers had been fired and the entire plant, as far as practical, was put in motion for the benefit of the visitors. Under the escort of guides come 2,000 of the visitors were shown about the plant and the operations of converting the sugar beet into the finished product of sugar was minutely explained. Refreshments Served. After the factory had been visited it was announced that refreshments would be served and such a throng. The appetites of nearly 3,000 were keen after the ceremonies and a mad rush was made to the long tables where sandwiches, cakes, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream and coffee were served in cafeteria style. It was a jam and those doing the serving worked like trojans and finally triumphed tri-umphed when everyone desiring refreshments re-freshments had been served. Record Crowd at Dance. It is doubtful if the state of Utah can record a larger crowd than that which attended the dance, which wound up the day's celebration with a blaze of glory. Many who had attended the festivities during the afternoon remained at the factor for the dance, and when the hour for the grand march arrived, the "hall room" was crowded to almost suffocation. suf-focation. Many who could not attend at-tend the program in the afternoon were there at night, and it is conservatively con-servatively estimated that fully 3,000 attended the dance. Amid the strains of the sweet music furnished by the Gunnison orchestra, the revelers re-velers enjoyed themselves and Tuesday Tues-day morning was well on its way before be-fore the dance was brought to a close. The opening of the Gunnison Valley Val-ley Sugar factory by the appreciative residents of the valley was a decided success and with the starting of the wheels of the big plant in the manufacture manu-facture of sugar, this week marks an epoch in the rapid progress of the best valley in the state of Utah. |