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Show Pioneer Day Is ! Celebrated Here A word picture of the trials, adversities, ad-versities, fortune and other incidents ' associated with the coming of the pioneers to 'Utah eighty years ago, were vividly portrayed in a splendid oration given by John S. Bardsley at the Pioneer day program given at the Casino theater Monday morning of this week. Mr. Bardsley, who gave the oration of the day, gave an interesting talk, using the early history his-tory with the landing of the pioneers and the progress the state of Utah had made during the past eighty years. Facing bleak and rugged valleys val-leys and with starvation staring many in the face, the sturdy pioneers, with faith and a determination to win, were crowned with success and today, the speaker said, Utah ranks with some of the best in the union, and many of the pioneers who arrived arriv-ed early were able to see the great transformation with valleys and dales blooming with crops and beautiful beau-tiful and happy homes. Other than the program in the morning and children's dance during the afternoon, no elaborate prepara- j ! tions had been made to commemorate ! Pioneer day. At the theater in the 1 ' morning a splendid program was I given, the numbers being highly ap- j j propriate for the occasion. A large j crowd assembled and enjoyed the ! program. The children's dance was j held at the high school building and j many of the younger folks gathered there for a dancing party. j Following the dance an impromptu racing meet was held on Main street, and some real interesting events were staged and the big crowd got , real thrills when the racing cars passed the finish line. The first race staged was between the Ford Sedan owned .by Clarence Madsen and a Ford owned by C. Jensen of Redmond. Red-mond. Jensen won the race. Bayard Tuft, with his Dodge, battled for honors with Adolph Sanderson at the wheel of a Nash. Sanderson won by three lengths. Following this race Sanderson drove his Nash against i the Star owned by F. H. Jones, and I Jones barely nosed out in wm-! wm-! ning. Dr. S. S. Kunz, with a Star 4, i beat Tuft. One of the real events was the Kunz Star and a Dodge j coupe, the latter owned by Mae Pet-' erson. The Dodge won easily. Lenno Rosenvall, reputed to have I the fastest car in the city in his j Stevens, won a first race with a Ford j sedan. The latter is owned by Dick j Larson of Manti and the machine is equipped with a Rago head and Rux-stell Rux-stell axle. The second event, run by the same two cars and drivers, re-i re-i suited in a victory for the Manti car, ! but only by a close margin. The auto races concluded the day's festivities and many celebrators sought the nearby resorts where dancing was enjoyed. |