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Show The Fourth in St. George. 8t. (Joorgo, Utah, July C, ldOG. Of all tho celebrations of our nation's birthday in St. Ooorgo, tho ono just pasaod has novor had a parnllol. Tho program of tho day was as follows: fol-lows: Tho unfurling of Old Glory lnf rout of Taylor Riding's shoo shop,, fol-lowod fol-lowod by a saluto of lire cracker's by tho small boya about town. This burning of powder continuod through the. day with au occasional outburst of patriotism lu tho form of giunt ornokors. It was in ordor for somo of tho young pooplo to toko n rido to tho field on a hay rnok and return on a load of hoy. Throughout tho day it was protty much "do as you please, and malt o your ovyn timo." Two very uoticablo fontturos of tbo day was tho sileuco of tho old Hold pieoo on tbo hill and tbo nbsouco of Old Glory in its acouatomod placo. It Is indeed regrotablo that thoso who should bavo taken tho initiativo in tho matter of boilttlngly clobrat- ; ing tho anniversary of our notiou'B 1 birth should allow thoir patriotism . to burn low. Never boforo in tbo I iKrifo fliniriyiffl fyf" 1ve Bot wav"ed from tho publio Hag staff. For years te sunrise saluto frorsf'tbo cannon on tho hill has boon a part of thd dally program. Thoso two features of the Fourth of July bavo been with us so long that ibov havo bocomo a part of the day The painful ailonoo of tho ono and tho rogrottable absence of tho othor will mako the day one long to bo romom-berod. romom-berod. Whilp wo do not oritioiso tho couojo of ,tho oity.authorltles in tho matter of not having a grand celobra . tlon consisting of n parado, mooting and sports, but consider it u judlu-louamovoou judlu-louamovoou acoouut of the recent opidoniio that was iu our midst, yot wo do oonsldor it n disgrace to tho fair namo of St. George and au outrage out-rage to tho publio that Old Glory was not flying from tho liberty polo. If tho effort was too groat to hoist it to tho top of tho polo it should at least havo boon placed at half mast bo thnt all men might soe that patriotism pat-riotism was doad and St. Goorgo had boon rolegated to tho realms of tho LATER Wo are ploosed to announce that patriotism was not dead. but sleeping, and awoke in timo toget tho flag at half mast by 4 p. |