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Show The Fourth in St. George. St. (Joorgo, Utah, July C, lCafi. Of all tho colourations of our nation's birthday in St. George, tho ono just passed has uovor had n parallol. Tho program of tho day was as follows fol-lows : Tho unfurling pf Old Glory inf rout of Taylor Riding's shoo shop,, followed fol-lowed by a saluto of lire crackers by tho small boys about town. This burning of powder continuod through thu.day with an occasional outburst t of patriotism ln the form of giant 1 crackers. It was in ordor for somo of tho young people to toko a rido ; to tho field on n hay rack and return on n load of hay. Throughout tho day it was pretty much "do as you please, and mako your own timo." Two vory notioablo foatturos of 1 tho day was tbo silenco of tho old Hold pieco on tho hill and tho nlianlinn nf Hill f!1.- t.t Ua nnnnninmml placo. It is indeed regrotablo that thoso who should havo taken tbo initiative in tbo matter of boflttlngly clebrat-ing clebrat-ing tho anniversary of our nation's I birth should allow thoir patriotism to burn low. Never boforo in tbi m Jf9HnmX:wboiO tho atarattnariitrlpoB hhvo' not waved from tho publio flag stafT. For years tho sunrlso ,soluto from" tho oannon on tho hill has boon a part of tho daily program. Thoso two features of tho Fourth of July havo boon with us so long that thev havo booomo a part of tho doy, Tho painful ailonco of tho ono nnd the rogrottablo absenco of tho othor will mako tho day one long to bo remembered. remem-bered. While wo do not oritioiso tho couro of tho city authorities in tho mattor of not having a grand oolobrn tiou consisting of a parade, mooting und sports, but consider it a judio-ious.movoon judio-ious.movoon account of tho recent epidemic that was iu oar midst, yet wo do consider it a disgraco to tbo fair nanio of St. George and an out-rugo out-rugo to tho publio that Old Glory wns not flying from tho liberty polo. If tho oirort-wag too groat to hoist it to tho top of tho polo it should ot loast havo boon placed at half mast so that all men might soo tbut patriotism pat-riotism was doad and St. Goorgo hod boon relegated to tho realms of tho jpast LATER Vo are pleased to aunouueo that patriotism was not dead but sleeping, and nwoko in timo to.get tho flag at half mast by 4 p. |