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Show H The Utah Pioncc Jubilee. B Salt Lake Oity. June 1(1, 1897. H As the time of holding the grand H Jubilee draws near t lie enthusiasm and H . interest of the people of this tdty in- H creases. Tliey are rallying to the Httpport, B of the C6mmlsdun in a moHt uratify i iir H rn anncr and are. contributing liberally B to the fund. Their .houiCH will bo thrown ' 1 m open to visitors, and the intention is to ' B make of Zion during the celebrrtion a ' B scene of hospitality so coidial and sin- B cere that every visitor will leturn to hi j B home nn earn eft and steadfast friend of M Utah. B MAONU'ICKST KIiOA'ltf. B The preparations' for itie Jubilee nre B now being prosecuted bv day and by B night. In the construction depaitment fl the floats are being transformed into the B beautiful creations their designetH in- B tended them to he. The CommiHsion H feel saf in asau,ring the people of the I country that the float display in tiiu B five parades will be the grandest, most H bucatifttl, most intor-stinjj and 0Ht in- H structive ever presented in the western H half of the nation. H The Pageant of I'logrots, hich will H depiet the advance of civilisation from H 38-17 to 1 807 will be partiutilaily inter- H The county display parade will be the B greatest exposition of the resources and B . -wealth of a Htate ever planned. H The Children's. Day parade will sur- B pnsH the flour festivals of Southern Cali- B fornia in beauty and interest. Ten fl thousand children will participate. B Miniatu;o floats will be features, and B prizes will bo awarded for lloral dia- B The I'ionocr Day parade on July 24th B 'will be a most interesting feature. The B 8ur Mvora of the gallant men and women B ytho in 1847 invaded the wilderness and B carved out homes and settlements in B the awful solitudes of tho Wasatch and B transformed arid plains into fertile fanny H will ba present. They will be honored H as no pcoplo have ever been honored be- BBBBJ fore. The pioneer train will be repro- H duccd; the rapid liders of the famous H Fony Express will repeat, after a rest of H nearly forty yeais, their daredevil jour- B ncy us carriers of the United States mail B and the original stage coaches of the H olden times will again rattle their wheels H over the streets of Zion. H Til HUE U II AN I) CONOUJITS. H In the Tabornacle, for three nights of B tho Jubilee, there will be concerts in H which over 1,000 people will take part. BB on the night of the first concert, baud B and yoenl contests will take place, and B because of the interest and rivalry e.- B hting will be of the greatest interest to B z lovers of music. B uatjii:i:ino oktmi: r-ioKisnns. B A leading feature of the Jubilee will B bo the gathering -of the pioneem hern fl from the four comers of the earth. They B "will, to the nuiitber of 500, assist at the B unveiling of Dallin's uiaguiticent statue B of Brigham Young, and later will be H given a reception in the Tabernacle. The H leading moiubersof tho Church of JestiB H JestiB Christ of Litter Day Saints and a H number of Utah's best orators will de- B liver addresses, and each pioneer will. H be presented with a costly medal com- B mcmortitivo of the event they are H celebrating. This beautiful and interest- H ing eur.iinonv will bo performed by H twenty-seven of Utah's fairestdaughtera H each representing a county. Another K interesting feature will ho tho crowning B -with a wreath of laurel oi the oldest K pioneer by a child. The program for B this event is most imprcsbivo and it will B bo one of tho most interesting features B of a celebration which will be the H grandest in the history of the West. |