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Show SINGLE MEN WALLOPED By the Married Men of Hyrum Stake. The Big Reunion a Grand Success From start to finish and then some. The afternoon of Hj rum's big reunion re-union held on Tuesday was highly successful suc-cessful In eveiy p.ntlculai. It took a considerable length of time for the diners to got away with the Immense quantities of provisions prepared, and then before they could enjoy the exercises exer-cises it was necessary to take a rest. The program prepared was carried out as announced, with a few extra renditions. Prajer wasoffcied by Patriarch Nash of Franklin. Idaho. President Oco. O. Pitkin staled that he could remember well when segos and pig weeds weie the main things that the people had to live upon up-on In this country. Many sacrifices and haidshlps have been endured by the early settlers to reclaim this county. coun-ty. Do the j oung people today realize and appreciate the cost of their present pre-sent surroundings'!1 The song entitled "Busy Bees"glven by Isaac Nash was sung well and was much appieclated. Hon. Joseph Howell said that gatherings gath-erings of this kind bring fraternal feelings. A kind Providence Is over this people. They arc preserved from the disturbances that prevail In ad-Joining ad-Joining states. Wcllvelnagood coun-tiy coun-tiy under a bioad, generous government. govern-ment. There are no reelings of enmity in the heal ts of the olllcers of our countiy against this people. They aie bioad In theli views and consider well and appreciate what this people have undergone in the development of this Iniei-mountain region. Exhoited the people to "live aright," one with anothei, and above all to lemember their Creator In prajer, as ho believed that in and through this medium much is due to the union of the people. The lecltatlous given Jjy Jennie Baxter, or Mount Sterling, "An old man's storj ;" Cora Obray.of Paradise, "Out of the depths;" Mary O. IT III, of Wellsvlllc, "Tho Sctttei'sstoiy,"weie all first-class, especially the latter, being be-ing veiy lengthy and iendcred in a very affecting manner. The comic lecltatlons. by Mcssis. Jcppsen and Davis were laughable and highly appieclated. The instrumental music rendered by Dr. (i. L. Phillips and Piof. D. L. Walters was superb, the audience calling cal-ling for another The tendering of both pieces proved that the gentlemen gentle-men are well up In music. Pialse Is due to the Mention and Paradise bands, also tho dllTeient choirs that discoursed music. Tho choral music was very good Indeed. Tho committees In charge wero also mindful of tho absent missionaries. A contribution of $.10 was given to bo sent to the varlous'mlssionarles of tho Stake as a lemlndcrof what has trans-plied trans-plied at home. The ball gamo between tho mairled and unmarried men of the Stake was won by tho former on a very close margin. No particular ciedlt is due any individual in-dividual for the success of the reunion of the Hyrum Stake, as It was evident that fiom President W. C. Parkinson down thiough all the arious committees, commit-tees, each one had done their woik well and much credit and praise is due all of them. It is hard to sec where much of an Improvement could have been made. Dav Id Muriav, the chairman, chair-man, thanked all tho committees for tllCir CtTnitS l'lPll In Mm rnnnlnn President .lames II. Llnfoitl being called upon for a shot t speech said In eliect that davs of this kind arc pio-ductlve pio-ductlve of much good and theroshould be moic of them. In lajlng aside cares of labor and devoting ashoit time to recreation all are belter pic-pared pic-pared for life's duties. |