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Show I AREDLET- I TER DAY I At Richmond July 23, I Corner stone laid. I Other towns celebrate I Pioneer Day. I Richmond, .Inly 25, 1004.- One of laigest nnri most successful of eclcbra-I eclcbra-I tions was held July 23. Tnoda)s' pio- gram went oil wltliout a liitcli and I the committee It to be highly compll-I compll-I mentcd on their great success. I The llrst featuic of the day was a I parade which consisted of a number of I nice floats. A very noticeable feature Is i -of this was a carriago in which was IU. W. I). Hendricks, W. 0. Lew is and 57 Mary Allen, all of whom emigrated to Utah In '47. They have each made Richmond their home for tUo past 10 j ears and all felt pioud of their pie-senccon pie-senccon that day. Another striking feature of the parade was the lloat arranged ar-ranged by Sisters Maiy Hendricks, A. Hendricks, .lane Italucy, and L)dla Hurnham. Each of these having oiossed the plains In the eaily dajs gave a vivid picture of soino of the costumes and haidshlps endured by the early pioneers. Mrs. Mary .lane Hendricks remarked that she walked from the Missouri river to Salt Lake 'City without any shoes and had to stop hundreds of times to pull the spines of the pi ickly pears out of her feet. Peter Christcnsen followed this company with a hand cart and because of his real cxpcilencc In this work he represented this paitof the luudshlp Inajtruc-to-llfe way. Floats -decorated by the People's Mer. and Ciy. Co., Richmond Co-op, August Schow Fuinltuio Co.and John Thomp sons' tin-shop were all woithv of special mention. Wm. Merrill was also hi the paiadc with a very unique lloat. lie repiesented the old and new method of setting thes on wa-Jj, wa-Jj, gons. The lloat containing "Utah," i which was repiesented byMissMaiy ' Halquist, was well dccoiated and made a very pleasing sight. These with a number of other specialties such as tlnesing machines, dKc plows, etc., made a veiy good parade. James I. Shepaid. the maishal of the day, did himself pioud and a gicat many lemaiked that no letter man for a marshal of the day could be found In the country. At 10 a. m. hundreds of people assembled as-sembled In the bowery and listened to a fine programe. Mclvln Merrill, In his "Tribute to the IMonecis," and L. Merrill In a toast to tho girls each made a hit. and were receiving compliments com-pliments the remainder of the day. The cat ol given by 12 selected voices, was very good and an encore was responded re-sponded to by the singers. I'res. Jos. F. Smith delivered tho oration of the day. He spoke in a feeling way Of the hardships of the ploncrs and exorted the young to be true to the Church, State and Nation. Na-tion. A 1 1 ::t0 a large crowd w as gathered gath-ered on the public squaro to-witness the placing of the corner stone of our l new tabernacle but owing to a slight 3T shower It was not placed'ln position for over half an hour. The meeting opened by a-selection from the Hyde Park band followed by the 'hymn "Come, come ye. Saints," was sung 'by the choir and congregation. 'Prayer was offered by Prcs. Smith. Apostle Morrill placed tho corner stone in position. In the stono was deposited a Bible, Hook of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Gicat Price, photographs of Prcs.Smith andApostle Mcrril and a copy of tho DesorctNcws and the Salt Lake Herald of .Tilly 22. After the announcement of the successful suc-cessful laying of the stone, rcmaiks wore made by Pres. Smith. Joseph Monson, Apostle Merrill and Prcs. W. II. Lewis. Apostle Merrill spoke'in a very earnest manner about the erection erec-tion of this building. It is his desires to be carried into this building whon ' ho dies. He exorted the people1 to be united and promised overy one who would donate liberally that they should never want for food or shelter for themselves or families. The closing clos-ing prayer was offeied by Pres. Merrill. Mer-rill. As soon as these services were over tho crowd were entertained by races of all kinds until dark. The day k v-. ' closed with a paity In the evening. IT Hon. Joseph IIowolI and D. It. Roberts and Hershcl Itullcn tho Republican Re-publican big guns of Loaii were up 'to tho celebration. It was supposed by many that they were hcietoget acquainted with the people so that the people would know what kind of men they were voting for next fall. Now that we know ,vou gentlemen we will promise each of 3011 a good solid Republican ote piovldlng )ou got the nominations. Piof, Piacgcrof tho I'nlveis'lty of Chicago spent Satuiday here as the guest; of Amos Men 111. Miss Maud Peart and Cyius Hullen were man led last Wednesday. The hi Ide Is the daughter of Mr. and Mis. H. L. Peart and the gi 00111 Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ilcischel llullen. They have a host of friends who are wishing them succeus in their future lire. Pies, Smith Inspected the Utah Condensed Milk factory on the 2.1. He was very much pleased with the Industry In-dustry and thought it would be a success. |