Show BIG GATHERING AT VERNAL SU SUBSCRIBES LARGE SUM Pioneer day in Vernal was the greatest event in the history of Uintah Uin- Uin tah tak county A magnificent parade featured all aU phases of pioneer life lite Including hand-carts hand emigrant wagons floats of Utah UtaI the state emblem and state stale flower returned soldiers sailors and marines and descendants of the Marmon Mor Mar Mormon Mormon mon battalion Harley Mowrey a veteran of the I Iwar war of 1846 and the only surviving member of ot the the- Mormon b j was vas too feeble to be out An immense Immense im- im I mense audience at the tabernacle was thrilled with a vivid recital The Journey of the Mormon Battalion of Over Two Thousand Miles given by Mrs Maybell Thurman Davis who for nearly an hour held the people spellbound while recounting the sacrIfices sacrifices sac sac- sacrifices and achievements of this noble noble noble no no- ble band Brigham H. H nob Roberts followed with witha a historical resume of the pioneers and the settlement of Salt Lake to together together to- to gether gather with facts connected with the Mormon battalion in its historical march especially after the members reached California and learned of the discovery of gold He then explained explain explain- ed ad the proposed memorial to be erected to them on the capitol grounds in Salt Lake and said that the appropriation made by bythe bythe the he legislature could not be utilized until a similar amount had been raisy rais- rais by y the people of Utah In a fervid and most eloquent appeal appeal appeal ap ap- peal he then called upon the assemblage assemblage assem assem- blage lage for contributions and within ten en minutes more than 1000 was do do- Mayor S. S D. D Colton son of a member memer mem mem- ber er of ot the battalion presided at the meeting and ana me tao mu wita W WILU Descendants of ten members of the tho Mormon battalion reside in Vernal |