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Show ARMISTICE DAY AND I-IOUSEWARMING BIG SUCCESS ON MONDAY Miiford, the railroad and the wea-, wea-, her man. all three did themselves proud last Monday. The weather was absolutely perfect, per-fect, thanks to J. Cecil Alter, who controls the weather for this territory. terri-tory. Although the sun came up in a bank fog, it soon came out bright and warm. The celebration, which was one in honor of the fifth anniversary of the sining of the armistice, and the opening open-ing of the new quarted-million dollar dol-lar Union Pacific depot, "was one of the biggest successes ever pulled off in Milford. Seats were arranged on the new brick platform at the front of the depot. For a stage a flatcar appropriately appro-priately decorated with bunting, was placed at a convenient point on which was placed a piano, chairs and the speaker's stand. Lee Ekin sounded the assembly ind the crowd gathered. The audience sang America, and The Rev. Clark delivered a prayer following which Mayor Bird made a few remarks and announced the different dif-ferent numbers on the program: Sontr 'T'ford JTTh Frhool girls Address Dr. B. W. Black Violin Duet Dr. Parrish and S. S Atkin. Solo Miss Miller Trombone Solo Mr. Bailey. Solo Miss Morlpy. Address Mrs. P. J. Adams. National. Na-tional. Vice President Service Star Legion. Vocal Duet Mrs. Grimshaw anfl Miss Griffiths. Remarks W. H. Smith, division s-'nerfntendent. , Male Ouartet Mesr- rvfl. par-rish. par-rish. Steadman and Ferguson Remarks J. F. Tolton. Selection Orchestra. Following the program came the barbecue, which was served in the lunch room of the Dew depot The meat, which was barbecued in the regular fashion, was prepared by P. T. Barnum, steward of the Weber club of Ogden, and one of the most noted barbecue artists of the inter-mountain inter-mountain region. The coffee was made by Mrs. Phil Orwin an expert in that line, and the flavor of the coffee was a credit not only to its maker, but to the coffee used, M. J B. The celery, which was grown in Beaver was splendid and was the subject of many complimentary remarks. re-marks. The serving by the ladies of the three committees name din last week's paper, was rapid and neatly done, in other words the service wa excellent. J. H. Rodgers, manager of the new dining room, had charge of the doors The children were admitted and serv ed first, 450 of them. They were a hungry""bunch, but very happy. Then came the papas and mamas nearly 1500 of them and still the food held out. Ttien No. 19 train came along and the passengers all piled off and enjoyed a few minutes of the program, pro-gram, a dance and a free lunch. The afternoon program closed with dancing on the platform to music furnished by the Milford orchestra In 'he evening there was dancing at both the depot and at the high school. The one big disappointment of the day was the non-appearance of the ; Beaver orchelstra, which had been ; engaged for the big dance. The committee com-mittee was not no ified they wer not coming until too late Monday I night for another orchestra to be obtained. ob-tained. One beef for the barbecue was donated do-nated by the White Market and the other was purchased. Mr. Smith, in his remarks, said that Milford had a right to be proud of the new $250,000 depot, as it was built by the railroad because they were expecting big things for this territory in the future, and they built for future business. He said the Union Pacific expected Milford 'to become be-come one of the big shipping points on the system. Messrs F. W. Gentsch superintendent superin-tendent of the dining cars and eating eat-ing houses, from Ogden, in charge of all eating accommodations on the O S. L. and Los Angeles and Salt Lake roads, was present and assisted assist-ed in every way possible to make' the affair a complete success. He was ably assisted by P. W. Sitton of the mechanical department of the easing eas-ing house department, and J. R. Rodger who will have charge locally. lo-cally. These gentlement took mucl: pride in showing the visitors through the kitchen and laundry. One of things which appeared"t attract a great deal of attention from the visitors, vis-itors, was the automatic egg broiler a contrivance which by setting, will boil your eggs hard or soft or just plain medium. Mr. Sitton was kept busy half the afternoon explaining how it worked to ladies from Adamsville and Frisco. Fris-co. The Union Pacific system had a large number of representatives on hand to assist in the big time among whom were: W H. Smith, division superintendent; A. R. Wilcox rivis-ion rivis-ion master mechanic; E. F. Delgert, assistant general passenger agent; J. H: Burtner, agriculturist; B. M. Prescott, traveling service agent; H. T. Coffee, chief electrician; C H. Cutting, traveling passenger agent; W. H. Lee, freight agent; Floyd Casterline, agent; all of whome did this part in making the day one to be remembered. L. R. Fournier manager of t Telluride Power company, had charge of the electrical decorations. Large delegations were on hand from all the surrounding towns. Beaver, especially was well represented. repre-sented. ' The feeding of passengers on train No 19 was one of the best s'nnts of the day. It was good advertising adver-tising for the valley. Dr. Hunter, president of the chamber of commerce, under whose, direction the celebration was held, wishes to thank aU who assisted in making the event a big success. It was a credit to Milford and all who helped. |