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Show 01 CELEBR.W Surpasses Aoyttiuif Ever IN SANPETE COUNTY. Qoddess of Libeity, Utah, Stakes of Zion Various Trailer and Organizations, and Church Officers participated. Monday wasa gala day in Manti, a dav that will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to witness the mag oificent and splendidly arranged parade. At day break the citizens were awakened by a salute of twenty-four guns, fired under the direction of Capt. Geo Snow. The sound had scarcely died away, and Old Sol was iust showing his face when the boom of the canons were heard, the stars and stripes were raised over the court house, the city put on its holiday garments, the trees and and flowers appeared fresher and prettier, pret-tier, the sun shone brighter.the birds sang sweeter than ever befoie, and all were I ii. Speech in behalf of the Mormon ! hatilion Daniel Henrie. 12. Anthem Tabernacle choir. 13. Benediction James Wareham 14 Music Martial Band. . Thete was a dance for the children in the assembly hall, during the afternoon, and one in the evening for the young folks. Both were largely attended and a veiy enjoyable time was had on each occasion. Taken altogether It was the grandest celebration ever witnessed in Sanpete county. Expressions Ex-pressions of praise, admiration and'de light were heard on every hand. The visitors, of which there was a large mini . ber, w ere greatly pleated with tbe whole affair, and declared it the grandest celebration, cele-bration, of its ki.id that they had ever witnessed in this territory south of Salt Lake. NOTES. Witmer, the tinner, made a splendid showing. Ostler's wagon was declared by many to be the finest in the parade. The music furnished by the silver and martial bands was very good. The chariot representing the Temple drug store looked very neat and pretty The fact that the finance committee cama out ahead speaks volumes for th generosity of our business men. Miss Martha Wodscow was veiy charming as Utah, She represented the territory in all its loveliness and beauty. Mrs. Crawford made a very lovely goddess, ahd her maids Misses Millie Keller and Mettie Wodscow were very charming. The wagon containing the sheep shearers at work attracted considerable attraction. It was a unique feature o thepaiade. ' The day passed off without any accident acci-dent or misshap and this fact speaks well for the committee who had the matter in hand, Nielsen's wagon also attracted marked attention, the men were busy engaged in heating and beating iron, and the wagon presented the appearance of a real blacksmith shop. Great credit is due the various committees, com-mittees, who worked hard, and it is mainly through their efforts that the celebration was the grand . success i' proved to be. ; The finance committee worked earn estly and were rewarded with greater-success greater-success than they anticipaled. After paying all bills they had a balance on hand of $16, which amount was donated to the Sabbath schools. j prepared to celebrate in a manner ap-priate ap-priate to the occasion. Shortly after 9 o'clock, everything being be-ing in readiness the procession moved forward. The line of march was from the Temple hotel up main street to second south street, thence west one block to A street, thence north on A street to Union street, thence we3t on Union street to the depot. Arriving at the depot the procession counter-marched on Union street to Main, then south on Main to the tabernacle square, The first division of the procession was as follows.- Utah as we found it. 1. American flag. 2. Indians. 3. Pioneers Geo. P. Billings and others. 4. Mormon batallion Daniel Henrie and others. The second division, "Utah as it is," was arranged in the following order: 5. filver band under leadership of Prof. Westenskovv. 6. Utah -Miss Martha Wodskow. 7. Goddess of Liberty Mrs. Quincy Crawford. Maids of Goddess -Misses Millie Keller and Nettie Wodskow. S. Daughters of Zion -twenty-four young ladies. 9. Stakes of-Zionthirty two voung men. to. Martial band under leadership of Clair Reid. ir. Ecclesiastical .authorities stake presidency, high :couneil, .tuabops temple workers etc. 12. Civil authorities mayor, city council etc. 13. Relief societies presidents-Elizabeth presidents-Elizabeth Casto and Rebecca Wareham, 14. Woman suffrage Mrs. Alvira Cox and Mrs. Lou Dalton. 15. District schools-Geo.R.Scott Sen. 16. Sabbath schools Supt. J. S. Bench Sen. and J. H. Wodskow. t-7 Priirun, ati;,p,;j.,. Mary A. Sorensen and Adelia Sidwell 18. A. O. U. W Mr. Lindsey. Mr. Lindsey was the sole representa. tiveofhis lodge and we admire the pluck and courage displayed by that gentlemen, in not letting his order go unrepresented. Below is the revised order of the third division. . Arts,1nventions, occupations etc. - ( Photography-Stringham ig. Aitists j ' & Stringham. t' (Painting Fred Newton.' 20, Art of singing-Tabernacle choir under leadership of Pjjf. Smith, ar. Drugstores Annie Ludvigson. 22. Medical science lira. Hosford. 23. Merchants Co-op, Tuttle & Co., Lowery & Co. 24. Jewelry, sewing machines N. J. Prostgaard, 325. Furniture Lowry and Cahoon, 26. Agriculture Chris. C- Kjar anr others. 27. Flouring mills Madson & Lund 28. Machines Hugh R. Sloan. 29. Masonry Jos. Lindsey and A. C. Lund. 30 Carpentry-Thomas Hoggan, Bruce Brown and others. 31: Blacksmithing Otto Nielson, N. G. Erickson & Co. 32. Harness and saddlery C. P. Ostler, B.C. Kjar. 33. Bhoemaking John Nielson & Co 34. Tinner Mr. Whitmer. 35. Wool industry Tuttle & Co. 36. Sheep shearers on horse back and diiving pack horses. The exercises in the tabernacle were splendid. The songs, recitations, and musical selections were very fine; the speeches timely, and patroitic in their import. Everything was carried out as originally arranged, with the exception of the selection by the quartette club who were not prepared. The program as rendered was as follows: 1. Music Silver band. 2. Song Tabernacle choir. 3. Invocation Bp. Hans Jensen. 4. Oration Orator W. T.'.Reid, 5. Music Silver band. 6. Speech Prest. J. B. Maiben. 7. Song Miss Mary Thnnell 8. Recitation Miss Jemima Scott. 9. . Organ solo Clair Reid. 10. Speech in behalf of pioneers George P. Billings, |