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Show OGDEN'S FIRST FAMOUS BAND (BY DAVID R. GILL.) Music and musicians have had a large part In Utah dccvlopmcnt, it has frequently been urged upon me to set down my recollections, as well as those of numerous follow musicians, in order that 6ome record of their might be kept. For that reason this little story is written. Most of tho matter here sot forth has never heretofore here-tofore found its way into prlnU "Hero, boys! Come on out an' give us a chuno' We'vo come sixty miles t" hear this d Mormon band, an' we'ro agoln' V hear It!" Ed Stokes and a gun did this particular par-ticular piece of talking. "Who's th' foreman o' this ranch, anyway'" With considerable prudonce the other boys In the car pointed out Will Emmett, and declared that he was the leader of the band. "Well, come on out, son, an play us a chune! said Ed Stokes. "Nan!" said Bill Emmett. "Thl-5 train Is duo to cross the Snako rler at this point In Just five minutes, an' wo'ro going with 1L Tho conductor won't wait, and the engineer is a bit Impatient. Bosldes this Ogdon band wants to bo on Its way to Caldwell. We'vo got some doings up there. Got to git right now so's to make tho time. Better see us when we come back this way, Ed. By-by, kid!" Stokes Has His Way. "Not so's you'd notice It!" yelled Ed Stokes. "Lars 's got th' Ingineer covered. Sim's got one bad eye, an a trigger finger with th' vltus dance, and a fireman that he's most portlck-ler portlck-ler about carln' for jest at this mlnnlt; an' of It's real lufermallon e'io a-wantlu' concerning th time this yere train is a-goln' t move on. me an" th conductor an' th' brakcy an' this yere forty-five Is right here t' speak for ourselves." There was no other thing to do but to get off the train and play the boys "a chune" and Well, it was August, 1SS3 Tho Ogdon Og-don city brass band had theretofore achieved great tame as the finest band In the west at that day. Maybe ono could have gone all over this mountain moun-tain country at that time and found no other similar musical organization better known or more widely respected. respect-ed. And on account of its repute the Ogden band was sought to lend brilliancy, bril-liancy, art and deviltry to many public pub-lic celebrations In Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and Idaho. At this particular tlmo (meaning August, 1SS3), a certain number of progressive citizens of Idaho wero transporting the Ogden band from Us hustling hearthstono to an unmapped point In Idaho on the Oregon Short YIne railwaj, whose namers declared that It was Caldwell. Anyway, thero was no town at Caldwell, Ida., Ju6t then only a surveyed toTnsIte. with city lots for sale And so the Ogden band was invited to go up and boost Caldwell and to help the promoters sell city lots. At that time there were three frame shanties on the townslte of Caldwell, and a considerable number of tents On the night of thoir arrival at the place the band boys furnished music for a great ball In a big tent, with a beautiful dirt floor and from that mlnuto Caldwell began to get on tho map. But that is only another bit of tho story On tho way west from Ogden, Utah, to Caldwell, Ida., the Oregon Short Line railway takes you over the Snake river at American Falls. Just before crossing tho bridge it was then the cuBtom to stop all westbound passen-gor passen-gor train Incidentally becauso theie was a three-shanty station there, but chiefly to let a track walker see If the bridge would fall down If he walked over it It was Just such an occasion as this that Ed Stokes and his gun spoko and hold up tho train In order to get "a chune" for himself and about a half hundred cowboy companions Seven Enforced Tunes. Ed Stokes was a notorious cowboy Tho crowd that ho brought Into American Am-erican Falls at that time had come from far and near within a radius of sixty miles savages, you might say. attracted by tho prospect of once again hearing some music. They were determined to havo "a chune."LIthe, supple, strong, browned, bechapped. tinkllng-spurred, unafraid, Joyous, whooping, shouting devils these men swooped down on that train two score and ten strong, swarming out of the wilderness to appeaso a natural lust for music Well, they got several "chunes" bless 'em. And why not? The engineer engi-neer and fireman wern nrnnrmi nnt t "turn a wheel." Tho conductor was kept busy between nervously observing observ-ing his watch, looking at the cowboys cow-boys clip off beer bottlo necks with their Colt's slxshootors, and helping tho boys prevent tho beer from Imposing Im-posing upon old Snake river too great a burdon. Tho train was held up and later mado up 15 minutes. Seven Sev-en "chunes" were played varying from the "Thirteenth Regiment'' march to the overture to "11 Trovadore." The cowboys were completely satisfied sat-isfied with tho music; the band boys wore comfortably saturated. Thero were concerted yells and gun-mouth-ings and the train and the band went on their way to Caldwell. In Its current cur-rent Issue the New York Police Gazette Ga-zette printed an Improvised and sensational sen-sational picture of the holdup also assisting in placing Caldwell on tho map. y Now that was a musical mark In tho history of tho west, and It Is but right to tell who wore In the company: com-pany: R. W Emmett. leader and E flato cornet; E. F. Tout, piccolo; George Cav solo B flat cornot, L. W. Ford, first B flat cornet; Maclaren Boyle, second B flat cornet; Al Brown and William Foster, clarinets, William Wil-liam Morlcy and Samuel Purdy, altos; T. J. Payne and Charles F. Watklns, tenors; R. C. Watklns trombone; Joseph Jo-seph Cavo ophlcleldo: Georgo Green-well, Green-well, baritone. Wallace Boyle and Horatio Hancock, tubas; David Georgo Nelson, snaro drum; and either eith-er R W. Pa? no of Jako Nolmoyer, which of these last two named was bass drum. (I am not certain as to there). John Boyle, who later becamo mayor of Ogden was, in fact, tho leader of the band nt that time, but ; business would permit him to ac- I company the boys only as far as Po- ' catello, where he left them and ml- I ' sed tho fun leaving Mr. Emmett to tako charge. ; ( band Owned by Ogden With this story Is presented a photograph . of tho Ogden city brass bond In tho prime of its career It was then considered to be tho finest organization of Its kind in tho territory terri-tory of Utah. It was owned by Ogden Og-den and It owned Ogden Just prior to tho time that tho accompanying photograph was taken, the band was equipped by Ogden business men with which two complete uniforms full dress and fatlguu. But let me tell you about tho first organized brass band in Utah. The nucus of It was brought hero from Cardiff, Wales, in tho fifties by the lato Bishop Chauncoy W. West, and was located at Ogden. George Park-man Park-man was the leader of tho llttlo band and thero were William Pugh, William Wil-liam Hancock, Horatio Hancock and Thomas Gibbons in tho company. Later La-ter on Thomas Emmett, Richard Douglas, John McGuarrlo, Richard Tooser and Mqronl Thomas becamo members, and thoy formed the original orig-inal Ogden city brass band. If thoro soro any others I do not recall thoir names as having been given me by thoso whoso memory runs back farth-or farth-or than docs mine. The band played at tho big colobratlon In Ogden when Brlgham Young drovo tho last spike connecting the Union Pacific with tho Central Pacific, March S. 18C9, and was then under the direction of Captain William Pugh. Impure blood runs you down makes you an easy victim for organlo diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies puri-fies tho blood cures the cause builds you up. - oo |