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Show JOSEPH era, Of OF THE PIONEERS, IS j TO CELEBRATE Joseph Barton, father of Charles Barton of the First National bank of ', Ogdeu, was one of the pioneers who helped build the I nion Pacific railroad rail-road and also (he Oregon Short Line betwi en I igden and s ill Lake The elder Mr. Barton arrived in Og 'den this morning from his home in ! Baker, Ore., to participate in the pubi-lee. pubi-lee. He is now retired from active service, but is still connected witii railroading; holding the title of special representative of the Sumpter 'alle railroad of Oregon. number of Og jden capitalists are interested in thii road, D. C. Eccles being preidetr. Mr. 'Barton has held all the responsible 'positions on the line, having been formerly for-merly chief engineer and general superintendent. su-perintendent. In discussing the early days this morning, Mr. Barton said that he was not present at the driving ot the gold en spike, but was living at Kaysville when the line was completed into Ogdcn. Og-dcn. He was a boy of about 20 years and was leader of tne Kaysville bras. band. He rode on the first train tha' entered the valley south of Ogden Irom Weber (any on when the line had! reached Uintah As leader of the Kaysville band, Mr. Barton kept watch on the progress th-railroad th-railroad was makirg and when the rails had been lnid out of the canyon a short distance the band was called together to-gether and went ou; to serenade th.-first th.-first train, which was a construction train. So well pleased were the members mem-bers of the train cu-w that they in- vlted the bank to take a place on a flat car and play hs the train went j back to Uintah and into the canyon. "Uintah, at that time wis a town of I canvas and a thriving place," said Mr. Barton. "The place was so full of whis i key that one could smell it at a dis-1 tance. And there were many carous ' als and wild scenes Uintah was a typ-1 ical town of the west." |