Show THE OPENING gaberty bilm ty park in ili sa salt it lake cily opened on oil saturday 1 y saturday forenoon salt lake city celebrated the anniversary of the battle of bunker hill by the formal opening of liberty park from the extensive report of tile deseret net neica vs we cull a few items of the ceL celebration bration which to all accounts was a great success crowds of people came in from the settlements in in salt lake and davis counties and at an early hour the pel principal I 1 streets were thron thronged ged ed at it the tile city hall tho the flag of our country waved wa from the liberty pole here was formed under the direction of marshal A hurt burt and his aides the procession which was made up in the following order at the head was the united states flag borno borne by officers helaman pratt and james E malin next camo cattle croxall p s silver band then a c carriage ir ringo with mayor jennings ex mayor little lion ron wilford woodruff and general D IL H wells these thes cc were followed by the municipal I 1 and county count officials nest next the R sixth irth infantry tri band in the julia dean ornamental band wagon the governor and secretary of the territory with general mccook and other federal officers followed by ex officials of the city and county next the speakers of the day and the editor of the nells territorial officers lions hons brigham young and jacob weller fort douglas officers 31 martial artial band led ay uy professor sor E beesley carriages containing well known citizens etc the streets were lined with pedestrians dest rians many of tile stores were weri closed and the stars and stripes showed in various places giving animation to the cene at 1015 the procession started from the city hall moving westward to main street south to seventh south street thence cast until tile street leading south to the par park was readied reached A large concourse was assembled at the arch at the entrance er the procession passed under the arch southward past the groves and thence moved loved eastward and northward almost in a circle until the pavilion was reached his honor mayor jennings called the assembly to order and announced the object of the ceremonies which were conducted by marshal arshal INI burt Crox alls silver band rendered a selection goblin in splendid style deputy recorder Record cr IL if M X wells then read the resolutions of the city council in relation to the opening of the park the union glee club led by prof proe OJ GJ thomas sweetly sang bial then followed the dedicatory prayer by alderman A H re releigh C I 1 the dle sixth infantry band led by prof L performed the worlds peace jubilee with magnificent ent effect next came an oration by lion hon T B lewis and a speech by ben shocks esq mayr jennings proposed the following toast the tile president of the tile united states of america which was responded to by governor eli H 31 murray urray gen D H wells proposed the to toast ast to the united states army and ana navy responded to by general mcdowell mccook cCook 31 ex mayor little proposed pr d the toast pioneers of utah tao tali W which bich was responded to baho by hon wilford woodruff who said in substance the anglo A I saxon race especially the american have become a nation of of pioneers columbus was inspired with th th the e spirit to pioneer and acal acting g under that impulse lie discovered this tills western hemisphere and bur our pilgrim fathers following in the same rat path governed by tho same saule spirit landed upon plymouth rock years cars ago ngo having landed in december decomer er 1690 from them havo have decena ed a noble posterity who have laid the foundation of this great and mighty nation the spirit of the american pioneers has pointed westward for generations until one hun bull dred and forck forty civo men entered these valleys on the t 0 of july 1847 when we arrived here wo we found a barren desert wo we were the first of the anglo saxon race that had turned up a eod sod of these there valleys for cultivation for hundreds of years we found no mark of the white man tho the only occupants of the kind were an army of crickets coyote coy ote wolves and a few roaming indians whose meals when we saw tit them em consisted of roasted crickets today to I 1 day you may traverse these valleys for 1000 miles from idalio idaho to arizona and from nevada to colorado and you will find them dotted over with cities and towns and villages vil loges schoolhouses school houses and meeting houses tabernacles and temples with gardens carden s and orchards fields and crops this once barren desert today not only blossoms like tiro rose but blossoms with ten thousand beautiful roses and not only the pioneers but Ut onions and many others and the anany man deeds that they have bave per formed they have occupied a acon conspicuous place in the work of connecting this great iron band which binds together this mighty nation tion from tho the atlantic to the pacific ocean but liere here i wish to eny say wo we would lie recreant to our duty if we did not acknowledge the hand of almighty ty god in every blessing wo we havo have received in these mountain valle js s tile toast offered by this speaker to the mayor and tile city council of salt lake e city was responded to by hon wm win jennings Jenni the sixth infantry band played the f fantasia an tassia devil let loose the mayor then officially declared liberty park open to the public I 1 the procession was reformed and t to 0 the lively music of tile bands which played alternately moved back in order to the city |