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Show v i ; 1 rri I might 1unrnj-Lnj--n-ruri -the whole mat- tcr has wen forgotten. Do our grown-up people remember the Fourths of their youth? Do they remember the egg race, the sack race, the potato race, the foot races for little lit-tle tots from 5 years up? Do they remember the tug of war? Can they recall the" greasy pole with the $3 goldpiece on top? Do they remember tho oiled pig? Do they remember how the prettiest and most motherly young woman received a big doll a nigger doll sometimes? Do they remember all these and a hundred other sports they delighted in as boys? How much of all this has the Ogden Og-den boy, from 5 to 16 years old. seen? Why must the Ogden boy bo denied his Fourth of July? , IT IS A SHAME. It is ten years since Ogden has had a Fourth of July celebration in which the children have takea part. Recently Recent-ly the city council appointed a committee com-mittee to take F.ome action in Tie matter. mat-ter. Tiie .city council committee appointed ap-pointed a rltJzciiK' committee of teu with full power to act. At the first call for this committee only one person responded and the committee has died of inanition. The Fair Association offered the Fair grounds Trco of charge for a grand children's entertainment, giving giv-ing l he committee all thi concessions and receipts to pay for tho prizes they |