Show off for military service Pa rowans volunteers left last saturday y for salt lake city to prepare for military duty escorted to lund by people parowan carowan citizens showed great respect and admiration to the volunteers who have gone to salt lake city to prepare for military duly wednesday last a entertainment was held in their honor and the opera house was wag crowded to the limit with the people of or the town wh who a desired coshow to show their appreciation of nf the loyalty of the boys A splendid program of musical numbers and talks by prominent citizens was waa given give after which everyone enjoyed a couple of hours dancing punch and wafers were served which were very much ap predated ted by ad all the general committee having in charge the entertainment also arranged for an excursion to escort the boys boa to lund and see them entrain for salt lake city the excursion left saturday about 1 p in with 47 cars cam from parowan carowan Pa rowan paragonah Para gonah summit and cedar each loaded to full capacity the band was in lead and rendered inspiring music the opacity e cara ra containing the volunteers followed and they were immediately followed by cars containing the relatives of the boys after these mine came the cars loaded with friends who desired to go with ith the volunteers on as far as was possible the parade of autos auto left the tabernacle corner and traveled at a rate of about 15 miles per hour arriving at enoch in due time and picking up geo jones a young man who bw bap offered his hia services from that place sederal cars cam from enoch joined the parade and after music by the band the company again got under way and reached cedar city where a delegation of prominent citizens citi yens met the volunteers and ex giving them a hearty welcome elcome A stop of a half an hour was had at this point so that the delegation referred to could talk to the boys and keople assembled those who spoke were prin homer dr leonard Ls onard dr mcfarlane and henry lunt each spoke words of encouragement to the boys and told them that they were indeed proud that iron county was so well re presented presen tei concluding with the hope that each volunteer would be found doing his duty and finally arrive safe at home again the autos were again lined up for the last lap of the journey to lund the trip across the desert was made without mishap to speak of and the entire company of people arri arrid armed d some fifteen minutes before train time when the long line of automobile s were within several miles of lund they were met by seven cars loaded with citizens of that lively livecy little railroad town who accorded the volunteers relatives and friends a hearty welcome A touching farewell was of the boys boya by relatives and friends alike the boys entrained and while the tram train pulled for the north the waving of hats and handkerchiefs handkerchief was in evidence as far as the train could be seen by those who were tell behind the return trip of the excursionists was made without accident several cars cara joined the Paro carowan parowan Pa rowan wim paragonah Para gonah summit and enoch contingent of auto until there were 74 in line which made a sight eight never before witnessed in iron county the recruiting agent who was along wit althe volunteers made the statement that he had seen several demonstrations fur departing volunteers but never one to reach the enthusiasm or size of the one accorded the an volunteers THE BOIS scott eddie baw mathion Math hess con W T 0 orion toha J C gould ambram b hyt hintt M 1 mussel Mil chell A AlmaS lubba M moroni 1 smith miller cl clarence B ben 1 OB labor moore is lyton oss |