Mesa free press., 1894-07-26

Pioneer Day, the 47th annivefs .ry
of the arrival Of the Mormon emf
grants id the Salt Lake Valley. aud Of
the laying Of the foundation Of the
City of Salt Lake, was celebrated in
an appropriate manner on Tuesday
the oath. The firing Of cannon
ushered in the day. The procession
as given in these columns last week
was formed at 8 o'clock and marched
to Wellington Richins' place, where
the flags were saluted with a yolley
from the "a Warriors Z. r. Hakes
and party Joined the procession here
and were escorted to the Bowery
where a fine programme was presented
consisting of music, recitations and
orations. The Bowery was resplen-
dent with banners and floral and
evergreen decorations. There was
a large assembly of people present
from Mesa, the surrounding country.
from Lehi, Alma and other adjoining
settlements. In the afternoon very
interesting programme was given by
the small children. At night grand
ball was given in Social Hall, which
was attended by the youth and beauty
of the valley who tripped the Eight
fantastic until midnight.
Some of the small boys Of the east
side of town arranged Tuesday morn
ing to beat the record in the line of
firing a salute in honor of Pioneer
Day. They procured three sticks of
giant powder. placed them on the
ground and covered them with rocks.
They then lit the fuse and retreated.
When the pile exploded the rocks
were hurled in every direction ard
several parties came near being sent
to the happy land of canaan.
D. A. LcBaron arrivel in Mesa
few DAYS ago after years absence.
He has been in California a portion
Of the time and part Of the time he
has been prospecting in the hills of
Yuma County. As a result Of his
prospe :ting he showed us some speci-
mems of ore that was literally ''lousy"
with gold.
f. J. Triple has been appointed
regi ter of the land office at Tucson.
He has been for the past fourteen
months secretary of the prison. He
is most thorough and com petent
person 70 fill any position Of trust,
and he deserves the advancement
which he has acknowledgements.
J. 8. Peterson, Yesterday received
a letter from our friend Frank Archer.
stating that he had arrived safely
home in Denver after verv tiresome
trip. Frank saws he was in very fair
health. although the beer famine was
in its heigh. when he arrived home,
Phoenix had heavy RAIN Sunday.
The old saying that the rain falls
alike on the righteous and the sinner.
don't seem to anplv out here. The
sinners all around us have had copious
rains during the past month while
Mesa has had none.
The Pomeroy Bros. are now putting
in the foundation for their quartz
mill a couple of miles above the
Mammoth. They have obtained
good supply Of water already but are
still pushing the development for
larger supply.
A not overly large crowd assembled
at the Bowery last Thursday night on
the occasion Of the Populist meeting.
Judge Buck held the boards for an
hour or two and delivered an argu.
ment backed up by heavy array of
statistics.
A meeting of tho Democratic voters
of Mesa precinct will be held at the
Bowery at 4 o'clock Saturday evening,
to arrange the preliminaries for the
primaries. Every Democratic voter
is requested to be present.
A horse race was run on the track
east of town Tuesday afternoon, be-
tween J. M. Smiths "Daisy" and