The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-24
UTAH'S BIG CELEBRATION.
MEETING OF THE JUBILEE COM
MISSION THIS EVENING.
The New Members Expected to Be
Present-San Juan County Sets
An Example-The Rio Grande
Western Sends Out a Bulletin.

The Utah Semi-Centennial commission
will meet this evening at headquarters in
the Nauvoo block. 1t is expected that
the new members appointed by the gov
ernor will be in attendance, and if such
is the case they will be apportioned to
committee work. Beginning with tonight
the real work-the hard work-will be in
augurated One of the most important
duties of the commission will be the
alignment of the q counties in the state
in the jubilee column. The meager as
sistance of $1,000 given by the legislature
TO the counties will not admit of much
display being made by any of them I'M
less the citizens of each are actuated by
a spirit of enterprise and patriotism. To
Scr Juan county belongs the credit of
taking the initiative. Yesterday the
county's representative. T. P. MSrtin. who
is also its legislative representative, called
at headquarters and was fully informed
as to what was expected from San Juan,
as we'll as from the other counties Mr.
Martin was very enthusiastic and de-
clared that San Juan could be depended
upon to do its full duty TO the common
wealth on its 50th anniversary
General Passenger Agent Frank Wad-
leigh of the Rio Grande Western railway
IS taking the greatest interest in the Ju-
bilee and yesterday he mailed 1900 copies
of the following bulletin to railroad
agents and correspondents:
enthusiastic every day over the contem-
plation of their grand pioneer jubilee,
which will begin on July 20. and emu on
the 24th following. 1t will be the great
est celebration the west has ever known.
1t will commemorate the gran6est achieve
ment in the history of the pioneers of the
west for it will honor the birthday of its
civilization 80 years ago. Over 500, 900 will
be expended by the commission in bring
ing to a glorious fruitiOn the most elabo-
rate plans which have been formulated
for the enjoyment and education of the
people. Old time memories OF the trail,
of the innumerable hardshipS endured by
the pioneers in their struggles TO conquer
the wilderness will be revived by the
realistic reproductions of the scenes of A.
Gorgeous parades, categorical and histOr-
teal in their nature, Will be held Dy day
ard by night: excursions and entertain
ments will be given daily; an effort will
be made to have every member of the
immortal band which found an asylum in
the wales and Businesses of the Rocky
mountains present during the jubilee. and
ITtot-'S sons and daughters Will vie with
each other in showing them the hOnOred
reverence which is their due. During the
five days celebration carking care Will
be banished from the minds OF the peo-
pie and Salt Lake City will be the scene
of heartfelt mirth, brotherly love and pa
triotSm. The celebration will be unique,
inasmuch as it viii be the first Semi-cen-
tennial Jubilee ever held by a western
commonwealth and interest will be added
By the fact that the primitive tools used
by the pioneers. the cumbersome vehicles
which conveyed them across the plains,
and other like accessories now dear to
old fashioned folk, will be in evidence
Utahs quarter of a million of people Will
celebrate as q people never before have
celebrated and one and all viii extend
the warm hand of friendship to the thou
sands who will journey to the promised
lard in order TO see with their own eyes
the wonderful transformation the hand
of man has wrought within the above
Deriod of 80 years