The San Francisco call., 1897-07-22
Salt Lakes Multitude
of Visitors Daily
Increases.
events of Half a Century H.
Illustrated by Pageantry
of Progress"
White Haired Saints Meet and Tall
Of Their Tramp From the
Missouri.

SALT LAKE, UTAH, July 21.-The Sec
ond days celebration of the Utah pioneer
jubilee opened fine, cool and pleasant.
Ihe principal event of the day was in the
morning-the 'Pageantry of Progress, t"
representing the changes made in the fifty
years that have passea since the entry of
the pioneers on July "a, l847. Five thou
sand people had been added to the throng
OF The day previous, and Salt Lakers never
fully felt the blessings OF their wide streets
until to-day. Wherever the pageant ap-
peared there was a congestion which al
most dehed the efforts of the doubled po-
lice force; in fact, the streets ceased 10 be
sreets-they We're rivers of humanity in
which the peop surced TO and fro. here
moving rapidly tor a stretch IN ripples OF
anticipation toward some happening
block or two away, there forming whirl-
pool which moved round and round some
striking object of interest while all along
the line were TO be seen white. haired,
stooD-shouldered pioneers, shaking hands
and walking again, in their minds, that
toll some journey from the Missouri, at
whose every mile post could the dead but
he aroused would be found 'grinning
skeleton.
They have come from far and near,
these pioneers. Utah, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico and California all have con-
tributed, but few are residents of Salt
Lake City. Most OF them have their hum
BILE homes in country villages and ham,
lets. in some cases almost as far from
cIvi,!zaion to-day as they were fifty years
ago.
Nearly 200 Indians, representing the
oldest inha bItants, were in the pageant.
The only features strikingly like their
forefathers OF 1S47 were their faces. pain ted
red and yellow, their bullet-like heads
with shocks of black hair, and their pro-
fuse oTnamentations IN beads and other
shining gewgaws. For the rest they were
mostly dress sed in citizens clothes, with
the addition of red blank kets which sank
TO their hips and dragged at their heels.
One other feature strikingly Indian-lk
was their peculiar chant or monotone
singing. The squaws followed. They
were dressed in the loudest colors they
could buy. They had wicker cradles on
their backs from which protruded little
brown faces with black beads for eyes.
Jim Bridger's Cabin" Utah in 1847,
The First House Built in Utah" ian e1-
act representauon), The Seas 2ulls, 'The
Overland Stage" and many other floats OF
elegant designs were in the parade.
In the Holy Land the River Jordan
connects the Lake of GaliIee (fresh water)
with the Dead Sea (salt) In Utah, Utah
Lake (fresh) and the Great Salt Lake are also
connected Dy the modern Jordan. To-day
there was unique ceremony-"Baptism
of the Jordon." 1t consisted of mingliug
the waters of the Jordan in Salt Lake City
with a portion of the water taken from
the original Jordan of the Holy Land.
1.-The Pony Express" was also another
feature-a representation of the methods
by which the United Sta es mail was
carried from 81. Joseph, No., to San
Francisco in 1860 and later years when
the news was thirteen days older when it
reached the coast than when it left the
muddy Missouri. There was also ban
ner showing the first message ever sent by
telegraph from Utah to the East. 1t was
signed by Acting Governor Fuller and
addressed to President Lincoln. 1t read
as follows:
imputatioDs of dlsloyaity, congratulates the
President upon the completion of an enter
prise which spans continent.
The President answered:
The Government reciprocates your congratu-
lations A. LINCOLN.
The festivities of the day closed with ap-
propr1ate exercises at the various resorts.
Tomorrow will be children 'sday. when
IS 900 OF Utah's best crop will be IN line, &C
c mpanled by appropriate floats, bands,
etc.