The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-07
THE PIONEER JUBILEE
Commission Appoints Apostle
Brigham Young Director
General.
THE SELECTION Is A VERY
POPULAR ONE.
Mr.. McGarvie Becomes His Assistant
will Be No Eisteddfod-De-
signs For Hangers and Letter
Heads Adopted.

Apostle Brigham Young was last
night appointed director general of the
Utah Pioneer Jubilee to be held next
july.
The selection of Mr.. Young was prob
ably the wisest that could have been
made. He is a man of commanding
presence and one whose selection will
add ability and enterprise to the ire
mendous enterprise-the semi-centen-
NAL celebration of the arrival of the
pioneers in the. valley of Salt Lake
The appointment came entirely I'M
solicited on the part of Mr. Young. He
probably has no intimation of his Sc
lection to the honorable position until
he reads the papers this morning But
nevertheless he has been appointed and
viii no doubt accept the place.
H. F. McGarvie. who. up to date,
has been acting Encouragement, will
now have the title of assistant director
general conferred upon him. Of course
his experience with celebrations of this
kind will make him the moving spirit
in the enterprise, and Alr. Young's po-
sitiOn more of an honorary nature than
anything else, although ne is recog-
nized as man of unlimited resources
for work of this kind.
The meeting of the jubilee commits
sion was held as usual at the head
quarters last night and the most i'm
portant business transacted was that
of the appointment of Brigham Young,
son of the great Mormon leader.
A committee from the Cambrian So
ciety appeared appeared before the
commission relative to holding the pro-
posed Eisteddfod. Unfortunately the
commission and the society could not
agree and the chances for such a musi-
cal event during the jubilee days are
exceedingly slim. The Cambrian peO-
pie wanted Wednesday and Thursday
nights set aside for the Eisteddfod The
commission offered them Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, with a Wednes-
day afternoon matinee, a proposition
which was absolutely refused by the
Welshmen. The commission did not de-
sire to give two best evenings OF the
celebration week for the event. and
the result was the Cambrian associa-
ton proposition was laid on the table
The commission last night adopted a
design for advertising hangers. The
design submitted by Artist Harwood
was considered most acceptable. and
1t is a gem. One-half of the sheet
shows the Indians watching the ar
rival of the band of pioneers, While
the other half pictures modern Salt
Lake AS a dividing line the statue of
Brigham Young appears very appro-
pirate. The execution is artistic in
every particular, and exhibits genius
on the part of the artist.
Mr.. Harwood's design for letter
heads was likewise adopted. as the
very best submitted. There is a rep
resentation of the wagons used during
the early days to cross the plains with.
and there is a pioneer sleeping near by,
no doubt tired of the days travel In
his dreams he has a vision of Salt
Lake in its present state. The con-
ception is grand. and the painter de-
segaes great credit for his work.
I'VE news that the house had passed
a bill appropriating $4,000 toward the
proved an incentive and
the members dispatched business with
greater vigor last night than ever be-
fore.