The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-24
PIONEERS OF "47.'5
Jubilee in COmmemOratiOn Of
 their Arrival in Utah.
Special Correspondence 1

their Arrival in Utah.
 Especial Correspondence
 Salt Lake City. April 13, 1897.
 The work of the Utah Semi Centen- nial Commission in preparing for the great Pioneer Jubilee to be held in thls July 2O-25 has assumed such propor- tions that in less than weeks time nearly half hundred people will be on it's payroll. Between sixty and seventy floats are to he built directly by the Commission and from present indica- tions as many more will be constructed under It's supervision. There will be as many floats in the jubilee parades as there were in the last Mardi Gras in New Orleans, more than was to be seen in the Teiled Prophets celebration in St. Louis, twice as many as were Tn last years Festival of Mountain and Plain Tn Denver. and three times as many as La Fiesta of Los Angeles, which begins on the 10th inst, will have. The jubilee floats will be the peers. in beauty and grandeur, of any similar productions yet exhibited in the United States and "ill be of greater interest, because the subjects to be depicted will come closer to the hearts of the people. The Com mission will expend not less than S25, GOO in the construction of its own floats and as much more will be expended for floats by the counties of the State and by merchants and manufacturers.
 SERPENT OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE.
 The magnificent dragon, which the Chinese reverently worship as the greatest of all their idols, will be a fea- ture of the jubilee parades, as 1t was or tbe Midsummer Carnival held here last year. Ia one of the night parades the Great Salt Lake. Its gandy trappfnes will be covered with diapery which will giisten with salt trYstal.izatlous and which vii, under the glare oi a score or more of powerful calcium lights produce q spectacular effect more magnificent than has yet beon accomplished by scenic artist or float designer. The Chinese attendants, 150 in number, will be dressed in the most elaborate and fanciful costumes of their country. Every float i'll that parade, the subject of which is Great Salt Lake-Real and Fanciful," will be decorated with materials made from the products for which the waters of the lake are famous. Saltair. the largest bathing resort in the world, will be reproduced in minia- ture, statues of heroic slze chiseled from huge blocks of salt will grace many of the floats; the trappings of the horses, the costumes of the attendants, in fact. everything connected with the parade wrll be encrusted with crystals of salt, brilliant and varicolored, the whole producing an ensemble so grand and as beautiful and so unique as to defy criticism. TEe estimated cost of the parade is $10O00. but it will b car ried out as planned If the cost should prove to be double that am unt.
 COUNTY DISPLAY PARADE,
 The county display parade will appeal to the commercial instincts of the spec tators as completely as well the Great Salt Lake" parade to the lovers of the beautiful and sublime. Sixty or more floats will be in line. Every county in the State, and there are twenty seven counties. will have at least one float and number will have from five to ten. Each float will represent some resource or industry. r will be the largest and best represen taJIOI or a svssvo-e-.,-,...,.. the West has ever seen and will be the greatest object lesson ever presented ,o :. people
 ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
 Evervthing connected with the jubi- lee w1Il be carried out on as costly and elaborate q scale as will the parades aIlnded to. By day and by night the entertainment of the people will go on. At the theatres pioneer dramas will be presented; barbecues, athletic games, picnics, and bicycle races will be daily features at Liberty Park, the largest and most beautiful public park in the inter- mountain country; at the lake resorts the days will be given up to na- val displays, ,regattas, boatraces, swim ming contests and balloon ascensiOns and the nights to entertainments of absorbing interest and dancing. At the city resorts there will be sharpshOoting contests. ho-se-racing, foOtboll contests a cowboys tournament, in which It is expected there will be one hundred or more of the most daring knights of the plains the country can boast of, and ex- nlbitions 0g athletic skill by number of the most famous show people in the world. Not the least features will be the grand concerts and other entertain meHts to be given in the Tabernacle, Utah's most famous structure, and the open air concerts in the pubic parks o1 the city.
 The interest taken in the Jubilee has