The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-16

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lsEW 8 saS " Bulletin No.
s@ya$SARAaN was issued Dy
es.S.A-sss--- the press bu-
60 - leau yesterday.
Ter thousand ccpies were printed and
they are now being distributed via the
mail oe the representative business
houses of the city. The bulletin reads:
The work of the Utah Semi-Centen-
NAL Commission in preparing for the
great Pioneer Jubilee to be held in this
City July 20-25, has assumed such pro-
portions that in less than weeks time
nearly 80 people viii be on its pay
roll. Between 60 and 20 floats are
tc be built directly by the commits
SION and from present indications as
many more will be constructed under
Its supervision. There viii be as many
noats in the jubilee parades as there
were in the last Mardi Gras in New Or
leans, more than was TO be seen in the
Yelled Prophets celebration in ST
Louis, twice as many as were in last
years Festival of Mountain and Plain
In Denver, and three times as many as
La Fiesta of Los Angeles, which begins
on the goth inst, viii have. The jubilee
floats will be the peers, in beauty and
grandeur. of any similar productions
yet exhibited in the United States, and
will be Of greater interest. because the
subjects to be depicted will come closer
20 the hearts of the people.
SERPENT OF TIE 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 it was
of the Midsummer Carnival held here
last year. In one of the night parades
the dragon Will represent the serpent of
the Great Salt Lake. Its gaudy trap
pings will be covered with drapery
which will glisten with salt crystalliza-
tons, and which will, under the glare
Of score or more of powerful calcium
lights, produce a spectacular effect
more magnificent than has yet been ac-
compliShed by scenic artist or float de-
signer. The Chinese attendants, $50 in
number, will be dressed in the most
elaborate and fanciful costumes of
their country. Every float in that pa
rade, the subject of which is Great
Salt Lake-Real and Fanciful,' win be
decorated with materials made from
the products for which the waters OF
the lake are famous. Saltair, the larg
est bathing resort in the world, viii be
reproduced in miniature; statues of
heroic size chiseled from huge blocks of
salt viii grace many of the floats; the
trappings of the horses, the costumes
of the attendants, in fact, everything
connected with the parade will be en-
crusted with srystals of salt, brilliant
and vari-colored, the whole producing
an ensemble so grand and so beautiful
and so unique as to defy criticism. The
estimated cost of the parade is $4,000,
but it will be carried out as planned if
the cost should prove TO be double that
am cunt.
COUNTY DISPLAY PARADE.
The county display parade will ap-
peal to the commercial instincts of the
spectators as completely as will the
Great Salt Lake" parade to the low
ers of the beautiful and sublime. Sixty
or more floats will be in line. Every
in the state, and there are q
counties, viii have at least one float,
and a number will have from five to
ten. Each float will represent some
resource or industry. 1t will be the
largest and best representation OF
states wealth the west has ever seen
and will be the greatest object lesson
ever presented to a people.
FOR THE PEOPLE.
Everything connected with the jubi-
lee will be carried out on as costly and
a scale as will the Darades
alluded to. BY day and by night the
of the people will go on
At the theatres pioneer dramas will be
barbecues, athletic games,
picnics and bicycle races will be daily
features at Liberty park, the largest
and most beautiful public park in the
country; at the lake re-
sorts the days will be given UP to naval
displays, regattas, boat races, SWIM
ming contests and balloon ascensions,
and the nights to entertainments Of
4 bsorbing interest and dancing At
the city resorts there will be sharp
shooting contests, a cowboys tourna-
nent. in which it is expected there
will be 100 or more of the most daring
Knights of the plain the country can
BOAST of, and exhibitions of athletic
skill by q number Of the most famous
show people in the world. Not the
east features will be the grand con-
,erts and other entertainments TO be
given in the tabernacle, Utahs most
famous structure, and the open-air
concerts in the public parks Of the
,ity.
THE INTEREST WIDESPREAD.
The interest taken in the jubilee has
low broadened out until it reaches be-
7ond the environments of the state.
From the east and from the west de-
hands for advertising matter and for
are flowing into the head
Iuarters of the commission. Famous
writer's are preparing articles for the
EASTERN press and magazines of which
he theme will be Utah and her great
pioneer jubilee, and the railroads are
Llready preparing for the thousands of
people who VIII make a pilgrimage 10
the promised land in order to take
)art in its fiftieth anniversary. One
hundred thousand visitors are expect
d, and in order that all may enjoy
With comfort the grandest celebration
he west has ever known, a bureau of
has already been estab-
ished by the commission. From 1t Will |
,e disseminated information which will |
,e a complete guide to all who may
vail themselves of it's facilities. Wis
tors can engage rooms and board at |
he bureau in advance and in doing so |
viii have the satisfaction of knowing |
hat not only Will they be comfortably |
AIRED for during their stay. but that |
he prices charged will be just and rea- j
enable.
JUBILEE NOTES.
Interesting sessions of the floats and !
arade, amusements and advertising /
were held yesterday. The +
esults will be reported to the commits /
ion tomorrow evening.
The official cOlorS, arranged in Vari- |