The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-31
THE PIONEER JUBILEE
Commission is Now Getting
Down to Business.
DEVISING SCHEMES FOR AD-
VERTISING THE BIG AFFAIR.
The Design Will Be a Miniature
Wickiup-Hon. Spencer Clawson
Will Look Up the Matter of
Hangers-The Lilac Car-Names
of Pioneers.

Each meeting of the Pioneer Jubilee
commission evolves new ideas for the
coming celebration and each day from
now on will add to its magnitude. Act
ing Director General McGarvie's brain
is very active these days and each of
the interested members of the commits
sion is doing splendid work and it
looks now as if the ambition of Judge
Colborn expressed in the words we
will give a celebration that will as
tonish the world is to be realized.
1t surely will be if no obstacles arise
to block the spirit of progress mani
tested by the promoters OF the stu
pendouS enterprise.
The chief work of the commission
now consists of devising schemes for
advertising the affair. This important
work was commenced yesterday upon
somewhat small but effective scale.
Small boys appeared on the street can
wasting business houses to purchase
rubber stamps giving the name and
date of the jubilee. Nearly every bus
mess house bought one of these stamps
for stamping their letterheads thus
beginning to advertise to the world
Utah's great event.
At a meeting of the commission held
Nauvoo block Mr.. McGarvie submitted
several new ideas for advertising de-
vices the most original and attractive
design being a Wickiup in miniature
suitable to be placed on show cases.
The commission was unanimous in
declarations that the idea was very
excellent one and adopted it without
a second thought. The intention is to
have the design handsomely litho-
nh ad in
represent Utah in 1S47 and the other
representing the present time, the
object being to make it a souvenir
worth preserving.
The model submitted last night was
simply sketched, but the ideas will be
submitted to the artists in this city
for competition models. The design
for hangers has not been decided upon
yet, but Mr.. ClaWSon, who will leave
for New York City in a week or so,
was delegated to look into the matter
and may bring many new ideas in the
way of advertising back with him
from Gotham.
The lilac car will no doubt be an
important factor in advertising the
jubilee throughout neighboring states.
Edwin Seniors letter published a few
while no definite action was taken the
members approved strongly of the
idea, and some time next May car
loaded with lilacs and in charge of a
bevy of Utah'S prettieSt girls will be
started upon a mission of advertising
to the cities of Colorado, where bios
som groweth not. The lilac car last
year was a grand success. Thousands
upon thousands of people surrounded
the f1owery missionary at Leadville
and the supply of flowers was greatly
inadequate to meet the demand 1t is
very probable also that a similar car
be sent to Butte and other cities in
Montana.
The application of Z. A. Holmes for
position as solicitor of funds was
read and laid over for future coDsidera-
ton. Mr.. Holmes application was
numerously endorsed by leading bust
ness men of the city.
Secretary Rognon reported that over
had been secured and the list was
ing letters are at times received. Very
often widows of members of the first
battalion who did not reach here until
the year following or later ask if
they can be present to represent their
departed husbands. AS the list, how
ever, will be limited strictly to those
who came into the valley in Al, there
is little hope for such applicants.
The original pioneers will be the
guests of the city during the jubilee
Handsome and costly badges will be
provided for them and everything will
be free. In fact they are expected to
form a part of attraction to the