The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-10
THE PIONEER JUBILEE
Widespread Interest Aroused
Throughout the East.
REQUESTS RECEIVED FOR IN
FORMATION AND PHOTOS.
Work of the Committees Increasing
Rapidly-More Relics Located
Maud Patterson Appointed Stem
ographer-Jubilee Notes.

The widespread publicity recently
given to the pioneer jubilee mas re-
sulred in numerous requests peils
made bv eastern writers for lnforrna-
ton concerning Utah and for photo-
graphs of church buildings and proihi-
nent members. Because Of tins ana
other correspondence it has been 1ound
absolutely necessary in order TO Keep
up with the work to employ additional
helm at headquarters and beginning
with today d stenographer and clerk
will be placed on the commission
payroll.
COMMITTEE WORK INCREASING.
The work of the committees is also
increasing at a rate which has con-
WINGED the members that in preparing
for a celebration such as the jubilee
will be no time can be wasted. Meet
ings of committees are now being held
daily. and the result Of their labors
can now be seen n the systematic
manner in which the innumerable de-
tailS are being arranged. Inc commit
tee on floats and paradeS, OF when
Jacob Moritz is chairman, is one OF
the busiest and when the construction
department is ready for business all
the necessary supplies will be on hand
and a small army of workmen in read
mess to carry out the ideas of the
float designers. This committee is anX-
ious for the governor TO appoint the
county commissioners, one from each
county, as the work they have planned
will be greatly facilitated by the CO.
operation of the commissioners. The
desire of the committee is to make the
county display parade the largest and
most interesting the west has ever
seen. They expect, with the floats of
merchants and manufacturers, to nave
over 100 floats in the parade, and the
design is to have each float represent
a distinct resource or product in order
that every interest in the state will be
represented. Their task is of a hercu-
lean nature. but with the assistance OF
the county commissioners, who will be
alert enterprising, representative men,
such as all of the governors appoint
ments are, they expect to carry out
successfully every one of the elaborate
plans they have formulated.
The finance committee is also ener-
getically at work, and each day prog
ress is made. The subscriptions of mer-
chants are being received at very
gratifying rate, and when the roll of
honor is published, few, if, any, of the
men who owe their wealth to the re-
sources of the state which their en-
ergy and enterprise have developed will
be missing from it.
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S WAGON.
E. w. Freeman of St. Johns, Apache
county Arizona, writes the commission
this interesting bit Of information con-
corning the wagon which conveyed
Brigham Young across the plains aid
into the valley:
I'VE have in our town the spring
hot 61r1f TQY-icr bor
brought with him across the plains IN
the pioneer company in 1S47. l under
stand that it was seated and used as
a council house in the pioneer company.
/ also understand that the father of the
late Horace S. Eldredge cut the tim
Der and made the wagon. In Nauvoo
President Young purchased it from
him. II was brought to Arizona by
John W. Young about the year 1881.
He fitted it up for kitchen and used
it when he was building the grade of
the a. e P. railroad. The wagon was
finally left at the Windmill ranch, 20
miles from here. 1t stayed there eX-
posed to the weather and the ravages
of the Indian for several years. Pres
ident j. K. Udall had it brought here
and has taken good care of it ever
since"
UTAHS FIRST CARDING MACHINE.
is the first carding machine brought to
Utah. 1t was brought to Utah by
Brigham Young, and was operated for |
several years in this city. 1t was sold
to Bishop Andrews of Nephi, and after
being used by him for some time was
donated by him to the Arizona mis-
sion. 1t was then operated at Sunset |
Ariz.. finally passing into the posses (
sion of the people of st. Johns, by
whom il is highly priced as a relic !
Mrs. Lucinda Rich of the same place !
has a bake-Oven that her father. John !
Mangram, revolutionary soldier /
bought at secondhand nearly 100 years /
ago. 1t was used by Mrs. Rich while |
crossing the plains and is still most /
useful kitchen adjunct.
JUBILEE NOTES.
Miss Maud Patterson has been ap-
pointed StenOgraDher of the commits /
sion and viii begin her duties today
J. B. Wilson OF Midway called at |
headquarters Yesterday for the pur-
pose of obtaining advertising matter
for distribution among his friends and /
neighbors.
Superintendent T. G. Lennon of the /
Teller institute at Grand junction.
Colo. visited headquarters yesterday !
for the purpose OF arranging for the (
coming to this city during the jubilee 1
week Of the Institutes famous Indian |
band, which was such an attractive
feature of the Midsummer Carnival /
paradeS last year.
A piece of the cane used by Willard |
Richards in an effort TO repel the mob{
which invaded the Carthage Jail and I
murdered the prophet Joseph and Fly /
rum Smith, is in the possession of Mrs. |
Margaret Smith of 642 South Third /
EaCt street
S c. Dallas the well known archi- /
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mission which is highly appreciated, /
and which stamps him as being patri- /
otto and public spirited In arrang- /
ing for the unwilling of the Brigham |
Young monument. considerable expert |
architectural work will have TO be done |
The walls surrounding the temple /
grounds viii have to be RACED for a
distance of five rods north and west |
of the southeast corner of the block. /
4 survey will have TO be made in or
der to determine the proper site and a
foundation for the monument will have |
to be laid. This work Mr.. Dallas has
volunteered to do without charge, and.
as he expresses it, for pure love of |
Utah and the great interest he takes in
the jubilee
A heavy subscriber to the fund has
suggested that free open-air concerts
be given at night by bands during ju-
bilee week. The suggestion has met
with the approval of the committee on
and will no doubt be Off
cially declared a part of the pro-
gramme.