Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-30


n that the frowns from another wilder
70 ness have been driven away; that an
- other signal station has been erected
that new path has been smoothed,
over which the delicate feet of civiliza-
ton, in unsoiled sandals, may advance. .
Referring TO the arrival of the pill
grim fathers on the Mayfower, who
held a beacon light for new civiliza-
ton, he continued:
"a last, after seven generations of
the race had lived and died. after all
the space between the ocean and the
prairies had been redeemed, another
little band started across another waste
half as broad and quite as desolate as
ethe atlantic, TO find home.
~ "What that band endured who shall
,tell? The average American man cares
hlittle. for hardship. When weary he can
4 make the earth bed and the sky a
canopy and sweetly sleep.
But what of delicate women on a
journey like that? The path becomes
endless either way, the bark of tho
wolf or the boot Of the owl brings I'M
defined terrors TO them, the loneliness
grows TO cling TO them like wet gar
ment; such dreams haunt them that
even when Frustrated with fatigue
they fear TO sleep, and if they are
mothers the apprehension OF what
would come to their children were
they TO be called away has within it
more than the bitterness Of death.
SO, if men realized on what heart
aches the foundations of states are
laid, they would never meet pioneer
woman without barring their heads"
Proceeding the unwilling, the pio-
neers assembled on Old Fort square
and marched to the monument They
were the guests of honor Later they
were given reception at the taber-
nacle, when they were decorated with
the pioneer badge giving them free
dom TO everything controlled by the
jubilee commission.
A beautiful feature of the second
days exercises was the parade of thous-
ands of children, reaching two miles .
in length. All carried japanese para
soils and as they passed the Brigham {
Young monument, literally covered /
The base with flowers. At the conclu-
sion of the parade venerable Presi- c
dent Woodruff was crowned with a c
wreath of roses. C
The distinctive features of succeed T
ng days were pageants representing S
-he progress of the past fifty years by S
means of floats. Each day saw new d
features added to enliven the interest. t
important occurrences were repro o
iuced aud represented by floats which II
old more graphically than can be de-
crided, of the progress of fifty years. a.
A few of the oldest inhabitants were W
represented by band of Indians NOV 7,
ng camp.
PIONEER RELICS. d
Jim Bridger's cabin was reproduced rc
Sridger was the first white man to w
AIRY news of the valley to the east &C
lie was in Utah in 1924, and carried sc
/. load of furs to market via the Mis- tn
uuri river His excursion into this V,
alley was on a trading trip al
The first saw pit was represented as
{ appeared when the first log was fo
awed by ex-President John Taylor al
md George Q. Cannon. 70
The first house in Utah, which was
ouilt by Albert Darlington. and still ga
tands at the corner of West Temple er
nd First north streets, was repro
uced. Fl,
Among other pioneer relics was the he
lrst Legislative hall. the band wagon w
Il the Nauvoo and Ballous band, the flo
)eseret Evening News as it appeared il;
ghen first issued June 10. 1850, first O,
ugar mill i'm Utah, an old overland Ia
tage, borrowed from an eastern state
There 10 is treasured rs relic. sur in
ivers of the hand cart companies, m
ony express riders first street car in re
tab, apparatus and survivors of the hi
rst fire company and the first tele- It's
ram sent east, by Acting Governor flo
'uller OF Utah 1t reads: Utah, or
hose citizens stennously resist all inn
utations of disloyalty, congratulate re-
ne president upon the completion of w
n enterprise which spans CONT al.
ent.' The answer was flashed back: m.
The government reciprocates your is
congratulations. A. LINCOLN.
The establish ment of mining was Of
as Utahs dominating 20,
duStrv The Old Jordan and ga1a