The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-25

Utah has shown her glories to the
world. The week OF Jubilee is ever
and the dawn of another so years Of
progress is at hand. The pioneer will
soon pass away and in a few years
the children of today will be ruling the
destinies of this state But no matter
what the future may bring forth, no
matter what may be the possibilities
Of further advancement and develop
ment, there is no one who witnessed
the scenes in this city for the past
week who will not carry them in his
memory as long as he lives. It was
a glorious celebration, one which no
other city in the world of four times
the population of this ever approached.
1t was triumph of energy, enterprise
and public spirit.
THE HEART OF UTAH.
The whole heart of Utah was thrown
into the event and the utmost enthu-
siasm and patriotism marked every
feature of the celebration from the
time that the group of pioneers gath
cred around the Brigham Young monu-
ment last Tuesday morning until the
last sparkling shower of fire babe a
good night to the thousands on Capt.
tol hill last night. The members of
the Semi-CentenniaI commission de-
serve the praise of their fellow citi
Zens to the fullest extent and there is
no one in the state of Utah who will
deny it. The Mardi Gras festival
and fiestas Of other cities, while they
were most interesting events and
-
them forth, are not to be compared
with the splendors of the past five
days in this city. Gorgeous floats
which were never equalled in number
or in effects, thousands of marching
children. a band of pioneers who, so
years ago. first turned their eyes upon
this valley in all the beauty Of its
barrenness; the richest products of the
field, the mine and the factory, and.
above all, an American manhood and
Womanhood which are the browning
glories of the state-have all passed in
review before the citizens of this and
other states, and the triumphant
shouts which have arisen from more
than 100 coo tbroats viii be heard be
yond the Rocky mountains and Will
reVerberate in every part of 1hiS coun-
try, so that the eyes Of the east and
the west viii be turned upon the
youngest state in the Union.
Pioneer Day closed the weeks fes-
tivities, and every feature of it was
carried out successfully
A GREAT PARADE.
The great parade in the morning
was the principal feature, and not
vithstanding the fact that there had
been four other parades during the
week. the interest in this one never
abated. It was thought that for three
or four days preceding the. streets had
been crowded to the greatest extent
Imaginable but the multitude of peo
pie who sWarmed in the city yesterday
was almost beyond conception. Every
thing was most favorable for the clos
ing day. The sun seemed to shine its
brightest A gentle breeze tempered
the heat Of the summer day. The sea
of color along the main streets seemed
more beautiful than ever, and the fair
daughters of Utah who tLronged the
streets never looked more charming
The people could not wait for the pa
rade to start The space occupied in
forming the divisions would cover q
small city itself, and thousands of peO-
pie crowded the streets used for this
purpose and watched the beautiful
floats and all the other features of the
parade as they were preparing for the
march The monument was the start
ing point Of the parade, and a mass of
humanity collected there, tie numbers
of which were impossible TO estimate.
STREETS WE'RE PACKED.
The stream of people extended down
Main street as far as the tribunes.
Sidewalks were blocked and an effort
was made 10 keep the people out Of
the streets by extending ropes along
the curbing, but II failed entirely, as
the parade and 100 policemen on
each block could not have lsspt them in
check. There was no disorder but the
Jubilee infection was upon everyone,
and there was an eager desire not to
miss a single feature of the procession.
Windows and housetops were crowded
and the telegraph poles swarmed with
small boys. The scene at the tribunes
had not been equalled on any other
day. Nobody cared whether he was on
the sunny side of the street; the only
object was to get a seat. The tribunes
On both sides of the street running
the entire length of the block were
hacked. and at least 10000 people
viewed the parade from them. The
crowd extended down Main street to
Fifth South. and also along Fourth
South and State street clear up to First
south. and. in fact, everywhere along
the route Of the procession. Ample
opportun,ty was given everyone to
witness the parade, for the line Of
march extended four miles. covering IS
blocks. IN addition to the localities
covered by the other parades, this one
made a detour into the residence sec
tion. going out East Fifth South street
as far as Fifth East and returning on
South Temple.
TEE START.
The order to march was given
promptly at II o'clock, and the process
sion commenced its long journey be-
tween two human walls and with the
air resounding with the music of the
bands and the shouts of the multitude.
The members of the jubilee commits
sion were on the reviewing stand in
the tribunes, and back of them were
a number of the county queens. The