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


geous affair, a fit commemoration 0
the entrance into the valley fifty year
previous Of that sturdy band Of Pion
GERS, the advance guard Of western
civilization.
For the occasion Salt Lake wa
handsomely decorated soloman in al
his glory was hardly more gorgeouslI
ION prunes or piums Tor cattle or
1 X. gentle, broke horses s. +. p. Bril-
H. The newest and latest styles OF
I f"y paper, window shades and fixturers
pur lust been received at r. j. McMah,
10 was not distinctively Utah at
fair, for 1t was participated in by resi-
dents OF four states-Utah, Idaho,
Wyoming and Colorado descendants
OF pioneers or Of those who followed
within the next few years and helped
subdue and reclaim the mOcking
waste, and who felt and were, in fact,
an inseparable part of that noble band
in whose honor the jubilee was held.
IL was a Pioneer Jubilee, unconfined
by imaginary boundary lines, I'M
claimed by the residents of any sec
ton. 1t belonged to the people, and
royalty they enjoyed IL.
The greatarray Of floats were gor-
geous, and as seen by night were daz-
cling in their splendor. Their prepar-
alton occupied months OF time and en-
tailed an enormous expense. Pictorial
history was written as it. never be-
fore has been in the inter-mountain
region, interspersed with fiction-fan-
ciful conceptions of n pleasing nature.
would be tedious, and a
description impossible. Their lesson
has been impressed upon thousands,
however, and the stories they told viii
not soon be forgotten
A pathetic illustration as the hand /
art companies, whose ranks were
iecimated by death while on the haz
lrdous journey across the great desert
Words can not describe the hardships
endured, yet the appearance of the
iand carts, bearing their human bur-
led, pushed and pulled by weary, foot
lore pilgrims, detected, surrounded by
,ir of sadness, brought tears to many
! young eye which oft recounted
stories of the hardships had failed to
impress, II was the sad feature of the
Jubilee.
The queen who presided over the
Miss Emma Lunt of Salt
Lake City, is n grand daughter of the
Oldest pioneer who came with the first
rain. She was assisted in her duties
~ maids OF honor, one from each
county.
nMdItAM YOUNG MONUMENT.
The ceremonies of the week opened
With the unwilling of the monument
% Brigham Young, at the intersection
# Main and South Temple streets.
the monument were all
he living members of the pioneer band
Who were able TO be present, and the
eremony was witnessed by 10000
'eople. A prayer, prepared for the
occasion by President Woodruff, was
cad by Bishop Whitney. james II.
ioyle, in behalf of the brigham Young
lonument association, presented the
lonument 60 tho people of Utah
'resiuent Woodruff unveiled the mon
ment Advancing TO the front of the
latform, he said: Attention. In
he name of God | umvcil this monu-
,ent Suting his action to the
lords, he pulled the rope which light
: held the drapery in position, and
he figure of Brigham Young upon
arhle shaft, was exposed 20 view.
overuor Wells accepted the monu-
eat in behnltof the people of Utah,
nd was followed 10y Brigham Young,
dest son OF the pioneer and presi- :
snt of the Jubilee commissions Judge A.,
G. Goodwin closed the exercises. He
ldrcSsed himself particularly to the
Ioneers. and among other things said: .,
ADDRESS TO PIONEERS. {
"In thought no other more maiestic a
'ectacle can be presented than the Il
accession Of the Pioneers.
"As through the ages, with unabat- c
< energy the gsscier flows, by its
osion making the Aoil out of which, c
later periods, men raise their bread. IL
through the centuries the conquest n
the wilderness by the Irresistible $
vance OF the Pioneer has gone ON Il
ID ON. 90 II
"No trumpet nor martial pinsic e
unds their advance; no thrill OF bat Il
ecstasy makes their pulses leap; no