The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-07-25
in ONE GRAND FINALE
Pioneer Day a Fitting Culmina-
tion of the Jubilee.
MOST GORGEOUS PAGEANT
The Pioneer Parade Was the Crowning
Feature OF the Weeks Celebration
IL Was Eight Miles Long and
Had Hundred Floats.

Salt Lake, July si.-To-day was the
fitting hfticth anniversary OF the day
on which the little band OF hardy
Pioneers. headed by brigham Young.
who had experienced such trying hard
ships in their journey across the con-
tineut, first gazed upon the barren val
ley of the great Salt Lake. And 10
these pioneers this day was dedicated.
Pioneers day was celebrated in a
manner which was a lifting culmina-
tiOn tn week in which high carnival
reigned supreme The week Just clos
ed has been the most memorable period
in the history Of the valley with the
exception perhaps Of the day ON which
the pioneers entered through one OF
the mountain passes aud declared that
here must We stop Every days en-
tertainment has Ot itself been car
nival worthy of the highest consid-
Grafton. but to-day the combined ef-
feet of all the efforts of the week has
been condensed into one grand finale.
the crowning triumph of all the arts
aud devices which are known Ia the
brain Of man for the entertainment OF
his fellows.
The day was ushered In at Fort
Douglas and at the state batteries by
the laundering roar of artillery.
From early morning the streets were
thronged with tens uf thousands Of
pleasure seekers and sight seers, whose
numbers increased as the day adyanc-
ed, until at evening the streets were
almost impassablc. Numerous excur-
sion trains arrived during the day,
which added greatly To large num-
ber of visitors who have been arriv-
ing for the past five days. Main street,
which for half a mile south from the
Brigham Young monument Is canopied
by festoons of incandescent lights and
fiags, giving 1t the appearance OF
huge tent. brilliant with its ten thous-
and lights. was the principal center of
animation.
The pioneer parade. which began its
triumphal march from the temple at
II "A. m. was the crowning feature of
the jubilee. IL Is claimed by many
that this gorgeous pageant eclipsed in
length. beauty and diversity OF fea-
lures any other parade ever attempt
ed In the United States west of the
Mississippi river. II combined within
its detail fanciful representations of
huge monsters that swayed from side
to side in terrible reality; gilded
chariots containing scores OF utah's
fairest daughters, miniature mines
and factories I'm full blast ~ opera
tions. beautiful scenes from the great
Salt Lake. grottos and caves with their
crystal stalactitcs and stalagmites
glisienng beneath the sun There
were i'm this parade. which was fully
eight miles in length. In the neighbor-
hood of 100 floats and one hour and
thirty minutes was the length Of time
required for IL to pass a given point.
At the head of the parade was a
platoon of police, followed by five
companies of the state militia. these in
turn being followed by the artillery
and cavalry companies. Next followed
a band Of fifty survivors Of the orig
inal 500 Mormon volunteers battalion.
Following this came band of several
hundred Indians clad in fantastic
garb The survivors of the Nauvoo
legion. sixty strong. next led the way
for President Woodruff. the oldest OF
the surviving pioneers.