Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-10
A FAMOUS VEHICLE.
President Brigham TOunS'S Celebrated
Pioneer Spring Wagon.
A CANE WITH A HISTORY.
Cardibg Machine hat Has Served
Useful Purpo'e in Utah and Arl-
zona-Jub lee holes,

The work ofthe Utah Semi.C entsn-
NAL Commission ia increasing at such
| a lively rate that 1t has been found
imperatively necessary to increase the
working force at headquarters by the
| addition OF n stenogrspher and clerk.
The various committees are also bur.
dened with duties OF q moet onerous
and exscting nature and daily sessions
is now the iuie with them. Owing to
the system adopted for the Transaction
OF business everything Is moving with
| out friction and the members of the
| commission are encouraged by the
knowledge that subscriptions 10 tho
jubile fund will come up TO their ex.
| pectations.
l.. w. freeman OF ST. Johns,
| Apache county, Arizona, has fur
niehed the commission with the fol.
lowing interesting information con.
corning Brigham Young's now famous
spring wagon:
ave have IN our towo," writes Mr..
Freeman, sine spring wagon that
| Ietlubut Duuk
| with him across the Pisins la the
Pioneer company In lSi7. 1 under
stand that It was seated and used as
council house in the Pioneer COM
pany. also understand that
the father OF the late Horace
ElJtedge cut the timber and
made, the wagon. In Nauvoo
President Young purchased 1t from
MIN. 1t was brought to Arlzons by
Jonn w. Young about the year 1881.
He fitted IL up for a kitchen and used
1t when he WIS building the grade VI
the A. and z. IA lroad. Tho wagon
was finally lett at the Windmill ranch,
twenty miles from here. 1t stayed
there exposed to tho weather anu the
ravages Of the Indians for several
years. President ID. X. Udail mad 1t
brought here aud has taken good caro-
Of " ever Slut e."
JUBILEE NOTES.
Tho commission will meet in regu.
lar session ut headquarters this even.
Ing nj 1880 O'Clock.
Mrs. kCaiherine .lSalisbury has In.
formed the com mission thst she has o
bsuspread which belonged to the
Prophet Josepb.
| "a butCu OFouy W otAh
by DIR. Bernhisel, Is now the property
OF W. l.. Harlow Of l2s west Norm
Temple street.
Free open.air concerts at night
during ubilee week 10 q suggestion
that has been fEvorably received by
the committee on amusements.
8. G. Dallas, the well known archi.
tect, has voiunteere his services Tor
the work preliminary to the uDveiling
OF The Brigham Young monument.
His offer is highly appreciated by tho
Mission.
The cardipg machine brought to
Utah by Brigham Young Is now high.
iy priced ne a relic by the people OF
~. Johns, Apache county, Arizona.
1t was operated in this city for several
yenrs, then passed Into the possession
OF Bishop Andrews OF Nephi and by
him was donated to the Arizona mia.
mion. Sunset was Its base OF opera
tons tor Bome time after that, and
finally II was removed to 81. Johns.
The famous Indian band OF the
Teller institute OF Grand Junction,
Colorado, which WAS such a pleading
feature OF the Mid ummer Carnival
parades last yea:, may be engaged for
| lupiNo WcShs Ne
Lemmon called at headquarters yester-
: DAY TO perfect arrangements and the
proposition made by him 10 now being
considered by the committee on
music.
To the Hodson Co., blank
book makers of Portland, Or, belongs
the distinction OF being the rrst out
side firm to contribute to the Jubilee
fund. The f.ring was made yester-
day and consistB OF typewriter sup
plies to the value OF $50. Chester A..
Whittemore, The president OF the COM
; pany, has host OF friend3 In Utah
und his company's generous act 10 the
outgrowth OF the favor in which Utah
/, ana her people 10 held by him. He 10
here for the purpose Of establishing
an Office aud will hereafter make Utah
field for business operations.
Mrs. Margaret II. Smith OF No. "a n.
Third East street in in possession of a
cane that WAS used by Willard
. Richards to keep OF the bsyonets OF
the mob in Carthage jail at that time
that Joseph and HrTum Smith was
mRssaored. Mrs. Smiths uncle, James
Bird, who made The cane, was q
. turner by traue, aud he claims 10 have
made the cane out OF which was con-
structed the coffin In which they
t carried the Prophet Joseph to his last
/. resting place. Joseph Smith borrowed
0 TINS particular cane from Mr.. Bird at
/. tb3ut the time he was taken q prls.
1 Uuer to Carthage aud while there he
: gave IL to Willard Richards with In
sttuctioDs that he should return 1t IL
its owner, which he did. Mr.. Bird
gave 1t TO his brother, Edmond f
BIRD, the father OF Mrs. Smith, whC