Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-02
They Are 10 DO Entertained Right
Royalty.
GRAND WORK OF The COMMITTEE.
Bishop Hunters birthday the Daie
Of thu Even,--Ou,iins Of the
Prog, am

10 tho gthtltuu 10 tuo uBcu hirohuy ieol
towards that splenild organ cation,
while 1t demonstrates a. once the busl.
ness ability, genuine philanthropy and
| tender regard for age, which are tho
distinguishing charac eristios Of the
committee.
II, IN past yenrs, this body has
earned the thanks and admiration OF
the public for Its efforts In behalf OF
the aged, this year the debt will be
| greatly Increased, for the ARA ngemsnts
In process OF being completed and
perfected for giving the old folks q
treat this year, eclipse all that has
heretofore been attempted In this Stats
In this line. Comment has been m I'd o
M the fact that the old folks have
been omitted from the program OF the
| Pioneer celebration, hut ere that
| their own to their hearts' delight and
fullest satisfaction.
The rather startling and decid-
| eddy novel proposition has been
decided upon, 10 bring to this city,
from every point ss far north as Ogden,
ami south as fayson, every per.
son over seventy years OF
age, who is able to get along without
an attendant. Tho aged people will
be gathered up In groups, squads and
| crowds, In the different towns iodi.
Gated, brought to this city, entertaine
here two or three days ard then re-.
turned again to their homes, all iree
| OF exDense to them.
| The committee very much regret
that the Invitation will not include
the halt, lame, blind, and others who
arc unable TO care Tor themselves on
| a trip away from home, but
| the circumstances attending the plans
| OF the com mittes make IL impossible
| for them to embrace within their hos.
pitality this tins any 81 cd person VIII ,
rsquir 9 to be accom- panied by an AL
| teDuant.
June 22nd Ia the birthday OF Bishop
| Edward Hunter, and the festival In
honor OF the olu folks will begin on
that day. In ample time Tor the gut sts
| OF the occasion to make all nosdlul
| preparations, the piesiuenu OF stake,
bishops OF ward, ministers Of vario, o
churches, anu o.uer suitable persout,
ia q position to aid the Plans OF the
| committee, will bs communicated
with, and fully Instructed as to de
tails. These persons Will re.
port all the aged persons livini.
In their respective jurisdictions or III :
tricts. anu W II desls nate which hav
iIiends In this city upon whose hosp.
tally they can depenu, and wh.oi
| have not.
with the aid OF the presidency OF
this Stake, which 10 in hearty accord
with the mmittee, and that OF the
Bishops OF this city, and other persons
who will Cooperate with the commit.
tee, places OF entertainment will De
found for all the aged vieitors VINO
have not friends with whom they eau
stay. The O,egon Short Line has
magnanimously consented to furDish
free transport ,tion, AMI through the
channels above indicated, return
tickets will be issued to the
guests OF the ocuseion who
reside In the towns along tee railroad
between Ogden and PAyson inclusive.
1t Ia Intended to have the aged people
brought to this city aud comfor ably
located by the evening OF June q st.
| On the morning OF the 22GV. the
visitors Will be conveyed 10 F.rt
Douglas, where reception 10 tueiI
honor will be rendered by Col. Keui,
Both street railroad companies have
promised 10 do all they can to trans.
port the guests to and rom the Fort,
but those whom the ttreet cars oaunuI
take will be conveyed In private
vehicles.
In the afteraoou will occur ID q
chief feature Of the festival, mon.
ster concert AMI sooiabls In the
Tabernacle. 1t IL expected that thai
Patriarch among even the Agsd, Presi.
dent Wilford Woodruff, will be presep
and deliver an address. The Taber.
nacls choir will take leading part In
the musical exercises, which viii also
embrace many other singers and per
formers. Held's orchestra, and the
old time band OF carly days, W osu
msmoerehip inolndet Joshua Midgley
Hopkins Ponder, W. U. Foster, BUR.
Olsen anu others, VIII render sel.c
tiona.
OF oourse the occasion would have
an aching void were w. O. Duuuar
and his Scotch pagpipss to be OMITTED
from the program and the News
Is authorized to make public tn. US.
sursnce that the void will not exist
The bagpipes auu their owner will L,
! VI huhht W fht Oil Tux
lat OF events for the day. At the CON
cert, no person under so years old viii
Ds allowed In the lower part Of the
building. All younger than thai
must get in tins gallery.
The concert over, the guests OF the
day will mingle with the masses u h II
the following morning, when they
will sgAiu be called apart to enjoy
honors anu pleasures preparel
specially Tor them. Ihey will be IN.
veyed 10 Garfield, at which point the,
will be met by the Inhabitants Of
Tooele county VINO exceed 10 years o.
age, anu who will be brought t, IN,
beach IN train Of wagons and olhel
vehicles. numbering 200, or there
abouts. 1t 10 understood that In thes,
conveyancts will be found some cream
to put In tea for the crowd.
After spending the day at Garfield
the old folks from Tooele county viii
return Ms they came, while those iron
elsewhere viii be brought back to I'M,
city ana given a send.utf tor homo OF
that same evening, or on tue toll Jwln M
day, as they may desire, or oircu nj
stances require.
Just wnen tho tickets will te IL
sued, or how long tney will be gooO
are among the numerous DIET Ills OF IN,
grand anu vast affair, that remain I,
De uelermiceg; hut ail Incs rneI M,
rlst assured that III the matter q
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