Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-20


glory OF their natives costumes aud
weird music" headed by Mr.. HARBOUR
on horseback with the robe Of a shiek
floating from his shoulders. The per-
forming animals in cages, including the
famous happy family" which en-
braced pigs, monkeys, dogs and cats
galore. were also a source OF delight
TO the omnipresent small boy. This
portion Of the parade was nearly two
blocks In length and terminated with a
huge dromedary, which carried a very
Pretty Algerian girl who talked volu-
bly, In French throughout the entire
trir. The two dromedaries were not
popular with a number OF nervous
horses attached to buggies that lined
The line Of march and several incipient
runaways We're narrowly averted, es-
peclally did this hold good In regard to
a pair Of mules on Market street which
We're apparently siezed with the desire
to climb upstairs in one OF the build
ings TO get better view Of the show.
IN CARNIVAL ENCLOSURE.
In this order the parade wended its
way along the streets indicated amid a
clustering wind that nearly blinded the
participants and onlookers alike with a
cloud OF dust Finally the fair grounds
were reached when the queen and her
maids were escorted 10 the raised dias
at the head OF the midway on West
Temple and Third South streets.
GOVERNORS SPEECH.
Governor II. NJ. Wells was escorted
to the platform by Exalted Ruler Les
ter Freed, and delivered the following
welcome:
Fellow Citizens: / am delegated by
the drove of Elks who have this carni-
val In charge 10 extend a most hearty
welcome to all the strangers within
the gates OF this unique and festive
city II matters not whether you are
thirsty Elks that have come down from
the mountains TO get drink Of water,
whether you are travelling Elks looking
for good winter range, or whether
you are Elks at ALL IL matters not
If you are moose or antelope or noun
tain sheep or coyotes or jack rabbits
or wild gazelles. whether you inhabit
upland or lowland. whether you hiber-
nate In this state or any other state.
whether you bring with you draughts
from Dakota or blasts from Kansas,
whether you travel In herds or In pri-
vate cars or incog--all OF you have a
right to be here and are as welcome
as the lilies that bloom In the spring.
| extend TO YOU the greetings Of the
time and the occasion. and most cor
daily felicitate you upon the auspici-
Gus opening OF these festivities. an
opening which gives abundant promise
of a successful continuation and
gratifying close.
We have often heard OF an lmorium
in imperio. a state within a state,
wheel within a wheel, and now our
eyes behold a city within a clty-for
in the wei regulated, orderly and pro-
gressive city OF Salt Lake, here in the
center OF the corporate limits. we find
an Interior and separate municipality.
not down on the map not provided for
in the charter, not under the dominion
of his honor. the Mayor but ruled
and reigned over by the good queen
Mabelle, whose chariot is drawn by
elks and whose orders are executed by
other Elks while fantastic communl-
~ from the four quarters OF the earth
make merry IN the streets and the po-
liceman Is beaten of his beat by the
dreaded beat Of the tomtom.
Well. We are not a very old COM
munity In Utah, but We have worked
hard for the little we have, and who is
there begrudgcs us a little period OF
relaxation and amusement? Where
man has TO grapple with the wilderness
and subdue the stubborn conditions
with which nature surrounds him, u
imparts strength 10 his arm and stimu-
latlon 20 his mind TO pause from his
labors and be comforted al times with
evidences that he Is advancing, and
that his advancement Is OF the kind
that Is solid and sure. He first makes
himself secure against the elements.
then looks out for his physical wants.
then proceeds 10 gather around him
the things and conditions by means OF
which happiness and comfort and
pleasure are derived from this lie. We
long since passed the rudimentary
stage and then came by slow but sure
degrees the phases OF modern hfe
which add to our mental moral and
physical advancement; rapid transit.
erectrical communication, better habi-
tations and improved Circumstance
all these are ours and thcy
have come 20 stay n there be one
among ye who doubts that We have not
earned this Elks' carnival, let him b.
banished 20 Antelope island. A prom
erly conducted carnival is a siesta D.
the weary toiler up life's rugged noun
tain. II serves 20 cheer the mind and