The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-05
Marcb Events
tn Ogden City.
Don Mcguire Contributes Interesting
Account of Cutoff Celebration
Church and School.
Especial Correspondence
r Interrnnn CnthnIic.


, Ogden, was a month OF more thar
! usual interest in our city. Early il
the month it had been decided by tht
| powers that be that the much talke1-o
change in the line OF the Southern Pa
/ cific would take its course across the
waters Of Great Salt lake instead of one
around to the south by way of Salt
Lake City. Such a decision on the part
OF the Southern Pacific railway people
was to Ogden the greatest event in its
history, inasmuch at it places it for
all time as the central point, the mid
way city between Omaha and San
francisco. One of the cities of refuge
on the great highway of commerce that
crosses over the North American con-
tnent on the route of travel between
! Europe and Asia.
Such position being secured for
! all time to our city, it was the most
natural step that could be taken on
! the part of our people to celebrate the
event by gathering together the people
! OF ogden and the surrounding towns
OF the northern part of Salt Lake val
ley and creating such day of joy as
our town never before knew. Commit
tees were appointed and st. Patrick,s
day was chosen as the most fitting of
days for the event. Very fortunately,
when that day arrived it brought with
1t good weather. Such a day as Pat
rick's day was never before known
in Ogden. For weeks before it
had been raining, drizzling, showing
and suffering as though we were to
wake up through pathways of misery
for all the good weather we had en-
Joyed during January and February;
ana many, very many. said it was most
unfortunate that day in March had
been chosen for the Cutoff celebra-
ton. as our chances for seeing a day
OF storm with slushy streets seemed
excellent. However. the day before
brought warm wind from the south |
and that night brought hard frost. |
and the morning of the 18th of March |
1902, dawned clear and pleasant. with !
the streets in excellent condition for |
the marching of the civic procession.
AT ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH.
Rather Cushnahan celebrated mass
at st. Joseph's church, which was
crowded to overlooking with a we'll
dressed congregation. The music was
excellent and the sermon given by Fa-
Their Cushnahan was of the kind that
stirs the blood. Had it not been in
church it would have drawn cheer aft
er cheer
Services at church being over, many
of the congregation. amongst
1AA-NAA liz lAIClllbCIS vi Tie Ancient Ut
der of Hibernians, went to the Assem-
bly, hail, where they We're in uniform
within thirty minutes. and forming
INTO line under the Stars and Stripes
and Sunburst of Ireland, they took
heir place in the procession, which was
July mile in length.
The body of the procession was made
Up of, first, citizens in carriages. Off
'ers of the city government, students
II Ogden High school, Ancient Order
II Hlbernians other secret and benev- !
,lent orders, such as the A. o. L. w,
odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World ! .
IeXt, the trades unions and business
mems exhibits. which in all made a
most interesting sight, and with seven
+ eight bands of music done justice to
he day and occasion. AS to the color ,
green, it was everywhere on bust !,
ess houses, floating from hotels and =
n the breasts of men and women, :!
oys and girls. Every one wore it from
ne prattling babe in its mothers arms :,
the aged man of 80 winters. Amer y
ans, English. Scotch, Germans. Ital-
ms, Greeks, Japs, Chinese and the
lany from sunny Africa wore this
lost cheerful of all colors in work
very soul in Ogden that day revered.
seemed to revere, st. Patrick as the
rst of saints. All proclaimed Ogden V
5 the one original and never to- be- r
hanged Cutoff City.
EVERY ONE WORE GREEN. el
1t was al the hour of IL a. M when W
overnor Wells reached the city. He fl
as accompanied by Hon. Judge Mar h.
lall, also Judge Miner and a number =
other high dignitaries from the cap q
al, and all of them, from Governor ly
ellis down the line, wore green to the it
rains of the Star Spangled Banner q;
Id 'Patrick's Day The long pro- =,
ssion marched. headed by the gov -
nor and others in their carriages, and u
hen the procession was over the gov ca
nor, from the balcony at the north le
lie of the city hall, addressed 81
iendly speech to an assembly of more 81
an 10000 persons, gathered in the m
ty hall grounds and in the streets de
fore him. 81
Remarks were also made by others. OF
I'd when the speakers of the occasion tn
1sed, the people were Toasted in the en-
cen field that lies around the city oil
IL. Ten sheep and three oxen and its
1r hogs and 5000 loaves of bread dis
peared inside thirty minutes. The
vernon and other visitors from the Ci
pital were the city's guests, and
re dined and wined and Toasted at
2 rooms of the Weber club Sa
vt p. m. the citizens assembled
ain at the Grand opera house, and
ere was more music and more ire
eeches 1t was all now in celebra-
n of the cutoff. Again Governor
ellis, Father Cushnahan and Judge fro
lrshall proclaimed in eloquent meas
s their faith in Ogden, and their
mer and present belief that it was
city OF destiny. Some of them
wv glowing pictures of the future.
en- double track would span the ke
tiers of Utahs great salt sea. and sp,
kings and courtiers of the earth
uld go out of our city and over one /
the greatest works ever constructed ga
the hand of man; of how the CITY list
uld expand, how we would find dee
mes here in Ogden for the $4,000 at
,ple that Salt Lake was going to
to herself if she got the cut-off. A
Judge Marshall, in one of the most in
utiful speeches ever uttered. told GU
how the city of Ogden would spread ant
to the north, to the south. to the is
and the west; how foundries, ma
ne shops ore reduction works. roll n
MINIS ana car works would cover fro
waste places and the city become mes
wing and prosperous. When he fin que
I'd his speech, it is safe to saw that
len real estate had advanced fully !,
per cent. ~
uvae fuiI of 1;fa .,1l Ign liie bro
ch liquor is sold was open to the MOI
lie, and during all of that day no ..
ests were made for drunkenness or
)rder. Visl
ENTERTAINMENT. We,
the evening, at the Sacred Heart ~
DENY, there was given by the good tho
ers a dramatic entertainment, for
benefit of st. Joseph's new church VI
drama vac laid IN crenada u frol
in during tha old Nroorisb 80 -. has
actors of course were fro,,, oTmono pas
- " - - yin eAiiiOiS hal,