Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-25
4 REMINISCENT SPECTACLE.
s..,.,s Paw Tribute to the Men Who
pl,zed the Pathway to the Great
lntermOuntain West
GENE LONG TO BE REMEMBERED
r,,,,itlou Drills, Sports and Contests
Of Unique and Interesting Char
oeter--lncidcnts of the Day

,,,oor pageant that excelled In
.no respects. even that Of the semi
centennial Jubilee, and speeches whose
,,.ouepce stirred the hearts OF a mulu-
,.aa were browning features OF Utah
", ,,yenth birthday celebration, 1t
sn took place in Liberty park, away
s,oo, fine burning city pavements, ana
~ most gigantic crowd that ever par
,rlpated in a similar event was there
!, would be impossible to estimate IN
.rr,bars the attendance, II might be
MOVE accurately summed up In acres
r,o ,rocesslon moved around the great,
t,,c,,sr drive. and a fair idea OF the
svss that witnessed II may be obtained
,son IKE statement that at no point on
he linz Of march was there bare toot
~ snoce An the town seemed to be
,tore and all the town cheered until II
And no wonderl The parade was sim
,iv revelation. Nobody who went
sovn Ind anticipated a sight 80 rare
Tvery feature OF II was perfection. The
r,oneors themselves, riding In big carry
slls or carriages. attracted much at
,ention and were repeatedly cheered,
as wero the BOYS OF the Twenty
nom Fort Douglas, who looked every
,ncb heroes in their fine khaki uniforms.
mn FOR climax, when the imitation
caravan Of the plains went by, the
cheering grew into a demonstration UNI
eeualled since the great jubilee. There
we're the old wagons OF the plains,
drawn by lean, gaunt horses, or per
hans horse ard a row voted together,
and In one Instance, indeed, two horses
ana two COWS comprising a team of
four-in-hand These wagons carried,
besides their human freight. such ar
tlcles as pl0ws, spinning wheels, cook
stoves and implements familiar TO
frontier life Then came the hand
cart contingent.
Pioneer women-nOt old today, but
young again, trudged along behind the
carts, holding their heads higher and
higher as the long, successional cheers
reached them from the slde-lines.
There were sights that melted men to
tears, that filed hearts with everlast-
ing gratitude and made a better Utahn
Of every person who witnessed them.
In the vast throng that assembled at
he park, there were people who ate
their breakfast there Lunch baskets
were as numerous almost as children
On the Fairgrounds, and one family,
it least, bent on full day of outdoor
pleasure, carried n large size gunny-
nck filled with eatables, The arrange
nents for the crowd sould not have
been better In all quarters OF the
park large banners swung between
trees, Indicating that certain sections
we're reserved for the use OF certain
wards, and no ward was overlooked
The boats, which were well patronized,
we're watched over by llfe-savers sta
toned FOR the purpose. There was no
dcci1ent OF the slightest nature re-
ported on the lagoon, and the children
VINO RECALLED themselves with this sport
we're at no time In great danger, thanks
70 the ludlclous arrangement, The sec
ton called the chidren's playground,
vas a surging mass Of romplng tots
ana colored frocks A stranger having
IN mind Utoh's population would have
sworn That every youugster In the state
was there. Here also the elders We're
Stationed to see that the little ones
enjoyed themselves and came to no
grel through recklessness.
All In all II was probably the most
excellent celebration OF Pioneer day
ever held In Salt Lake--the Jubilee al
ways exceptN-and II viii be remem-
pefel long after the last Of the heroes
Of u has passed away