Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-25
FORT DOUGLAS TROOPS.

eight carriages. The old men looked
as venerable and as dignified as Roman
senators. The conveyances were suit
| ably decorated with muslin strips bear
| ing the title pioneers OF 1S47"
The old flremen under Chief @. NJ.
Ottinger was prime fayorites, with
RUDE Simpson and Henry Tauffer car
rying the association banner. The fire.
men numbered 80 men in the old
red shirts belts and spanners, and the
regulation helmets; and hauled the old
hand fire engine belonging to the assoc
citation. They were strong reminders Of
days gone by. BY way OF contrast, the
paid fire department under Chief Will
liam Bywater came Immediately after,
with Chief Bywater and Assistant Chief
Woods In the fire wagon, and followed
by the chemical engine and the fire
truck all attractvely decorated and
equipped with crews.
THE NAUVoo LEGION.
The Nauvoo Legion veterans turned
out with the old time Nauvoo artillery
consisting Of three pieces, including the
"Old sow cannon. and manned by II
men. These were followed by the state
band Of rs musicians. and the remainder
OF the Nauyoo Legion In the shape OF
the Nauvoo Legion Benevolent associa-
ton with handsome blue banner, and
80 men ON foot. President John r. Win
der, formerly n full colonel I'm the Maui
VOC Legion, marched proudly with his
old comrades, -Four carriages with very
old members of the Legion brought up
the rear Of the detachment Then came
the picturesque division Of the parade
in the shape Of the regulation, old pio-
ner Simon pure plains outfits; and
they were indeed an object lesson not
TO be forgotten. There they were, a.
I'm real life, even TO small details, look
ing Just as the old timers did as they
YEARLY dragged themselves over the
great stretches Of country between Salt
Lake and the Missouri river, handcarts
and ALL
ELOQUENT REMINDERS,
There were COWS and horses pulling
In the same team, COWS yoked behind
horses, with fun cooking outfits
preparing the frugal meals, both by
kettle and by rickety stoves that sent
up volumes Of smoke through battered
and ancient stove piping. The old style
water barrel was much in evidence at
the side OF the ancient prairie schooner,
bear. deer and coop skins decorated the
CANVASS tors oil Cne wagons IN Silent,
but emphatic evidence of the incidents
Of early day travel. Ccops with chick
| ems were fastened to the rears Of
schooners, there were spinning wheels
I'm working order and operated, wagon
beds all ready for the tired tourists
when they were ready to tumble into
bed one wagon had box Of prairie
coal"-Buffalo chips, old plows were
| there and about everything that could
be carted over the plains for use at the
end OF the long, dusty trip, Several
wagons were claimed to have actually
run over the plains and mountains into
| Zion, and I'm several instances wero
schooners containing full households
| performing the duties Of the day
THE HANDCART BRIGADE.
The handcart brigade could not be left
out and It was not. There were nine OF
these, and while It was not claimed that
any were originally OF the lots that
were trundled west from the river,
they certainly had been made to look
| as though they were OF the "only true
| blue" none genuine without name
stamped on the bottle" outfit. Men and
women IN conventional plains attire,
pulled and pushed these hand carts
| which as general thing carried child
rem or women unable to walk and such
| household effects as could conveniently
be packed there.
LOOKING FOR INDIANS,
There were men IN cowboy attire
and armed with old-fashioned rifles
and powder horns either walked or rode
| by the sides Of the various outfits, look
| ing for possible Indians and prairie
! fires, and at the tail boards of most OF
| the schooners YEARLY tramped men,
women and children I'm all sorts Of an
| cent attire, some having their feet done
up in burlap for lack Of shoes, while
! some Of the dresses worn by the women
would have sent n modiste into con-
vulsions. The shifts people were forced
| to resort TO I'm those days when there
were no Walker Bros. Keith-O'Briens
or Paris Millineres I'm order TO clothe
themselves, We're well set forth, they
were historically correct, and those who
had charge OF the various 'get-ups'
evidently knew what was wanted and
| how to produce II. The weary worn
travel stained, and generally woe-be.
gone air, so characteristic Of those old
| time caravans was faithfully repro
| duoed. A pathetic feature was the lit
| tie children tramping in their ragged
| clothing behind the wagons.
THE PIONEER DISPLAY
The chief interest Of the day was CEN
| tered in the pioneer display
Pioneer stake of Zion was repre-
| scented by two train wagons in charge
| of Thos. Lambert and Louis Bowers,
| one wagon being drawn by horse and
COW, with poultry outfit and general
! aggregation Of camping utensils. The
| Twenty-second ward display under ].
| w, Haslam, exhibited two wagons with
exhibit Of general interest along the
same lire. Brighton ward was repre-
| scented by n representation OF a prairie
| breakdown, the Shift resorted TO on
such occasions, hundreds OF miles from
! blacksmith or wagon shops be-
| ing well Illustrated, The Nine
| teenth ward exhibit under ], w, Bailey
made q crcdltable showing, including
a COW team
THE KGMBALL SCHOONER,
Tho schooner driven into this valley
| In 1Sl7, by President Heber c. Klmball
and his wife Ellen, was duly repre-
sented Hon Joseph Kmball, his son,
| and Miss Julia Howe, en- costume, act-
Ing the part of the two pioneers The
| Seventeenth ward exhibit, under II. Il.
Taylor included four wagons, and dis
| played the features Of plains life cred
| itably Honor to the pioneers was
the legend ON a wagon drawn by men
! and boys and decorated with sage
| brush. In fact noticeable decoration
OF the old time wagons was the in
cvltable sage brush arranged In all
| sorts OF shapes. The Twenty-ninth
ward, seemed to be the banner ward,
and the Bishop and oounselors and Ell
dcrs must have sat up all night think
ing about &C. for the exhibit included II
wagons and vehicles of all kinds and
fully 200 people IN all sorts OF character
iaations turned out w. ID. Bowrlng
was IN evidence but Bishop Mexican
was a prominent figure in his section