Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-26
PIONEER DAY
CELEBRATIONS.
How the Twenty Fourth Was Observed Varou, Country
Towns

| pioneers had done IN first opening up
| ms wonderful country Of QurF-0ut IN
| the west, lie WAS generously applaud.
ed all through his address.
IN the afternoon u bill game between
Ilackfoot ana ~, Anthony OGDEN
| Was the chlaf attraction and resulted
M favor of the home boys by the score
OF q 10 l. II Waa u splendid game, both
eldes playing good ban until the eighth
| inning when u rcgrotlnbo Incident o..
CURED 81 Anthony knew they were
| beaten on their merits, and refused
| 10 play the game after "a close decision
against thom by the umpire, one OF
| tho players being particularly lnsolmt
| To the umplr who thin cautioned thcm
| mat II they did not play the gOmo,
| ne would forfeit the game 10 Black.
| 1907 THIS he finally ala, and his droi.
| bon met WIN favor by the 1000 spooiu,
, lor Who hNd assembled TO witness the
| game
A rainHlorm stopped an other outdoor
Sports much ~ the rogret of an as n
| good program Of m'os, etc, had been
| arranged
| In the evening Il dlnuo was given by
INC committee, which wa8 attended BIZ
u large crowd aud proved a decided
| success,
| Taken all IN All II WAS a banner day
lnuegd, Tor lllackfoot aud on every
hand lhoro IL nothing but words of
| praise Tor the various commlttoca who
hod chhrgo OF the proceedings,
AT pAYsoN,
special Correspondence,
Payson, Utah CO.. July 90 Tho 2lth
pl july, Pioneer day, was celebrated
yesterday under The ausploes OF The
sunday schools OF both wards. Tno
procession was feature Of tho oele.
blauon An oldtimo martial band led,
followed by ilouis representing Pioneer
llie crossing lhe plains, with cows ana
nolaVh hltched together, handcAu com.
pahy, an Old time chool primitive In.
uus'rlea OF uth, the spinning wheel,
etc, Utah nv n IN was represented by
lionH, sharing present culture IN odu.
cation ana muslci also the present IN
uustflos hy new steam thrasher OF
,ne latest make, q gelf.blndor, etc,
Ihomat J., edward, one Of the original
/ band or liS who nrst entered Utah a.
Pioneers, was In the procession. About
u dozen OF that band are an that re.
main, Peter Wlndward, "A Pioneer OF
~, Just two montha later than the FIRST
arrivals, was also IN the procession.
"A program az the park betting the
OCCASION was well rendered In the aft
ernoon games for tho children ana a
free dance In the pavilion for the little
ones,
AZ 9 o'clock u bogkotbal game wax
played between the Payson team and
elect team composed OF members
from the u, Y, G, Of Logan, the Ncbo
stake academy and The deaf and dumb
school OF ogden, score II to % IN favor
or the Payson boyA,
A ball IN the pavilion concluded the
days program
Al MoRoNL
Special Correspondence,
Moroni, sanpeto Co., July a5.--"The
pest time eyer had. here IL the yer-
diet given about Moronlt celebration
IN honor OF utah's Pioneers. The pro-
cession was very ilne IN Ito pathetic
ana humorous illustrations Of condl-
lons That the fathers and mothers ~
| the piosenl citizens met ana passed
| through TO build the Utah OF today.
Thoro wne the old time omigrnnt
| wagon ana its lncongfuous team OF mon
! and horses, tho COW that would per.
/ slst IN lying down when the fancy
seized her, the weary emigrantsi tho
hahdoArt win ~ Tired pullors, the In
dian IN his sagobrush home, scouts
aud road builders, which strongly H.
lustrated the adverse conditions under
which the old time omlgrant made his
weary way across those never ending
plains Old time agricultural imple.
ments and conditions were ylyldly ex.
hlblted These were followed by floats
showing ploasanter scenes, huch an
Utah gold, silver ana our dear old I'm.
Gle sam taklDg look at the happy
conditions existing IN "our lovely Des.
or0t'
A crowded meeting In the tabernacle
was the order after the procession,
whore a me program WAS ably rem.
dored, consisting OF songs, Grafton by
Hon, Joseph L., Joley short addresses
by others music by the brnss and
martial bands the orlspost Kind OF
tOasts and sentiments,
Tho usual sports and 0musoments
occupied the afternoon, followed by the
usual evening party II the celebration
was Intended 40 AN object lesson TO
the young, 10 slye them an understand
lnE'of what the Pioneers OF fair Utah
have done for the active ana coming
citizens OF today, II was n great sue.
cess,