Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-29
IN souTnEAsTERN ARIZONA.


Pima, Graham Co., Arizona, July ~
Pioneer day was flttngly celebrated
! here under the auspices Of tho 81,
| Joseph stake sunday School Union and
In harmony with suggestions from the
general board, Supt Joseph II, Lewis
ana stake board carried out a success
ful program
By $3.50 a, m, floats, loaded with chll.
dren, win other features for the parade
were assembled NJ the head of Main
street IN Pima, The martial band,
composed OF those who played in an
early day In Utah, headed the process.
sion.
Each Of the valley Sunday schools
ana other organizations were repre-
scented by beautiful floats, The pioneer
vanguard by OK team. and the hand
cart company by some who actually
TOOK part aud crossed the plains with IA
hnndcart Sister Ellen Larson with
her son Lchi, now Bishop OF the Mat.
NEWS ward, and who was but two
years old and rode across the plains In
4 handcarL Pioneer wagon, drawn by
-four horses carried but n few OF the
survivors, A band OF Ute Indiana,
mounted, showed the conditions of the
country at tho time OF settlement,
Progress" u beautifully arranged float
by the y, M, ana Y. L. NJ. l, A. OF
Pima, took first prize. "The Flower
Of Dcserot," sogo lily, represented by
Primary children OF Thatcher, carried
away the second prize for floats.
When the procession was over, the
multitude assembled In tho Weecb hall
ana were interested with n literary pro.
gram, IN which the songs, Rotations,
orations ana talks ana to0sts all tended
70 remind W. Of and make us appreciate
ana Yencrato the names OF the pioneers
Father Samuel Clarldge, In his sew.
cnty.soventh year, wrote the poem,
Past and Present." which took tho
prize, A pleasing feature was the pre-.
Bcniation Of pioneers ana handcart sur.
vlyors and an address by the indian
chief, represented by w w, Crockett
who spoke fuontly In the Ute Indian
language
The people Of Arizona have n dual
day when they celebrate Not only do
thoy remember the Twonty,fourth Of
july, the entrance In the Uroat Salt
Lake valley, but tho pioneering OF our
sun Kissed Land" ARIZONA. Pima
was the first settlement IN this valley,
from which has grown this stake Of
Zion,
The sports during the afternoon were
OF an Immensely interesting character,
Arizona la able, and this valley In
particular takes the prize In wild
horse feats. Tho relay race attracted
much Interest and enthusiasm. In
this the contestants had 10 unsnddle
and sadie up n fresh horse, each three
times. IN tho circle and twelve times IN
tho race, The championship was
awarded 10 n Thatcher boy.
FLAG picking" by mounted horse.
men was interesting, Tho rider In
short distance picked up from the
ground three roaottes, leaning from the
saddle Bronoho riding was clevorly
done by several cowboys, who, In each
Instance. lead Wild horse on tho
square, soddlod him ana rode tho anil
NAL for tho first time IN the presence
OF the multitude. Running and trot-
ting horse races, baseball and other
games absorbed the afternoon and the
days sport closed by grand balls In
Thatcher ana Pima, II IN estimated
that Pima drew together the largest
conooursc Of people ever TO gather at
one time In the ella valley