The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-05
SOBER FOURTH
MAKES A HIT
Ideal Celebration From the Stand
point of the Timid.
PARKS WELL PATRONIZED
ACCIDENTS IN DAYTIME FEW
AND UNIMPORTANT.

~ ESTERDAY was Il holiday in Salt
Lake. Incidentally it was the
Fourth of July The two things
are thus ranked because the people
made them so in point OF Importance
While tens OF thousands in this and
adjoining cities ned from their usual
hauuts to pleasure resorts or fields OF
sport they did so not for the purpose
Of firing crackers. shooting rockets or
in similar ways observing the Fourth,
but purely and simply for their own
recreation.
From every quarter comes confIma-
ton of the statement made early IN
the evening by an old timer that this
Fourth was the 'qUietest OF all In
point Of casualties, which after all is
one of the best standards by which ia
Judge. yesterday might have been the
Fourth OF January as compared with
last year. Where Young America had
his digitS burned OF his eyebrows sinsed
three or four times laSr year he went
through the ordeal but once yester-
day.
Certainly yesterday must have fiat
tered the disciples of sane and sober
FOurths. They have cause to Sloat
over the small sales of the fireworks
vendors. they were seldom shocked by
the spectacle of 80 and 4O-year-old boys
wasting The coin of the realm in simple
nOiSineSS. The notice. bic absence of
dangerous blank revOlvers. niSnOmered
toy pistols. must have been soothing
10 eyes long offended in the past
Without exception or qualification.
il was uOndOubtedly a sane and sober
Fourth.
Many at Liberty Park.
No saner or more sober or pleasant
celebration than occurred at Liberty
park during the afternoon could have
picknickers-no hand-me-down but a
made-tO-OTder hOliday-and thousands
OF families took advantage of it. There
were members Of the bar. doctors and
their families. and other professions
were represented This fact was no
ticeable yesterday. Liberty park be
lOnged not alone to those of moder-
ate circumstances. but many Well-tO-
do homes paid tribute TO Salt Lakes
public park.
absence at Liberty park. few being eX-
plOded despite the fact that the place
and especially the Fairgrounds. were
thronged with children. During at
least three-quarters of an hour yester-
day afternoon one might have stood
within Liberty park and had no init
nation from near or afar that twas
the day to celebrate.
While actual figures We're not obtain
able. il is safe TO say that Liberty
park drew record crowds yesterday,
OutdOing even the attendance on Deco
ration day. Many stayed for the even
I ng's DyrOtechnics-
At Callers park bunting and flags
evidenced that some holiday or other
of a patriotic nature was i'm progress.
but here. too. one must rest undis-
| turbed by the crash and rattle Of joy
ful patriotism The park was at its
best, but the attendance in the after
noon was not large. The pyroteChnic
display in the evening. however. drew
many CityiteS.
At Fort Douglas there were no spe-
clal exercises commemorative of the
/ birth of the nation. Not few Salt
Iakers. however. especially of the fair
sex. were draw brass buttonwards to
the post
The heavy street car traffic on Sec
ond South. First South and South Tenn
! pie streets spoke elOQuenty of the sue
cessful bid for patronage made by La
COON and the lake. Cars which Ordi-
narily hold fOrty-five passengers held
Seventy-five yesterday afternoon. and
/ then some. despite the fact that the
| Utah Light & Railway company made
crowds.
Races Draw Crowds.
Aside from the recreation and fire.
( works features. there were horse races
/ during the afternoon at Agricultural
park. and the bicycle racing in the
evening at the Salt Palace each Of
which was largely attended.
\ glance at the streets in the up
I town district this morning VIII show
7 10 what extent the Fourth was a quiet
one Ordinarily by midnight of the
Fourth. Main street is Uttered for sew
eral blocks with fireworks refuse of
every description Last night told a
( different tale.
Some comment was made by tourists
stopping in Zion on the lack of hunt
ing. flags, etc. on private buildings.
1 This fact can be explained largely by
the primary fact that no public parade
or celebration such as might be apt
TO arouse sluggist patriotic blood, was
held.