The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-17
Pretty ArbOr Day Spectacle Is
Witnessed in the juno
tiOn City.
NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND
ARE SEEN In THE LINES
Civic Improvement Junior
League Stands for a
Cleaner City.
Special To The Tribune.

Special To The Tribune.
OGDEN, April 1G.-About the prcttiest
spectacle ever seen In public way in
Utah was the parade through the streets
of Ogden today OF 4500 school children of
all school ages. practically organized as
the Civic Improvement Junior league. for
the end that ogden may become a cleaner
and more beautiful city. Forty-slx hun
dred children, from the high school grades
down to the kindergarten, marched
through tho streets and enjoyed Il They
hoped and skipped and danced In the
sunshine. and enjoyed thoir existence, but
they marched like Veterans. In squads,
and kept step with the martial music that
was furnished az If each and all OF them
had seen service.
Equal to the Occasion.
Even the tots in the kindergarten were
equal To the occasion. and maintained
their stride. and, best of all. not one OF
them fell out OF line Better stIll. there
was not single m'shap in the whole
parade. and the thanks arc due to the
police force OF ogden, Superintendent AL
lison OF the public schools, the principals
OF the various schools and the teachers OF
the grades. all of whom marched with
the pupils and TO Joseph Bailey, osss-
tant superintendent Of the Ogden Rapid
Transit company, who stopped every car
that might interfere with the procession.
Novel Propositions.
Each school had something distinctive
and some OF them had some novel propo-
sltions TO present to the spectators, all
suggestive OF the cleaning up campaign.
Like many other good things the attend
ance was not as large as the occasion jus
tilted. but those who did attend enjoyed
the spectacle exceedingly
Promptly at 1905 the cannon at the fire
station roared out n salute. II was the
signal for the start. Previously the high
ha NTnlI nd E',,,.r ~,
schools had assembled their pupils at the
brow OF the picturesque hill, on Twenty
NTH street: the Central school was lined
up at Twenty-fourth and Grant avenue: f:
the Pingroc. Washington and Lewis
schools wero stationed on Washington
avenue, south of the intersection. the
Grant, Mound Fort and Five Points
schools were at Twenty-second street, on
Washington avenue,
Band Makes Appearance.
Nichols Concert band made It's first
appearance and was stationed at Wash
ington and Twenty-ffth, and there met
the advancing hosts.
At the firing OF the signal gun the high
school pupils marched down the hill and
fell In behind the band with their school
colors flying, They were 425 strong. Fol-
lowing them was the Madison, GS5 strong,
and tho children carrying flags. and In
regular order the Quincy, with 221 the
Dec, with so and which was led with
eight young girls carrying an immense
AT the intersection the Lewis turned In
30 and the Central +O7. Then followed the
Pingrce, with 439 and the Washington.
with 40. This included all of the schools
on the enst, west and south ends OF the
town. and the procession was marching
north, on Washington avenue. following
the band and the high school colors.
Three Blocks In Line.
The school enumerated had not been
quite formed when three blocks OF chill
a ,S,,,- hr. OF md 1r.h h Inc In rI Inon
order were in parade. From Twenty-fifth
street 10 Twcnty-second they marched and
then counter-murchcd on the west side OF
Washington avenue, tho van OF the pro-
fourth street.
AT Twenty-second street the Grant
Mound Fort and Five Points schools were
waiting to fall into line and augmented
the parade by about 1900 children. on tho
return the march was made west. on
Twenty-ffth street, and back TO Washing
ton avenue. and there each school
marched back to It's own school building,
and the pupils were dismissed for the bal
ance OF the day
They were a happy bunch and while
there were some desertions from the
ranks they were not numerous. and
Young America seemed to realize that he
and she had become potent influence In
the matter of a clean city and beautiful
There were many good displays Per
haps the most novel WIS the Central
clad In oycralls and jumper and each OF
them carried some garden utcnsil-a hoe,
a rake or n spade-and they carried them
like soldiers carry their arms. Behind
them were the "sunbonnet" girls, each
of them carrying a broom. and all march
ing and keeping step Ike veterans. their
handsome faces and 1.-THE. active move
ment making a great impression
Had School Shouts.
The children of the Pingree school. and.
farf n ~ n
shout The Plngrec's was as follows.
"Rah, hah. rah, Who are we?
Utahs best crop, don't you see''
This was varied by the Dee school kids.
who shouted.
Utahs best crop. D-double-e."
about 100 pupils in line. Tho boys carried
long lengths OF irrigatinG hose and othor
garden implements, the girls carried
branches of trees and watering pots, and
some OF them carried brooms 1t was a
nrst-class suggestion for q clean city.
Mound Fort and Five Points showed
and drum, and they marched with mill
tary precision.
No Mishaps Occur.
Everything passed without 3 mIshap OF
any kind Superintendent Allison was
everywhere. and looked to not only tho
Of his plans for the parade
ceived, but also to the care and protcc-
ton OF the children. In this nc was
backed up by tho police force who made
good their word that not q vehicle would
be allowed to use the line of march while
It WAS in progress. Assistant Supcrln-
tendent Joseph Bailey Ia also entitled to
great credit for the manner In which he
handled the street cars. The cars were
not stopped running. but Mt the intersec-
tion OF Washington avenue and Twenty
Nth street they were all brought to a full
stop and held until an opcning In the
massive ranks showed itself.
The Civic Improvement Junior league Is
nov, an actually. AS appears elsewhere
their seniors got together tonight and or