The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-25
WOULD FORGET PAST,
USE FLOWERS NOW
Nothing But Brightness Is Pre-
dicted for Future of
Zion.
THIS THE THEME OF
SPEAKERS PIONEER DAY
Entertaining Programme Car
ried Out on Fifty-Ninth
Anniversary.


| tinction accorded them was done both
sincerely and unanimously, While the
| day, July "a, Pioneer day, was the
| fifty ninth anniversary of the arrival
| Of the first band Of emigrants under
| the leadership of Brigham Young, the
especial guests of honor of Tuesday g
celebration at Liberty park included
all those who arrived later in this val
| ley during that year.
Charm About Country Builders.
! There is always charm about both
explorers and home and country build
ers, and as the Utah pioneers typify
both these classes they form n subject
of double interest. They belong to
class, and were leaders in that class,
that have settled every State in the
Union from the sway of the red men,
and have at the same time laid the
foundation for the present civilization
and progress of which whole people
are Justly proud, While all pioneers
may have not prospered financially
they are given at all time due recogni-.
tion for the part they have played as
soldiery.
Enthusiasm Was Lacking.
Tuesdays celebration was a success
from tho standpoint of attendance and
consideration for the old people, but
it was a rather featureless day. There
was sadly lacking the enthusiasm usu
ally present in such crowds by reason
of the absence of band of some kind
to discourse music, especially patriotic
airs, \ celebration In the United
States without brass band or mar
tial band OF drums and flies partakes
of the nature of picnic. For that
reason at Liberty park Tuesday there
was a picnic on enormous scale. Even
the parade was on a much smaller scale
tions than the parades in recent years
on the same day, The intent of the
day, however, was not neglected, as
the exercises were directed chiefly to-
ward entertaining the guests rather
than the crowd.
An entertaining programme was rem.
dered lust before noon at the band
stand for the old people, who occupied
seats on the stand, and Immediately
afterward they were escorted TO the
northwest of the central portion of the
park, where they were given banquet,
and the scene was the decidedly attrac-
tive feature of the day.
salutes by Nauvoo Legion.
Before 9 clock the attention of the
people was called to the fact that
there was to be big day at the park
Nauvoo Legion from the cannon that
was brought across the plains by the
first band. AT an even earlier hour
squads of people had begun to arrive
at the park, and the stream Of hu-
manity steadily increased from that
when the whole area OF park was prac
tically covered with visitors No cor
ner Of the park was neglected. The
amusement places were occupied to the
limit, and long before the programme
began or the parade was formed every
lunch bench was occupied and groups
were selecting choice shady spots for
a days rest and a midday meal on
the lawns. The park never looked
better, and the people seemed to real
iZe and appreciate the fact that they
were occupying their own summer out
ing place.
Programme Carried Out.
Promptly at II clock at the band
stand order was called by Chairman
mont school, and prayer was offered by
A NJ. Musser.
siThe Star-Spangled Banner" was
sung by Charles Pike, the audience
joining in the chorus. The song, "Utah,
We Love Thee, was sung later by
Kelly, Edna Evans, Sadie Brady. and
Claudia Holt. Addresses were made by
Mathonihah Thomas and w. w. Ritter.
Mr., Thomas spoke at length and ear
nestly. While he dealt with historical
facts, he treated them conseryatively.
In referring to the difficulties that the
pioneers in early days had encountered
and the differences they had expert
enced with their neighbors before start
ing for Utah and after their arrival
here, he left open al the time that er-
rors might have been committed by the
parties to both sides of the differences
He urged forgetfulness and forgiveness
a IA Of he nd
violets for the present and predicted
nothing but brightness for the future.
He extolled the fertitude Of the pio-
neers and drew graphic picture of the
Salt Lake valley as 1T appeared fifty
nine years ago, as it was first viewed
from Emigration canyon.
Viewed Barren Landscape.
The emigrants, he said. viewed a
bleached and barren landscape dotted
with sage brush and set with a shining
lake. The pioneers, he said, had turned
the foundation of great State without
bloodshed or resorSing to arms. They
had, he said, worked under privatlon
and often in sorrow and hard built
nation within nation. He spoke hope.
fully of the future, saying that the
hillsides were yet to be covered, the
wales were yet to be filed and that
hearts of the mountains were yet to be
made TO surrender their great riches.
Mr.. Ritter told of having arrived in
Salt Lake in October, 1S47, when vet
a mere boy, and related many romin-
iscences of interest, both to the pio-
necrs and to the younger generation.
He described the country s growth and
the changes that had occurred, and in
closing he turned and with much feel
ing addressed the pioneers. The list of
the pioneers who were present follows:
Pioneers Present.
In the party were Harriet A. T. Bad
ger. Margaret o. Best, William A. Allen,
Thomas NJ. Abbott, Mary NJ. Cherry,
Emily II. Cannon. Charles Crismon, Anna
NJ. Calder. Mary a. II. Christie, Charles
b. Cotton. John J. Cherry. Louisa n
Decker, John II, Dewey. Horace Drake.
J. U. Eldredge. Frederick 3. Eldredge,
Samuel l.. Ensign. Martin L. Ensign,
Elnathan Eldredge. Anna Houtz. William
J. Harris, John T. Harmon. Mary A.