The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-19

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boosting Provo as the garden spot of
Utah and lauding the Utah county city
for its numerous advantages were carried
along the line The strawberry float con-
sisted Of a colossal strawberry about the
size of balloon.
of course. il isn't real strawberry.
child, remarked a mother TO an aston
ished and gasping infant. whose eyes
threatened to become as large as the
make-believe strawberry. There We're
other Strawberries. somewhat smaller, IN
baskets al the side of the central ber-
~. The infant wanted 10 know about
them.
'SThey can't be real" replied the moth
er. but there was a dubious note in her
voice. She evidently was not sure how
large Strawberries grow in the vicinity
of Provo.
The T. c. NJ l. employees followed Pro
VO. There We're hundreds of them. II
was announced that there would be 80
In line, but that number was exceeded,
They were a long time in passing. The
4. c. NJ !. uniform consisted of tremen-
dOus straw hats with the brim in front
turned up; black coats and white duck
trousers. The hats We're decorated with
gay ribbons of blue, white and gold.
Excellent Showing by Eiks.
Next in line were the Elks. Some of
them wore silk hats, some white hats
with purple and white bands, the colors
of the order. They made a splendid show
ing.
one of the features contributed by the
Elks was big stuffed elk. mounted upon
wheels, which was drawn through the
streets by the stalwart members of the
order.
At intervals IN the first division Were
bands, so placed that there would be
plenty OF music along the line without
discordant mingling of strains. The
High School Cadets band was in the first
division and made a creditable showing
along with the older and more expert
enced musicians.
1t was when the pageant was on both
sides of Main street and the bands NOV
ing north and those moving south were
passing one another that the skill ana
mastery of the band leaders were dis
played. The spectacle of bands approach
ing one another braying forth different
tunes was avoided in a manner which ex-
cited the admiration and the applause of
the spectators
Marshal A G. Mahan led the second
division, with his aides J. Paul Jackson,
Lieutenant John Anderson of Eureka and
Earl Geiger Of Ogden
After the division leader marched the
followers of Woodcraft-the WOodmen OF
the World and the Modern WOodmen of
America Their waving banners, gleam-
ing axes and spick and span uniforms
made strong impression upon the be
holders
Eagles Great Turnout.
Then came the Eagles. Everywhere
cleaned the colors of the order-the red.
white and blue. The marching Eagles
wore red, white and blue hat bands. Some
of them had red. white and blue neck
ties; all OF them had red, white and blue
badges. The first of the Eagles floats
was drawn by four white horses. I'm
der the wings of a great stuffed eagle
was a group OF little girls Salt Lake
Aerie No 81 was in advance; then came
the representatives of the other nine
aeries of Utah-Bingham, Ogden, Mercur
and other towns.
Mercur attracted a great deal of atten-
ton because of the two bands the Eagles
of that place brought along with them.
One was the Mercur boys band and the
other was the "hayseed" band, CARRIED in
fantastic costumes which sent ripple of
merriment along the line.
Bingham had float showing an eagle 5
nest upon a mountain peak. with two
eagles lowering about II.
Another feature was an Eagle dls-
guised as Uncle Sam.
The degree team Of Salt Lake Aerie
No. 81 was greeted with shout of rec
IGNITION and good will at every corner.
The members of the team appeared in
trim new uniforms and looked as though
they would fulfill the expectations of the