Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-31
'TWENT'Y.FOURIH
At IDAHO FALLS
Old Id Time Celebration Of Pioneer
Day, Replete With Speeches
And Music.
JUDGE .|I[ :.| KING .I.' ORATOR OF DAY.
Local Option Election Called by Com G.
missioners Of Bingham Comfy
District May Go DRY.
(special toIresno,,,,o ,,oo-

tspecial Correspondence
n DATlOs FALLS July 26.-The p,,.
neer day celebration. at Highland,
+ u Park July "a was a gala day for
the people in Bingham county, and
was a big success. From early morn.
ing until late in the day a continuous
stream Of vehicles laden With human
freight poured into the Falls from
every point of the compass, In good -
hrmor# and bent on a day OF feastlng
81 and good cheer The massing of so
many people and teams put the writer
in mind of the early yacclebyations
in Salt Lake City before the advent Of
railroads, street cars, etc, when It was
not unusual for people living in Draper
and HERMAN Fort in the south end Of s
the salt Lake valley; and from Grants.
villa and Tooele in the west and as
far north as Ogden to come to Salt
Lake City$lto celebrate and hear the
}HOid Sow speak out in thunderous
tones and listen to the soul-inspring
martial MUSIC furnished by Tom Pitt,
leader of the old Nauv,oo band
At 10 a. m, the people gathered in
tened to the program. On5the platform
were seated President H eber c. Austin
Geo. Richie, r. L. Bybee Jas. Ducks
worth, Jas.6El. Steele, Judge w H
King and Uncle Phil Margctts cf
Salt Lake and others The GRAFTON was
delivered by Judge King. and was lis
tened to with marked attention By
those present, after which a song hy
the ladies' chorus of Idaho Falls was &
Beautifully rendered. Also a song by &
ii male quartet consisting Of Messrs
Hawkley, Edglcy, Bingham and Camp
bell.
At this juncture a letter was read
from Coy. Brady, expressing his re.
grcts ut not being able to be present.
owing to previous engagements and
wishing all present an enjoyable time ):
After more. singing and music nom
the band Uncle Phil" Margetts gave
a short but Interesting talk. After the a
exercises in the pavilion ~ basket lunch
WAS partaken of, followed by games
suited to the amusement OF all CLASSES.
old and Young. The sports closed with
hotly contested ball game between
Twin Falls and Idaho Falls which
ended 5$tos 9 in favor of the latter.ss. 81
In the evening a band concert was
given by 1'hayer's Military band oil
broadway. followed bya ball i'll Broad-
way hail.. Not AN accident or ln!shaptf
of any kind occurred to mar the ems,
joyinent of the day, not even a drunk
or disorderly nerson was seen upon The
streets oi. at the park. Everybody
came for a good old celebration, ana
they got 1t.
HEAVY HAY CROP.
rs The hay crop in the Snake River val.
ley is pronounced the heaviest in years
and at this writing the greater part iis "a
in the stack. The storm of Monday and Z
Tuesday brought down u heavy pour,of N
rain. which was sadly needed at ms 4
Il time. Withait came a cold wave which
caused many to look for light frost,
but 1t is warming UP again.
LOCAL OPTION ELECTION n.
Bingham county commissioners have
been wrestling for some time with tho
various petitions presented 10 them
from the various county precincts call
ing upon them to set a date ana cal Z
an election on the local option ques-
ton. After some lengthy and heated
discussion between the saloon men. and II
the county commissioners 1t was de-l
cided by the latter to call an election
for Wednesday, Sept, S. The grounds (
upon which the saloon men opposed the &
commissioners was that the petltlni'
contained names not entitled 70 BE-
heard and was placed upon the Isl
Illegally. After hearing the saloon
men, the county commissioners declaeas &
against them. and ordered the election 4
as above stated. Ninety per cent OF 4
the people of LincsGn signed the petit.
ton The petition from the county y
carried some 3. 4Gc name: out of a total
vote of 5,22S cast sur secretary of state
at the last election. The Jaw REQUIRES
that the petition must carry 40 per cent
of votes cast FOL, secretary OF state:
The election will no doubt result "
Bingham county going dry.