The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-06

2 good thing when-look- there's
Doc Powers coming nth that bunch Il
old seldicTs. | believe ! VIII tackle
MN hight now about those fountains"
Don't do it, ! begged This ia
MS day. He Is with the old boys He
mas forgotten Ogden. Don't spring
anything disagreeable."
That's right. but I'll jump him up
hrst time | sec him In Ogden"
A whistle was blowing.
There the come he shouted. II
must go and hunt up my seat in the
grandstand'
watched the parade from the side
walk In front of the Federal building.
We stood six deep behind The ropes
that fenced off the street and watch
ed the special policemen while they
tried TO keep the streets cleared. All
the world loves a special policeman.
he is everybody's friend.
After while | found myself in the
second rank of spectators. A Salt
Lake man who knew me reached out
to shake hands and called, Hello
there. Ogden"
a lot OF Salt Lake people turned
and gl0red at me. The sun came out
from behind cloud and glared at me.
II was very uncomfortable An Ogden
man finds IL very hot In Salt Lake
Some people don't like US"
Are we Utah people defective In the
matter Of enthusiasm? The old sol
diers must have thought SO. They
say that at reunions held In East.
eTn cities the enthusiasm is so in
tense while the parade Is passing that
Indian tobacco signs have been known
TO jump down from their pedestals.
snatch their war bonnots off, and yell
themselves hoarse while they made
kindling wood of their moccasins
stamping on the sidewalks That Is
enthusiasm.
But | saw nothing of that sort in
Salt Lake The crowd was very quite
and lady-like in its demeanor
There was some feeble hand-c1ap-
ping occasionally. The old soldiers
did some cheering themselves at times.
The regulars and the state militia were
applauded. The band from the Indus
trial school did not get hand"
There was one Salt Lake woman
who cheered when the Kentucky vet.
Grams marched past She actually
yelled. 'tOh! Mother. look. There is
Kentucky. They are right from the
blue glass country. Kentucky! Ken
lucky Yee'ee'ee,"
Hush" said her mother.
Il don't care. Kentucky Kentuc.
ky" she screamed. "Yee'ee'ee!"
The rest OF us were almost shocked
girl dressed In white stood In
window of the Boston building as the
Iowa soldiers passed and waved a ten.
foot stalk while she yelled-yes, yell
"Eye-o-way, Eye-o-way!" one hun
dred times.
Every one within a block heard her
and knew that such lungs and such
enthusiastic vitality were not alfalfa
fed"
II was a pretty long parade. The
old soldiers did not seem to mind It,
but the crowd got tired and unruly
and invaded the street First We step
ped across the water flowing In the
gutter. The special policemen In a
mild and apologetic way came along
and said sweetly, Stand back, please. A"
We did not do It,
Are We Utah people unruly and hard
TO manage In crowd, or Is il that we
40 not Know any betterE
The Salt Lakers seemed TO be bet
ter trained and stuck TO the sidewalks
pretty well, but the Yaps from Mn
Creek. Konosh, Koosharem Bountiful
and Ogden swarmed into the street
We gathered in crowds about the am
balances We stood In the way of the
marching veterans. Old soldiers ran
back and forth along the line plead
ing with the crowd They said. Now
just give US this street for Is minutes
longer and then you can have IL for
all the rest of the year"
| was actually ashamed of the
crowd. The special policemen tried
to exert some influence but failed
People we're getting tired of the show
saw two men standing with their
backs to the marching soldiers and
one said. Don't you think it about
time that we went and hunted up a
restaurant before the crowds scatter?'
| saw yaps and yapesses walking
along with their little fingers inter-
locked. as at a county fair-wallting
down the middle of the street. going
In the opposite direction to the march,
ing column, and yawning in the very
faces OF the old veterans.
Just then a policeman poked me
with his club and said, stand back
please
looked around. I was standing in
the front rank of all the yaps. They
had 10 push us out of the way TO let
Che war Prisoners get past-to
make room, so that the men who saw
Libby and Andersonville could get
through the streets of Salt Lake.
went away back and stood on the
sidewalk ] was almost alone What
with drinking fountains and yaps
there is lots for an Ogden man to learn
in the capital city.
o. A. KENNEDY.