The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-20
PLANS FOR PIONEER
DAY ARE ELABORATE
Greatest Celebration in Many
Years viii Present Pic
turesque Features.
FLOATS IN PROPULSION
Days Of Years Before Pioneers
Came to Be Accurately
Depicted.
FLOATS IN PROPULSION

Not SINCE the famous Juollce OF 1887
marking the fiftieth anniversary OF
the founding OF Utah, has there beer
an observance Of Pioneer day in Sail
Lake to compare with the celebration
TO be held at Liberty park next Wed
nesday, July "a, according to the plans
OF the Central Citizens committee.
Interest in the festival is growing
daily among all classes of citizens
Business men are contributing gene
rously towards paying the expense of
the undertaking and many Of the larger
firms are arranging to enter floats IN
the great historical pageant that Will
be the feature OF the extensive pro-
gramme.
Will Be Many Floats.
A squadron of police will lead the
parade, which will consist of thirty or
forty floats, each symbolizing some
epochal event in local history from the
time the first white man entered the
valley until the present. Contrary to
the usual conception, this pictorial story
Will not begin with the arrival of the
pioneers, but rather hundred years
earlier with the intrepid Spanish monks,
VINO came this way in their first at
tempts TO find an overland passage to
the Pacific coast.
The latter part of the pageant will
be devoted to a full and representa-
tive display of Utah S present industrial
standing, thus giving splendid oppor-
tunity for manufacturers and business
firms to exhibit their wares.
Tribute to Bridger.
The first Aoat showing the opening
chapter of the great drama is to be the
chief attraction On it will ride the
The second float will do honor to
jim - Bridger, the famous scout, who
penetrated to this region and trapped
IN the nearby mountains years before !
the pioneers came. 1t will show Brdg- |
er and Brigham Young at their meet
ing on the plains when the scout ad. |
rlsed the little band to turn back to-
ward civilization as nothing lay beyond |
the mountains but uncomfortable des. !
ert. Another float will be devoted to
honorlng the memory of the great pio- /
neer himself. In this fashion the pa
rade will pass, telling in striking de-
tan the whole thrilling story of en-
pire building.
Arrangements have been made for
printed programme TO be distributed
among the spectators, telling briefly
Tue sipnIHcdHce OF each n0at as 1t
passes in review. Each float also will
carry. a streamer bearing a legend that
Will indicate its place in the allegory.
Governor Will Speak.
Immediately after the parade a pro-
gramme of speeches, songs and band
music will be held. Joseph T.. Caine,
secretary of the Commercial club, is to
he sneaker of the day. though Cover
nor Spry and Mayor Park will make
short addresses as well.
During the afternoon a company of
boy scouts will swing into the north
rate of the big park and marching to
the parade grounds, will pitch their
camp after The fashion OF the pioneers.
The bows thus Will end their long
hike from Echo canvon over the
Dld Mormon trail into Salt Lake valley,
which will begin several days in ad,
vance.
The committees in charge of plans
have about completed arrangements for
The appearance Of band of real In
lIans from one Of the reservations, to
take n CONSPICUOUS part in the maneu-
Fers. Possibly a sham battle may be
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