The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
After Two Years
Band Plays On

marked in red, that they might not
forget that eventful date Then they
began to count the days before ii
would arrive. Being an event which
would go down into history as one OF
the great events, plans accordingly
must be made, great men must be
called upon to be present on such an
occasion. The presence of Mr.. Joel
Priest, of the o. S. l.. r. r., was
desired We were assured that he
could not afford to miss such an event
and would be present, he would de-
liver an address, and auction off the
toxes-for it WIS to be box supper
as well as a concert The renowned
Farmer Bill" was engaged to deliver
a lecture on Music" others of lesser
light were also persuaded to take
part None could refuse for all want
ed to be in on this greet event.
At last the day arrived, and all was
in readiness, but it has ever been a
| question in the minds of many kindly
| disposed people just to know the real
feeling of the weather man towards
us on that ocassion, for they were all
at loss to know whether the rain
that fell that day and night were
tears of rejoicing, or were tears OF
sympathy for those who were called
upon to endure the torture which was
about to be inflicted upon them, but
it has been interpreted by the kindly
disposed that they were tears of Joy,
for the church basement-the then
only public meeting place-was pack
ed to the limit and the number of
pretty decorated boxes showed the
great enthusiasm the ladies of the
tract possessed in this affair. Prompt
ly at the appointed hour the concert
began, the memory of the opening Sc
lection of the band still remains with
all who heard it, it will never be for
gotten All who took part in the en-
tire program did themselves proud.
MI. Priest rose to the occasion both as
speaker and auctioneer. Farmer Bill,
as a lecturer on music was not whit |
behind, and as the auctioneer is there |
with the rest of them, for it was with
just wink of the eye he was able |
to call out Ten Spot" for box
To say it was an enthusiastic crowd
would be putting it mildly. When all
was over and the company had once
more settled down on old Mother
Earth, and began to think in a natural
way, they were informed that the re-
ceipts of the evening were $4,000.
Such as the result of the first ap-
pearance.
Just twelve days after this, the
band was called upon to go to Sho-
shone and escort to Richfield a spe-
cial train bearing the present Gov.
Moses Alexander and a company of /
the faithful, who were about to make
siege upon Richfield. The fact of the I
band doing this act is said to have
assured the election of the governor.
One of the proud days in the his
-ory of the band during the past two I
years was the day, June End, 1913,
when the famous Salt Lake City [
Booster train made its visit here t
the celebrated Held's band, I
or this act received many congratu- {
ations from the visitors and it has
)een said that the Richfield Band {
vas the only band that met the train 7
IN their entire trip. I
Since then the band has visited sew
raj of the surrounding towns and n
lave always done themselves proud, a
icing a credit to themselves and to O
he community which they represent d
d. t
The two years of their existence t
roves what can be done when men n
ut themselves to the task of doing o
j
The band is an incorporated body, Il
assessing a very fine set of instru-
tents, and two sets of magnificent
Their property value is over is
ne thousand dollars, free of debt. II
The esteem in which the band is
ED in its own community is shown W
ON the fact that the opening of the W
eautiful city hall on Dec. 18th, 1914, p,
as given over to the band, which OF
this time rendered very fine b,
)ncert, to be sure far surprising id
leir first attempt less than a year al
efore. The two years of its life sc
ave shown sacrifice and stick-to-it-
eness upon the part of the mem st
srs. Their success is due to the act m
ity of every member. Many towns ti'
I've what may be known as job or til
)urth of July bands, which means, G;
at when some job looms up they will HI
It together then die out the rest of nc
e year Richfield's band is on the tn
every minute The leader claims de
at he does not believe they have ov
Used six nights of practice in the tn
n wears of life de