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J u n e 29, 1923 . . . [Excerpts from Iron County Record) "President of t h e United S t a t e s . Warren G . Hardine. a n d p a r t y arrived in Cedar City J b n e 27, 1923 on t & new railroad, and Mayor Parley Dalley a n d his official City welcoming committee were on h a n d . For weeks t h e people of Southern Utah have been on the qui vive in anticipation of t h e visit of t h e President. People from e v e r y p a r t of Southern Utah were p r e s e n t , t h e Visitors began total number being estimated a t 6 , 0 0 0 . arriving Tuesday night a n d c a r a f t e r c a r drove into Cedar u p to the time of t h e arrival of t h e President's Special. After greeting a large numher of t h e t h r o n g the President with t h e other g u e s t s , which included Governor of Utah Charles R . Maybe a n d wife, Secretary of t h e Interior Hubert Work and wife. Speaker of t h e House Frederick Gillette, Secretary of Agriculture Henry C . Wallace, and Utah Senator Reid Smoot, the p a r t y proceeded p a s t the new hotel and on Main S t r e e t . Fifty special policemen [ex-servicemen) kept the s t r e e t clear of people a n d guarded the s t r e e t from top to bottom. As t h e g u e s t s were conveyed past t h e throngs of people, children threw roses in front of the President's c a r . When the p a r t y had driven through t h e principal thoroughfare of t h e City, i t proceeded on the way to Zion Canyon, t h e fourteen c a r s in t h e procession traveling about one h u n d r e d y a r d s a p a r t . They stopped at each settlement along the way where t h e r e was similar celebrating. The p a r t y arrived back a t Cedar City a t 8 : 3 0 p.m. where a l a r g e r crowd of people were gathered to hear t h e twenty minute speech given by President Harding. Several of the other members of the g u e s t s also spoke. So ended t h e day on which a President of o u r nation visited t h e people f o r the f i r s t time in h i s t o r y , a n d a day t h a t will never be forgotten by t h e people who participated in welcoming t h e President of t h e United States a n d t h e First Lady of this land. " July 2 6 . 1923.. .Proposition of Mr. S h a y , in behalf of t h e American Legion to lease the Fairgrounds, was considered b y t h e Council. Referred to Judiciary Committee. A question arose a s to whether o r not t h e dancing pavilion had been constructed to comply with t h e Fire District Ordinance. On motion of Councilman Foster, t h e Mayor appointed Councilmen Palmer a n d Jones a s a committee to investigate bathing conditions a t t h e City P a r k . Aug. 2 , 1923.. .Motion by Councilman Palmer t h a t t h e City sell to Mr. Sargent t h e land lying south of a designated s t r e e t south of the Cemetery. Robinson and Palmer voting for a n d Jones a n d Williams against the motion. Mayor cast his vote in favor of selling t h e p r o p e r t y a n d , t h e r e f o r e , the motion carried.
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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