During Mayor Holst’s first year in office, Norman Lee told the City Council that the Commercial Club had decided to sponsor a Peach Day and asked for the City’s cooperation in the festivities. The harvest celebration included a peach exhibit, a rodeo, band concerts, a ball game between Willard and North Ogden, a performance in the Tabernacle by famous singer Nannie Tout, and a ball in the Academy of Music. The most exciting event planned was a human passenger taking a ride in a gas balloon, but before it was ready to take off, the balloon caught fire and was destroyed. Everyone received free peaches and proclaimed the day a huge success. Christian Holst, Eleventh Mayor (January 4, 1904 \u2013 January 6, 1908 During Mayor Holst’s first year in office, Norman Lee told the City Council that the Commercial Club had decided to sponsor a Peach Day and asked for the City’s cooperation in the festivities. The harvest celebration included a peach exhibit, a rodeo, band concerts, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nIn the November 1905 election, Mayor Holst was chosen for a second term with 581 votes. His opponent John P. Christensen received 313 votes.
\nActions during the Holst administration included: installing a head gate in the canyon to measure streams in Box Elder Creek; forming a corporation of creek water users; approving funds for hanging a fire bell; and accepting a certified map of Brigham City Corporation boundaries, drawn and furnished by N.P. Anderson, City Surveyor.
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