Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-23

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susi. Inn,
NtNTETNTu eCItoOL,
80.
~ rms school the nag WIS presenter
oy trustee Newman. At tue Hunter
school, iu the same district, the pre-.
scuiation was made by Councilman
u, l.. Rich.
tLVENTEESrii SCHOOL,
pr,,c,r,i f,,,.., ,,r.s.n,,.t IN. fin, nj
u.t. .''t,3 NSSao' t,,' ~ T.ii,s,
w, ,h Snool' NJ. Faulkner delivered
the huuIeHs ol hcccptahce.
rtuttrr,.,r,t scuont
Miss Blanche Chadwick, tue assist.
ant teacher At the Eighteenth school,
male the ur,4putatipu address. which
was M follnw,,
School Children % the Eighteenth school
District Of SAT- Lake City;
Aans.lstart prin,Ipu from, Tho bcgi,.
Mug oil the Grst publir school Ia this dis
trlct, am happy To- bp with YOU this
nntionnI holiday. Ills a ploa,tire To mo
| 10 have boon rp,u,.tcI NV nur prtnripat
Miss MrEwau.t o prss6ut to Won this
| beautiful American fer. tho cn.iru of
| liberty and tho emblem OF e1unl
| rights TO man which YOUR friends,
! mo publiabrrs of I'M ygniI'g CON,
U4noH, have 40 kindly and rener-
! ously srui van n- "A DIN. Tbesn stars and
siripe. reprosspt truth. Union and N
! delity. Ihpy have protidly waved from
| tho masthcnds of he nnble-t shin. thu.
! oypr rIoyyrd Tho loon. llun seas. Thoy
! have G,cn CARRIED III ibn yanrnard of 40
largest aud brayest nrmlo, ~ veteran
| soldlera thut pypr trnd ills Garth. In
every contest victory was finally won
and fn.cdou'. banner sill proudly
| yynvos.
Children. this Eighteenth school dia.
/ tr.ct where we now stand I. historical
/ rfouud Here In this dis,rlc,, near the
! month of The canNon where CITY creeks
water once ueandered liz way To the Ior.
| dan river. up1n thoso fortile hanks was
! planted The iirst Anplo.SaSon settlement
/ In ali tli. rrrat tutar.mountaiu region
| Prior 10 July ~. i.I7. no Auglo-SaNon
| community hnl made a settlement bo.
! tween mo north boundary limo claimed by
! ibo Latin riccs of Mexico To The Gila river
on tho south, or from the summit OF
/ no sierra Nevada mountains ON The woat
| Ia tho east boundary line claimed hy
| MoXico, An ti- vast region Of inter
,ueuutnin country, within Tho bonndarir.
| i have jrsprll,ad. was a portlon of The
country acquired by the United state,
| frpn Ncxleo nv the TREATY of guadalope
lIlIalan. II was almost entirely uninhnb.
| tied. oxcspt by ilofco and savage. warllke
! Indian tribes,
~ tLnt rrcat hardshlps and privation.
presentod themselves TO the pioneers be-.
| tore they reached this ovor 10 Temain
| historical spot. In our Eighteenth school
district. few rods from here, the pio-
neors' old grist mill stands, Tho old
wa.orwheelis rumbiine il no longer
/ heard. The lrnu-mounted axlo isustinr
! NJ tho hubs. and tho apokos are moul,ler-
| Ing away. Tho old mlllruce il oyorgtown
/ wi'h weeds and grass. In fow days oven
! the old wheel will be removed TO make
room Tor the grading OF STATE street toad.
! Ing up TO Capltol hill.
| Thc grinding stones OF this old mill
were hauled nv wagon drawn by patient
| oxen from tho Missouri River, near a
/ thousand miles aoross the great western
| plains, and thence many hundred miles
| over tho Rocky Mountains. ON reaching
] this our Eighteenth school district thsy
were placed In thor proper position "
! nom City Creek was turned into the
! mliirnce and a. soon As Inc bucket. of
tho wheel were tillel II began to urn.
! Tho machinery moved tho great stone
grinding wheels. The wheat was poured
| INTO tho homer and quickly ground to a
| powder.
The flour WINS siftod through 1ue bolt
/ ing clOth aud made rgRdy for u.p. Then
lie pioneers baked their Hour and sac
| down TO eat the sweet bread which wa.
| the product Of their new farms.
| We will all bo sorry whom the old mill
| wheel IL taken away, nithuugh We know
at will never grind with tho water that
n,s l'as ,,i,iii.,,u,. r,,.,oo,,h ..,..,
District We are standing now on the Ply
mouth rock OF our Anglo saxon ciNill5a'
u9n, JUS outside our walls shnl the
6uts,retchod wing, TO guard the gate.
~" "u m",,nn, 'c c,,' ,e1 a, g."uI i o H.
| s,ars and Strlpo. onr national cnhIom
| our nVle ,hapel-like sehoolhouse
| loader Of tho first Anglo.SaNon colony,
which arrived here aud commenced their
aestlemont July -, lsG, lilo was tho
nrs' goNolnof OF tho ieIlh9rN OF liah'
! nts.av g.. a.. lH.syu fr.,..