Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-08
HONOR Tue FOUNDERS

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thousand miles from his home 10
Apache county, Arizona, Il Charlie
SUBWAY, over ninety years OF ore
and one Of tho Utah Pioneers. F0i
eighteen years pssl he has lived Boz
Arizona, being one u the p.oute'
missionaries in establishing settle
nents Of Utah people thefai Tor fifteen
years previous to his going south he
resided iu Cache Valley being an
early settler Of that region. He was
In attendance at the Fair on GILL
dfen's Day, aud Il IL deeply interesting
to l.ston 20 bic comments, bccau'er
through hi' long abseucu from this
city, ne naturally contrasts the present
with the vision which greeted his 0yc'
In the Salt Lake valley ON ihe Twenty.
fourth ofJuly,lsi7. uetoldoi thsifuis,
the flower, the vegetables, the plaui'
faciufes, the display Of at and fancy
work, and the exhibits u tho schools
and then Of the b,rfenness and dtf0ia.
ton Of the sreyish.huoi valley which
10y before HE view on that memorials
DAY forty.soven years ago, with 90
great Lake gllmmcring aud glisieuiDg
under the bf0iling July sun. Then Of
the throng ~ children hr exclaimed:
COB, the th0unuds, the Thousands of
little boys aud girls, laughing, shout.
Ing, happy, hapfJl When nisi
looked over tho valley from the mouth
Of Emigration Canyon, there was no
house, no garden, 90 farm, no chill.
dreul sage bfuah, a Tow cottonwood
trees TO tho south, and somo
patches OF green willowi Far away
1 saw two or three Indians ekullsing
Oh 10 get cut Of our sight could sot
no other living thing. But the chill
dren, how thoy pushod and crowded
10 the Fair an old man like me, nearly
blindl on, how good time it wasl
You know when we get 70 old we be-
come children Again, AMI We cannot
help H. felt Guild assln. Every.
body wasso hiud 10 mt"
Tho early settlers Of Utah who be.
hold H. scenes today can realize some.
thing u the rluptndous change
wfoughtin these valleys ~ tho hauu
u Industry under the Divine blessing
and inspiration. But with the younger
members Of our great commonwealth
20 Is tno much 10 ask that
they comprehend the full nature
OF tho contrast between now aud
i0rly.seyon years ago. They can 20 10
the yet uncultivslcd small mountain
valley, and from the drynoss and desc.
laIi0n there can obtain ocular dem.
onstratlon Of the barfonnuss which
once existed every where. But they
can not got n pesioot idea Of its loneli.
ness any mere tbsn one who Views
the rippling Of mountain lake Ia
storm eau realize thcrsffum the awful
grandeur u the bouniless ocean. Yet
by learning Of what has been, aud SEQ.
Ing that which now exists, the newer
residents OF the Territory may sui.
lolortly comprehend the translorma-
ton 10 be filled with gratitude to and
honor Tor those who laid tho founda.
tons for progress made.
"Every body was hnd,p said the
Pioneer. II that hs the rule through.
out Utah to all iIs veterans, then blessed
are the people, and permanent their
hofitagi "Honof Thy father aud thy
mother that thy days may be long IN
the land which the Lord thy God
glveth thee" inculca.cs principle
which has been sxrmplinsd very
many times Ia the worll's history
since tho command was promulgay.
ed TO lsraol from Mount sinai.
Where the rule has been followed,
good has resulted; where IL has been
violated, evil has come to individuals,
families, or nations, as tho case has
been. The Pioneers anu early settlers
OF Utah are the fathers ami mothers Of
this great commonwealth. BY them
II was organized, nuftufed, provided
for, aud established In tho path Of
prosperity. 10 them ne ils parolts IL
honor due, In tho Kind aud oon,iieralo
treatment accorded those who remain,
the venefation shown for the works
aud memory OF those who have gone,
aud the respect manifested Tor tho In.
tegriiy, wisdom, skin, ant unwavsrlng
and sublime faith Of all the veterans in
the destiny Of those who should people
these valleya. When community, Nh
well 10 au individual, gives honor to
lie worthy parcntage, igs days shall be
long in the laud which tho Lord has
given IT, 30 may II be with those who
dwell In Uhhl