The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-11
they did as a body and not as indavid-

they did as a body and not as individ-
uals.
1t was somewhere between the hours
of 10 and II when the president of the
association called the meeting to order
The Denhalter band had just finished
an inspiring strain and Roulette felt
good. He was brisk in action and
speech.
Ladies and gentlemen he said, ''the
hour has arrived when the international
Association of Fire Engineers should be
called to order. You wiz please be in
ORDER
Silence had an inning of perhaps
thirty seconds, when Chief Devine of
this city presented to the chairman
Governor Heber M. Wells.
The introduction concluded, the chair
remarked: Ladies and gentlemen, 1
have the pleasure to introduce to you
executive of the new state Of Utah.
GOVERNOR WELLS ADDRESS.
The chiefs always cheer a governor,
and ours was greeted with a saivo of
applause, in which the ladies Joined.
When quiet had been restored, Gov
ernor Wells delivered the following adj
dress:
Ladies and gentlemen-Many years
ago when the fire department of this
City was in its primitive or volunteer
condition, remember to have read
UPON a banner carried by the boys in
red the motto: 1--WE aim to aid and
we work to save" 1t made an inn
preston on my then youthful mind
that has never been effaced. 1t set me
to thinking what a noble occupation
thar of a fireman is whose sole OBJ
ject in life is to save the lives and
property of his fellow-men. It is
with feelings of more than usual pleas
ure and warmth that l greet you, the
fire chiefs of the United States, for l
know that your calling is one that
deVelopes the best side of mems ma
lures and that no man can be a good
fireman without being more or less a
hero. So that for your profession and
your good selves we bid you thrice
welcome to The Beehive state. Utah
throws open wide her spacious gates
and bids you enter. Our balny air
whispers to you to partake of its eX-
hflaraEGon and rest in the cool of its
mountain breezes Our wondrous in
land sea in softest cadence invites you
to be borne upon its bosom and be
strengthened by her saline elixir of
life. Our vast fields of grain now shin
ing in the sum, our great orchards
groaning under the weight of luscious
fruit, our patches af matchless pota-
toes and sugar beetS and WatermelonS,
and our thousands of other products
of the soil bid you note the triumph
of modern irrigation of which onr
fathers were the pioneers, and witt
ness the living monuments on every
hand to the industry and thrift of a
happy people. Our perpetualiy snow
capped mountains as if sensing their
wondrous beauty and solemn gram
deur, loftily salute you and invite you
to traverse their delightful canyons
and angle for trout in their streams
of melted snow beneath the shade of
the birch, maple and willow. And did
time permit they fam would have you
visit the mining camps that dot their
sides from base to summit and witness
the sturdy miner as he strikes wealth
from their giant rocks.
Thus Utah in the strength and
beauty OF her maidenhood smiles
sweetly upon you and greets you cor
daily. She trusts your soiourn with
in her borders may be most pleasant
and that when you depart you may
have cause to remember her with
yearuings to return and to eXult in
praises OF her rich endowments.
Governor Wells speech was espec-
warding him with long continued ap-
pause. When this had subsidized, Chief
Devine introduced the mayor to the
chairman, who in turn presented him
to the audience.