The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-02
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The final address was made by Mayor
James Glendinning, VINO said:
Ladies ard gentlemen of the Brigham
Young Memorial association-lt gives me
great DleaSSre TO participate in these
ceremonies, and hail with delight that
the time has at last arrived wnen the
memory of Brigham Young and his noble
band OF Dio1 GERS is to be suitably COM
memorated by the erection of so beautiful
and enduring a monument the foundation
stone OF which is now to be laid
As the chief executive of this city,
and in behalf of all our citizens. | con-
graduate your association that the time
has come TO the people of this state when
all classes. the rica and the poor, the
high and the low, those OF creed and
those who have no creed. can assemble
together in this public way and vie with
one another IN doing honor 10 the mem
DRY of the sturdy men and women who 80
years ago were brave enough to leave
behind them the civilization of the east
and all they held dear. TO seek new homes
amid the solitude and desert waste that
existed here at that time. The- were
the sentinels that occupied through many
weary years the outpostS of advancing
civilization and who finally became the
builders of the state and laid deep and
strong the foundations of a Christian COM
monwealth which viii bring honor and
renown to the nation.
We are all proud of the record of their
self-saerifices, their steadfast devotion
TO duty and their love of liberty. We
are proud of the institutions of learning
which they established in these noun
tains; and above ell, we are proud of
the tact that their posterity are race
of men and women VINO honor and hold
in reverent and graceful remembrance the
great work performed by their fathers
and mothers in preparing the way for the
establishment of so many public institu-
tons in this state. and which could only
come to US by the wise forethought. I'M
conquerable energy and well-directed eff
forts of the Pioneers of 1871.
pit Tf-uS DUDOE-TTu,r
With the conclusion of the speech
making, the leaden box, containing val
liable relics once possessed by Brigham
Young. was brought out. and it was an
imposing sight, when the aged Presi-
dent Woodruff mounted the platform
and deposited the box in the huge piece
of granite which forms the base of the
corner stone. In the box which is
about one foot square, appropriate rel
les had been placed, as follows:
The names of the pioneers engraved
on copper plate, by John Held.
Engraved lil1enesses of Presidents
MILFORD Woodruff, George @. Cannon
and Joseph F. Smith and a photograph
of Franklin D. Richards. historian.
Copy of the Grafton delivered by
Franklin d. Richards.
Two ivory paper knives, the property
OF President Brigham Young, presented
by his son, Brigham Young. The handle
of these paper knives was tipped with
carved likenesses OF Joseph and Hyrum
Smith. and on each of the knives is the
following inscription: "A token of re-
spect from Brother Juchau TO Brother
Brigham"
A gold mounted reading glass in a
bucksl1in cover, enclosed in a tin case,
the property of President Brigham
Young. The mounting of this reading
glass is made of California gold,
brought to Utah by members of the
fornia at an early day. On the tin case is /
the following: This gold mounted read
ing glass, buckskin cover and tin case,
was carried and used by President
Brigham Young. II is a gift from his
son, Brigham Morris Young, to be put
in the foundation stone of the Pioneer
Monument, Salt Lake City. Utah, June
%, 1887 Engraver, j, H, Harrison, 81
wears old
United States coins, issue 1897, viz:
s. in gold, and 81. soc and 1Oc in silver
PLACED IN POSITION.
Brigham Young, the oldest living son
of the pioneer leader. was then handed
ing the huge stone in position began
A layer of mortar was first placed over
the stone, which was to form the base.
When the mortar was brought on, one
of the attendants turned 10 Brigham
Young with the remark: Brother
Brigham, your mortar is ready"
''All right; spread it on replied the
apostle.
The huge stone was then swung in
position, and the crowd pushed and
crammed to catch a glimpse of the last