The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-29

The following communication explains
ITSELF
Salt Lake City. Utah. Jan. IS, 1897.
Hon. Commissioners. The Pioneer Jubi-
lee" Salt Lake City:
Gentlemen-Perlnit me 10 present for
your consideration a plan TO advertise
the Pioneer Jubilee" in the snow-clad
mountains OF our sister state, Colorado. in
Guiding Cripple Greek. Victor. Leadville.
Aspen. Red Ciiffe, and other points. A
plan that will cost nothing outside of
your hearty endorsement and co-onera-
Ilon IN asking the citizens OF ogden. Salt
Lake ana Provo valleys TO contribute
4 carload of lilacs TO be distributed to
tne clJzenS of the towns named, with
the compliments OF The Pioneer Jub.-
lee along with any oIner advertising
matter you may deem proper between
May lZth and goth. 1897. Depending on the
season when llacs are at their best.
Already have interviewed Mr. Frank
Aadlelgh. general passenger agent of the
klo Gr3nde Western. who kindly con-
cented 10 furnish the car and see that il
was transported over his road free OF
charge. ana have good reason 10 believe
me Denver q Rio Grande and Colorado
Midland viii show their good feeling
toward Utah and her jubilee by consent
ms 10 DO the same as Mr.. Wadleigh over
their respective roads.
As to the ACCESSIBILITY OF this way OF
advertising our jubilee and Utah at the
same time I would RESPECTFULLY refer 10
one OF your honorable body who accom-
year Judge COlborn.
bunch of lilacs placed in q vase Of
water VIII keep for weeks in the homes
OF Colorado PEOPLE. and an tho while thev
viii be singing the praises of Zion nd
her people and planning to attend tnc
''Pionee- Jubilee"
The Colorado press in commenting on
last years lilac car in part said.
lnOSe OF YOU who have never tied 4
this altitude cannot have any idea how
hower-hungry the people mere are The
sensation Of having q home two miles
up in the air and sailing around through
space on bald old knob amid 2l--ost
continuous SnOWStorils. battling Tor cx-
istencc without blade of green grass 10
year end . sort OF an Imprisonment
more monotonous than Siberia
w omen who had not seen 4 bunch
of liacs for Is years wouid clutch a
sprig Of the old home flower and drink
in the fragrant aroma WITH the l-eenest
delight. Doctors Of medicine who would
never CULVER II looping off ii limb, went
into ecstacies over 4 hOmelv sDrig OF n
lilac bush Tots Of children t-ipped along
the streets skipping as they went to
carry them home TO mother. Some of the
ladies would ingeniously ask: Can't ]
have q bunch for my sick sister, Long
after the last bunch had disappeared a
pretty little girl. in her most nleading
tones asked: Mister. can't I have some
up stra- bits of foliage that here md
there bad fallen 70 the floor. and vent
away happy as = meadow larks song
''To these children of the mountains
who have never seen green thing except
some scrub pine. the lilac is an :nsDira-
ton. a message from another world
Derfumed with an aroma that breathes
10 them new charm of existence they
had ne-e~ known. But what must the
lilac speak to those who have lived in
these bleak mountains for a quarter of a
century whose dreams have been o.
home and in whose nicture OF the past
he lilac bush with its lavender cluster
and fragrance. always brings back to
memory the dearest OF home tses2''
IT is my opinion that 4 car furnished
with ample llacs accompanied by several
Young ladies delegated from the schools
of Ogden. Sslt Lake and Provo. aDDro-
Drfateiy dressed to represent their re-
.;pective towns. to hand out the flowers
along with other matter pertaining to the
Jubilee would prive a good advertisement
md bring profitable returns 10 the cit
lens of Utah. as well as gladden. the
hearts of thousands of people who do not
live in such favored climate.
Should you gentlemen agree with me
in considering the plan good one. l am
nj your service. If you wish. to act in any
capacity in connection with some YOU
may suggest with no expectation of re-
ward other than viii be received by our
citizens in general from the success of
The Pioneer Jubilee. Respectfully sub
mitted. Z. W. SENIOR.