The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-21

speaks of the triunphs of peace. of the
victory of mind over matter OF fertility
over sterility- Such IS the story il will
tell TO future generations You are thrice
blessed in your monument
L doubt Il You could have believed il
mad one of your number told YOU when
You came here what in half a century
would result from your labOrs. Had one
told of the railroads that would De built
( from ocean 10 ocean with their nunerus
branches: had he said that in fifty years
4 you could travel TO New York in less
than four days. and TO San Francisco in
I a DAY and a half; had he said that you
could read of the proceedings in the Brit
/ iSa parliament on the same day on which
they took place; had he told you that you
could talk for distances of hundreds OF
miles with your friend and even recognize
( une intonaton7 of his voice; had he told
/ you tnat you would harness the stream
I IN Ogden canyon and from it illuminate
your city. deriving from il light and pow
CT: had he said that a noble temple OF
grsnlte from foundation 10 capstone.
I magnificent IN its proportions, would over
look the city. and that three other tenn
pies stood with doors open wherein the
mighty ordinances of religion for the iiv-
ing and the dead would be administered.
and that the tabernacle in which thous-
anus of Christians going 10 san Francisco
would worship; had he said that a mighty
commOnwe alth. where Mormon. Jew and
ings guaranteed by the constitution and
the VIII OF the people; II you had been
told these things, | doubt il your belief
would have equaled the anticipation.
The earthquakes may tear asunder the
foundations in which the statue is laid :,
the lightning may Snatter the bronze; the
tooth of time may eat away the granite,
but you pioneers shall be remembered
Your hands are hard. your heads are
mtmicing the snow on the mountain
peaks. your steps are feeble; but never
mind, you are immortal You are near
ing the grave-nO, l don't mean the grave
4 mean immortality; and in the mean
time every hand Will be stretched out to
smooth your path. You believe in immOr
tally. and l can see you united with the
rest of the pioneers and the stream Will
grow broader and more good Will flow 70
the children of men from your labors-
can therefore picture you happy Dand
when you shall see even a greater people
standing for that light and liberty planted
here by You.
,..... - Alfies today the trials of the
past. when the shore is reached at last
and YOU can leave your history in a ma
ions Eandy
We honor you and we remember you
and your great leader, and We turn 90
him who is the next pioneer to Brigham
Young and hail him as the first citizen Of
the commonwealth of Utah, MILFORD
Woodruff
| could wish your committee had chosen
some one TO speak to you whose lips had
been touched by the coal of fire. so that
he could call out the sentiments Of the
theme | would that 1 were such
speaker that I could move men that when
l say. God bless these pioneers. 1 would
hear you say, Amen
And all the people said, Amen.
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS.
After Mr.. Roberts address. the med
ais were presented to the pioneers by
the county queens.
The names of these young ladies and
the counties that they represented are
as follows:
Beaver-Miss Myra Murdoch of
Beaver City
Box Elder-Miss Alvira Reese of
Brigham City.
Carbon-AIiss Margaret Thomas Of
Castle Gate.
Cache-Miss Hattie P. Thatcher of
Logan.
Davis-Miss Mema Wiley of Bounti-
full
Emery-Miss Maria Hanson of Castle
Dale.
Iron-NIiss Bessie Parry of Cedar
Juab-Miss Alice Grover of Nephi.
Kane-Miss Ruhama Adair of Order
Willard = Miss Eva Kimban of
Morgan-Miss Eveline Harding of
Morgan City.
CdHDtlt-Afl-S LICt4eA IL NNAN-S-- -
Mount Pleasant.
Summit-Miss Lillian Cuff
Tooele- Miss Sarah Boothe of
Grantsville.
Uintah-AIiss Hulda Perry of Vernai- |
Utah-BIiss Gertie Thurman of Provo. |
Washington-Aiss T. L. Andrus of !
st. George
Wasatch-Miss Amelia Murdoch of
Heber City.
Weber-Niiss Luella Ferrin of Ogden /
GarfieId-Miss Mamie Hancock.
The gold medals for the pioneers. or
dered from Tiffany & Co. New York
had not all arrived. and the difficulty |
was gotten over by giving each pioneer /
a medal hastily stricken off here. which |
will be exchanged for the genuine gold !
medals just as soon as they arrive !
The pioneers were also each given a /
blue badge which entities them TO the /
freedom Of everything under the con- /
troll of the commission, during the Jub-
lice.
So much time was consumed in pre-
senting the medals that il was neces-
sary TO omit the remainder OF the pro-
gramme. except an organ solo by Pro
lessor Joseph J. Daynes. and the exer-
cises closed with a benedictlon by
Apostle John Henry Smith