The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-23
chairman called upon Governor Wells
for a speech.
GOVERNOR WELLS.
The executive said

The executive said:
Mr. Arthur and gentlemen, I have
no set speech for this occasion, but I
wish on behalf of the people Of Utah
70 extend to you the hand Of friendship
and fellowship on this ccca5I m. We
are glad to see you here with us. We
believe we have here the foundation
and the material for a. great state and
q great city. We hope when you shall
go TO the next convention Of v0ur fra
ternity that you will be able TO tell
them that Salt Lake City is a good
place for some future meeting Of the
association.
You have come among US at the
time when the leaves on the trees are
brightest and when the odor Of the
lilac and the flowers of springtime fill
the air. You see this city now at its
most beauteous season. You will note
that we have here wide streets and
avenues We assure you that our
hearts and hospitality are built upon
the same principles. We hope your
stay here may be very pleasant"
JUDGE COLBORN.
Judge Colborn. who was the next
speaker, was at his best. The judge
is always good. but at times he is
better than others. He said in part:
Governor Wells has told you of the
greatness of our state. We assure you,
sir. that in addition to what ne has
said in that respect, we take great
pride in him as its governor. We have
to say, sir. in relation to yourself that
we admire you and have pride in the
fact that you are a conservative leader
of organized labor. The men in your
brot herhood compose the best citizens
Of this country. You have the keeping
of the lives and property of the patrons
of the roads and men like that should
be conservative.
We like TO have strangers come here
and go away advertising the beauty
and greatness of Utah. Before any
thing was known Of the great west a
little band of pioneers crossed the
plains from the Missouri river and
made the beginning Of the progress
which still continues. When history
is written that act viii be emblazoned
as one of the greatest of feats in the
chronology Of the country. That little
band was the source of the pleasure
we are now enjoying. They subjugated
the desert and made of il a garden;
they knew no fear in their undertake
ing, and kept on, year after year, until
the day Of their triumph came. To
them this country is indebted for the
system which has enabled US to re-
claim all the arid lands which have
been reclaimed. The first irrigation
ditch ever constructed by an Anglo
Saxon was built, or rather started to
be built, on the 24th day of July, 1S47,
running from City Creek canyon to a
point where 2. c. NJ. 1. now stands
It was the pattern of all systems, and
from that all work of that character
in the west has been modelled. It has
given us an agricultural reasion which.
although not so large as otEsrs, is by
far the more fertile. In 7ah the
farmer looks not at the aAhering
clouds for relief when thu crops
are parched and dry. He gazes
at the snow-ciad mountain peaks,
where he knows the needed moisture
is stored. There is nothing more GER
tain that crops in Utah, except taxes
and death. The former are light and
the latter is few and far between.
Stranger than fiction is truth. We as
sert that Utah has more mineral within
her borders than all the other states.
Our mines have paid millions more in
dividends than the great mines of Mon
tana and Colorado. And in this con-
nection we are told that as yet the
hills have been only scratched. The
future viii overshadow the past. The
great Ontario, with its $14, 600 600 of div
idends, is just in its infancy.
might go on at length, but I be-
iieve I have covered the ground. 1