Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-22

MUfludys january - f'"'f
Theosophical Hail. West Temple Street
salt Lake. at which report was inad'
of the duings OF the society for th'
preceding year and addresses deliv'
cred by the president, Franklin u
Richards. Professor Joseph Il. Kings
bury. president Of the Stnte Universal,
and Dr. Ellen Il. Ferguson, which VIII
be found In these columns.
An election of officers for the ensu'
ing year was then held resulting In c
continuation of the old board, as fol
lows, to-wlt; Franklin ID. Richards
PRESIDENT. Isabel Cameron Brown
vice president. Jerrold n. Letcher. re-
cordlng secretary, James Il. Hammond
corresponding secretary; Lewis s. Hills
treasurer. Antionette u. Kinney. Ii
brarian. and the executive committee
one yenr--Joseph GeoghoEan, Electn
Bullock, c. G. Goodwin. Two yenrs--L
w. Shurtliff. II. w. Lawrence, Robert
c. I.und. Three years-George w
Thatcher Joseph T. KIngsbury and
The oommittc appointed 10 confer
with the Jubilee Commission, submitted
report informing the society that
they had secured many relics of value
from the late celebration subjectfto fu-
ture action Of the Legislature and were
continued with q request to arrange
with the City Library association for
a proper depository of such and all
other articles that might come into
their possession. 1t Ia understood that
a section of the library will be assigned
to the society for the proper exhibit of
its articles as well as for other neces-
safy uses.
PRESIDENT RICHARDS's ADDRESS
President Richardss address, deliver
cd Mt the first annual meeting above
referred to was couched In the follow
ing language.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Permit me
to extend TO you and to the state OF
Utah my congratulations on the organ
ization of this Historical Society. 1t
marks n step forward and upward on
the path of Utah's progress. II has
commenced at an opportune period.
Half century having passed since
the Pioneers planted the flag of our
country, as the signal of civilization.
in this then arid spot on the Great
American Desert, materials for the
compilation OF history exist in plenti-
full and varied forms. The relics OF
early times In Utah which made an in
teresting feature of our Semi-Centen-
NAL celebration, and which have been
generously donated to this society by
the Jubilee Commission, will form a
nucleus for the accretion OF similar
articles, valuable for history in that
particular direction. The work involved
in their accumulation and care will
constitute but one department for the
consideration OF this society.
The agricultural development OF Utah
embracing the fruit raising, garden
Ing, stock-growing. sheep-raising and
kindred interests Will form another de-
partment. The Introduction, extension
and application of the system OF irri-
cation, in which Utah was the pioneer
xtrttl ,ls,l,
other field from which history may
gather valuable harvest.
The commencement and growth of
manufactures. from the simplest hand
labor articles OF common necessity, up
through the successive improvements
in utensils and fabrics to meet the de-
mands OF more luxurious times, to the
mighty machinery by which the prec-
ious metals are obtained from the
crude ores forced out OF the solid
mountains, sugar is produced and cry
stalled from the carefully cultured
beet, and electricity is brought into
action as n nightly illumination and n
daily propelling force, will be another
source from which the historian will
derive appropriate information.
The mineral products of Utah afford
material for still another department
of the history of the State. The vast
extent and wonderful variety OF these
resources are the admiration OF all in
vestigators. At least eighty different
kinds of mineral deposits have been
discovered within Utah's boundaries
They include not only the precious me-
tails and those essential to modern
manufactures. but substances known
to chemistry az of inestimable value.
They are undoubtedly destined to at
tract the attention of the whole world,
and to place this State in the very fore
most rank OF the mineral bearing re-
gions of the earth.
The evolution of architecture, as ex-
hibited in the advancement from prlm-
tive log cabin to the stately mansion,
and from the plain adobe structure.
with It's small openings and little
sashes, to the imposing ediiices, public
and private. erected and beautified with
sandstone, granite. marble. onyx and
other costly materials. obtained within
our borders. must not be forgotten.
Nor must We omit the pleasing
change that has taken place in the
means OF locomotion and inter-com-
munication. The ox-teams and
which thousands of immigrants wended
their way hither. more than q thou
sand miles across the plains and
mountains, and which were the means
OF travel from place to place in this
region. and even the mule teams which
III.
Even the fine horses bred in these val
leys are now rarely used. except for
pleasure riding and short trips, and
grent railroad systems, bringing huge
trains with living freight and masses
of merchandise, have superseded them
built In large degree with Utah labor
and capital The electric telegraph at
an early date was utilized here and
lines built to various points. and now
we are in connection with the vast net
work of lines that reach over CONT
nets and under the bed of oceans, on
enlng for us Intercourse with the world
The telephone also has been brought
into use. placing us In the lead of many
more populous portions OF the Repu-
bile. The torch and the oil-lnmp have
faded out In the glare OF the electric
light, which now Eliminates our
streets. our public buildings, Our COM
Portable homes. ana almost dispenses
with the use OF gas, once priced as q
great light. The story of these trans
formations aud the benefits which have
resulted therefrom to individuals, to
families and 10 the State, cannot fail TO
add lustre to the pages OF our history.
and should he chronicled as marks OF
Utah'i Advancement and Willingness
TO utilize the improvements of the age.
The opening and colonization of other
valleys than that of the Grant Salt
Lake the means by which they were
settled md by which. though located
at attitudes where II was supposed tr
be impossible to raise anything but
mountain grassns. splendid farms and
orchards and thriving towns and vii
lagos, with comfortable homes. school
houses, churches. marts of commerce