Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-24
IN SOUTHERN UTAH.
Enterprise, Libcraiity aud pcr-c,cr.
ance OF the People or,cdar city
Thcir Triumph and success.

The people uf Cedar city. MS wei as
those II the entire South and all who
are familiar with the obstacles that had
to be encountered In the work Of erect
ing the State Normal school. thorough
~ appreciate the reference made by his
| cNcrllcncy the Governor In his biennial
message to the legislature Of Utah re-.
harding the Efforts nut forth By tho
| citizens Of Cedar city In the interest
! Of education.
In the FIRST place this was not UNI
dcrtnkcn for the sole benefit Of Cedar,
OF Iron county alone. but In behalf OF
| the entire South, whose educational In
| tercfts hal IN the past been sadly neg
iccted. such was the condition TINT
all who wished to avail themselves Of
the opportunity Of n higher education
were obliged to come NJ far north as
Provo, while many chose to come to
the University Of ttah. others going
aiill ON farther 60 the Agricultural col
lego at Logan. neceEsitatlng journey
OF four hundred miles.
Most people are familiar with what
was done by the second Legislature 81
Utah. IN passing the pili providing FOR
the school ana appointing a committee
of three on location. composed Of the
following leading educators ~ the
Sintc, Wig: IN. John r. Park Dr. j. H.
MncFcr. 10 these was appointed the
important and delicate task of deciding
upon the most suitable place of the
thfcc ciiicn mentioned In the bill. viz.
Heavier, Paruwnn or cedar. These
gentlemen visited each Of the above
mentioned cities. ana Investigated the
claims ~ the respective locations. and
on the 18Th day Of May. 1897. made
their report. which was unanimous In
favor of Cedar. a message reached
the committee IN charge at cedar, ut
noon the same day. conveying the well
come ncwr. In four days work was
begun In earnest a building 100 foot
by ~, known NJ the ward hnit-de-
signed to he used for temporary quar-
terr for said pchool-rcceiVed the best
cnerglea Of our citizens FOR one month.
~ this point. a message was received
from Mt. Van Colt. chairman ~ the cN-
ccutivc committee Of the board OF re-
gents Of the Utah University. by the
committee having the matter In charge.
containing the doleful nowH that some
of the State officials held that no part
~ the Nipo1 appropriated Tor main
tainance. fixtures and other Incidental
expenditures. would be- available Tor
such purposes until the permanent
building was completed. ana tho title
FOR ground and building was duly vest,
I'd IN the State. This necessitntcd the
citizens of Cedar Ia come 10 the rescue
THIS was done. The call was generously
responded To bv placing collateral. In
the shape ~ cedar Sheep association
stock. To the amount of $4,000. with
the state Hank OF Utah aud thus was
the school enabled to commence Its
work In September, 1897
All went on smoothly and aatiHfac-
tortlN until after the holiday adjourn
ment ana the return NJ Principal lien-
Mon. who reported that az meeting
of the board of regents, where matters
aH..s sls.aa q 4
cursed. II had been decided that the
school should be- closed unless the per-
fnnncnt building was completed by the
month of August 1895.
Matters assumed "a very serious
inspect our canyons were closed, tn.
mountains having put ON their winters
garb, aud nll Nature assumed u most
forbldding appearance. our logs ana
lumber were thirty-nvc miles away
over the highest point In the Wasntch
range nf mountains. xix miles north
NJ the rim of the basin. There was not
nuch nm. 10 pntley. People every |
where In the south were nnNiouply |
awaiting developments. 80 after con- |
ridering the question In all IT, bear |
ings the committee decided 20 comply /
with this request.
Tho necessary amount or ndobles had /
been made ana were partly In the kiln. |
~ with this much only done we i'm /
medintely began to organize our forces.
ANA on the ith of Jan, 1895. sixteen /
teams with rlelrhs ana wagons COM
mcnced their march over the frozen
heights, sealing tho lofty peaks and
CUISINE their way through Hnow-drlfts.
beating trail to keep In opcn CONE
munlcatlon with the base nf supplies.
This work continued until April. when
there was piled M as the result OF this
inntchlers undertaking 10000 foct of
lumber 1900 shingles ana the nccca.
rafy amount of lnthn.
About the 18th Of March the corner
stone WIS laid. and on the 30th the
brick work was completed. Work WAS
pushed on along tho various lines In
order to have the place ready bv sep-
tcmbcr. nut there was one more test
ance Of the people. A heating plnnt
was needed ana must be- hos So the
was appealed To by prDsi.
icnt !. Y. klnrsbury and Others, know.
ing the building would be- lncompiet.
without being properly nttcd out IN "a
worthy of liz avn value. once
more the oducation-loving citizens
WINGED their interests by giving thoir
individual notes In the sum OF four
thousand dollars. and the Normal
'ehool received one ~ the most modern
heating and vcntilating plants In the
The school has n grand destiny. The
south has n blessing and Cedar n mon.
iment to hcr pluck and perseverance.
nat has cost In round figures about
10000. lly this EFFORT Of the people ~
his small settlement. numbering not
moro than 1900. there has been placed
within the convenient reach ~ the
lwellers IN the South deHlroua OF avail. ,
nR t.emnolvea OF the opportunity 10 /
.eep ABREAST ~ the times, an inatitu,
ion nffordlng them splendid privileges.
w an evidence that such opportunities ,
ire appreciated. the enrolment Of the /
'outhern Normal branch can he ~. /,
erred To. Before Christmas 100 stu 4
Tents were enrolled with excellent
prospects, NJ u steady Increase, ,
The entire Houth win ever hod In
remembrance Utah's sec. /
M Legislature, which by the appllcn- ,
ion Of that grand principle "equni \
nd exact Justice TO all AMI special 1
privileges 10 none" gave 90 southern A
'tah hhls recognition. which In future
flll be seen not To have been conferred
n vain.
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