The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-04
New Municipality Made Formal
Debut Last Evening.
NOISE, MUSIC AND SPEECHES
MAYOR MILLER SWORN IN AND
MADE MAIDEN ADDRESS.

thing went. The noise began about 8
o'clock. No one knows when it let up.
The principal feature of the event
was the ceremonies in the opera house.
These commenced about O'Clock. Long
before that hour the city shook with
the thunder of the .cannOns and the air
was vibrant with the blare of tin horns.
Everyone had a horn of some kind.
and all took care to use them. At
regular points along State street bon
fires blazed and painted the sky a deep,
rich red. In the opera house pande-
mOnium reigned The noise of horns
and trumpets shook the roof. Through
(fhe lull which came occasionally when
the trumpeters stopped to get their
breath one could hear the faint echoes
of the band. which was trying TO make
itself heard somewhere down the
street
Murray may wake up with a big
head this morning, but no one cares
for that. Everyone was happy. and
Murray's admirers wanted it known
how joyous they felt The noise
c~~ldn't be heard in Salt Lake City, but
wasn't the fault of Murray. She
Ga her part. The exercises in the hall
were sandwiched in between the noise
and enthusiasm some way. Just how it
was done no one really knows, but
everything went off according to the
programme.
Exercises in Opera House.
J. H. Stratton acted as chairman and
called the meeting to order. The hall
filed early. and those who came late
were fortunate if they got a place to
stand up Among those on the stage
were the following officers and their
families Mayor G. L. Miller. Council
men James Gilbert. r. Cal Calhoun.
William McCleary, r. Z. White, Mar
shall Michael Mauss, Recorder NJ. a.
Williamson and Justice of the Peace
John p. McOmle. Councilman H F.
Sanders was unable TO be present, ow-
ing to illness in his family.
In calling the meeting TO order, Mr..
Stratton drew attention to the fact
that Murray was now incorporated as
a city.
1T ought to have been years ago.
said the speaker. but il is never too
late to mend. But we start out with
clean record. VIC expect to be credit
70 the state. 1t is best mat we start
out right. and I. therefore. introduce
the Rev. J. G. Andrews, who viii offer
prayer"
Music by the orchestra followed Mr..
Andrews prayer for divine protection.
The approval of the audience was eX-
pressed by trumpeting and when the
din of applause had died away, Ray
y ali AOll W do NcAAtu hlbAi " MI a sap
In the progra nlr1e caused by the fact
! that Governor Heber NJ. Wells could
,e1ot be present
Greatness of a City.
''The greatness of a city" he said
sis not to be judged by the number Of
its inhabitants. but in the intelligence.
morals. wisdom and prOgressiveness Of
the citizens. In these things Murray
Will rank well with the other cities Of
who are known to be men of honor.
\Rbility and integrity. Mayor Miller is
- man Of good judgment and good in
tentiOns. ! think he will execute the
laws of the city with justice, impair
TALLY and ability. Again let me con-
graduate you"
A battery Of tin horns sounded
their approval. Out of doors a cannon
shook the building and doomed out its
approval. The South Cottonwood quar-
fette rendered a selection and were
stormily enccred- There was more mu-
sic, and then the oficers-e elect were in
vited 10 the footlights and D. f. Ca
hOun administered the oath of office.
Mayor Miller then stepped forward and
made his address. He said
Mayor Miller's Address.
I'm electing me mayor of Murray I
cid not expect that / was also TO be an
orator. / supposed 1 would have to
look after the business part of it only.
Nevertheless 1 am proud Of this occa-
sion ! am familiar with the history
Of Murray for the past forty years.
There have been times when the con-
ditiOns we worked under have not been
altogether agreeable. We have not had
the power to suppress evils. We have
tolerated evils which should not have
beer allowed in a law-abiding COM
munity. The difficulty has been the
lack Of authority. Tonight we have
that power. and we have municipal
form of government. The town has
grown from a family Of six to family
DOf 2,5o0. We have had some bad con-
Z ditions. Int we now possess the power
to establish better form Of govern
ment.
IT believe it will not be necessary for
me again to declare myself AS the
council has promised in the primaries
we hope 10 give you better form OF
government. better police and fire pro-
lection. better sidewalks and better
everything. You told the people what
you wanted and tonight you have got
st. You are here TO ratify it. The
town viii be what you make it, The
officers can't do it all alone. They need
your help. This is your meeting The
night is yours You have earned II
but do nothing when you leave this hal
TO be ashamed Of The night is yours
Singing Makes a Hit.
The Murray quartette made one Of
the hits Of the evening with comic
song in which some clever local polit-
zeal hits were introduced. The audience
shouted Itself hOarse ard tin horns
were blown out Of business in applaud
ing the vocal effort. Mayor Grape 81
Sandy was announced. His introduc-
ton was OF q congratulatory nature
In closing he said:
II want TO say to the newly-electec
officers. when questions come UP fol
your action. ask first Il they are right
il you are satisfied that they are right
60 ahead and do them Stand BY youi
convictions. Work not for your politi
cal future. but for the future of thu
town. II is such r.sen who form thu
pillars Of our nation
w. J. Horn and Henry Harker alss
T7ade speeches of a congra tulator,
character. and at the conclusion Of TIT
remarks the audience arose and sans
the national song with orchestral ac-
Compartment. The hall was thes
cleared for dancing and the remalninf
hours Of tho night were udssed ANA.