Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-30


Of Southern California have met IN
anticipation OF the visit from the Utah
pioneers, and passed resolutions re-
questing them especially to come to
San Benardino while in the southwest
country
RESOLUTION OF INVITATION
The text Of the resolution follows
Pioneer Hall San Bernardno CAL
Sept g. l00j.-To the Honorable Pio-
neers Of Utah
Greeting
We have the pleasure and honor NJ in
forming you that the San Belnardlno
Society Of California Pioneers Of this
city at It's regular meeting held IN
Native Sons hall Saturday last, IMAM
inousy and enthusiastically adopted
the following resolutions:
Resolved by the San Bernardino So
cicty Of california Pioneers that we
have learned with great pleasure OF
your proposed visit 10 southern cali
fornia about oct H. as the guests
of tho Salt Lake road and we most
earnestly invite you TO visit San Ber-
nardino where a number OF your old
friends and relatives still live, ana
who are most anxious 10 welcome you,
and rejoice that the generous action OF
the Salt Lake road has afforded wou
this grand opportunity.
SILAS &. cox,
President,
JOHN BROWN. JR,
Secretary.
SHELDON STODDARD.
DE Ia VI. WOODWARD
W. T.. HALCOMB.
Il. y. RUBERDS,
Reception Committee, san Bernardino
Society Of California Pioneers.
FROM SECRETARY BROWN.
Appended 10 It is the following letter
Of tranemittal from the secretary:
San Bernardlno. Cal, Sept %, 1905.
Hon. G.. W. peuose, Salt Lake city.
MY Dear Sir: I beg TO enclose you
resolution passed by the san Bernar-
dino Society Of California Pioneers sat
urday last and ask you the kindness to
publish the same in the News as the
best means to inform the Utah Pio-
neers, who are to asst Us about oct. IL
as the guests Of the Salt Lake road of
the welcome awaiting them IN san, Der-
natdiuo on their coming visit, and wish
you could be among the welcome guests
Most fraterually.
JOHN BROWN JR., Secy
UTAH GUESTS.
The Utah party are TO 90 to Cali
fornia as the guests Of President w. A,
Clark OF the San Pedro, Los Angeles s.
Salt Lake road and the trip il given
them as a special recognition OF their |
fortitude and bravery in opening thu |
"old san Bemardno trail"
The survivors who have been invited |
1. a.. al. F4lI
C. A. SmoOt James A. Bean, A. l.. Hale, |
Benjamin Claff, w. w. Cluff, Henry
Heath. S. /. Ensign. s. 5. Worthington |
lluol Barus, William Price Jones, |
James Oakley, William c. Mitchell |
William Robbins Charles Crismon |
Alexander Gemmill l. ~ Dunyon |
GoCIye Speirs. A. Milton Musser FL |
lot Wilder George Harrison. Thomas 1
Dallin. Hop Pender, j. Law son, Nathan |
Tanner and Phil Margetts,
FROM TWO PARTIES.
They are made ny Of members Of two
distinct parties who started in the |
movement from Salt Lake.
one OF them established the San Ber-
lardino colony and the other built a
fort and established a mail station at |
Las Vegas The list is not complete, |
10 90 have not yet handed their names |
10 the railroad officials with state
ment Of the part they took In the early |
settlement OF the southwest,
A THRILLING TALE.
The story Of the trip across to san
Bernardlno Is Il most thrilling one, ana
II told most completely in the journal |
u Farley p. Pratt who accompanied |
The pioneers, and IN the narratives OF
hose who survive. A number Of these
we're collected by the News" and
printed In It's Christmas edition for
1904.
HISTORIC MILEPOsTs.
According to the statement Of Mr.,
George Crismon who crossed the desert
u times before the advent Of the rail-
way, the mileposts Of the old trail were
rs follows.
From camp Santa Clara to Beaver
Dam. 80 miles.
From the Virgin river to Muddy river,
20 miles
From the Muddy river to Las Vegas,
IS miles,