The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-25
GREAT FUTURE PREDICTED
| WELL CHOSEN REMARKS OF
MONTANA STATESMAN.
Especial to The Hcrald1

/ the chairman, waited upon tie senator
/ in his private ca. extending the greet
/ ing OF the committee, and then, tOgeth-
/ er with Judge Dusenberry of Provo.
/ Utah. the senator and the committee
/ stepped upon the observation platform.
J Judge DusenberTy. in introducing Sen
! ator Clark. highly complimented him
/ ana his associates upon what tn " mad
! done for the people of the Las Vegas
] valley in constructing "A great railroad
/ to open and. make available It's great 20
! sources, and affording d short and il
| rect route from the OCCid ent to the
! Orient. There were between 800 and
I 400 people present and they received
/ Senator Clark with hearty cheers and
! much enthusiasm. In response he spoke
| as follows:
Senator Clarks Address.
! Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
! Reception Committee and Ladies and
/ Gentlemen, Citizens of Las NegaS-"I
| thank you in behalf of myself and as
/ sOciates and those who have accom-
! panied me upon this trip, for this cor
! dial greeting this bright. beautiful and
/ glorious Easter Sunday morning. 1t
/ indicates on your part feeling of
! good viii, which I assure you we fully
! appreciate and which we will to the
/ fullest extent reciprOcate.
We are here this Easter morning
! upon a desert. No church bells greet
I y
/ that all the fOTmalities of a glorious
/ Easter Sunday morning will be per
! formed, and that all those tents will be
! transformed into substantial buildings
/ of permanent abOdeS. / recognize
amongst the faces before me many old
/ time Montanans. and if you will par
/ don me for a little aIlusiOn TO my own
state and the Inhabitants thereof, which
/ believe is a pardOnable pride, want
/ to say that the average MOntanan may
ha V-rl1-
/ the prospector can go. and wherever
/ the wheels Of progress may roll. In
! far off Alaska, in every discovery and
| in every great enterprise the MOntanan
has been identified. and in the marvel
Gus development of this wonderful state
of Nevada that has recently been made
which viii inure to the credit of the
state and the glory of the nation. the
MOntanan has been very much in evil
deuCe. He represents the typical from
tier man and pioneer and is generally
found on top. and what I have said Of
the Representatives of the state to which
I belong may be said of the represent
atiVes Of every other of these Rocky
mountain states, where you find the men
OF energy and of courage, who have
/ carried the banners of civilization into
! the wilderness and forests and planted
them firmly and esta blished them here
/ in these broad surroundings.
Why the Road Was Built.
Gentlemen Of Las Vegas. the San Pc
dro. Los Angeles q Salt Lake railroad
is rapidly nearing completion l and
my associates who undertook this
/ realization of the fact that here
were great opportunities that had been
neglected or passed over. We realized
that the building of this road would be
a factor. a great factor. in the develop
ment Of this great Rocky mountain re
OH hot Ifrp1
Utah country practically undaVelDped
by. reason Of che lack of railroad fdciii-
ties. We begin TO perceive the fruit IF
this Improvement already. I saw in a
I Salt Lake paper the picture of teams
comprised of sixteen or twenty mules
or horses drawing immense loads out
Of the town of Las Vegas towards the
new discoveries i'm Nevada, and tire
minded me of the old days of the from
tier thirty-five to forty years ago.
Future Development.
This is a foreruuuer of great SUR
prises and whenever the developm
i'm this great region viii warrant it.
there viii be new railroad facilities to
enable the people to throw them open
to the world. We realized in beginning
this enterprise that two great cities
so important as Salt Lake and Los An
geIes should be coupled together direct
IL by more than an old abandoned i'm
migrant road. We realized that there
was a great area of country lying to
the north and to the northwest and to
the northeast of Utah that not only
desired. but was entitled to a more di-
rect outlet TO the land of sunshine and
flowers to escape the TigOTs of the
northern climate great country en-
bracing a large area Of British Column
bia. comprising the DakOtas. Mon
tana. Idaho Wyoming. Utah. western
Colorado and Nevada-and this will en-
al ,f IN ran a ND
Cheapiy TO escape the rigOrs of the eli
mate Of that country and battle i'm the
sunshine and enjoy the fragrance of the
( flowers of this land of sunshine ana
flowers TO which we are now en- route
/ region that is unsurpassed in beauty
and the attributes that constitute a
! winter resort anywhere I'm this world
Now. my friends, in the hurry and in
the multitudinOuS duties that devOIved
upon us in the completion of this work
/ which WAS of paramount importance to
us and TO the country. we have to
some extent, neglected the interests of
the town OF Las Vegas. but | can as
sure YOU that in the very near future
"A town company that will have charge
of this business will be organized. and
that the people OF this locality and other
/ localities who may decide TO come here
and build up homes, viii have an OBJ
pOrtunity to get lots directly from the
company, and ! hope at prices that will
At SahtSAetNDlN " you Without the an
PREVENTION Of the Spectator (AD-
plause.)
Homes For the People
What I desire is the fulfllment of
that principle for which / have always
contended, both in public and private
life, that the land of this country
should be retained for the actual home
settler and home builder We are
proud and glad of the cordial greeting
that has been extended to us today. and
we Will endeaVOr to do everything i'm
our power that the good feeling now
existing between the people of this To-
cality and this company may be main
tanned and perpetuated. In this I sneak
IN behalf Of those who are assnnia tnd