The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-01
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TO THE NEW BOSS
To Nineteen Hundred Seven;

Greeting;
You look to be q vigorous chap and
your whole makeup seems to be ting
ling with life and energy. On the in,
stant that the finger Of Old Father
Time pointed TO the hour of midnight
last night we saw you almost bump
into your predecessor as he was taking
his departure
That sort of promptitude and energy
looks good to Salt Lakers. In fact we
predecessor made the promise that the
young fellow to whom he would assign
the prosecution of his work should he
capable Of just doubling up all of his
own performances.
Now. for your information, sir, let
us say TO you that Nineteen Hundred
Six, Esqr., set mighty lively indus
trial pace here, and if you are to ex-
"go some ~ II would require quite a
book in which to relate all that he
did, so Your work is certainly cut out
for you during the twelve months that
you are to be with us.
Your immediate predecessor found
some of us TO he rather a slow LOT, eX-
cept that by the aid of some progress
sjve ones Mr. Nineteen Hundred Five,
in the latter part of his stay with us
(and having a sort Of prophetic eve to
the future), had laid an American foun
dation upon which his successor might
begin TO build Your immediate pre-
decessor seemed to thoroughly appreci,
ale the valuable legacy which came to
him, and he at once took advantage
of it to the fullest extent. And the
way in which he proceeded to tear
down the old and build up the new
was Il caution.''
Before you get any further along
with your plans lei US say to You, first
of all, that your predecessor set out
to construct here the Greater Salt
Lake; and be worked wonders of mag
niticence in that direction. He did
just about all that any industrious con-
structionist could possibly do in a sin.
gle twelve month; and he left things
in such good shape for you that if YOU
get To work and stay at work all the
time you will be able to beat his rec
ord by several city blocks
But remember that there arc lust
three hundred and sixty-fve days in
your period of activity. That is a very
short stay TO make. and we therefore
suggest 10 you that there ism I a wink
of sleep coming to vcu in that time;
because there is a little pleasure To
be squeezed in between the different
big works which you are to perform, so
that taking your work and play to.
gether it seems TO be case of GO
all the time for You, You can readily
see, young sir, that some portion OF
your activity must be alive and awake
every minute of the time
| You remember what your predecessor
whispered into your ear just as he was
leaving' Well, we are ready for il
nov and can make good use Of every
cent of it. He ''looscned up TO the
limit, and you can see the results of
his generosity in the great preparations
which have been made for you.
Every American soul of lis in this
town is with you and will keep step
with you in the big Progress March,
You are mighty healthy looking
youth and we can use every ounce of
energy which YOU possess. We want
the Greater Salt Lake, Mr. Nineteen
Hundred Seven Here are the mate.
| rials and the tools--it is up to YOU,