Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20
Monument Proposed to Utah's Sacred Sea Gull
Yo ne Salt Lake Sculptor Embodyng
By Pioneers of the Destruction of Devastating
Hode of Crckts.

strong ana vital story. On the first
there Is a blowing scene, in which
the first soil is being broken. Two
oxen are coming forward with the
pillow, stralning under the task OF
uprootfng the sagebrush. Behind fol-
lows the sower, spreading seed broad
cast with his hand, and la the distance
are shown the Twin Peaks, SO prom
inent along the Wasatch range.
This background of familiar noun
tain peaks is carried out throughout.
for in the next panel. the point of the
mountain to the westward is shown.
This panel is given up to the gu!ls.
for II symbollzes their coming with a
view of a disheartened pioneer stoop-
ing down with grief beside a mother
and starving child in the foreground,
with the mother raising her eyes TO
the west, where the gulls are seen In
the skies, Then follows a third panel
carrying the story forward to the
harvest time after the rescue A reap
err with scythe. followed by n wo-
man binding sheaves and another
standing near with nursing child.
nll the foreground. while the first
house ever built In the valley is re-
produced in the background. and be-
hind that Is skctched Ensign peak as
IL appears ITOIft Slfttts lHc
fourth space is reserved for an IN
scription plate, yet to be worked up.
PRAISE FOR DESIGN.
wherever the design for the ;nonu-
ment has been seen, 1t has received
praise, and the suggestion that fund
be started for its erection has all
ready received sponsors. Joseph
Geoghegan, says that he considers it
~ ~ raV,f ulr f,la "a
he has ever seen. and that he would
be glad to see 1t erected In Liberty
park, or elsewhere. The directors OF
the M and M. association have asked
for the model to exhibit In their
headquarters. and what the board of
governors of the Commercial club are
willing to do Is matter for future
consideration. Vice President G. s,
Burton who is greatly impressed with
the sketch will bring II to their at
tention.
TRIBUTE OF AN ARTIST.
Lee Greene Richards, fellow artist
with Mr.. Young, says that he consid-
ers 1t the most original art conception
that has yet been brought forth In the
west. you cannot overstate the en-
thusiasm I feel for it." WAS his man
ner OF expression. 1T Is a great work
Of art, and signal Triumph for Mr..
Young whether 1t is ever erected or
not For myself / cannot think the
people will allow such an opportunity
to pass completely by, although II may
take some time to finance the PROPOSE
tlon. I myself would like to donate to
1t to the full extent OF my finanical
ability
Heber j. Grant. who had charge of
the work of raising funds for the Brig
ham Young monument, Is not so con-
fident that the people will respond IN
any large numbers for he says 1t took
i've years for the funds to be raised
for that monument, and that they came
In very slow, ana only after great labor
on the part OF a. large organization.
He however is enthusiastic In his praise
OF the sketch for It's artistic qualities.
and thinks 1t would be an ornament TO
any part OF the city where 10 might
be erected. The Pioneer monument cost
$4,000 but it Is thought that this wiz
| only cost about half as much. The sur
mounting gulls and panels are to be
OF bronze, the shaft, cap, and base OF
| granite.
STORY OF THE GULI.s.
The story of the yulls and their re-
| lationshlp to the people of Utah Is too
with traditions or legends. Everyone
| who was In this valley In lS4S or 1S4e
| remembers the hordes OF crickets that
made the fields black and the great
| flight OF gulls that settled down upon
| them until the fields were snowy with
[, fiuffed Tea thers as IL It were winter
They also viii remember the harvest
| that followed after all hope of reapine
| one had been abandoned.
Children who played about the wagon
boxes that had been lifted off theii
| wheels 10 form the first rude habita-
tions remember that the gills neither
feared nor harmed them but pursued
| the crickets right to the very edges Of
| the wagons, and sometimes chased
| under them in the fight OF destruction
| on the pests.
And another fact that Is we'll anthem
| ticated is that the gulls had no merel,
selfish motive of getting fat oricke