Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-10
UTAH DAY is
CELEBRATED
GOVERNOR CUTLER ADDRESSES
GATHERING
MANY TAKE PART IN FESTIVITIES
AT VENICE
Connection, Historical and Actual, Be-
tween His State and California,
Is Theme of Execu-
tive
Special to Tho. Herald.

VENICE. Sept. 9.-An enthusiastic
gathering of natives of Utah listened to
a highly entertaining address by Gov.
John G. Cutler, who was the guest of
honor at the Utah reunion and celebra-
tion exercises held today at the Auditor
ium. On the rostrum with the states
chief executive were A. P. Kesler, colonel
on his official staff, Judge III. A. Pierce OF
Los Angeles and Commodore H. r. Han
ma of the arrangements committee
Judge Pierce introduced the Utah offi-
cia1 whom he characterized as one OF
the most remarkable OF the country
leading young men.
AS Gov. Cutler began his address his
wife and daughter, who were in private
box as the guests of Mrs. Abbot Kinney,
threw kisses to him.
He said: "I am reminded that Utah was
formerly a part of that magnihcent
stretch of country that went under the
name of California. In the late forties
when the first great movements toward
the farther west began, the pioneers OF
Utah sang as they marched, In Upper
California: Oh, That's the Place for Me.
The west was California;; California was
the west The terms were interchange
able. The whole country rang with the
name of California. The Golden west
was the Mecca of swarming thousands.
In this connection no one can blame the
Californians for still thinking that Cali
fornia is the west. And we won't object
so long as Utah is included.
Settled Here
eThe Utah pioneers had much to- do
with the settlement of California. Ii II
had not been for the fact that the Utah
settlements could be used as ouhtting
places for the worn and weary gold seek
ers, many more of them would have lost
hope and life in the cruel desert or the
snow-clad mountains. am reminded also
that some Of these Utah pioneers, and
especially members of the famous Nor
man battalion, aided actively In building
up the foundations of the southern part
of your state, and some of them We're
in the party that discovered gold at SUIT
ter's camp. And the old trail that bound
the Pacific coast with the great basin,
the old San Bernardino trail, was kept
well beaten for years after the territory
of Utah was carved out of the great
reaches of California. There was still
an intimate relationship between them.
1--WE are all pleased now that this re-
lationship can be so much more inti-
mate, because of the shortening of the
time of travel You can have Utah days
in California. We can have California
days in Utah. On few days notice
we can come to your homes or you can
come to ours, and find the newly baked
bread still fresh, the piecrust still fiaky,
the fatted calf just ready to eat, the
champagne still sparkling.
Two re One
.In effect California and Utah are
one again. You live in the lower part,
we in the upper. We furnish the pro-
sFih dHsts 9f Jod dhe 81 mise 1he 1ne mill sa
fruits, the wine, the oil. Your prosperity
is ours and ours is yours by close
sympathy. We hope for your welfare
and you for ours. If there is a rivalry
it is perfectly friendly. We hope to be
prosperous because we know you must
be, and you hope as much for us. If the
old ties of common name have been re-
moved they have been replaced by the
better ties of common purpose and pros
perity. If our previous union was in
name, our present one is in fact And
there will be no separation. All that Is
past only union in future.
1--WE who are your guests today know
what YOU have for your friends and .visi-
tors, and for the world. Whether we
look toward the verdant country, fruitful
with all that is rich and goodly or
toward the great Pacific glistening in
the sun like FURNISHED silver and reflect
ing on its peaceful bosom the hue of the
blue sky and the light shadow of the
passing cloud, we know that here Is
rest for him who seeks 1t; wealth for him
who wants it; all good things for him
who strives for them.
Our Riches
.erhe luscious fruit, the flowing oil
tbe sparkling wine like nectar of the
gods. the toothsome denizens of the
deep-all these are at your DOORS these
are your riches, with Whlcn you puy
the riches of, the world.
Every train that speeds toward the
east and every ship that weighs anchor
for the orient, laden with these your
products helps to swell the stream OF
gold flowing into your Golfers And may
its volume never grow less, but increase
and swell beyond the dreams OF opulence;
For | know that for every piece OF gold
Won gain there will go out from your gem
erous hearts blessing for the less for
tunate among mankind.
ssNow want to say little about Utah.
AS have said, Utah was once part OF
California 1t Is now sovereign and
wealthy state. In extent 1t is an empire;
in riches it fills the widest stretches OF
imagination The early Spaniards who
were lured to the shores of America by
the promise of gold would have had
their widest dreams fulfilled If they had
even began to compass the wealth or
Utah. Our state has made almost as
many millionaires as the NUMBER OF
those early Spanish adventurers, and
only a beginning has been made.
Plan indicated
"The wisdom of the founders of Utah
has been vindicated. Their policy was to
establish the solid foundation of agri-
culture on which to build the splendid
superstructure of mineral wealth. Min
ing awaited the process of home building,
and farm making. AS result, 1t was
never harder to, get the barrel Of flour
than the barrel of gold. Bread was al
ways at hand. And when the prospector
went on his long Journeys into mineral
lands he knew that he could always find
habitation and a meal.
"And so, mining camps can rise and
fall. mines may be rich or exhausted;
the vein may widen or pinch out, and
still Utah's prosperity continues. For
every mine there are constantly produc-
ing farms. AS the rich mining camp Of
today becomes the bare desert of tomor-
row on that desert the growing farm
encroaches, and it is no longer desolate
yet for the camp deserted great one
arises. and to that the life-giving stream
of AGRICULTURAL products is diverted
.Farms and mines have been operated