Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-18

with pride" said President Hat
loran, II point YOU to our beautiful
city and the evidences of industry and
enterprise 10 be seen on every hand
II can say without intrusion, that
here within LOCO feet Of where |
stand began, not quite so years ago,
transmissouri civilization, and from
that time until now Salt Lake has
been the most important factor in
the development of the resources of
the great basin lying between the
Rocky mountains on the east and the
Sierras on the west. Today the city
is creeping into the second century Of
population, and is the center Of ac-
tivities which mark it as the most
rapidly expanding city OF It's class in
the United States.
MINING WEALTH.
you will see around US mining
that great wealth-prodncing industry.
on scale OF magnitude not else
where to be found in the wolrd. You
will experience here every delight that
the most perfect climate on earth
can give. You viii visit the Great
Salt Lake and enjoy the strange SEN
sation of floating In perfect security
upon its bounding pillows. You will
meet with q people up-to-date in ev.
cry science and art, that viii long re-
main in your memory. And all around
YOU, all the while, will be rising from
the plain In rapid bounds a city with
newly made homes: and business
structures reaching into the blue,
which would honor the sky-scraper
cities of the east You viii be told
that no city of the United States,
measuring its population with ours,
can compare its building record for
1908; that Utah produced over $50
100000 in metals in 1907; that the
dividends from the mines for the
same year amounted to S7,63S,42S;
that Salt Lakes jobbng business for
1897 amounted TO s7.500.000 that
Utah has 2S canning factories, the
output for last year amounting to ST.
100000; that Salt Lakes bank clear
ings for 1907 amounted to nearly
SO 90. 900, 900.
Go where you win around the city
and you will see newly paved streets
and sidewalks, and every evidence of
UNPARALLELED GROWTH.
Salt Lake is growing at the rate of
lo,O0O per annum, and there abidas here
g race OF. men and women that have re.
ouced the business of doing things to
q fine art.
But must not linger longer upon I'D.
greatness of our city and state You
are here and win note all these things
Tor yourselves, and when your stay "a
over and you go away to your homes,
your parting with Salt Lake Will be
IKE parting from friend.
EVERY avenue, street door mark.
palace and place is open to you Enter
them. and IT anything else YOU would
have il shall be yours. The quarters OF
this club are at your service and the
service of your friends. use them 10
your hearts content. When YOU come
again the club viii have ready its new
100000 home, and there you win be
welcome.
PRAISE FROM KoHLBERG.
1t was while replying to these
speeches OF welcome that Grand Coun-
selor Kohlberg of Butte spoke his aulo-
gy of Brigham Young and the spirit
evidenced In Salt Lakes founding. II
have no written speech" he declared
but feel In my heart the gratitude
which we all feel for this wonderful re-
reption. The grand council of the L. G
+ comprises Utah, Idaho, and Mon
Jana We want YOU Utah people TO
BRING up your WOODEN goods They vern
the best | ever heard OF i'm America
Sring back for them the gold from our
mines Bring up your vegetables. They
have a market. We of the northwest
should get together to keep our money
IN the west. Salt Lake is the central
,ity of great territory and we want
10 help Salt Lake grow to the fun limit
of her possibilities In that connection.
When / look around this beautiful
,ily can come to only one conclusion
ana that Is that Brigham Young is the
greatest citizen America has ever pro-
duced. His work In founding Salt
Lake is without a rival or parallel"
Mr.. kohlberg was warmly applaud
ed on finishing his speech after which
the reception became an Informal get
acquainted gathering lasting until pa
rade-ume
BIG PARADE