Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-05
COMMERCIAL CLUB
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any othersevent that has occurred fol
many years. 858. Il
In$a{feW months from now there vii
stand here a beautiful building, :
triumph of architectural art,fa credit
| to the city and state devoted. from
turret to foundation stone, 10 the ad-
vancement Of the best interests of al
| our people.
Within its walls. our citizens of every
class, of every faith and of every po;
litical belief, will gather for the pur-
poe of taking counsel together concern
ing what Is best for them, and there
they will meet to rejoice over the ac-
5cnnlplishments Of the organization
whose home will be here.
Ell In this building there Will be an eX-
hibition of Utah products, SO that the
passing stranger may learn something
fof the vast wealth producing POSSIBLE
lite of the mills and mines, and OF
Ethe ranches and the ranges Of the
stat IA Ak q 4 t.- "a n 9g a
Here will be found examples Of the
achievements Of our artists and sculp-
tors, and here will be heard, upon
occasions, the voices Of our native
singers and the sweet melodies OF
those no play upon stringed in
struments. s
Within these walls the cries Of the
market place will be hushed, and the
contentious of opposing political par
ties will not be heard: for the at1nos-
+ pheres Of the place will be surchargcd
with but one sentiment and that will
/ he, what good thing can we do for
vance the common welfare" fS
II take 1t that these are the purposes
for which this Commercial club was
created, and i'll may Judge It's future
by what 1t has done In the past, I
feel safe in believing that 1T will not
fail to maintain the high standard OF
its public work
8 AS mayor Of this city I most earnest
Z ~ congratulate you, gentlemen of the
Commercial club, upon this propitious
fruition of your hopes.
congratulate the people of the city
and state, who are alike interested In
your work ard / wish you a long life
Of unseltish usefulness.
The orator of the day was then in
3troduced. He was Judge Orlando w.
Powers and hisSspeech held alworld Of
Information, In the Introduction Of
his remarks he humorously spoke of
people half million years from now
ldeliving into the past and looking
through the records of Newhouse
canyon, to see what he thought Of his
city and his state. With that he began
the Grafton which was as follows:
JUDGE o. w. POWERS.
shall not speak to You IS q member
of the Commercial club or as one having
a personal or financial interest in the
building that is to be erect
ed upon tile cornerstone soon to be set
in place but I shall speak as a citizen
of Utah, as an onlooker who appreci-l
ates the great work of this organiza-
ton and who. looking into the future.
has a. vision OF the great transforms
ton that will change our arid plains
to fertile fields, dot the valleys with
this progressive city the scepter of COM
n,ercial and financial domination OF the
entire intermountain region.
Here you are to erect temple dedi-
Gated to progress, to peace among our
people. to advancement, enlightenment
and education. and to all that affects
our social and material interests. It's
erection marks an epoch in the history
of the state. 1t indicates that we have
taken another step forward toward tho
manifest destiny of Utah. 1t signifies
q union of interests, q concentration of
purpose, the ending of. chickering's and
contention and firm resolve to bear
and to- forbeai', that Utah may burst
from the ScFrystalis of adverse fate that
50 long has confined her efforts, and,
glorified through her trials. light all
the val leys3 with the lamp of progress
There is no fairer land the great world
over There are no scenes more awe
There are no valleys moro
There Is no coil more fer
tile. In every nook and Granny of our
mountains opportunity turks and coyly
hides treasures that are equal to all the
wealth Of the Indies. Upon the plains8
that now look so barren the sagebrush
Ike mother breods over acres of dusty
soil destined yet to be transformed into
farms and gardens so rich that their
crous viii fill the granaries to bursting
When our deserts shall awaken from
the sleep of the centuries and shall
bedeck themselves with waving grain
and luscious fruit, when our mines shall
have been made to yield in their full
abundance. when our people shall work
in harmony, then shall Utah. crowning8
as she does the mountain peaks, stand
among the other states of this great
nation Inc peer OF all and .5excelled by
none. This is no idle dream This. is \
no vain phantasy Of the brain. This
Is the destiny of Utah. And today as
we celebrate the birth of the nation we
also celebrate the dawn of n day long
in coming but whose morning shafts
are gliding the mountain tops.
In the adyancement5o of this people the
Commercial club has been a most
powerful factor. Broad in its pur-
roses, catholic in spirit. thoroughly
Democratic and thoroughly syrnpathiz-
ng with the struggles of the weakest
II her citizens. 1t has grown until It's
influence permeates far beyond state