Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-05


N the street was dwith people
lad hand to the latest and biggest
ion of the town.
1 full that ! have had some little part in
It's development and direction.
yVM. J. tHALLORAN. z
Mr.. Hailoran then introduced Gov.
| William Sply as a member Of the gov
erningi board of the club and a friend OF
Utah. His remarks were heartily
greeted and this illusions to the future
Of the state called forth considerable
enthusiasm. He spoke as follows:
GOV. sPRY. 5
Fellow citizens. congratulate you
most sincerely on the occasion which
has brought you together this mora
Ing. l believe that every person here
| agrees with me in the assertion thar
the word ..boost''-that modern slog,.n
for sectional enterprise and municipal
prosress-fnds its fullest exempliiitn-
ton in material accomplishment.
| Measured by that test, Salt Lake City
is being boosted" and more than u
fair share Of the spirit Is being nje:t-
et. by an organization known as the
Salt Lake Commercial club.
This, gathering and its purposes are
representatives. of the progressive spirit
OF he west. The occasion which brings
you together!is significant and full cf
meaning. /, see in it the evidences
of a civic pride and proof of con-
9certed. well defined, movement toward
the uniform exploitation of all that
our state and city has to offer in the
way Of attractive business opportunity;
for ] regard the Commercial club of
Salt Lake City as one Of the greatest
factors in bringing to the public atten-
ton the wonderful resources of OR
state. 81,
q AS / stand in the shadow OF the tow
$aring walls which adjoin this Site
these magnificent testimonies OF civic
pride, these dumb evidences of an abId-3
ing faith in the great future of our
city, / am reminded of the fact that,
lacking but, a few short days. it is
#62 years since handful Of pioneers
pinned their faith and hope to a sage
brush plair--a desert, choked, parchcdl
and blistered under the burning July,
sun, and with answering determine
ton commenced the building ora city.
laying the foundation for the metrop-
tolisAof the smountains. cannot let
&this opportunity pass without paying
humble tribute to, the men and the.
spirit of those early days of our city.
Perhaps the growtliy0f Salt. Lake has
not been so rapid and. extensive as we
all might have hoped for, but our
growth has been steady and sure, with
-theSresult that today our stability Is
unquestioned--and the outlook for the
future was never more bright.
tbs am indisputable fact and cir
cumstance that has been noted the
country over. that Salt Lake City has
weathered the financial storm of the
past two years with remarkable
strength and Vigor; that While many OF
the leading cities Of the country have
been compelled to retrench Salt Lake
and all Utah has been growing with
that same steady. strong growth that
has characterized the entire history
of our city.
3 On numerous occasions during the
past few months l have expressed in
the public hearing my earnest desire
fora better understanding between the
people of our state. and particularly
those residing in Salt Lake City. Utah.
with her. great natural resources aid
inviting opportunities, by an inevitable
process, today occupies a place in the
opinion Of the country at large from
which she has heretofore been cheated
by misunderstanding and mistaken
ideas Which have gone abroad regarding
her. Ny observations on a recent trip
to the cas- st lead me to believe that these
erroneous impressions are fast being
removed, and that with their passing
and the establishment of better un-
.derstarding confidence is being reposeda
In our city and state, eastern capital
is being invested. our property is in
icreaslng in value and our great unde-
veloped resources arc enhancing in
value. so rapidly that we cannot even
approximate the immediate future COM
lmercial value of all that nature and
wise stewardship have made us heirs
to ~ ~ III Fl
4 Every word that goes forth to a list
,ening outside deprecatory Of our city
and her people lessons the commercial
assists OF this great inland empire.
I believe the time is ripe when this
better understanding Of which I have
made mention may be cultivated with
profit and success, and I firmly believe
club is one of the vehicles through
which the end is being and will be ac-
In the placing of this cornerstone as
the principal stone in the clubs future
home. the though occurs to me that no
more laudible effort can be put forth by
the members of this club than the aim
that this organization may prove in
very deed the cornerstone in our civic
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the various inter-
5ests of our city together and binding
and ceInenting them soiidly for the
superstrncture8 of modern, prosperous
and enduring city.
This ceremony "a an event in which
all Salt Lake may we'll take pride--it
is the testimony of the representative
business and professional men of their
faith in the city and their absolute con
in the future metropolis of the
west.
With the conclusion of Governor
Spry's address patriotic airs were play
ed by the band and Mayor John s.
Bransford was introduced. The same
feeling of good cheer as was expressed
by Governor Spry was voiced in his
address. He spoke as follows:
MAYOR BRANsFoRD.
Z I am greatly pleased to be with you
this morning and to take part in thu 4
ceremonies incident to the laying of
this corner stone. regard this as a
most significant event In the history
of this historic intermountain metro
.po1is, for IN my judgment 1T marks
more forcefullS and accurately, the
material and substantial advancement
NJ the nityy Salt ta ~