The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-23
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cluded all of Salt Lake county, but the
old people have increased in numbers so
fast that this time the excursion was
confined to Salt Lake City alone, those
outside the city will be given their out
ing at later date.
AS said this was the thirty-ffth an
nual excursion and the point visited,
Tooele City, carried the old people past
Lake Point where, at the old Clinton
home, on June %, 1875, the first outing
was held. The number participating in
in the Tooele valley. Then again in
1855 Salt Lake ard Tooele Joined and
another outing was held at Lake Point.
Today, a quarter of century later, the
two again join hands and the old folks
outing was held in the Anaconda of
Utah-Tooele.
Was Happy Day for All.
Tt was happy day for the old as
it was happy day for the young. The
aged men and women were like so many
children. They laid aside care and
worry for the time being and gave
themselves up to day of enjoyment, to
forms in the party; there were faces
furrowed with wrinkles; there were
white-haired men and women, but the
face of each was wreathed with smiles.
1t was their day, the day always looked
forward to as another oasis reached in
the journey Of life.
And the younger people who looked
after the wants of the aged, who as"
sisted in making the day a happy one,
era in their lives. 1t gave them oppor-
tunity to show their love and reverence
for those who had been pioneers, who
had helped to make the desert blossom
as the rose; who had builded better than
they knew, who had aided in the build
ing up of great state, an empire In
itself.
Was Great Gathering,
Tt was, therefore. happy party. It
was, as said in the beginning OF this
story, such an outing, such n congrega.
tion as could nowhere else be got to"
| gether, for nowhere else in America is
there such cosmopolitan community
| as in Utah.
| These old people. these young people
were given opportunity to visit a great
smelling plant, to see n giant chimney,
the ta]lesJ smoke stack in the world,
and the people who were on this train,
the 1000 people could have stood in
side this great chimney. 1t was the
| trip Of n lifetime to many.
And at Tooele the good people of
the county had prepared a sumptuous
feast, There were fifty -fvo people in
Tooele who were past 70 years of age
and SO of these were present In the
grove where this great feast was spread
and where it was served by handsome
women and beautiful girls.
After the feast of good things was
over there were exercises in which q
number Of speeches. short ones they
were, were made. There was music by
soloists,. quartette, by congregation and
by band
President Mcbride called the big au-
dience to order The hymn, "Come,
Come Ye Saints, was sung by the con-
gregation and then Mayor Marshall Of
Tooele was introduced and delivered Il
welcome address as follows:
Mayor Marshal's Welcome.
Ladies and gentlemen friends and fel-
that greet you here today. 1t has never
been my lot to mingle In n gathering OF
this kind before. Your badges. ! see; de-
note that you have been lighting life s
battles for the greater part of a GEN.
tury. Many OF you, no doubt, have been
struggling against great odds during the
greater part OF your lives; many OF you
have had TO paddle against the stream.
and particularly those OF you who came
to this state in the early days. Many
times you have likely been called upon 10
do a large amount OF work on n small
amount OF food and after the days strug-
gle was over. did not have downy couch
sibly a quilt laid between you and the
soft side OF board.
II is most fitting and appropriate that
in your declining years you should be per-
miited to throw of life's cares for q
brief period and be feasted and dined,
and I assure you most sincerely that we
of this CITY and county consider 1t the
highest possible honor to have YOU for
our guests here today. We hope that II
may instill into the hearts OF the young
the reverence that is always due to age
and I sincerely welcome you In behalf
OF the people, and hope you may drop
nj least for today your cares and per-
H njexities and enjoy yourselves to the
fullest extent; l hope and pray that the
DAVIS festivities may be carried through
To "a successful finish and that you may
all be returned TO your homes, without