The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-09-12
MUSIC PUBLISHING
HOUSE FOR OGDEN

Two new commercial enterprises
arc TO hozestablished in Ogden, that
OF publishing sheet music and the
manufacture and sale OF professional
lantern ,slides ,aDd .motlo1 pictures.
The music house will be owned and
controlled By H. &c n. Attwooll (Air
and Mrs. Harry AttwoolD, who have
already attained considerable success
as writer's and composers OF popular
songs.
The motion picture house will be es-
tablIshed by ] g. Herrick and Forde
Hassing, present proprietors OF the
Studio Royal.
Quarters have been secured by op-
tion in one OF the new buildings 10
be erected on Hudson avenue in the
immediate future.
The initial offering TO be produced
locally is the newly written song,
Utah from the versatile pens of
Mr and Mrs Attwooll This was the
feature song in last weeks program
at the Isis theater and attracted
much favorable comment from those
who listened TO It's pleasing melody
and words. and viewed the exception
al slides that accompanied H.
have cleverly introduced bits OF early
state history, eulogizing the hand
cart pioneers" as the founders of
Utah's greatness. and commenting on
the beauties of our natural scenery,
the mountains. the flowers and the
great inland sea.
The song is I'm three verses. and
the chorus is as follows,
All hail TO thee. o fair Utah;
May praises ever ring.
True love for thee. on land and sea,
Thy children's voices. sing.
The music was arranged by Charles
c. Thatcher, ono of Ogden's best
known musicians The title page OF
the music IS Illuminated with q pen
and ink sketch by Jack Held of Salt
Lake, and represents a pioneer train
crossing the plains with OK teams
and hand carts, the background con-
sistlng OF the mountain walled desert.
While In the foreground is field of
newly harvested golden grain. A
stalwart armed plainsman is seen urg-
Ing onward a team of slow moving
oxen attached TO a prairie schooner,
in which are seated the drivers wife
and infant. The wagon bears the
date 1S47 while among the grain
shocks are the figures 1910. emblem
attic OF the time that has elapsed
since the arrival of the vanguard Of
Utah's civilization.
An important feature In connection
with the sheet OF music is an 500
word sketch of state history entitled
The Builders of Utah." by John V.
Bluth of ogden. The sketch gives
an outline of the movements of the
Mormons following their departure
from Nauvoo in 1916 and graphically
tells the story of the great exodus
across the Indian infested plains in
search OF the Land of Promise.
The series OF beautiful slides which
accompany the song were made by
J. Herrlck from photographs TAX
en- by himself In various parts of the
state expressly for this song. The
artistic coloring Is also the work of
Mr. Herrick The views include those
of Pioneer or Eagle Gate. Salt L1ke
City; the Brigham Young monument.
City creek canyon. a storm on Great
Salt lake, Sewer lake with its wonder
ful mountain scenery. and other points
OF interest throughout Utah. There
is also an exceptional view Of the
water fall In ogden canyon, being
probably the finest ever secured by
a photographer This view has been
copyrighted by Mr. Herrick.
Glen Brothers Piano company has
ordered 5000 copies of the song.
Utah." In immediate recoenitIon M
It's merits and two later songs, of
similar theme, my Hearts in Old
Utah and MY Utah Rose" by the
same writer's are now ready for pub
llcation