The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-25

Is with appropriate exercises OF EeNeT
enct and Thanksgiving. Business cares
md daily routine were sidetracked. All
was forgotten save sincere tribute to the
sterling man OF ~.
Three Score Years Ago,
brave band OF pioneers. numbering li2
men. two women and one child, the van
guard Of thousands who followed in after
years. emerged from the mouth Of Emil
1000 niles across the plains from the
Missouri river On that day the hand
the hard: hips and tribulatIons of stern
seasons written on their faces looked
over the valley OF the Great Salt Lake
and d realized that they had al last found
brond expansc OF barren ground, COW
cred with sagebrush. salt grass and
a!knli. Here and there groups OF bleachcd
scrub Gotten woods marked the courses
ot small streams from tie surrounding
mountains 10 the shimmcrins. mysterious
lake beyond. There was no sign OF life
yet Brigham Young and his brave fol-
lowers called IL tie promised land,
Since that dav a wonderful change has
been wrouei, and n great commonwealth
has been established which has more
than proven its right 10 Jhc name applied
on that memorable day in Js4l. The
scene thci vas then viewed by the little
hand has bccn transformed into great
cosmopolitan community. SkyScrapers.
business blocks bus;ling thoiouchfares
electric and steam railways, thousands OF
thrifty citizens and all that goes 70 mako
I'D q biz modern city. 10 say nothing oi
the Dounteous farm lands within easy
striking distance, have sunplantcd hot
sand, barren ground and lifcless desert
Salt Lakes Celebration.
While Yesterday WAS a state holiday
and people with one accord observed The
occasion either in gatherings or lndi-
Il 11I,,.
lion ccntcrel at Salt Lake. And al
though the nearby resorts as well as city
homes were scenes Of various exercises
IN honor OF the event. the cclebra ton
proper within the city was at Wanda
mere, where thousands Joined In whole
some amusement ard witnessed i'm
tngly selected for the purpose. for In
carly DAYS Il was customary for the
pioneers TO gather at Caldcr's Grove. as
IL was then known. 10 s,clebrate the
event OF their arrival in the valley and
oner ND thanksgiving to their Maker.
IN later years the place became known
ms caders park and within the past
Few years has taken Its present name
Formal services in honor of the day
were carried out on the replica OF the
battcship Utah. anchored at the eX-
tTeme eastern end OF the beautiful lake.
The attending throngs found seats In
the natural ampitnc.ter on the cast
shore facing the miniature man~of war.
bearing the states name. So many were
ed back TO the gates OF The resorts and
along either side OF the lake, But IL
was the honored guests. with silvery
locks: chnracterful faces and bent forms.
wearing badges that told OF the part
they played In the moulding OF the COM
munitys destiny back In former years,
gathering listened intently to able
speakers, who extoIled the fortltude and
courage OF the carly settlers OF Utah,
and who rccountcd tho wonderful prog
ress that mad been founded upon their
efforts.
Contrast Is Impressive.
Beautiful In every detail. the entire
setting was one OF sharp contrast TO the
scene that met The tired gaze OF the pio-
neers on that same day. sixty four years
hand bore tho smiles OF happy con-
sciences. This was the beauty spo, made
possible by the cvcntful pilgrimage across
the plains and through the craggy noun
talns.. The JOY in their hearts came from
9 realization Of duties well performed and
days we'll spent.
Tho national colors were on every hand.
while against the folds of a gxeat Ameri-
can iaS on the deck OF the replica battle
ship stood pictures OF Brigham Young.
Wllford Woodruff and other great leaders
OF lie Mormon church in early times
the programme was arranged and car
ried out splcndidly by a committee COM
posed OF representatives of the Daugh-
ters OF Pioneers. the Mormon battalion.
Sons of Pioneers, Daughters Of the Utah
Handcort Pioneers, Daughters OF the Nor
mon Battalion, the Handcart Veterans
and the Chronological Society OF Utah
j was composed of Willard Young chair
man: T. F. Grant. Elizabeth r. Wright
Flora Il. Horne Hannah s I.apish. Sara h
w. Swift. Abbie II. Crowley, Mabel T.
Davis. Alex Burt, Thomas Dobson Joseph
+. Smith Jr.. and Nephl Anderson.
Programme Of the Day.
Shortly after II O'Clock in the forenoon
the exercises We're commenced Willard
Young. son of Brigham Young acted
as master OF ceremonies. Following a
patriotic selection by the band witch
enjoyed Il point Of vantage above the
waters OF the lagoon. Invocation wca Of
fcrcd by ]. Golden kimball In n short
but impressive speech Anthon II Lund
OF the mrs; presidency OF the Mormon
church welcomed the surviving members
of the original band OF Utah pioneers
their immediate followers and other carly
settlers OF the 3tate and their descend :
ants. as well as the large audience OF In
terested citiIens
The orat!on of the day was delivered
hy Prof. Levi Edgar Young OF the Tni.
ycrslty OF Utah. lie paid a high tribute
10 The Jesuit and Franc scan monks OF
nld, who in the seventeenth and eign-
tcenth centuries explored the west in
their crude way as far as Utah and
taught the Ute Indians tho Sign OF the
cross and the true meaning Of true
Clristian love, He then declared thai
lie Mormon pioneers had performed a
similar mission on a broader and much
more effective plan. with institutions tina I
made for the truest AmcTicanism. He