The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-08

President Johnson as memoer OF 1ne
clubs finance committee, who had ren-
dcred valuable service In financing tle
cluhs new home spoke briefly or the
work OF Samuel Ncwhousc for tho upbuIld-
ing OF the state. laying special Stress
upon his activity in developing mineral
resources.
A silent toast was drunk TO the mem
ory Of August w Carlson. former chair
man OF the finance committee.
Charles a. Quisley spoke IN nappg
and and the he Salt Lake Commercial club
didn't Just happen. In his els1'ern ,.l
years business experience in salt Lake
city. Mr.. Quiglcy said that Samuel New
house was "the one rcal i've lndiah he
had encountered.
Il. +. Coiborn was introduced by Prcsi-
dent Johnson as one who had spent nuch
OF his time In writing of the pGa4,dis, ''iS
resources and opportunities OF salt Lake
CITY Mr.. Colborn said tlfai recently ne
had been talking with man who had
witnessed the writings OF many pages oil
the history of the west This man hc
said. knew Samuel Ncwhouse when he
WAS riding the wheel horse on q trelghler
between Buena Vista and LeadNille:
Colo. He also knew Samuel Newhouse OF
today, and said that il was the same
Samuel Newhouse that he knew at Lead :
VILE.
President Johnson introduced o. w.
Powers who. as chairman of the legal
committee of the club rendered valuable
assistance TO the board OF governors dur
ing the period when contracts were helnS
made for the erection of the building
Judge Powers paid eloquent tribute TO the
work OF Mr.. Newhouse. saying that he,
for one had always entertained faith in
the work and plans of Mr.. Newhouse In
responding TO the call for an expression
Mr.. Newhousc spoke as follows:
Mr.. Newhouse' Response.
81 take the compliment of This dinner
as the bright outcrop of q golden Vein
of friendship IL delights me with IT'S
genuine lustev; 1t altunes my ear TO lie
sweetest harmonies and fills my heart to
overlooking with gratitude.
When fortune by turn OF her l!ckle
wheel gave me the opportunity TO choose
where | would permanently abide. ] bal
anccd FOR moment i'll my mind The
great metropolis OF the nation with all
its allurcments against The mountains
from whence my successes had come.
and argued Instantly that whatever ener-
gies remained to me and whatever for
tune ] had should be given TO the up
building OF the state that had been most
good TO me. and so instead Of choosing
future life among the unsNmpathetic.
money-loving and more or less soulless.
so-called civilization of The east / un-
hesitatingly decided to make my home
in the broad and generous west where
wealth have not yet, thank God, de-
stroyed the truth OF Bobby Burnss i'm
mortal line. n mans man for a that.
/ wanted To live with the men OF my
kind around me, where friendships creed
could be my creed and where l should
| attempt achievements for the pleasure
and not the gain OF them. might there
by earn FOR myself lasting place In the
affection OF my fellow men.
Has Faith in the West.
out The knowledge that 1 would not find
the ideal that | would not meet DELAYS
and dtsappointments, and find that envy.
hate. malice and all uncharitableness were
N q npl md Is,,,
| knew, or thought ! knew. that the wide
west would be big and generous enough
to soften all incongruities. and that in
the end all my dreams would be re-
allied. | will not disguise from YOU that
| | have found more. far more OF sorrow
and disappointment than ] anticipated,
and that back biting, calumny selfish
ness, Indifference. envy and unpatrIot-
ism have at times almost driven me 10
despair. but ] shall take with me TO the
finish the faith With which + started and
II God Will spare my life and uphold my
energies shall complete what bega n
and thereby, hope deserve a few words
OF mention in the pages OF Utah's ro-
that no man Is greater than the public
and that no amount Of courage or CAPITAL
can succeed In upbuilding a city or a
commonwealth except there be co-opera-
tion and moral support. 1t is equally true
mat the forces that beat down fortunes
are as nothing to the forces that beat
down and break The human heart, We
money melts away under tho fierce FIRE
of rapacitv and greed but when our
motives arc misjudged, our purposes Will
tulIN misunderstood and carping criticism,
takes The place OF loyalty and support
inc nearl bows down with sorrow and
courage wanes away
Many Disappointments.
u say 10 YOU now that whatever
measurcaple by money may have been
lost 10 me by the legerdemain OF fate