The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-01
FIRST BANQUET
Of BONNEVILLE
CLUB SUCCESS
Representative Gathering Is
Addressed by Senator
Thomas and Governor
Anmons of Colorado.
UTAH'S EXECUTIVE
is POSTMASTER
Colorado Solon Discusses
'the Currency Bill and Its
Probable Effects on
the Country"

Two hundred prominent business and
professional men of Salt Lake applaud
ed vigorously last night when Senator
Charles s. Thomas of Colorado, at che
first monthly dinner OF the Bonneville
club, announced his conviction that the
panic Of 1907 was the last that the
United States would ever experience.
This statement by the eloquent Colo
rado senator was made in the course of
an able address on f'The Currency Bill
and Its Probable Effects on the Coun-
try" Though the subject called for
rather technical discussion OF the
measure his exposition was so clear that
his address was most entertaining and
instructive.
The Bonneville club last night enter
tanned another distinguished guest in
the person of Governor Elias NJ Am
mons Of Colorado. Governor Ammons
delivered an excellent impromptu
speech, addressing himself to the high
cost Of living and the solution of the
problem through the reclamation and
cultivation of millions of acres Of land
in Utah, Colorado and other intermoun-
tain states. The governor said that the
people Of the western states should
unite and cooperate in securing from
the government the rights to water and
land that are unquestionably theirs,
and In preparing for the reception of
thousands of persons who are seeking
homes among the acres now barren.
Note of Cooperation.
In the addresses of Senator Thomas
and Governor Ammons note of har.
monious cooperation and union was
Bonneville club harmoniously respond
ed, with the result that the bond of
friendship between the representative
men Of the two sister states was ma
terially strengthened. At the conclu-
sion of the dinner, Governor William
Spry Of Utah proposed toast to Colo
RADIO to which Senator Thomas gracious
ly responded with a toast to Utah.
The tasty decorations Of the main
dining room of the Hotel Utah, the ex-
cellent music by the hotel orchestra
and the male quartette, and the superb
menu and perfect service, contributed
greatly to the SUCCESS OF the dinner,
The character Of the attendance was
indicative Of the interest not only In
the subject of the principal address Of
the evening, but also in the object of
the club in bringing to Salt Lake emf
nent speakers from all parts of the
country to speak on important subjects
of vital interest to patriotic citizens.
Spry Is Toastmaster.
Governor William Spry acted as
toastmaster at last nights banquet.
He was introduced by A. N. Mckay,
vice president Of tho Bonneville club.
In introducing Governor Ammons of
Colorado, Governor Spry took occasion
TO thank the governor Of Colorado for
the able address he had delivered at the
Farmers roundup at Logan. He called
attention to the great interest the gov
ernor has taken in the reclamation and
development Of the west, and said that
the governor of Colorado, in common
With the people OF Colorado and the
people Of Utah, was looking forward
With pleasure to the completion of the
Moffat road which would link more
closely the capital of Colorado with
he capital city of Utah.
Makes Pleasing Address.
Governor Ammons said that the ex-
,erience of preceding Senator Thomas
vas new one to him. AS long as he
.ould remember, ho said, he had either
,een. following the senator or getting
mt of his way. He called attention to
he common interests of Utah and Colo
ado, saying:
On my visits 10 Utah have been
more and more Impressed that you
hnye in Utah exactly the same prob
lens and conditions that we have In
Colorado Your agricultural and
stock raising problems are exactly
the same as ours. Mining and in
dustrial conditions In Utah and Colo
rado are precisely Tho same. In con-
ferring with the governor Of Utah. I
learn that We both want the roads Of