Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18
UTAH Club PLANS
STATE OBSERVANCE.
Members Here to Celebrate
Founders Day on
+, July "A.
BY MARGARET B. DoWNING.

Founders day, and known to al
denizens of this Commonwealth az
Pioneer day, the date on which Is
commemorated the arrival OF the first
Utah settlers In the Salt Lake Valley
in 1S47.
The local Utah Society will cele.
brate in betting fashion this epochal
event Of it's annals, and with this the
society will terminate q very active
and successful season. This vigorous
young organization was formed In the
Spring of 1918, and the following ON.
GERS were elected at the first business
meeting: Lorenzo Richards, presl'
dent; Miss Edna Malan, vice president,
and Wesley Horseley, secretary. They
served for several years, but eventu-
ally yielded to the lure of the Golden
West and returned to Utah, where
each has carved out a prosperous and
worthy career These founders OF the
first Utah Society in the Capital Wiii
be duly honored at the state cay
gathering to take place at Halns
Point next Sunday afternoon. This
will be a basket picnic. with quiet,
neighboriy intercourse, no Sc.
speeches nor formal numbers OF any
sort, but a reverent remembrance OF
the covered wagon" and the intreplo
early months Of 1S47.
Activities of the Club.
The Utah Club is unusually active.
A business meeting marks the opening
OF the season, generally held on All
Hallow Eve, and after the AFFAIRS OF
the society are settled for the year
there is a frolic after the accepteo
traditions of this day. A ThanksglV-
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ture. .,,
An annual banquet is given every
February and is always q felcitous
affair. the one last Winter having
been addressed by a number or proml-
nent officials of the State. Associate
Justice George Sutherland OF the
United States Supreme Court was
principal speaker and Gen. Frank 4.
Hines acted as toastmaster. BESIDES
these three formal and regular enter
tainments. throughout the year the
Utahans give dances, card parties, mu-
steals and picnics.
According to the rule fixed at its
organization, the club has but four
officers, and those serving at present
are Arthur McGregor, president; Mrs.
Jack Stirrat, vice president Elmer w.
Pratt, secretary, and g. Stanley Nc
[ Allister, treasurer. Senator Smoot Is
: the chairman of the executive commit
tee and the vice chairman Is Senator
King, and despite the grueiing. duties
OF both, they give their State society
diligent attention. The other mem
bers ere Representative Leatherwood,
Representative Cotton, Fred s. Schow,
Alfred K. Cherry and Mrs. Lee Hig.
ginbotham.
The Utah Club was organized en-
tireIy for social intercourse and wei
fare endeavors for the members, and
these duties are discharged with q
rare degree of zeal and exactness.
For instance, the Utah Club sees to 1t
that every student within the gates
who has a claim on the state Is not
lonely at Christmas andsons other holt
days. There are approximately 500
citizens of Utah resident In Whshings
ton, and three-fourths of these are
members of the club. Not only does
the club give opportunity for enjoy
ment, but the members privately look
after the students throughout the
school year, and in case of sickness
and trouble they proffer all aid pos
sible. During the scholastic year just
ended there We're more than 100 young
people from Utah specializing in vari-
GUS local colleges and universities,
George Washington Law School alone
counting 80.
State Flower Reproduced.
Combined with social intercourse
and the pleasant task of looking after
the young people from the State tenn
porarily In Washington for educa.
tional purposes, the Utahans labor dill
igently in behalf of their States prog
ress. The sego lily is their flower and
1t is always in evidence. either in the
natural bloom or well reproduced in
paper, cloth or silk. The root or tuber
of this lily furnished the first food
which travellers in the covered
wagons dug from the soil of their
new home, and for q long time it was
a staple vegetable. But now the, sego
is raised for floral decoration and hal
lowed as a historic association Of the
beginnings Of the State.
At the musicals and literary eve.
nings held by the society during the
Winter the scenic beauty of Utah is
depicted on the screen, and lectures
by noted men and women are given
on the Zion Park, part Of the vast
Rocky Mountain national park sys-
tenn under the control of the Depart
ment of the Interior. Bryce,s Canyon
is an outstanding feature Of this grand
panorama and figures on many can
vases showing this chain of noun.
tains. A visitor may also get an ex-
cellent idea of the progress of Salt
Lake City, its beauty and prosperity,
and also of the delights of bathing in
a great body Of salt water where
there is no danger of drowning. no
matter how reckless the swimmer may
become. The vast open spaces, of
which the westerner is so prone to
talk, are frequently shown at these
lectures, ana the unfortunate who live
in the crowded cities of the Atlantic
seaboard, noting the fertile plains
where almost countless herds of sheep
Craze, often feel the urge to try their
fortunes beyond the Great Divide.
Many Prominent Members.
Utah is represented in Washington
and in its local society byxsome Of the
most important members of the ON
cial world. The Secretary of Agricul
ture. who spent many useful years In
Utah, takes a cordial interest IN the
club and, with Mrs. Jardfne, has been
q frequent attendant on social coca,
sions. Associate Justice and Mrs
Sutherland called Salt Lake City their
home for many years, and though now
permanently q part Of Washington
official circle, they still visit Utah and
keep alive the pleasant memories con
nected with their early residence there
Among the members of the Utah
Club who bear q heavy burden in pub.
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