Show rr e UTAH'S BIRTHDAY A AN A A N excess of of or enthusiasm over the Pioneer Day culmination of or the theof Wizard of or the Wasatch festivities would auld scarcely bo be possible After Three days das of or uninterrupted enjoyment enjoy enjoy- ment which aroused apprehension that the he fourth and final da day might prove ra a a disappointing climax anti the Wards Ward ard ot Hof pf the Wizard dazzled the waiting thousands with a pa pageant that must become become come tho the permanent standard by byiCh jv iCh future futuro efforts shall be bo measured 1 y tt- tt Tit was a a. fitting finale to the most ts successful celebration Utah had over r enjoyed Not alone Ione for tor sm smooth oth reg regularity of 1 procession was 3 yesterdays yesterday's spectacle If It that were rere all all the guiding guiding- SPI spirits who have havo made the Wards Wards Wards' organization a a. synonym for cumulative energy enerS would merely have accomplished an ordinary triumph In mechanical obedience to orders and to a a. specific program Their achieve achieve- ment went is infinitely more moro momentous t than that It was In their marvelously marvelous- marvelous ly Jy successful presentation of a composite composite com com- picture of Utah lifo life that they capped their labors of ot three days with t the le supreme accomplishment of the tho J fourth Unfolding before the satisfied eyes of or the thousands thousands' of spectators who converted downtown Salt Lako Lake Lako streets into a a. congestion of humanity and a ar ariot ariot r riot ot of color was all the romance with which Utah's beginning her growth and hor her destiny are arc Invested in Before us in marching marching- line paraded tho the old and the tho new tho primitive ve and the modern the raw material and the t finished ed product While a 11 few of or those who were present when this In Inland In- In inland land empire was founded rode as honored honored honored hon hon- ored guests In tho the thoan van an of ot the procession sion n all aU the successive steps by which their labors became tho the glorious Utah of t. t today were depicted In float and ana Imagery Nothing was lacking to paint Utah as it was and as 88 it is Primitive methods teth s of ot conveyance were contrasted contrasted con con- with today's today s modes of ot transportation trans trans- the tho beginning of ot irrigation marked its first Introduction on th the the American continent contine t. t the tho tho jo Journey adios across across tho the plains that culminated In Ina ina a a. great state the various national floats that testified to the diversified peoples cello 3 ho have havo found In Utah the melting pot that that makes them Amer Americans mel leans and the historical s symbols that proved they hold fast only to the best traditions of ot the countries whence the they I came came all all these combined in a a. a march march- marchIng marchi i Ing ng picture of ot the new Utah and theold theold the oid old that are arc so much yet so much tho same Doubtless neither the tho written no nor r the tho spoken words could add to the tho satisfaction with which the Wards o othe of f the Wizard contemplate tho kaleidoscopic events c of ot tho the past pMt four days They havo have given us a a. playtime that removes from recollection all others we ever ever enjoyed They have havo increased our pride in Utah past and present by awakening our consciousness that the mory of ot the achievements the tho unfaltering courage and tho the endurance endur endur- endurance ance anc of ot t these ese pioneers is the common Of of all aU whether by birth or adoption They havo helped thousands of ot visitors to learn of ot us to understand d us and to rejoice In r dr r- r OUr unflinching Americanism The They deserve well of ot their fellow citizens |