Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-04-13 | Page 31 | Utahn of '47 Will Plant Tree in Park

OF 41 17 KILL ILL III PLANT P l AN T AEE I N PARK Uncle Will rill Smoot Who tj Came With ri l Brigham oung Chosen fo ArborDay Arbor ArborDay Day pay Ceremony at Sugar I J WILT WILL II TJ SMOOT S will plant the first tree on Arbor day in m IV w he lie new public park at Sugar House Honse chich was was was' officially accepted yes yes- the Salt Lake Cit City commis- commis Sugar louse House is to haer have ha r esda what will ivill probably be he the lost important Arbor day flee nce ce in Utah I Due Due to the work ork of the Bu Business iness tens ten's l n 8 league composed of two forty-two t of House ouse an and the eness of the Salt Lake con com which accepted the park yes- yes e Iy erday s in in J behalf 11 ii i. i of the municipality 1 ah tie nc gl w will WUl mu IJ jie i U ii U li u jj Pass raS and shrubbery and flowers nd id d will Avill be made one of the prettiest to announce- announce Tots pots in Utah according lent lent made yesterday in behalf of the and and the league In WA W W. Almost a years ears A A i A. A Smoot Is not only onh a pioneer set- set er of or Sugar House but the one SUli sur- sur i lying iving- ng member of the first company compan of oC rmon ormon who came to this alley illey ill e under leadership of oC the tha late hate resident Brigham Young reaching te le le site gile of oC the future Salt Lake Lah-e City rl rr July 24 24 4 lS 1847 1347 7 There was no Utah t I that time for or this region was part tiie Mexican domain The territory Utah was formed after the arrival al althe the Khe Mormon ormon pioneers and antl tho the cession thIs great western region to the tho States by Mexico For man many years ears Mr l' l Smoot was bish- bish 3 of Sugar House ward and has seen r tory r step in progress taken in that whoso whose inhabitants re- re ird rd him as one of ot tho the staunchest cit cit- I ens In this commonwealth of or the I Those who knew kne him best I id d have learned to hold In highest teem his sterling qualities have bave di this dis- I the colder title of ot bishop which by ley formerly applied to him and aid now IlOW the pioneer r with the more onate nate Uncle WIll Vill of or their own loosing moosing It is regarded as a fitting nor mor or to the Sugar Su-ar House community fd Id the time pioneer settler that Uncle Will noot should plant the time first tree Tues- Tues l. l 0 iy In the new public park which is Ibe beautified to a 0 degree deglee of oC eness veness unsurpassed In a state stale noted Ir r i Its natural splendors manly men 1 fd ud 1 beautiful women FJone-erH FJone Pioneer Make Utah as a a sugar producing state has ide repute in in the time world but few Cew who this knowle know also that L ye e knowledge knowledge- tc e e first attempt to manufacture sU sugar ar ars as is s made In the locality which derived name from the pioneer effort In 18 1832 a n. report was as made at a a. Suny Sun- Sun l- l meeting y lucid heM in the Old Bower Bowery II Temple j square this square this was nearly nearl years ears before the Tabernacle Tabernacles is s built that built that Ellas Elias Morris was on onS ons onway S s way say from St St. Louis bringing lI by byams byams ams ms some sugar manufacturing ma- ma As an aside It ma may be said Morris later hater became bishop of e old did Fifteenth th ward and was as the time I ther of oC President Nephi L L. Morris orris the Salt SaIl Lake stake I president r Brigham Young told the I In in the Old Bowery that hn ihn Taylor who ho was then themi on a a. a milon mil mil- oh on on In France had purchased there the making igar-making machinery which was as Swiss construction The machinery Line me and was set up in tn was aft aft- wards ward called Sugar House ward Mr 11 orris who brought the machinery re re had no part in putting up the Indin to contain it It because he was wa lied b by Brigham Young Toun- to go o to tod dar d r City Iron county to erect iron fron It was there thele that on one of Dish Dish- 1 Morris orris' daughters Mrs Edward T 1 was born in 1859 her husband Ing today todar a a. prominent contractor er-c. er rc I lie Fond FontI of Tilling Filling Soil Sull Undo Uncle Will Smoot has te seen seemu n all of or things come In their turn and still as progressive he as the youngest an In Utah He says st the time tree that ho ill plant in the now park parI at Sugar I use ouse on Tuesday will win be a beauty I hen hEm it grows rows up and that he hopes to tove confidently confident that he and ye-and ve and asserts assert to Ill to plant man many more trees on her ther Arbor days Uncle Wilt Will Is an en- en on tilling the soil and has had lund ic ric rie of or the time firmest finest war gardens In time the ate te during the period sinco 1914 He Ho Heis Fi is always alvas had a good garden but reo re- re o bied his efforts during the conflict lUst st to help thrash those inhuman r uns Una ns he says Ras Though hough the sugar factory factor with the I 1 brought from France and toss Cross th the plains in 18 1852 2 with so much r Uble and at hea heavy expense never otto to the sugar producing stage stag it tuttle side a start in the right direction rom om which has grown ono one of ot the II hUest Industries the thc world haRe has haR e sen een n. n The nearest to sugar that the lie thed liel l 1 d Sugar Rouse House factory factor ever er achieved as a L cross bet between molasses and rown sU sugar ar Tt It was waR made from Crom cane ugar Ugar beets being then n unknown In InQ ino Q- Q o world Citizens of or Salt SaiL T Lake lc are Invited by br byi byte te i Sugar House Business s Mens Men's league Jongue go down there Tuesday Tuesday take take tho the s-ar s House car carP to to see Uncle Will root noot the solo survivor BuT o of the first company of 1 1847 Sc plant the first firste Root fee f e In what whal will become It la Is pre- pre ted one of the prettiest public parks park h fr Its size in the United d States