Show FLOATS IN THE BREEZE Heralds Ensign Peak Flag I Raised Yesterday T Morning PRESENTATION SPEECHES 4 And Acceptance on Behalf of the State By Governor Wells And on Behalf of the Signal Corps By Lieutenant StimpsonSalutes to Old Glory Fired By the Veteran Artillery Company Editorial Comment of the Deseret News on the Flag Raising The Heralds Ensign peak proposition proposi-tion is now a fact For the first time in 50 years or thereabouts Old Glory floated from the historic peak yesterday morning just as theSun came over the peaks of the Wasatch faintly tinging the valley and shining with ravishing splendor on the Oquirrh hills to the west There was a slight delay owing to the absence of Lieutenant Sharkey of the signal corps of the N G U and who had been one of the locators of the staff several days ago When all hopes of his arrival had passed when the valley below had been scanned with powerful field glasses in the hope that a few more military forms might be seen the management of the affair was assumed by Lieutenant Stimp li son It had been the original intention to have Mr R G Taysum an old em I ployee of The Herald informally turnover turn-over to the signal corps the flag awaiting await-ing the further ceremonies on Capitol hill several hundred feet below and where the battery of the N G U was I to fire a salute As the watchers on the peak peered i down into the valley awaiting the arrival II ar-rival of the derelict members of the signal corps the flutter of calico was seen in the distance and soon Irene Tajsum 11 years of age walked in upon the astonished flag raisers When chided for her coming out at I that hour in the morning she simply replied Papa I could not help it I just had to come there was something some-thing that pulled me hereIn here-In consideration of the exploit of the little JOea trip by the way was nothing tb her as she has made regular regu-lar trips to the peak for many years J past she was allowed to read the a c H I speech of informal presentation of the flag and staff to the signal corps which she did in a clear voice and to the de III I 4tRa LIEUTENANT SHARKEY I Signal Corps I I light of the members of the signal corps and a few others who were present = pres-ent The informal speech of presentation was as follows THE PRESENTATION Lieutenant Stimp on and Gentlemen err d fhe s i1 1 = r 1 j LIEUTENANT STTBISON Signal Corps of the Signal Corps of the Utah National Na-tional Guard In the name of The Herald company at whose expense in a great measure this flagstaff has been erected and this emblem of liberty conveyed to the peak where we now standa peak made historic by the founders of Utah 50 years agoI beg to informally present to you this em blem of your country which no one should prize greater than the citizen soldiery of which you form a most important part While to you at this time the Hag and the staff and the care thereof is given at a later hour the tribute to the men who did 50 years ago just what you are now about to do will be turned over to the governor gov-ernor of the state yet I ask you to guard it tell Yesterday the flag which will soon float above us raised by your hands was merely an ordinary piece of good old United States bunting bunt-ing yet is it true that when you shall remove it from its place as you will it will become a partand a very important im-portant part I take UOf the history of the state of which you all must be proud and for whose future you have a deep and abiding feeling > else you Cdhtinued on Page 6 J l 1 ll i o FLOATS IN THE BREEZE l Continued From Page 2 would not be here at this hour upon this mission and wearing the uniform which the best and wisest men in this state shoujd beproud to don Having a you did but a few days ago located the spot where the staff t should stand i was deemed by the company whom I only represent proper that you should have charge of the raising of the old flag which will soon adorn it Now take it run it to the masthead and In years to come when your hair i is grayer than it is now when zour step a so feeble thsxt you will be unable to the ascent that make you hae accomplished this morning wuen indeed you shall have lived to see the centennial of the founding of Utah I hope you will each and everyone of you be able to say to your children to relatives and friends Fifty years ago It tocommemorate in a small way the i > workof the pioneers of Utah I helped f to perpetuate their memory by aiding in planting upon Ensign peak that it I Has I I want to say to you gentlemen inclosing 1 in-closing that The Herald company fully t appreciates the labor of love that you will have accomplished when the hand I I ff f A1 l i Mn4L I lJ I SERGLP CAUSE J Signal Corps somest flag that the world ever saw i flies in the blue sky above this peak j and in their behalf although i maybe may-be done later in a Tnore eloquent way I tender to you their thanks and their best wipSies Hay each and everyone of you each and everyone of our citizen citi-zen soldiery live to see the day when this flag shall be raised to celebrate centennial of the I the cntennial anniversary entrance en-trance of the pioneers into the valley of the Great Salt Lake I LIEUTENANT REPLIES F When LIUNANT the applause following the conclusion con-clusion of the speech had died away Lieutenant Stimpson in behalf of the signal corps and the two members I E vho were on the peak J A Green wald and Ed H Smith responded in a I few words He told The Herald representative sentative of the pleasure it had afforded L af-forded the signal corps to respond to the request of The Herald company on iii such an occasion and said that it would be an event in the history of the state The Herald and the signal corps that could never be affected Applause followed the conclusion of the litutenants acceptance of the flag and i was then handed to him by Mr Tjiysum and the ceremony of hauling i to the top of the 100foot pole followed fol-lowed I was not an easy task how I i J f r htke SESGEASTT SMITH Signal Corps ever and several attempts were made ere Old Glory floated out on the fine k morning air free and untrammeled As i gradually unfurled itself to the t breeze however the assembled company r com-pany gave three hearty cheers and began to descend the peak On arriving at the head of Main street a few minutes later they found there the veteran artillery company or members of it who immediately at the conclusion of the national salute turned their guns north and fired six volleys representing the word Her ald aldThus ended the ceremonies of pacIng pac-ing The Herald flag on Ensign peak r merely paving the way for the more formal ceremonies that had been arranged ar-ranged to follow FORMAL PRESENTATION At about 8 oclock the formal presentation presen-tation was made by the manager of The Herald E A McDaniel in the i presence of Governor Wells and staff Adjutant General John Q Cannon Colonel G H Penrose surgeon general Coloel C S Burton quartermaster general Colonel A W lock general inspector tare practice Lieutenant Lieutenant Colonel H J Newman aide Colonel N W Clayton aide de camp t de camp < deOther people present were Judge Bartch John Henry Smith C L Rood secretary and treasurer Herald company com-pany and many others There was deposited in the lead receptacle re-ceptacle a copy of The Herald a formal for-mal dedication of the staff and flag by the executive officers of The Herald r company A list of the names of all r who contributed to the staff and a list Herald employees of The Herd employee fJ Te presentation speech was as follows fol-lows I lowsGovernor Wells It becomes my pleasant duty in the absence of the > president of The Herald company to I I i I SERGE TOBIAS Signal Corps present through you to the tate of r Utah the llagssaft and flag which you > behold on Ensign leak The Herald company desirous of fittingly fit-tingly commemorating the 50th anni versarv of the entrance of the pioneers I r into the state has erected this monument monu-ment of freedom and dedicated it to the cause of freedom and good government gov-ernment I will also serve as a monument to I the pioneers and will ever be an emblem em-blem of freedom to the eople of this state symbolizing as it does loyalty to the eovemment of the United States and to the Rovernment of the state A number of patriotic citizens desirous de-sirous of eing identified with the enters en-ters took advantage of the offer made and havecontrlbuted to the erection erec-tion of this flagstaff and the all join heartily in this donation to the state Sir it is hoped that you wH accept 1T4py 4py jr SERGEANT uAlJTBERT Signal Corps of this commemorative monument in the soirit that it is tendered and that it may stand forever and that on all fitting occasions the flag of our beloved country may float from it < silent but powerful reminder to the people of instate in-state of their duty to the national and state governments THE GOVERNORU REPLY Governor Wells in reply said I is fitting that the pubic sentiment senti-ment which from the pioneer year has enshrined the bnsign peak and held it sacred to one day be crowned with the nations flag should find its expression in the public spirit of so weil krown and influential an exponent as The Herald Her-ald But for the forethought and enter ener prise and patriotism of The Herad company the commemoration of that important achievement of the pioneers the first unfurling of the starry banner ban-ner in Utahmight have been forgotten gotten Therefore I earnestly and sincerely sin-cerely congratalate you sir and your great paper that the ensign of liberty now floats from yonder natural monument monu-ment which 50 years ago was 1lnu I cated to that purpose by the pioneEr patriots o our state I accept your I generous offer in behalf of the state and all our people and it shall be my pleasure and duty so longas God permits per-mits me to be a servant of the people to see that on all public occasions de manding i our beloved fag sba proudly float from that standara I is always a joyous thing to me to behod the stars and stripes floafirig high upon up-on these peaks near the Tome of the eagle the American emblem of liberty and when we view the flag on Ensign peak iI the Dasing years let it bring to us all pleasant thoughts of the pioneers pio-neers of this great celebration and of The Herald and let it remind us that we are a part of the wisest and best government under the sun and that our people are a tree a the rock hatched eagles and will continue to be so so long as they maintain unsullied the honor of that flag DESERET NEWS COMMENTS Of the flag raising theDeseret News last evening said editorially It was an appropriate thought I given gven expression by The Salt Lake Herald today in its unfurling of the stars and stripes from Ensign peak The circumstances cir-cumstances were such > that to have deferred de-ferred the evnt some days to the exact ex-act fiftieth anniversary of the first raising of the flag on that mountaintop mountain-top would have postponed the event till most of the Jubilee visitors had I gone and they would have lost the impressiveness of what really was a occurrence of special import in the history his-tory of Utah hence it was much preferable pre-ferable to do this anniversary flag raising on the day which commemorates commemor-ates the original advent of the pioneers I From that date this was American soil although i still was claimed by Mexico the entrance of the pioneers being in fact a formal taking possession posses-sion of i on behalf of the United States This was the sentiment of the pioneers themselves for more than a year previous their brothers of the Mormon battalion had left for the west with the design of aiding in securing to the United States the whole of its I present western domain The stars and stripes never waved more proudly over a land of the free and a home of the brave than it did in this valley in 1847 or than it does on Ensign peak today Two days after President Brigham Young came into the valley on Monday day July 26 1847 Brigham Young He ber C Kimball Wilford Woodruff and others of the pioneers ascended the t v Ji SERGEANT GBEEKTEWALD Signal Corps peak where they had a magnificent view of mountains valley lake and streams most impressive scene and one which today is worth the mountain moun-tain climb to behold with the change which has taken place President Young was enthused with the prospect and exclaimed that that would be a I good place to raise an ensign Thus l the mountain received its name Ensign r I peak A few weeks later a company of the pioneers ascended the peak and there unfurled the American flag rejoicing j joicing under the emblem of freedom All this was before there was organized organ-ized political government here Subsequent Sub-sequent to that day the provisional state of Deseret was organized Later congress formed a territorial government govern-ment and gave to the place the name o Utah Now Utah is passed ito the full privileges of a member in the union of states and may the unfurling of the stars and stripes on the summit of Ensig peak on the Jubilee anniversary anniver-sary be as truly a signal of peace prosper happiness and loyalty to the people of these vales as was the raising of that glorious flag at the same place 50 years ago VETERAN ARTILLERY COMPANY List of members of the veteran artillery ar-tillery company who were on duty in firing salutes on the 19th 20th and 24th of July 1897 Captain of battery Andrew J Tay sum aged 72 George Bourne lieutenant lieuten-ant of battery aged 65 captain of ten Hyrum P Folsom aged 56 captain often of-ten George Tall aged 72 acting captain cap-tain of ten James Solomon aged 66 Men Richard W McAllister 74 Wil lam Jones 65 William H Perkes 59 Oliver N Ostler 52 Philip Broaks 56 I Joseph Matthews 78 George F Brooks 63 Henry Walters 70 Edmund Brooks 66 William B Woods 66 John Lees 63 Thomas Moss 56 B F Thornbarg 66 James Evans 65 Tornb r Charles Rogers 59 John H Bain 52 William Sadler 74 William Evans 57 George Luff 58 Caleb Jones 70 Joseph Jo-seph D Lyron 65 Thomas C Griggs 52 John Lyon 65 William Long more 60 W P Read 49 Praise For the Herald I was a grand glorious procession Whatever its motive the action that carried Saturdays exhibitions to sue f < < f r cess deserved unstinted commendation I never got a good returns from 25 cents as from the quarter I paid for a seat to observe the pageant Not a pioneer living or dead even in his most extravagant and entrancing dreams or visions ever saw anything half so sublime I was a sight that will live until the centennial jubilee comes in the memories of thousands 0 who were fortunate enough t see it l was an iridescent reality a living picture a mighty presence A measureless prophesy I would be weakness to select any part for special praise I was a superb whole and will never be surpassed in the state because be-cause the same elements can never be brought together again The next occasion oc-casion is so far away that all who took part inthis as living actors in early Utah will have passed There was one feature of the day so far withdrawn from the great parade as to attract no attention in connection 1 with it and to that reference may be made I refer to The Heralds flag on Ensign Heights As I watched that fag through a powerful glass i seemed seem-ed almost a living thing and I could half fancy I saw beneath i Brigham and Heber and hosts cf those who helped to make Utah great their faces wreathed in smiles and their lips voicing voic-ing blessings upon the people The stars and stripes aloft there fluttering flut-tering in glory above the gorgeous day was t my mind one of the most beautiful beau-tiful of all the beautiful sentiments tow to-w ich the Jubilee year has given birth The Herald has good reason to be proud of its Old Glory on the Heights CHARLES ELLIS CARLES ELLI Battery As Salute Two guns of battery A commanded by Lieutenant Jackson fired the salute to the flag at S oclock Although the balance of the officers of the battery were present the honor was conferred upon his officer because of his connection con-nection with the paper The only regret re-gret on the part of the members of the battery is that the lateness of the hour in getting smarted prevented getting get-ting closer to the peak When the battery returned from firIng fir-ing i was provided with breakfast by Manager McDaniel who has the thanks of the hungry men who had been out nearly all the night before at Garfield and who had no chance of obtaining anything to eat |