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Show rionoors' Day- U'ho gOivl people ol tliia city, and ill truth, of the territory, will ul -serve to day the twenty righth aiiuivt r-naiyofth. r-naiyofth. piuiuvis' entianeo into the Croat Sa t Lake vail.') as a general holiday; business will ho suspended, sus-pended, mtmaiitilo and banking houses cKwcd and work bud mmle, and the nienik r of the Ct'inimuiily will .-pentl lluii' l:nio in ijinrt eujoy-mQl eujoy-mQl and tho coiiirinplaiion of what has Wm'h accomphslifd in I'tah during dur-ing the twciin -eijiht year.- just eloped. Next in order to the nation's biilh-1 day, the 4th of July, ranks tno 2lth in the hearts ol the people of tins prosperous territory. Tiua who biaved tho tiauUhip.1 nece saiy to tho initial joiinu y to this land, erocsul the barren iw-tes, t ravel si d I lie lirvikl plains, eliiubcd the lofty mountains, desceiidtd the eTni-u gorges, now dialing iheir weaiy feet a'ong under the t'lirniin; rays ol an unclouded western eun, then facing fac-ing the furious storms of the Occident, and finally, ohelterle.-vi and friend h 0.1, savo as they were h lends of i ach I other, fame to the end ol their tiresome march 011 the site ol this beautiful city, have reason, today, to-day, to feel proud of their accom plishments. Tnose who have followed the path marked nut by the hardy pioneers, and have adopted 1'lah a their home, ate also thankful that tlittt journey, which terminated Ju! 21th, 1317, was undertaken. s Wo ali are pleased that its results have been : great, and that we nave the priv-1 ilege of celebiatin; it under such: pleasing ai.l pnwpemus circiiui I stances. And as year after year rolls around and bring with it the 21th of July, this great local annivcruy will lo an occ.ision of rt'j"icing and the imiu'j of the p'oueers be sp.ken with a decree id nverence t which their mighty undertaking entiths them. |