Show SENATOR CLARK MADE WELCOME Vociferous V oci erous Cheering When the Special Special Special cial Tolled Pulled 1 Into Las Vegas GREAT GRE T FUTURE PREDICTED I WELL CHOSEN REMARKS OF MONTANA STATESMAN N Special to The rhe Horald I AS VEGAS EGAS I GAS Nev c via i Daggett CaL Cn Ca CaL LAS L L Upon the arrival here yesterday of or S Clark over the San Pe Pt WO l J Angeles Salt Ike J on his first trip since the of i ith the th route to Los Angeles he lt was vas ac ae a great geat ovation and very cor cordial cordial cordial dial reception by the people PeGI of lf the town A Aft the train pulled in tU th committee headed ty y Geor Butler the chairman waited upon the tle U e senator in tn his liL hi private es car extending tile the th pr gr greit t l ting log lag or fr the committe and then or 01 with Judge DU Dusenberry of Prove Utah the senator and the committee stepped upon the observation platform Judge JUdg Dusenberry in jn introducing in Son Sen Clark Cl rk highly complimented nt t him and his upon what thy lh had done tone for the people of the thc Las Lus V ga valley in constructing a great railroad to open and aDd make available its nut meat r sources and affording a short and antI Oi 31 i reet iSet route from Crom the Occident nt to I he th Orient There were between 00 and people present and amid they rr ived i Senator Clark lark with hearty cheers ana an much enthusiasm In response he ho spoke as follows Senator Clarks Address Mr Chairman and amid Gentlemen of the Reception Committee and Ladies and Gentlemen Citizens of Las Vegas I thank you in behalf of myself and as associates sedates and those who have accompanied accompanied pealed me me upon this trip for this cor cordial cordial cordial dial greeting this bright beautiful and glorious Easter Sunday morning It indicates on your part a feeling of goodwill good will which I you OU we fully appreciate and which we will to the fullest extent reciprocate We Ve are here this Easter morning upon a desert No o church bells bens greet our ears ars t but a year hence heme I predict that all tile the formalities of a it glorious Easter Sunday morning will be bo per performed performed formed and that alt all those tents will be transformed into substantial buildings of permanent abodes I recognize i amongst the faces before me many ninny old time Montanans and if you ou will par pardon pardon pardon don me fo fOJ for a little allusion to my own state and the time inhabitants thereof which I believe Is In a pardonable pride I want to say that the average Montanan may maybe maybe maybe be found wherever enterprise wherever the time prospector tor can ean go and wherever the wheels of or progress may ma roll In far off Alaska in very ver discovery and andIn andIn andin In every great gr t enterprise the Montanan i ihas has been d and amid in the marvel marvelous ous development of oC this wonderful state of Nevada that has recently been made I which will inure to the th credit of if the I state and the glory glon of the patton nation the Montanan has been very cry much in evi ei 1 dance He represents the typical fron frontier frontier tier man and pioneer and Is generally i found an Ott top and what I have said of the representatives of or the stat to which I blong bolong may mar be said of the represent representatives representatives representatives of or every cery other of these Rocky Rock mountain states where you OU find the men of energy nerg and of courage who have carried the tile banners of civilization into the th wilderness and forest and amid planted them firmly and established them here herein herein in these brond surroundings Why the Road Was Built Gentlemen of Las Vegas the San Pe Pc Pedro Pedro dro Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad Is rapidly nearing completion I and my InY associates who undertook this tilis enterprise were actuated by b the realization of the fact that here were great opportunities that had been neglected or passed over We Ve realized l that the building of this would be bea bea a factor a great factor in the th develop development meat ment of or this thia great Rocky Rock mountain it 1 glen gion between 1111 end id Utah a country practically undeveloped un loJ ed bv by b reason of the he lack of facil ties ties We Ve begin be in to perceive the fruit of if c this Improvement already alread I saw in a Salt Lake pap p paIr r the picture of teams hams comprised of sixteen or twenty tn at mules or horses drawing Ira wing Immense mens loud out of the town of Las Vegas towards the thene new ne discoveries In iii Nevada and ire minded me of or the old days da s of the fron Iron frontier frontier tier thin to forty Cort years ears ago Future Development This is a 8 forerunner of great sur surprises surprises and whenever the developments In this great region will warrant It there will be new railroad facilities to enable the people to throw them open to the world We Ve realized in beginning this thiR enterprise that two great cities so 90 important as Salt Lake and Los An Aim geles should be direct directly ly I by more than an old abandoned im immigrant I migrant road We Vc realized that there was a great geat t area of or country countr lying l ing to lo I the north and to the northwest and to the northeast of Utah that not ilot only desired but was entitled to lo a more di dl direct din I n ct outlet to the land of sunshine and flowers to lo escape the rigors of the northern climate a great country em embracing embracing embracing bracing a large area of or British Colum Column Columbia Columbia bia bla comprising the Dakotas Mon Montana Montana Ion tana Idaho Wyoming Utah western Colorado and Nevada and this will 1111 en enable enable enable able them to come down rapidly and cheaply to escape the tile rigors of the cli climate climate mate of that country and amid bathe in the sunshine and enjoy the fragrance of the flowers of this land of sunshine and flowers to which we are now en emu route a region that is unsurpassed in beauty and the attributes that constitute a winter resort anywhere in hr this tills world Now my friends in the hurry and in inthe the tho multitudinous duties that devolved upon us UR in the completion Uon of this work I which was waB of paramount importance to 10 tous tous us UM and to lo the he hp country we we have hae t to tn some extent neglected ne I te the interests of the town of Las La Vegas but I can as assure assure assure sure you that in the very near neal future a town that will have charge of this business will be organized and that the t e people of this loc locality Uty and other localities who h may ma decide to come hero here u re and build lip ip homes home will have han tin an in op opportunity opportunity opportunity to get set lots lota directly from the company compan and I hope at prices that will willbe willbe willbe be satisfactory to you without the in intervention intervention of the speculator Ap Applause Applause AppIa pIa USe Homes For the People P ople What hat I desire Is the fulfillment of that principle for which I have always contended both in public and anti private life lire that the land of or this country countr should be retained for the actual home settler and home builder We are proud and glad of the cordial greeting that has been extended to us today and we will endeavor to do everything in our power that the good feeling now existing between the tIle people of this lo 10 locality caUty and this company may be main tamed and perpetuated perpetuate In this I speak in behalf of ot are an associated with me rn and who accompany us today tOda represented Ity bs b Mr Bancroft Mr Cor Cot Cornish nish Now all aU that remains I for me to say in renewing my thanks to I you ou is that a year hence I hope hOlO to see here established a 11 modern town of which h we all will be proud comprising all the modern demands of civilization and refinement I wish for each of you and all of you individually and anti for your sown which you OU have here to adopt as your home the greatest suc sac success cess and brightest future I |