Show HAT R HAT KI KIND I OF t MEMORIAL W WOULD BE MOST lOST Last week eek the the county county commission commission- commissioners commissioners ers broke ground for li l Soldiers Me Mc Simultaneously fora ly with this event vent some of the e soldiers cx-soldiers whose hose service the commissioners ners are at- at attempting at I tempting to memorialize and md other citizens threatened o enjoin them jn in n the building of th thi monument to C the World war ar arete ete veterans ns This ill pI arises anses om a wide Ide and stubborn difference Is is s to what con con- con a proper memorial ortal to the soldiers Sucha Such a worthy undertaking hould engage eng the m interest eret t of every loyal 1 citizen of the county especially lS as this seems to be bordering on a legal battle ItIS It is our ouri opinion and i It Itis itIs tt t is our duty and right to express i it t since Ince this is a public enterprise that tha thaL t the commissioners plan p an oJ of memorial memorial L izing tha the World war ve veterans rans is m i ithe inthe n the main mam sound Co Commemoration of o f great battles and wa wats may take th the e shape hape and form of anything from a to a factory depending or orthe J the nature of the people and th the e situation in m which 1 hey e live Ou Our r own o Centerville has built and dedi dedicated dedicated Ud to the soldiery soldier an amusement t l I hall some Utah Ut towns have erected m in public places soldiers statues foun foun- fountains fountains tams and various carious structures Ou Our T own O citizens of the county in 1923 contributed 1500 l OO and placed in m th the e Davis high a b bronze onze plaque as a sol sold sold sold d ers era memorial Which of the wIde wid e variety of m memorials fits Davis count county 1 i iTo To advance our point let us as- as assume assume as assume I sume the count count county has voted a bond bon d vasI valI of ito to commemorate the vas val val val- valiant I Irant rant service of Da county's GOO World war veter veterans eter ns ns and selected 1 00 representative citizens to choose th the e tj of memorial Their choice of o f I be 1 necessity must lie Ile somewhere between be tween t a soldiers shrine in m which are I deposited the re relics of the war var and to which veterans s and citizens com comeI comeIn come e in reverent pride or a ut utilitarian I monument such tas i t as the commission commission- commissioners commission i I ers ors have under construction Let us ug examine the general run of memori memorI- memorIals memorials memorials als It was common common to commemorate ancient war wara wIth triumphant arches I over roads leading leadin leading to capitol archesI cItIes I under which mot most of the populace passed thereby mott viewing mg in m mortar and marble the reat event Such a structure could the highway at a t any point from Becks Beck's Hot Springs to Death Deith Curve How man many of the hundred would v ote otc for it if Such a is 15 ely sentimental and I wIthout utilitarian value Akin to thIS and more dommon nunon is the sol sol- sol diers dier's soldier's statue er erected ted at some eon conspicuous on point o 0 on a prominent street such as the Young monument monument monument ment in Salt Lake City Since the thI th e drift of the northend north end of the county county is I IS to Ogden andl and the south end is to S toS Salt lt Lake Das Da ism county has no common com com- common common mon meeting point in m her dais life therefore this tale t type k kIS is unfitted ted for our ou purpose e We must then select from i that group roup more popular in our tIme 1 utilitarian nature several of which have h been sugg suggested sted A memorial I auditorium is fr frequently mentIoned m in which Legionaries es would have hae i sUitable meeting place lace and a repos repos- repository l for the wal wa wai relics The occa Occa- Occasions occa- occa occasions occasions on which citizens of the coun ty county and also Leg meet m in mI I common assembly ire so rare and infrequent and t the e rapidly growing tendency of people t to avoid such gatherIngS would would I I make sucha such a me memorial morial costly in rn mJ proportion to It its sera sen ice l Two Trio suggestions suggestions of more are the high school stadium and a re- re recreational re recreational recreational park ih iii one of the canyons of the county county- iThe The heated struggle tl i I cre created ted m locating our county high school por por- tends portends a battle in m the last type t-pe would v genera generate te None of the many can canyons ons of the county are outstanding or have any manifest advant advantage ge as a memorIal over several se others therefore it ms IS obvious that a Selection electron would be next parka to impossible The can canyon cannon on park memorIal would be isolated thereby robbing it of the chief requirement of ofa a memorial that is a location v where here it would be frequently viewed ed Continued on page 8 |