Show Tribute Paid To Toh Merchant erchant h Leader Loader Those of us who pass up and down the main business intersection intersection tion at Main and Broadway in Salt Lake City may note with much pride the striking window displays and modern design of Sears Roe Roe- Roebuck Roebuck buck Co We may not her ber that behind that attractive front there is a story of a person person- personality personality personality a guiding hand whose job it itis itis is to keep it always a bright spot mong mong the community's many re retail re retail tail establishments The man to whom we refer and whose praise we desire to express is E E. E W. W Jen Jenkins Jenkins kins Sears Sear's able Mr Jenkins is in our opinion one of the most outstanding bus bus- business iness mess men of Salt Lake lie Ile is a aman aman aman man of ideals of keen insight into human wants and of executive ability fully capable of building up Ul such a store as this one on serving the people of Utah so well Sears Scars Roebuck Co in Salt Lake owes much of its success to 0 the sound judgment Mr Jenkins in operation of the store Through the efforts of E. E W W. Jenkins Jen Jenkins kins and his able staff Sears Scars has brought not only a wide variety to their stock but the sales help are alert to anticipate the require require- requirements requirements ments of the community and to present the newest innovations in style This store and the men behind it rightfully deserve the credit for these achievements in inthe inthe inthe the field of mercantilism and to this note of public acceptance Yorktown Day Hay October 19 While little more marc than passing interest is taken in the event the anniversary of Ithe tho surrender of Yorktown on October 19 1781 is regarded as one of the most import import- tant taut and notable events in the his his- history history tory of our nation The event is important not for the number of men involved but because of the tho effect it had at the time It Il is is credited with having been the tho de deciding de- de deciding event in the tho Revolutionary War For a Ii number of years the anniversary of the event was cele cele- celebrated celebrated with considerable ceremony in many of the larger centers of the country Today is receives scarcely passing notice So im Im- important Important im- im important did Hid Congress deem the defeat of Cornwallis that ten days after aCter the surrender it appropriated for a monument at York York- Yorktown town Incidentally vas vasa a sizeable sum of money to be bo ap ap- appropriated for that purpose in that day Since Congress made no provision for raising the money the resolution was forgotten The Federal government later laler bought 2000 acres of oC land in and around Yorktown and put the land under the supervision of the National Park Monument The surrender of came cane following a series of victories by the British in inthe inthe the tho south Cornwallis had been heen ordered to fortify Old Point Com Com- Comfort Comfort fort for the protection of the Bri Bri- British British British tish fleet He lIe set up his fortifications fortifications at Yorktown on the pen pen- peninsula peninsula between the York and James rivers and fortified both hoth banks of the York river Lefayette report report- reported ed 1 that owing to the choice of de de- defense d defense by Cornwallis that the tak talc taking ing of his army was but a matter matler of time lime The attack was made on the British position October and the battle proceeded until October 17 when Cornwallis asked for a suspension of lof hostilities The surrender was completed October 19 |