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Show COMMERCIAL CLUB GIVES BIG DINNER Gathering Is a Representative One in the Fullest Sense. For more than four hcurs, at tho Commercial Com-mercial club, Tuesday night, nearly 200 guests sat around tho tables, filling tho large room to Its capacity, and enjoyed a feast and an intellectual treat. The meeting closed shortly beforo midnight. The occasion was tho first annual dinner of tho club. Tho object was a-Tilutual felicitation over business conditions In Salt Lako, and from this grew an enthusiasm enthus-iasm as to the futuro of the . city and State. Hie gathering was a composite affair and Included representatives of every lino of business, every shado of politics and every creed found In the city. Harris Is Toastmnstor. Fisher Harris, manager of the club, jictcd as toastmastor. In his opening remarks re-marks the toastmnatcr stated that Salt Lake was never so prosperous and that the meeting was to be in tho way of a boost for both tho city and the State. Gen. Coolidge Tnlks. Brlg.-Gen Charles A. Coohdgc, who haa served in the army slnco 1S2, was the guest of honor nnd spoke first. Ho had visited Salt Lake, he said, thirty-seven 3 ears ago. but now ho nelthor recognized nor waa recognized by any of tho people he then mot Ho described Fort Douglas as it appeared at that time, and expressed ex-pressed the belief that, while It had grown In Importance as a military place, It would soon be greater still. Value of Civic Beauty. Frank B. Stevens spoko on "The Commercial Com-mercial Value of Civic Beauty." He confined con-fined his remarks to what the Inhabitants Inhab-itants could do for a city, and rofSrrcd but passingly to tho natural beauties of this region. Good of Conflict. The next speaker was B. H. Roberts, ho said that the people were aroused as to the necessity of Improving tho city. Ho stated that tho State had occupied a peculiar position, and that all eloments had a higher estimate of other elements than if there had been no comllct. Judge Goodwin Pleasing. Judge C. C. Goodwin spoke of "The Old and New San Francisco " When ho thought of. that city and Its recent calamity ca-lamity he laid he almost wished he were a woman -so that ho could cry without being called an old fool. It had been the glory of tho We6t for sixty years. There wero great hearts there that ached, he said, and yet gavo no sign. The recent re-cent disaster ho characterized as tho most pathetic page of American history. He referred feelingly to the financial giants that built it and passed away. Tribute to Sliver King. In rofcring to local matters ho stated that Silver King crowd was the only ono of tho class that had made millions in Utnh that had done much to beautify Salt Lako, excepting John Q. Packard, who built the library building. He favored favor-ed getting after tho millionaires and urging urg-ing them to do something substantial for tho city, to educate poor children. Other Pleasing Talks. Interesting short talks also were mado by Rabbi Charles J. Freund, John Henry Smith, Judge E. F. Colburn and Henry E. Brown, tho latter of Boston and largely interested In Bingham mines. Invitation Is Extended. Mr. Harris announced that a general Invitation had been given by Col. E. F. Holmes to all present to visit his art gallery gal-lery during the woek excepting Friday afternon, for the purpose of seeing the Salntlngs of the natural bridges of San uan county by H. L. A. Culmer. Mr. Harris also announced that an excursion ex-cursion and picnic to Ogden canyon in tho near futuro was being considered by tho club. |