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Show Springville Unveils Dallin Memorial i - - - V ' ' - 4 t - ' i 4 v i & , , 1 J- v - v ! ' " ' ? , f . - - -'"'''' 1 "''-. - Soldiers' monument by Cyrus B. Dallin which was unveiled on the Fourth of Julv and is a memo rial to the Springville and Maple-ton Maple-ton bovs who paid the supreme sacrifice in the great world war. (From Springville Herald.) The Fourth of July was appropriately appro-priately celebrated in Springville under 'the auspices of the memorial committee. A salute of the thirteen guns at daybreak was followed by concerts of four bands. The Springville band started the day's program with an early morning morn-ing concert. The Provo band was the center of attraction on the city park with an open -air concert from i 1 to 3 p. in-, followed by ihe mar-1 mar-1 tial band of the Indian War A et-' et-' erans and the Mapletou band. An evening concert by the Springville band finished the program of a perfect per-fect day. , ,. . o Dninf Pi-ovo deliyer- gaiu. The sword has never been unsheathed un-sheathed except in the cause of right. That is why these boys went upon the battlefield and gave up their lives because they loved America. They had a common ideal. "They did not want anything the kaiser had, hut they said. 'Mr. Kaiser, you must keep your clammy hands off . the American flag: you have got to keep your hands off the motherhood of the world: you have got to -stop crucifying vile habtv of Belgium. And they did not fail. I The cause did not fail. I am glad to be here. You could not have had anything more typical or more sacred, and you will not have -a privilege again like this in a thou- sana years. Mayor U. Clarence N'eslen of Salt Lake City, declared'. "This is an occasion oc-casion that will never be forgotten. They loved the name of honor more than they loved death. They will live longer in the hearts of Springville Spring-ville nnd Mapletou than the man who leaves his millions and his cattle on a thousand hills. Let this be the patriotic center of your city. George S. Ballif of Provo delivered deliver-ed the' patriotic address at the morning program in the opera house. Other numbers were a vocal solo bv Miss Melba Condie : read-in" read-in" of the Declaration of Independence Independ-ence 1V Thorn C. Miner; readings bv Miss Lucv Andrews of Spanish Fork and by Mrs. Olive Anderson; and a male quartet by M. K Oraii-d Oraii-d ill Jr., El"10 Coffman, N ni. -V Grooms and Ralph Snelson. The outstanding feature of the dnv wis the impressive ceremonies atl,e urn-oiling of the Cyrus B Dallin soldiers' monument in the Springville City park. . Wavne Johnson was in charge. The Boy Scouts under the direction of Louis Cutler carried out the sa Bring your children here and teach them patriotism. This monument is something that is a classic in every sense of the word. lour money has been well spent. Thousands will come here to view it." A vocal solo was rendered by Mrs. Hannah C. Packard and a vocal duet by Mrs. Packard and Sevniour V. Prows of Provo : a whistling solo by Miss Birdie Jenkins, and a cello solo by Miss Reta Rovlaneo. Mayor G. R.. May-cock May-cock gave the acceptance speech and the dedicatory prayer was offered bv John S. Groesbeck. 'The monument is the gift nnd the work of Cyrus E. Dallin, a native of Springville, now a resident ot Boston and one of the nation's foremost fore-most sculptors. Lewis J. Whitney of Springville constructed the base. The monument is in honor of the five Springville nnd two Mapletou boys who made the supreme sacrifice sacri-fice in the world war whose names appear on the monument: Ira Houtz, Golden Hatfield, Frank Fuller, Vernon Scott and Charles Bacon of Springville; Hyruui Perry and LcRoy Jensen of Mapletou. lute of the American flag. The in-vocation in-vocation was offered by Lev. W. H. Ens of the Presbyterian church. Mr Dallin made the presentation -speech after the monument had been unveiled by Miss Ann Snm- SlV people of Springville possl; NT little appreciate what youhtne .lone" Mr. Dallin declared. lhi-!ep,Tse, lhi-!ep,Tse, ts one of the most unique nsioiis that ever occurred in snriivville. "Every part of this uase to the top of the figure the work of native sons o 's"1t onrbo made for humanity or jhb-Mty'MU jhb-Mty'MU stand he eUafierTwe r'Tone; a 'monument to the been extremely honored. Mr Dallin praised the people : o. I gone in the cast," he said I hine ! told the people the story of Spn g-I g-I ville the art center of the west, the 1 ,-itv that spends more money per ! capita every year for fine arts ! than anv other city in the world. I am glad that I was born in Springville and that I came from Utah " In referring to the influence influ-ence of art, he snid. "you can not love the beautiful and be untrue. Gov. Charles R. Mabey in his eulogy of the men who fought and died for their country, said : "Mother aud fathers of these glorious dead; soldiers of this late war, and all wars in which this nation na-tion has participated; citizens of the greatest nation in the word: it is fitting that we have assembled in Springville, the art city of this state, on this occasion. Springville is the greatest art. center of any-city any-city of its size in the entire world. You are no more proud of it than I am. "We stand today on the threshold of a new era. The world today is unstable as quicksilver. If there ever was a time when the earth needed the touch of an Almighty hand it. is at this hour. "The soldier in the Rovlutionary war knew what he was fighting for. that is the reason be won. That has been true of every war that ' the United Slates has been in from that time to this. We have nevei fought for conquest or for earthl |