Show historical SOCIETY steps ure are taken for its organization thursday afternoon several prominent citizens met in in salt lake and took steps to a historical society governor wells called the meeting to order and J R letcher flelcher RL elcher was elected chairman heber J grant offered the following which was adopted As expressive ot of the views of those assembled pursuant to call be it resolved Kc solved that this meeting proceed to organize the utah state al society and lor for that purpose the chair man be authorized to appoint a committee m attee of seven to prepare suitable ar tic es and also a constitution and by liwa for the government of the tha earns earn 9 and report at the next meeting chairman letcher appointed as aa the the following heber J orant grant chairman cleeson S kinney mr I 1 cameron brown prof jc joseph aseph T kingsbury Kingsb nry john T game caine mrs eu bithe K le barthe mat thomas the following was off ared by john Q cannon and adopted resolved that the chairman be authorized zed to appoint a committe of seven to arrange with ibe jubilee commis anil and others for securing all mate material r illustrative of the growth howth and dea de rf of utah and this intermountain region may mav have baye been collected for exhibition during the present pre bent semi sami centennial celebration particularly such ES as pertains directly to the pioneer age and they ba authorized to receive and cara car for the same la in be half of this Re association on oa the committee commit teo the flawing f swing were appointed john Q cannon chairman gov hebah 11 wells wella mr antoinette B kinney spencer clawson Cla weon edward F colborn mrs mr ellen B onH G whitney after Aft ersome rome informal discussion the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the tha chairman and the tha committee on creden credentials credentia a and by aws |