Show KNOW UTAH By ALB ALBERT RT F. F PHILIPS PHILIPS' When was tho first t Thanksgiving dAY Any In in America Amer lea ica 1 s was ls a Do que question naked this thia morning It t In 1631 that Governor Bradford of Massachusetts colon col col- colony colony col- col on ony mado provision pro for tor a da day of ot and prayer Gradually thereafter the custom of oC Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving prevailed 0 Tho first Th Thanksgiving day in th the tho United States was waB on November No 1783 and was wa was In accord witha with a a. proclamation issued by Pr President G Georgo Gorgo ago Washington WashIngton Wash Wash Wash- ington who compiled complied with a a. resolution adopted by congress follows B S S Resolved That a n. Joint committee of both houses bo directed to wait alt upon tho tho- president of ot tho United States to request that ho recommend to tho the people of tho United States Stales a day of public Thanksgiving InS ing n an an prayer to b be observed by acknowledging with willi grateful hearts tho the Inan many signal favors favora o of Almighty God especially by affording them an op op- op 1 01 to establish a a. constitution of ot eo tor for their thelt safety ret and happiness S S S This resolution was ns objected to by three mem niem- bors from South Carolina giving tho tim reason that tha they should not mimic England they y mada made mad madea a a. mockery of Thank Thanksgiving However tho lions were Vero overruled led and a Do c committee appointed to t to call on tho tho president His proclamation followed I In n which he ho asked all to unite in rendering unto God sincere and humble thanks for His 1118 kind care ant and protection of the p people plo of oC this country prior priori to o their a a. nation and for the tho peaceful and r rational manner In which tho people had been cn enabled bled to establish constItutIons constitution of oC government and ond all aU tho the great and various favors rs with which lo Ho Ho had been pleased to confer conter S S S SIn In 1817 New York adopted us QS its Us annual Thanksgiving Thanks giving day and from this it spread through gh many tales states In 1864 President Abraham Lincoln appointed ap ap- pointed a. a day of ot Thank Thanksgiving and since th then n the presidents o h Issued d Thanksgiving proclamations g generally designating tho the last ast Thursday of ot November Novem- Novem ber bel belis cr as is did Washington Tho The memory of or its origin as s a a. tate stale appointment survives in the pr clama- clama I ions oC of state governors which follow that of ot the thc president I S S S In the tho rotunda of oC tho tim Utah capitol stands the plaster east cast of Massasoit a a. replica of 0 tho bronze bronzo statue which stands at Plymouth rock The rho Pilgrim others lathers m made mado do a a. treaty with M Massasoit S S SIn V VIn In his lila proclamation calling Thanksgiving day Governor Dern said Mid Despite the business de de- lon which has prevailed pre during th tho past twelve twelvemonths months wo we havo many things for which to be grateful We Ye have a a. good government under which wo enjoy th the ble blessings of ot liberty and of political and nd religious freedom Utah has been particularly blessed leased Our fields and orchards have yielded bounteous bounteous boun- boun harvests E Economic conditions condition's are better than thanIn thann In n any other states and we have e a contented peo peo- pie 1 I 1 |