Show i. i SALT SALT LAKE SKETCHES Enthusiastic Welsh Welshman I John James Never Misses Utah Cambrian CamI Cambrian Cam Cam- I brian Association Celebration o most enthusiastic Welshman Welshman Welshman Welsh man is the title of John James Theres There's a reason James Jamos who has bas seen president of the Utah Cambrian society for eight years has attended all but one of the annual Utah St. St Davids David's day dav cel celebrations since 1886 und end has hac missed only one Utah Cambrian Cam brian rian brian brian- day dav festival since It was was inaugurated in In- lit In 1895 A A. trip to to his na na na- land in 1929 caused his absence at athe atthe atthe the he two events Mr Mi James who was born in Pembroke Pem Pern- broke West South Wales and came cameo cameto cameto to o Salt Lake when whim 19 years old d de declares clares lares the Cambrian day of ot 1903 was he the greatest celebration of or the Utah Welsh That came just the National had been held here he hede- hede de- de lared Welsh from all over the Uie gathered here for that mam mam- m math th musical festival which attract attract- d si sIx large bands and eight choirs each of at which included nearly ingers singers Mr James James British British consul here from 1921 to 1931 has met many leading Englishmen n including the thc Prince of Wales Prime Minister David Lloyd Llod George Sir Arthur Arthur- Conan Do Doyle le Sir Baden laden Powell founder of the Boy Scout organization and Edward Elar Elgar Elgar El El- gar ar famous wr writer ter Mount Mountain in climbing is Mr James hobb hobby obby He Ie has climbed Mt ML Tim Tim- numerous times Umes His most difficult climb he says was to the theop top op of Mt ML Snowden foot loot eleva eleva- lion ion lion in Wales during his visit there therein theren in n 1929 1029 Although the mountain in Wales is s I d 4 4 4 w i h rr- rr John John James not not- nearly as high 3 as he hep p pointed d out one ozie must m. start climbIng climb climb- Ing from sea level You can see for fora a radius of f 7 miles from the top of the mountain Mr James James' points out that his birth birthplace place is also th i. i of f Henry VII f first of the Tudor kings of England Mr James' James father was one of ot th the soldiers soldiers sol diers in the battle of ot of the thc Crimean war immortalized by Charl Charles s Tennyson in his p poem e n The Charge of at the Light Brigade He was shot in the side In that famous charge and died from the thc wound 31 years ears later |