Show ROBERTS GIVES STORY STORi Of HOW CITY WAS B BUILT U Il f e Ded Declaring that Salt Lake City with its exceptionally wide streets treet Its Us magnificent location and permanent beg beginning offers the very best possibilities pos pea for tor residence purposes of any city in the world B. B H. H Roberts addressed the sales and office force of oZ Kimball Richards land rrt m merr rr r. chants at their regular Saturday morning meeting on the subject of Historical Events in Salt Lakes Lake's History Known as the foremost historian of or Utah today Mr 11 Robe Roberts ts most inter traced the dramatic events eVent of this city's history from the days daJ when this Teat great valley valleys was the borden border bor bor- der den land between the the Shoshone In Indiana Indians In- In diana on the north and the Utes on the south Through the days of the trappers down through the years of ot the tragic journey of the Donn Donner r party par par- t ty and of the first Mormon pioneers Mr Ir Roberts related events and pointed point ed out exact locations In the elt city which have made history He tol tolof told tola of the birth of irrigation here on July 23 23 1847 1841 the day preceding the eu- eu trance of the first main party of f Mormon pioneers This great event h occurred near the present site of the Auerbach corner at State street and Broadway he declared to be bethe bethe bethe the single greatest event in modern times as It preceded the great Irrigation irrigation mn- mn gation movement which has reclaimed the entire West and has proven to be beof of such tremendous benefit to the human race Mr Roberts told of intimate ap and most Interesting matters dealing with wit the great events of pioneer life and pointed out the wealth of true sentiment senti senU ment existing on every side in Salt Lake City Every principal city corner cor cor ner has its momentous history an anthe and the entire valley Is full of location of historical Interest He told of fb the br first land laws inaugurated by Brigham Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young which read T There ere sh shalbe ll be no buying and selling of or land lan Every man shall have all he can cultivate cultivate cul cul- and no more glore Timber and Water water water wa wa- ter shall be free The method of cit city and early community community com com- planning whereby lived on their own garden tract Ir IT the town and had their farms o on th outskirts and other far sighted methods methods methods meth meth- of city building and living which have since been regarded regard regard- ed so highly by leading on these subjects from all parts oi or orthe the world were related |