Show DAY Y The Tho entrance of ot the Pioneers of ot 47 Into Salt Lake Lako to today ao was day dllY This should be bo ol ob nerved perpetually The day Iby marks an epoch In tho history of ot th the Great We t it closed a 11 marvelous Journey of ot ofa a devoted and band It 11 com eom commenced the redemption of ot this vast re region reo gion cion from sterility ana desolation de It win was tho beginning of at Irrigation on the western wee tern slope of ot the and In demonstrating Us lis It gave a 1 pointer to tho whole country where rains unknown or Infrequent showing what could be done In the cul cultivation cultivation of ot arid and semiarid That wonderful Journey over uninhabited habited plains and mountains to u 11 spot comparatively unknown lor tor tho pur purpose i pose poso of or founding nn empire In a desert of ot providing an for tor a rejected religious body whore where they could live IIvo worship God without molestation where they could establish Zion on null nud rear their temples In pence should bo boo remembered and celebrated through nil all generations It 11 not only opened tho way wo for tor the Saints of ot all nations and climes to gather to tho bosom of ot their Church but It f possible tho of at surrounding territory t by civilized rearM people and tho organization of at commonwealths which lIa vo enriched tho Iho nation III added 1011 to tho glorious stars In tho constellation of ot the United d It li III tv n day oi ot days It should 10 ho honored honor 1 by nil 01 tho citizens of ot the slope U It does doos not nol and should not detract In the tho least from tho celebration of ot tho nations birthday There Thoro is ts no rivalry between I the tho Fourth l and the ot or I July Jul They are arc close relations amI Im Imbued with a 0 kindred spirit The Tho Plo were patriots They brought with thorn them tho flap fin of ot their country anI unfurled it to the tho mountain breeze when thin ground was Mexican soil soli i They were American citizens They tho Constitution of ot the United Hates flutes and desired to live 10 under Us Its principles and protection They took the earliest opportunity to Bock Beck for tor admission sion Into tho Union and am whether as a Territory or as ns ft I State tho of at Utah and their followers and posterity uphold tho Institutions of ot this govern government ment have ever been ready to maintain them In war or In pence AH AU honor to the tho Pioneers of ot 47 and ani their heir great groat leader whoso whose statue stands nt at tho head of ot tho chief street of at the tho city which ho founded but whoso whose mono mon monument IN Is In the hearts of ot his peo poo people They were sturdy devote devot devoted ed true Thoy neer faltered nt lutY call Their names namo Inscribed on page paRo and the memory of ot their march of ot the tho work worl they per performed tJ Jr formed for tor coining Rener will never be obliterated Hall to tho day of vt their coming and may th lr sac lIac sacrifice and energy against nil all obstacles obstacle bo n pattern for tor their posterity and a stimulus for tor good to all who shall over evor Inhabit tho val valleys leys ot these mountains |