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But more especially did it ittend ittend ittend tend to honoi honOl honor thatcary that \ weary \\cary cary \ band of ofPioneers ofPioneers ofPioneers Pioneers who piodded plodded prodded their tired trred 0 ox oxteams oxteams : > " teams into the bairen balren barren ind 1nd 'rnd rnd ' ' sunbaked sunbakedvalley sun sunbakedvalley baked bakedvalley valley of Salt Lake just lust 88 years ago agoon agoon agoon on July 24 of this , earToday ear earToday Today the parched , sunbaked earth earthof earthof earthof of 1847 shows shov.s shovs . no signs Slgns of the sage sageand sageand sageand and rabbit brush of long ago l1go Instead Insteadthese Insteadthese Insteadthese sageI I these Utah founders could they have havebeheld havebeheld havebeheld beheld the transformation transformatlOn of the state stateand stateand stateand and cities citles which wroch they founded fcJundcd fdundcd , wouldi would wouldhave ] ) ' have haveondered wondered \\ondered ondered \ onderedith \ with \\ith ith \ awe and admir admiration admiratlon dmlr i iahon ' ahon ation in the change from desert to topalaces topalaces palaces factories factones and wonderful homes homesfrom homesfrom homesfrom from east to v . west est and north to soutly souttl soutlyInstead south'Instead southInstead ' ' Instead they would w'ould ' have looked out up up- upon upon upon - - on paved roadsutomoblles roads lutomobiles \utomoblles utomoblles 'automobiles automobiles ' ' \ and elect elect- electric electric electric - ric lights , with Wlth radio , and pleasuies pleasUles pleasures of ofeveTY ofevery ofevery eveTY every kind kmd on this day of duly paId paIdhonOl paidhonor paidhonoi honOl honor + to o them by their children chlldren and andgr'indchildren andgnndchildren gr'indchildren grindchildren ! ; r'1ndchlldren r1ndchlldren ' ' and thousands of other others otherswho otherswho . ) who have learned to love the state cf cfUtah cfUtah cfUtah Utah , and call it homeI homelet home homelet I let et me quote To diy d"Y dY dry " " we "c c ceitbratetheir celtbrate ceitbrate celtbratetheir ceitbratetheir : their coming commg and their choice-proud choice proud choiceproudof choice - - proudof of these Utah founders , grateful for fortheir fortheir fortheir their bequest cf of lands and history , and andevel andever andevei evel ever thankful to the ] ) powers Qwers that befor be befor befor for the Uestlny testiny that guide their footsteps foot foot- footsteps footsteps - - steps to a territory terrtiory richer ncher in m nature naturesbounty s s'bounty sbounty 'bounty bounty ' than any comparable area on onthe onthe onthe the earth earths s surfafe urfare surface " In ages pa&t pat past pa&tgaint pastgaint pa&tgaint patgaint & gaint beasts walked in the San Juan JuanRiver JuanRiver JuanRiver River country , leaving foot footprints 'Prints Prints ' of ofstone ofstone ofstone stone there lived hvedJ ) the Cliff Dweller Dwellerthere , there sweeps s\\eeps s eeps \ \ the aich alch arch of magmflcent magnificent magnificentRainbow magnificentRainbow i iRainbow Rainbow , monarch of natural bridges bridgesThere bridgesThere i iThere There , too . , are silences no man has hasentered hasentered : entered See Ut.ah Utah Utahs . s arts of both nature natureand natureand 1 and man " ' Time 'lme lme and space will not notpermit notpermit ' permit me to to quote further , in m eulogy eulogyI eulogypf eulogyof eulogyof I pf of the brave and undaunted Pioneers Pioneerswho Pioneerswho 1 1who who toiled tOlled suffered and died both on onthe onthe I the journey to Utah , and many follov follow followed followed . 1 1ed ed soon after reaching the lind hnd Find of their theirzion theirzion theirzion"I : zion on ' zion"I "I I "r r " skyThe see the rainbow rambow in the sky , The dew dev . upon the grass- grass grassI grass grassI - - whyThey I see them , and andJ ] ) I ask not why They glimmer or they pass passWIth passWith passWith WIth folded arms I lingei lmgel longer not notTo notTo notTo To call them back , twere h\ere h ere there \ vain vam , In this or in 111 some . . other spot spotI I know they 11 shine againLandor againLandor again ' -Landor Landor - LandorAnd Landor LandorAnd And so we . who v.ho vho live today plodearl1y plod ! ' ' \\earl1y earl1y wearily \ wearilyon \ earl1yon on piling up wealth or poverty , as the theluck theI theluck theluck I , luck of today comes to us on the theI thesame thesame thesame I same old trail trod by myriads myrmds of those thosepa&scd thosepassed thosepassed pa&scd pascd passed & on Some revel in riches , others otherslive otherslive othersI I live in rags and poverty povertr , but only for fora fora fora a time Then : comes the end , and l1nd we wego \ wego \ e ego go to that other shore hore where 'o\here 'o o here ' \ we v.e ve ae . hope liopethings hopethings things will wlll not be any wors worse v . worseYOU orsP orsPYOU < * _ -YOU YOU - YOU KNOW ME |