| Show FORTY FIVE YEARS forty live years ago today june 15 1850 tue to ural first issue of the DESERET NEWS appeared toe pioneer paper of ibe rocky mountains Mount alua this place was wa not utah then lor for the territory was waa not created until the be ath of september following and this whole intermountain region covering a vouch much larger area then described by territorial Terri bou boundaries now was waa known as the state of Desta ot thes then there were but bui thousands of people struggling weary analu and in many wayt way destitute where now there are tons tens or of thousands chere enjoying the comforts com lorta of lift liaf then a titio thousand usand wiles onila of barren country uninhabited save rave by the araxe wed fed mau man and wild animals separated vs ius from the body ot of civil wb so se vanguard bad pierced these tobee mountain fast fastness fastnesses nesses ee ia the be persona of the be pit users oen to be followed by the be railway rat J way the be telegraph and the settlement dettle dett lement ot of the space apace which whlor make inake of all the grandest nation on ear b it 16 would require a graphic pen anu vivid imagination to bring to the minds of thur those who bave known utah only la in later lose a realization ol of the conditions of these theae valleys talley in june 1860 less ifa than three years jeara after the Plo pioneers Pion eera entered the basin of the great aalt lake and wen then the be picture would toe to far fair from perfect yet even eren with that the contrast contract in the be material do de presents prea enta a wondrous change those who have been of the ibe transformation also alco are witnesses chat a marvelous marTe louB work bas bai been ao ac complis tied under the guidance danCO ol of more than mortal band great as aa has been the advance it IL has bac aut gone be the be anticipation of the pioneer band in their implicit aula in the prophetic words of great leader who but a lew few years before beffie lad had laid down his hi we hiie for the snored nored cause they hau bau top used notwithstanding the the hardships and the dangers to be met mei those early eaily settlers bad an abiding unshaken una baken confluence in the glori glorious glorio oun destroy of their mountain home B by the spirit of prophecy they know knew of the fut areas well as we of today know of the be past that hat success was waa to attend the colonization ot of these valleys valley their prophet had bad declared that the ibe were to become a great people in the rocky mountains and as saints they know knew the prediction would be fulfilled god had spoken it aud and so it has been it is ia not cot without a feeling of satisfaction that the NEWS looks back over the forty alve years of its existence and notes its record of earnest vigorous work in support of the welfare of those who were establishing a great antho on the crest of the continent editors ma lasers and employee have changed some owe to io other fields fielder ot of labor here an i owe come to carry on a work in the great beyond who in their connection with the paper adhered with fidelity to its fixed purposes pea each doing bis big i part iti id the good cadee and as it ban been in tithe the past so ao we expect it to be in the future that the NEWS will be ever found laboring diligently for tb the 0 best beat interests of the people here bore by main taintor patriotism liberty and truth in every department of life As the be NEWS first firsts greeted reeled the people before they haj received reo elved the attention oi congress Congre Con grets 8 in the organizing power by which utah was wag cre cited and balled their prosperity and advancement so BO io in commencing its ite forty sixth year which promises to be the last laet anniversary when such greet great may be given under the conditions condi tiona of a territory it looks looka dorwart to the people donning the roba kobca of anti wishes them u nd rho j progress pro greBB and happiness may the lessons lena oiin of the past not be lout lost upon the future hut but may right peace and good will be irrevocably associated bouce orth with the ni atory of those woo who ewell in these mountain vales vala |
