Show THE SPARRY FIELD tb the uncertain y as to the arrangement of the start atari on the united states flag which bad to be changed by reason ot of the adm ebion of utah to the union has baa at last been settled by agreement of the secretaries of the abe war and od navy and the approval of the ibe FreAl president deuL at present the blus blue field of the national emblem contains conta ius 44 tare arranged in six rows the abe top and bottom rows containing eight and the four intervening rows containing seven even stars stare each the rows being bori antal from left to 10 right and running obliquely from top to bottom the are twofold the purpose being to provide for the present need oi 01 alaba extra star and also for contingencies cies for the future star has been added to the third row being beine placed at the end nd and the abe eighth star tar from t the lowest row the sixth has been shifted to the end of the next to the lowest row the fifth As ai now arranged therefore the forty two five stare will be found in alternate horizontal rows of eight and a deveo ev 00 tars each and this flag will be official after july ath next when all others will become obsolete upon the adais ad mis eion of arizman now new mexico rud oklahoma abw second fourth and sixth rows w wit 41 be completed with an extra stal tai each thus requiring no further lurther change in the design as now adopted here to I 1 the arrangement as agreed u upon p and any fl az of any other patt rn after the fourth of next july wll he out of order the utah star being designated by us in heavy black fi 4 in this connection the news has special pedal pleasure to in bIDIC the ibe annexed correspondence the first detler lerow ie row senator frank J canon can on to lo president W od ruff UNITED STATES SENATE washington D C february 25 1895 venerable sir to you whose life has spanned the entire history of settlement seit lement and growth to this hour to douthe you the chief representative tentative of her ber pioneers and to you whose hands first raised the emblem of our sublime country in the salt lake valley I 1 have the lionor honor of trani by the kindne s of hon joeph jo eph F smith one of the two first flags made for the war department of the united states stated containing lorty forty five stars with all who know yon I 1 am thank thankful tul that you have been permitted to see the day of glory that your bands can touch and your eyes behold the beauty of this ensign as it now recognizes the wondrous achievement of a devoted people blessed by god and animated by pa patriotic rio 19 m in their struggle to make of a wilderness one of the mightiest eates of the union yours affectionately FRANK J CANNON PRESIDENT RE WILFORD allford WOODRUFF salt lake city utah following la Is president woodruffs re rea porse perse hon H on 8 frank J cannon U S senate washington city D C my dear senator As a pioneer who brought president young in my carriage into the great salt lake valley the firs firo time he be ever saw the salt lake and surrounding country and as one who assisted in planting the american flag on this thia then mexican soil and who assisted president young in laying out salt lake city with its broad streets and sidewalks in this great american dry sandy desert and being in my ninetieth year of age I 1 accept this noble flag for ind and in behalf of the church of jesus of christ latter day saints being president of the same alto aleo in behalf of every citizen of the state of utah the flag has bas been spread to the breeze of both sea and land for years over the greatest free republican government ever established by the god of heaven since the creation of the world which flag I 1 hope that the citizens of utah will ever maintain and make honorable I 1 feel thankful that thai I 1 have lived to see the day when this noble flag is hoisted us its an emblem and ensign to all the inhabitants of utah in the capacity ot of a state government forty nine years of my life have been spent in utah yours truly WILFORD WOODRUFF the foregoing bg loners ledem have been withheld fur for som sometime eime of an intimation iti that the design upon which the two flags referred to had been made again be chani chanced zed several lone to that effect having been submitted to the government authorities As stated however the be arrangement agreed upon has baa been confirmed toe other fla referred to by senator cannon as a one of the two first made with the utah star to ti the property of governor H M wells |