| Show STATE historical SOCIETY tor for many years those most interested in the preservation of all data rt relating lating to the history of utah and this intermountain region have at various times through the medium of the press dress and otherwise suggested the propriety of organizing a state historical society which should include within its numbers or membership interested in such an organization all who were it was not until however gan izatt on the jubilee year that the subject received the definite consideration which I 1 rought brought matters to the point of ahr ac action and produced positive results VIR amidst st the manifold preparations nt to the proper observance of of the discovery the e semi centennial lemOnt of utah the idea was aad pett W tho of nf uppermost in the minds those 0 fe feu at that tbt the celebration should more than a fleeting M bethink ZI 1 in t the be month anth of april jerrold r y l of the federal ederae courts beetcher pahr jclark ax alie crier before mr alfares sal th neatter 4 q sufi editor of the salt lake herald and as ap ari a result suit an article appeared h at paper april okd arz 1897 urging 1 tile Jit jubilee bilee commission to take the to perfect such an or steps wry articles of a similar attain ai appeared in the other city pa the of june ars aad tid finally on addressed a com SOT vr mr letcher second cation to the commission I 1 1 made and urging suggestions to 9 t he referred action this was diate to governor heber by hynne t e commission that he ar request vl with a AL wells for preliminaries bauge the necessary of the society an adte interview t organization followed between the gov letcher and as a result a 21 erbor call and addressed addressed mr to the people of utah and numerously signed by represents of the from all parts tiva citizens otate was issued designating thursday day of july as proper the meeting to be held for the time tor for a consideration of the subject FIRST MEETING call the first meetta pursuant m I 1 lt t to 0 the w was h held le I 1 d at the hotel templeton and was called indicated atthe the date th tb order by governor wells upon whose hose suggestion jerrold R letcher chairman and joines james T made was secretary of state was waa hammond O d 0 as s secretary ecret arY of the temporary 0 Joh hon addresses were made by klin t richards isabel cameron fown gon afon hadley D johnson hon I 1 proy joseph T kings kanga afi dr I 1 ellen B Bt erguson heber I 1 orant general john Q cannon terow jr heber akl M wells and james son all expressive of the that such juch an organization aw ble at once JL juilda was as adopted directing to appoint a committee a permanent Arna hent orga organization and ancor laia and as an such heber J grant lesson on S kinney isabel cameron awn wh yoseph joseph T kingsbury john T albe 11 ll BurI euristhe tIlie K labarthe and matt homas mas were named X further committee consisting of general heral john Q cannon governor fleher ber M wells antoinette B kinney fl pencer clawson edward P colburn dr r ellen B ferguson and horace G jitney itney ware were named to arrange with e jubilee commission and others for ring ong all material illustrative of the h and development of utah t be collected for the centennial cete on |
