Show UTAH FIRST IN THE UNITED STATES the george washington memorial committee of utah metat met et the house of mrs salisbury on thursday oct oat 28 to complete their labors the thanks of the committee were voted to those who assisted in the en at ask mrs Salis 89 burys as follows to mrs hamilton and the musicians who lassiter las sited her to mrs plummer and accompanist to mrs igleheart to mr willard weihe for violin solo to misses cohn and chamomile mlle chorus to the orpheus club chib to salt lake spice boff coffee ee mills for coffee donated to co for tea to morris and evans bvans florists for flowers to manager Mana grer shell for for flags and decorations to george M scott for cut glass dishes the reports of committees were accepted and their work cordially commended the treasurer reported that hat over twelve hundred dollars would be sent in to the national committee but all hills are not yet paid nor ticket money finally accounted for so chait an itemized repent oan can not yet be given the chairman then presented the following final ladies of the george washington Washing tan memorial committee less than one year ago mrs 0 J salisbury called together a number of ladle ladies 9 to taft act ct in ill utah to secure funds for the george washington memorial avo ola oi atton tion today we were assured of the fact that the work has been accomplished shed more money than we had expected has been raised arid we have succeeded in arousing the interest of all citizens of the state As me members m bers ot of this committee we should feel an honorable pride in the complete success of our efforts in the light ot of this perfect fact achievement it Is hard for vs us to remember that when the first began its labors the issue did not seem at all certain one thousand dollars loomed up large and threatening before our eyes aad we had bad a tear fear trtat it was almost beyond our aur power to j realize our desire there were nw prejudices to overcome tse t cause itself to many it seemed tw so ao large a sum should boit be sent aa of the state fot educational others objected to calling the he school children for contributions others objected to founding a now new institution ution when the country already aej such fine universities the paWS during its first halt half year of work wag U obliged to spend one hall half ta ats time in ill counteracting adverse influences ame nde committee should therefore feel a sense of victory over opposition as well ay aff I 1 a pride in the result of its labors labora twe the committee should not fall to acknowledge its great indebtedness to the press of the state for its assistance in spread ing a knowledge of our cause in ekr particular the salt lake dallies dailies have nivea us unlimited mention and most cordial sympathy the following were the officers of toe the committee as originally formed mrs 0 J salisbury chaitrman chai irman mrs clarence E allen alien vice chairman miss heater harkness secretary mrs F J fabian treasurer the f following lowing ol la Is a complete list of ILU who wh cy haive served upon the mrs M C pox fox mrs G A lowe UVO G M downey mrs M S 1 mrs C W bennett Be mrs M A castoe mrs G Y walliace wallace mt mrs W w U utter niter mrs C S kanney mrs wa william allain jett aings mrs E IL I L sells mrs novit sherman mrs jane M mrs fisher mrs J E mrs F B hamilton mrs H S WV vy gant ga nt mrs walker miss cash gifts 0 L monroe mrs blanche taylor ift robert harkness mrs M T M mrs 1 H 1 W brown mrs G 1 S 5 F mrs C G plummer PI ummer mrs P V S ards mrs isaac jennings mrs jennings Jemil mrs S W Morr M isott mra eugene lewis mrs J M dart mryt ST gilmer mrs W 30 smedley 31 artt C S burton mrs F pierce mart ff 8 siegel mrs T G webber mft mal S zane mrs J L mrs W C king mrs martha A mrs G F mrs G T mrs josephine kellogg miss ahnee craig mrs F r W hoyt mrs mra seata thatcher mrs leuther foster arst V A whalen the committee thus called together was very hapip lly chosen no member ot mf the committee has baa been a arone asnat all have beba efficient it to ie a mattei of congratulation conara that from anft 40 AN there teas has not been the creff tion tn in the committee all of oft gea IB liberations libe rations have been harmout harmo aaa MW USA each one has been bent upon ats vaa cese of the cause rather then than aven smal preferences or tl th c committee should gratefully edge to mrs salisbury their inderb ness neb for the wise way tu in AD 41 plans ot of work were laid wit ant in janvary january the vice chairman received word from mrs abo was then in now new tork that it wish of the central centra oo ht OW twenty second of february should ba b made a and ancl that if possible the should be induced to give their mites to the general fund the committee was called together immediately ma the idea laid before them pt ft ts is Is A pleasure to record the promptness prompt lift vt which ow our utah committee acted vows the plan of the central committee at our first session we laid out complex amat comp lel plans tor for carrying out the idell idea C coffa lot n altees were siv to luniw our chief officials in abate and actea the governor of t the state sta te t operation the state of schools gave cona ent L to ta tato th fw tion being taken in the afu state heads of private ing as seated to bo the plan I 1 the ln in salt biake collection it Is true that all of this was not accomplished without hard biard work but nothing la Is worth receiving which does not mot require effort the consent of offiel officials als having been gained it remained to the committee coma to arrange for the eol collection lection without ia a sympathetic public sent sentiment Ament the plan would fall faal we therefore cheref ote endeavored deavo red to form farm a groundwork of favorable favora ble opinion by issuing an appeal to the citizens of the state which was printed in au all of the papers of the state and sent by mall to hundreds of prominent citizens A letter was directed to each county superintendent of schools requesting hm him to direct the work in his section by distributing the letters to the teachers under him it was believed that the teab teachers bers would respond better to the request of the officer immediately over them almost every county superintendent in the state of utah responded very cordially to our request over seven hundred and fifty typewritten letters were thus distributed through the state this large work was done by miss caine and miss mitchell assistants in the office of mrs margaret A calne caine county auditor mrs calne caine visited several towns in the interest of the committee and mrs E N B wells did liker likewise wise the vice chairman visited ogden for the committee and found the ground well prepared by mrs T A whalon 9 halon energetic work was also done in provo and park city the schools of salt lake made the collection under the direction of the city superintendent the work of attending to has been very heavy the secretary mw miss Hos berse has had much to do sending out letters and documents but the heavy burden has fallen upon our treas treasurer mis mig F J fabian the taken up in that collection came in in sums ranging from ten cents to twenty dollars and the work of acknowledging amounts received has been very large the committee should feel much gratified that the children responded so enthusiastically to our appeal twelve thousand individual certificates of subscription were issued to me school children by the committee almost every teacher in the state contributed tri buted a small sum to the collection and it is sura that we owe much to their influence that the result was so gratifying to defray expenses for stationary postage and printing a colonial tea was given at the house of mrs G M downey which was a notable event and assisted greatly in calling public attention lon to our work during the summer mrs salisbury Te resigned signed her position as chairman and I 1 was appointed in her place I 1 accepted the position with hesitation as I 1 felt that the work she began should have her official leadership to the completion it is in very pleasing to the utah committee committed that mrs Salis burys service has bem been recognized in the national commit teer by her election to the office of akia national vice president our final report to ito complete the one thousand dollars which was ut hs t quota has been I 1 zt it could not noot have been otherwise when ban at the beginning of our plans um fin salisbury tendered the use of her for thi the entertainment the program wits was made so attractive that tickets sold readily the paper by captain tal arthur AArthur ducat bucat was expected to be of treat great interest and more than fulfilled our expectations in addition to it itt dramatic dramel interest the paper had wed marked merit the music turn amed was of a high order and the recitation of the recessional recessions eminently the decorations were try beautiful and the occasion altof altor r one ne long to te abe remembered antion alon also be made of the successful guessing contest conducted by mrs smedley smith taken altogether the work of the george washington memorial committee in utah has been conducted very satisfactorily what we have pushed ty by this united effort seems to me to td be typical of what might be done for many a worthy cause here at home there are many important interests in utah suffering fering auf tor ifor just such hearty efficient work as we have expended upon the george washington memorial where women of all classes and creeds unite for a common purpose success will always be as great as in this cause thanking the committee one and all for their hearty operation cooperation co respectfully submitted M ALLEN chairman G W memorial committee f far ar utah all members of the george washington memorial association pay 5 to the general fund of the committee the charter members in utah are as follows mrs A J salisbury mrs G M downey mrs emmeline Emmel lne B wells mrs bertha 13 bamberger amberger the reapers readers club the womans comans press club the womans comans club the ladies literary club mrs margaret A caine miss hester harkness mrs S alss caine miss mitchell mrs may gilman miss esther allen alien mrs corinne M allen alien mrs mary H pierce mrs mary E R webber mrs J L rawlins mrs martha A cannon mrs W L king mrs emily K bannister miss catherine A leone miss helen hanford mrs kate S williams mrs jane akings bury mrs S S nelden mrs katherine Kather lne W smith mrs G S peyton mrs emily W bailey mrs helen M S wygant mrs G Y wallace mrs fannie P morrison miss may F keel mrs kate davis holden and captain calta t n arthur C ducat the following telegram was received yesterday from the national president of the george washington memorial association omaha neb mrs george J salisbury all honor and congratulation to utah committee first to fulfill subscription ELLEN A richardson |