Show AN anniversary thy proceedings connected with the coloura celebration tion of utah day at the world a fair recall the fact that today september 20 la Is the forty third anniversary of the appointment of the first brat federal officials tor for utah under the organic act passed by congress Con grew the commission of the newly appointed of ficera was batou eight days day aubet september 28 they were brigham young of utah governor B D harris harrie ot of vermont secretary joseph of pennsylvania chief justice perry C Bro cebus of alabama mud aud Zerub babel snow bouw 0 ohio aMu saso clate justices seth M blair of uth V U S district attorney and josep jooeph h li heywood hey wood of utah U 8 mai marshal of these theae two had bad been officers bersot cersot ot the provisional government of bo state of deseret the first government formed in theae valley they were Brigham young governor and joseph L heywood surveyor of highways highway 8 for the state tate at that time the population of utah numbered about souls exclusive ot 0 indiana iD diani the territory embraced an area of square equale miles being bounded oo on the me north by oregon which then included idaho idabo anthe on the west by california on the east by the rocky mountains and on the south by the thirty seventh parallel the present boundary line on that side bide then nevada wad aud part dart af wyoming and colorado have been taken out of utah and the latter when first formed was wag considerably smaller in area than the state of deseret which extended to the pacific coast and took in the port dort of sala ban diego the means of conveying information to the almost unknown west was then vastly different irom from what it is in now the th news newa was not borne across the continent by the electric flabb nor was the mail carried by the swift iron horse the stage stae coach was an equipment of the distant future aull and even the pony express was not thought of letters would sometimes come acrons inthe the plains JI in the weary months that it took emigrant trains with ox teams to make the trip or 1 they would come by way of california the of the organization of utah ULah territory casover was over four months in reaching salt bait lake city henry E gibson now of ogen og en brought the li when in los boa angeles he received a copy of the now new york tribune containing an account of the passage of the organic act and the appointments made by president fillmore he came on to utah arriving in salt bait lake city jao jan 27 1851 anil and to the NEWS the he papers be had thus enabling this journal to publish the important mior lnor matian on jan 28 governor glovernor young who bad been at oikuen organizing the weber stake or of zion was met in davis county anti and informed of his appointment and on arriving to in this thia city as ae the states in its record if bf the event was received with the firing of cannon and other lions of joy S the subsequent history ot of the territory confirms the fact that it was a happy inspiration which suggested to president ident fillmore the appointment of governor young MB as chief executive of the territory he was its leading citizen and around him the people clustered closely laying broaca anti deep and firm the foundation of a great and prosperous commonwealth of which the republic may be justly proud the generous gene roua treatment and hearty welcome which were just recently ae accorded corded utah Is deputation to the worlds pair fair at chicago along their entire route is duly appreciated yet it was an honor to which they were wen fully entitled as an representatives of the founders of government in the broky mountain region while glancing baek back on the page of time ing this day it way may not be inappropriate to note it as the me anniversary of an important event in the development of mining industry it was un on september 20 1870 that the first run of crude bullion was made at the first brat swelter smelter completed in utah that ot 01 woodhull ed on big cottonwood creek eight miles sough of this city this was obtained from the borei ores of little cottonwood canyon other were lu coarse of construction at M that date and soon joined in ID an industry that has bow grown to large in the territory prior to the date named attempts bad veon teen t een made at reducing the ores ore in the sixties smelting smelling sm elting furnaces were erected in rush valley and around stockton but owing tu to inexperience and high corst coat of material and transportation they were failures the advent of the railway however removed an obstacle that before bud been Id insurmountable surmountable and from that forward was steady and permanent |