Show for Pap Paper r fw YOUNG MONUMENT It la is 1 with exceedingly great creat pleasure thal that I beard heard in in one of ot the meetings of the late conference that fe the deterred deferred I erection of at the memorial to the late I President Brigham Young Is ii again revived and efforts are to be made to consummate the work I am no Abero hero worshipper In days day gone by and seeing ie io buildings dedicated to the worship of at the God of peace that monumental mental effigies in nine instances out Of Often often often ten were dedicated to men man of blood nearly all aU the statues set up were wera to men of like renown and had bad engendered the feeling of at acorn coorn for tor erections er of at a alike alike alike like character The contemplated monument com oom commend commends mends mend itself elf to my mind as ai one essen essentially commemorate of the doings of aman a aman aman man of or peace and goodwill to man man- mankind mankind mankind kind From Prom the memorable oj of July 1847 sick lick ick and wearied on looking from br his vehicle upon the val val- valley valley valley ley of the Great Salt BaJt Lake to the also memorable of August Au u t 1877 aU all his thoughts labors Jabon and hi bib life lite were devoted to the spread ot of the Gospel ot of peace the building of his hie beloved Utah and the tbt bene benefit t of the be poor of at the earth The motto God and Utah seemed branded on his bli il heart beart and was wai the moving impulse of ot his hie life ute A committee some ome time since ap- ap appointed appointed appointed pointed have bare already taken initiatory steps tep Some funds fund bave have been rai raised ed Mr Dallin Damn haw has been commissioned and the product of or bin hie genius in a larger than thao size life bust buit some nine leet feet high can now be seen een just Juet inside the east eastgate gate Kate of at the Salt Luke Temple await await- awaitIng awaiting Ing the pedestal OB on which It shall ball hall be It ie la estimated that will remunerate the artist and com com- complete complete the th work in 10 a manner worthy of at the ot How Hew ie is this to be raised railed I would suggest that the committee send out a circular to every Bishop in Zion and give all Icrael men Israel men women an and an children an opportunity to te contribute thereto that some ome of ot the gray graybeards beards scattered red throughout Utah relate their reminiscences of oC their departed benefactor and infuse into the hearts ot of the youth of at Zion a desire delire to follow In his hi root footsteps and the work will be accomplished And ADd inasmuch ae as this i is not Dot a work in which every resident ot of the Territory ie is interested or should be let subscription lists Lite be placed in every store etore in our larger cities inviting a small mall donation from every inhabitant inhabitant tant tanto 80 go much for means I would suggest that the memorial take Lake the form commonly known ak as the arch ie ie say ay ay lour four fluted columns columna with capitals capital from which shall haU spring arches arobes supporting aup orLing an entablature These columns column to be of Utah granite in keeping with the Temple in design and finish Let Liet each county of ot Utah contribute a slab of ot the mineral min ral found therein which shall ball be time with standing landing such a as ae marble onyx por por- porphyry porphyry porphyry oolite and the vitrified rocks found north and south etc eto these theiu slabs Blabs lab so o arranged on each other as to form a kind of plinth on which shall ban be placed the statue so o that Utah shall be represented in all her localities Let there be no meretricious adorn adornments men but all to embody the idea of ot character a of b one to bo ee honored tenths gnat uses and solidity 1 r l t tAnd And where can a more II fitting ng site ne be found than on OD the street treet which has bas by courtesy so o long borne his ble name name- name Brigham street treet And ADd where more ap- ap appropriate appropriate ap appropriate than in the center of the city at the point where the entirE entirE- number numberIng numberIng Ing and naming of at our city start tart A At Atthe the head bead of 0 Main street treet within a astone's stones atones throw of at where he Be pawed passed pa ed a goodly of his hie life Ute and where his bla spirit passed paard from tram mortality lu in near proximity to the glorious temple t mple ot of w which blob he was wai honored to be the designer designer de- de deiner signer iner and on which be bestowed so 80 much thought with the face of ot the statue overlooking the city In which be took so 80 o much pride and scanning canning the Territory to the t south the east and the wes west With a broad flagstone crossing say ay z six ix feet teet wide reaching from the he N NEWS NEW corner to the Council House corner and aad from the Temple corner to the Templeton hotel botel at the intersection of which shall ahaU hall be placed the memorial the arches arobes thereof to pond spond with the line of ot the footway the erection to be of such a height ae as to be above the reach Of ol ordinary spoliation 1 g but within the ea easy euy y vision of at the passer passer-by the whole not to exceed day ay five twenty live to thirty feet in height 1 And what more pleasing and able de desir- desir desirable ir- ir able time for or its ite completion and dedi dedi- dedication dedication cation than on the day to te w which blob all t Utah ie is now DOW looking and to the to furtherance of at which w Brigham Young Yonn 1 labored with so o much zeal statehood zeal 1 for tor Utah If It taken hold of at with a will there Is Ie sufficient time and to spare pare to carry cut the grand object Ana And when completed let it stand alone alone the only i memorial of ot the kind kiad that ever shan shall be entered in Utah Let her ber citizens citizen vie with each other to advance her er Interests in ways way to benefit and ble bless each and every one in the building of temples of ot learning houses of 01 worship wor hip in gardens and parks park in which with with- without without out di all aU may take plea pleasure I lon louL lou forward to the not distant day when our Jur fair city shall hall be freed from tb these se unsightly telegraph and telephone tee tole phone poles pole which now mar Its if grand vista and the network of at wires rele rele- relegated gated to a sUbway or 01 Some rome ome other method where utility and beauty may maybe maybe maybe be joined when our fair Temple and its Ita grounds shall ball no longer foster foiter the Idea dea of seeming Mormon exclusiveness but bot enclosed in a of crop shall ahall ball be a thing thine of at joy Joy and b beauty auty to all aU observer when the t e NEWS NEW cor cor- corner cerner corner ner which seems eeme to hive bare been dated conse- conse consecrated crated by nearly neary fifty years yeara of ot use to t Journalism and literature shall ball have bave ve a habitation worthy of at its ita high vocation and the people of 01 Utah when the op opposite eppolite p Council House Houie or corner shall hall see aee ee erected thereon a temple of music worthy of ot the mu music loving loving c-loving peo- peo people peo pie symmetrical in design and per per- perfect in Its if acoustics and clustered around lt it a readIng room supplied with aU all the leading lead lUg papers papera of the world and magazines of a Ii wholesome W character where our citizens young and old may recreate with class rooms rOl wherein may be taught to our young JOUD men whose time is Ie occupied during the day in the ordinary such occupations branches i of f f useful knowledge as ai shall ahall fit t them to become adepts in their varied j where whore also alio shall ball be b suitable salons alon for models model of art In 1 sculpture architecture etc and the relics of Utah and the he Deseret Museum may find a fit lodging place and be accessible to all aJl B By an all II her ber citizens working to this end Inspired by the motto of her ber ever everto everto everto to be honored first Governor God Governor and aDel Utah all an these things oan can be and will be accomplished SIGMA ICONOCLAST SALT LAKE CITY Oct Oot 8 1894 |