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Show I Sun Chronicle-Advertis- er I i Thursday, October 14, 1971 Sometimes as we whiz by the beautiful This is the Place monument Salt Lake Valley, weoverlooking might well stop and pause a moment for a second look, a close-u- p look, at this marker which pays tribute to The Pioneers, the pioneers of several years. The first party of Mormon Pioneers who treked from Nau-voIllinois, to Utah, arriving at this site July 24, 1847, included 143 men, three women and two children. However, this valiant, adventurous group was but a vanguard of thousands that were to follow, some hundreds in the same year, and thousands in the years that came after. They, too, were pioneers. In his talk, delivered at the dedication of This is the Place monument on July e 24, Centennial year--b- y the former member of the First Presidency of the Latter-da- y Saint Church, J. Reuben Clark pays tribute to the founders of this great inland empire in which we live in joy and He pays tribute to plenty. earlier pioneers, too In his dedicatory talk which was published in newspapers and is now on record, he said in part: We are to dedicate a shaft and base, hewn from the eternal granite hills of this mountain of our refuge fathers . .Our monument bears record of those first intrepid, tireless explorers, disciplined by hardship and exposure, Fathers Escalante and Dominguez and their companions whose zeal for the cause they followed knew no bounds Theirs were the first European eyes that beheld these valleys. We honor their and bravery courage, their willingness to sacrifice, their loyalty, their unplumed devotion to duty, their faith; they gave happy promise of the qualities which made possible our glorious common- "This Is 7ho Place If monument iron will, of surpassing spirituality, of a tructmg, living, simple faith . .When we see what God hath wrought through them, when we count our blessings, when we see our child-re- n in peace and plenty and happiness; when we ponder upon our rights, our liberties, our free institutions, when we perceive the threats against all this rising on all sides, when we see the wolves, lean and hungry, standing at the gate the sheenfold. readv. eager our me cmlidiion h.s built over chor.sl, .ears, ,11 that .. most and hold most dear home.m family, in worshipping Almighty God,: shall we not her in .. . , r P Ho K S o righteousness who trod mUi J Te uowjhurMmpie,' p faith, m , I "d . o,l I?,!, us. shall - we not solemnly ' our all. even ? ' 7 V do- - ip VITAMINS P' mm the high-- ev mg it T .S "TlK p" it means to us in the val- - leys, and be of 0r Pm- neer heritage. Hats olf to The Pioneers prd i Nutri-Toni- i'Vw,! Life c s HAIR At CONDITIONER IS l W 24 TABS ROOM SIZE 1 12 Oz. i size j Reg. 39 2.39 TRIAilNICIN Common ColdHay Fever For Spartan Style or Shag Reg. 1.50 t a u Hasal CongastionHeadache JERGENS i J Reg. 24.88 I j LOTION Fever Common ColdHa 15 Oz. with at1 dispenser Reg. Convenient - 1.47 and durable. DEB ;D0N Reg. 1.99 SLIPPERS 0 LIQUID Faster New lH'pJUfl' Comfortable . Action Formula PLUiVlR l-- . . ?4 Now Pair Size Reg. 87 snap BLOCKS and BEADS CELLA'S I :HAI KARATE attractive! Reg. 1.97 CHERRY CHOCOLATES Re8 5L 0 Reg. vf44 Now WHOPPERS Cologne After Shave Reg. 2.50 Reg. 1.75 I7 I29 87' tojamautsseSi for 4V K MALTED MILK BALLS a- - ZEREX i H AM- T Upsl Reg. Lifjhl Drizzle Makes I )ri in Hazardous on T" mrior .1 tills O ffi" n and Wilford Woodruff Nor should we forget that on the east side of this monu- -- h(. lu.U? -- ent This Is the Place shaft Perhaps we might well stop and pause a moment and take a traversable ment we now dedicate, there stands a statue of Chief Washakie, a great Indian, a stalwart friend of the Pioneers, their protector against raids by hostile tribes, as down in the valley they turned out the water upon the dry land and they - they planted, and reaped worked, they played, they sang, Sometimes they worshiped they mourned, but happiness and contentment came and lived with them . Their faith and works wrought miracles. . Log cabins grew into adobe houses and these into buildings of brick and stone Stores, banks, factories, mines, mills, smelters, came into being Flocks and herds peopled the ranges, schools and colleges came early and mulThe hive of industry tiplied became the symbol of a great and Faith commonwealth strength and righteousness bore their fruit of comfort and safety and the joy of living . So we honor these men and women of lo T"we J00 1! I Ind un- " . HIGH POTENCY shaft--Brigha- ir. i. hi MYADEC gulches, ravines, and canyons, through which the settlers were able later to enter the valleys. Other great explorers came to this vast wilderness and traversed its great expanse. Captain Bonneville, Father General Fremont, the and others. . . . pathfinder Then came the scouts that led On the following day, July 22nd, another group entered, including George A Smith, John Brown, Joseph Matthews, John Pack, 0 P. Rockwell, J C. Little, and one other. The main body of the caravan followed Then, on the 24th of July came the heroic figures which crown this great Young and his faithful associates Heber C. Kimball .tv .. . tv valleys, not ,m i r-- s wealth. Then came the trappers led by General Ashley, also Jim Bridger, the discoverer of Great Salt Lake, Kit Carson, Peter Skene Ogden, and the rest, who took first toll in furs from the natural riches of this mountain fastness, and who are immortalized in the names of and mountains, streams of this great area They found the trails, the low "Ih dioplanmg part of Utah history Bankamericard.U 1947--th- the anrf mm a rm IjgQlBg o, passes, I ion .Mi v EXECUTIVE Large, thristy cotton otit-do- " spoil Plot o Siel l .1 vtie pi esirlt nt , Pirelli Tile terry . . 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