Show PRESIDENT WOODRUFFS BIRTHDAY on sunda sunday y the dinst the mern members bers of the mormon church will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of president woodruff it is highly fitting and proper that they should do so but we believe that all who live within the boarders of this state join in heart if not in act in their manifestation of respect and esteem no man in this state has more of the love of the people than president woodruff he has won the hearts of all with whom he has come in contact by his sterling qualities by his honesty of purpose b by v his hia industry and by his high sense of honor he is one of the few who are left of that sturdy band of pioneers who entered this valley in 1847 his was the first hand that struck the plow into what was then i desert waste and caused it blossom as the rose the history of this beloved man is closely interwoven with the growth and history of this our fair state of utah his name is em blazoned on the title page of her history in letters of shining gold his hand has been a potent factor in in this state into its present flourishing condition and starting it upon the path of sc a grander possibility and today the broad ax in conjunction with all the people of this commonwealth is proud to say that utah that america yes the whole world in i better through the life of the venerable president woodruff we trust that his last days may be many and that they may be his best the broad ax sends greeting to the aged president and wishes him many happy returns of the day |