Show Object of D D. U U. P P. Meeting The Iron County Organizing Organising Camp of the D D D. U U. U P. P held a meeting last last Sunday to consider what undertaking or project they could take up during their administration that would be of ot the greatest good to the largest number number num num- ber her of of or people While nothing was de decided decided de de- upon the subject of aiding in inthe inthe Inthe the publishing of Southern Utah and Cedar City history it found favor This would be bea a mamoth transaction and if it accomplished would be the most lasting memorial to the present of officers officers of- of of ot any achievement possible at this period Now be It known financing the publishing of a book is not collecting and writing the manuscript but we are extremely fortunate in having a native son lion right here who is a born bom historian and has given many years of his life lire to public service which has hils brought him in contact with diaries journals records ecclesiastical and civic with personal persona acquaintances and experiences experiences experiences as well as a natural inclination to preserve and arrange this priceless material for future information for tor forthe forthe the history makers and their descendants descendants descendants descend descend- ants while time shall last Our school clubs church lions and the the st stranger anger within within our gates all sense the need of authentic I reference each year students of all classes making research for tor positive information regarding this vicinity are disappointed that Shat at our libraries ries public or private can not help them them Writers come and gather rather stories from persons oft imes given from memory and re retold retold retold re- re told with varying changes until are rehearsed and given as truths This is not the history we need we want authenticated write-ups write which cannot be disputed without contradiction contradiction tion to the records made at the time the incidents occurred with a measure of the beauty of life Ufe as lived by our pioneers Wm R. R Palmer of ot our community community com com- has amassed a compilation of manuscript n. n which our public should I I n. n ha have ve access to the only method to bring this about is by publication in book form his own financial status with his present calling would not justify the attempt While he does not solicit assistance we feel teel this long needed want should be withheld no longer especially as Mr Palmer has generously stated he could not accept the proffered aid excepting with the agreement agreement that the D D. U. U P. P be re reimbursed reimbursed re- re from the sale of the books which we surmise would be only a brief time schools would need hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of volumes libraries every where would add volumes to their shelves old timers and the general public would be willing buyers With unity of effort and harmony of sentiment this project appears en encouraging encouraging encouraging en- en to at least create a fund und with a view to increase it sufficiently to be helpful in the publication of a i book Its value beyond estimate E. E. E C. C CW V W |