Show Th h- h Foretellers Who Aim to 0 GREEK GRiEk COMMUNITY n flood Am vi t UlIN ui Ul IN SALT SAL T LAKE LAIE CitiZens I k Vr S In Jn Salt all Lake JAke Softie C GOO OO or Gr Greeks j during tho Uio past paRt week wel or 01 wiy t this week declare their Intentions to I become American Ask el County Count Clerk J. J U. U J jr whether thoro thero Is la an any great of ot 55 5 Greeks in progress ont and ho will probably S ably tell you ou ho lie has JutS not seen an any signs sigUs of or It His Ills office has haM boon been fuH uP of ot foreigners ant and the they are aro foreigners who ha o to stay not Id to 1 leavo n VO I tho the countr country They are arc foreigners ners who sa any aT tho they boll o e in obeying tho laws of or tho the country fr from m which tho they draw their subsistence and who believe the theyS they S have hayo some somo say in their own government o J nt For 2000 years cars America was waG wasS S S heard of it It-It It It has been known only S tOO years years the tho Gr Greeks were known as S asS asu u loving freedom people u u. PL people who S S Would submit to no nt bUtS but 1 autonomy m S Then came caine dark days S 'S RUt and ages Froe- Froe S Join doin oni became but n a memory almo almost t in that land Inn of mountains ant anti and sunshine hut But tho the memory clung S And nd It still stilt clings That Is In part why h hy tho tio 10 COO Greeks s aio aro visitIng the theoffice theS S office of ot County CI rk El Eldredge lC Sc S But nut there thole ar uro other OthOl l' l rason thoy I For FOt example a. a few few Wee tago lUo S mer v raa c ocon th 5 jI c treat tte t in th 1 Hl of or t tuff l RioU Rio U e depot which is Ig chiefly the tho home honre o of Salt Lakes Lake's foreign colony Some Somo one with a name unpronounceable able and le to an American AmericanS S S as accused of or injuring an j ant and an incipient riot received tho the at att atS attention at- at S t of the police pollee S There wa was nothing very or terrible le about aLbut It all all when w tho the malt matter r was as sifted sifted sift sift- I ed Ia down d n 0 But Dut the tho neW newspapers pap rs said sa III something In their headlines about I S Greek riot flint hUlt It W was N one olio of such uch as I lu In hi which tho Gro Gr l k nationality has lias hasS S b ben been en held Hel up In tl the pu public Uc eye ec us as an anS I S excitable Jr people There Thero are aro 1000 Greeks in Utah ULah S said N. 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P one of 01 the thc m most t I prominent of ot them who h by ly the tho wa way 5 Is' Is an American tn n citizen I will defy leh you O oi- oi to tei find an any case In which one of J S them theiR has been charged with murder S Now O Oth th these the sa men are arc ra mostly motU la laborers 5 S 'S I f and nd the they have Q an occasional ro row c o oC course And ind once or twice tho they have o 1 been the victims of or saloon aff affrays 18 In S which foreigner ners from other countries I cL Were ere tho the aggressors But there Is no i cas case on record In which a Greek 1 Is isS I I S r charged ell with a a serious crime r ThIs ThIH thing of or constant constantly blaming h jun j I mi un on our country countr tho the wrong doln doings of or J h r men from other countries hurts us I uJ S We do not like 1110 It From Friends Too 1011 tt i Sow Now ow If Ir an enemy insults you O l you yew ou do not mind it very cry much runts That's r what you expect from from him a 4 wh when na a friend Insults you ou that thatis i is h. a a. different nt matterAnd matter And Greece ant and America arc nrc friends s vi They TICY t want ant to tOt be bo friends lint und and they i ou ought lt td bo ho o fr friends ends k t When tho the Americans made such a n f proud record at tho the Olympic games l' l fi there were l American flags fluss displayed dis dis- I played I In hi Athens Tho The m most st cordial cordialS S friendship shown What was as Would the Americans then in n Athens or the tho American colon colony now in Athens have 0 h i thought If Sf they the 11 seen their coun- coun try 5 name bespattered with mut mud b by l I. I th tho tiit public press when v.-heu perhaps some 5 t. t Frenchman or Italian had committed I i I a. a lawless act S Then Ihen hen too tho the Crocks have been cen r C accused of or len leaving this country no now y that t tho the mone money stringency oncy li has come v on oni Tho The general effect t of or that stateS state- state S nent II IK Is wron wrong and I 1 again ones comes from tho the Indiscriminate confusion confusion contusion contu- contu sion of or the Greeks In hi America with the Iho Latin races from Crom southern Europe I nc Than hii GUlli There Thero ate aio some somo Greeks groins going home That Is but natural hut But their number num nuni- ber ier b r is very vory VOl limited and it is more than counterbalanced l b by th the number of ot prepaid pro pre paid tickets bought hero for people to come como from Gr GrI Grce cc to America AmorIn For example I t recently sold a ticket to a u countr countryman man wHo ha has haM a n faintly of seven In tn Greece lie Is a n land lant hol holder er It would cost coat him hinh 1000 Jo to move mo to I this country He lie is going home borne for tor forthe I tho the winter after atter tin un absence of man many years year As AN he bade barIc me mc good bye ho expressed tho hope to see sea mo urn again l soon woon lon meaning I. I hero ro in iii Salt Lake Lalee Many dany n ll of or my countrymen countr who are re now no going hom home and an and tho the number of ot those leaving lear lea Irl ing hig Utah for Cor Greece Groeco Is away avay less Isa than intend Intend to return again It Is then partially p. to correct time the wrong impressions that prevail pre in some minds to tho time detriment of 01 the time Greeks that mii my countrymen ate are at this time taking t out their first papers paper Wb I want to show that we are aro Is abiding law citizens and ami that we are arc willing to todo todo do o what we can to help build buill up this hits I country that is treating lnE us so o kindly l r I I I S I I I I I I X S. 1 1 u. u fir he tle Greek of fit We are arc still loyal to Greece o of course And Anti If It Our connU country calls we weare weare are arc willing to lay down our lives Byes for tor her hot sake sake- We Wo uro t to fl fight ht too and have fought for tor tho time United l States The Tho record of ot tho the Spanish American t war ai shows allows that S Greece and America should be he friends s Tile Thu They will n never ver bo Lo at war And there are still sUlI of ot our om follow countrymen who aro are under the tyrannical hand of ot the Turks We Wo Weare are to do to what we can to free freo them and we wo think that America will wIn be on our side What Ii t r ie tb lIu it Thu The Greeks In lit Salt Lake are arc a u. portion per por tion o of ot tho community not to bo ho doppl do- do ppl ed d. d They lh y are ard law law and a t they do their best to uphold the law They have their church built at nt a cost of ot lIt nd free Cree from debt It Is of ot th the Greek orthodox faith Wo have o our newspapers nc We c have o our money In Invested invested In- In vested here We e have our homes and our om business blocs blocks rh There Thero ro is a Greek physician In Salt S Lake an Lake an American merican citizen und antI a 3 graduate of an Bast Eastern rn university Wo 0 have our a n society organized to s p ud funds to help build up lIO the navy and tho the ra Tan ran Philanthropic society which soul Hont 2000 to San 1 Francisco co at tho time time of ot thu tin lire 1110 there S Wo WI ha have now something like liko OO fledged full American citizens from our country living In Utah and we C have several several hundreds who havo wk h out their first papers We Wp c are arc making our money here her and we are are k keeping keeping- It here hOre by hy malting making our homes here hat more could coult we have ha and what mOrO more could we wo do to reek of or The 1110 center of ot tho the Greek colony In Salt Lake Lako Is the Greek church And Ant the Greek church is owned b by the Greek Community of ot Utah incorporated Strictly speaking tho the Greek Community ty t of ot Utah is 18 a religious organization organ tI in Just as is the Con Congregational society of ot Am America Necessarily ho however there has a accrued around the I religious center of 01 tho the community considerable social Importance ant and th the of or th Gr Greek cl community are looked up to in their way Ju Just t as are arc the elders of ot th tho ho country church ll Beyond ond that In Influence In- In I fluence au e-au e an Influence that would be ba pO possessed in part anwa anyway on on nc S GREEK ChURCh Aff At SOUTH ANt AND FOURTH WEST STREETS L 5 J cc r f j 5 fj in tf e I v c 1 f f r i. i U I 1 J S t S S S po r S. S v rj i t I L x A i y r Jf l J r I 5 i i h II H y 1 1 5 I j T JL- JL I 5 5 Si r c the tho comparative t wealth of ol the the- ot officers l ers nn and l their importance o as as' employers ers of ot labor those labor those at ot the h head ad of or the tho Greek k Community of Utah deny eny for it Any in 1 so social social so- so cial v y tri trend L here ru ls what tr w at n Stath Hath akos alos has to sa say about its start I 1 came caine to Utah from Chicago November No No- 0 vember 9 1904 One of or the nl first t men I mot inot was wa George e Soter a businessman business man of ot some importance who vhO has been hero here longer langel than thion I I. I 5 What d do niO you do Sundays Sunda's I asked Do you ou have hn any church hurch hero to go o to Youre You're joking lie he said There Is isIo no Io Greek church within a a. thousand miles mile almost I Well have one ouo hero before three months I J said salt lIe He at one entered enthusiastically nto the proposition and assured me lof of his he hearty support f Con in Hy ll B guu S We e began bejan talking the time matter up amon among our countrymen men and W we found foun plenty of support Tho matter mattel cameto came camu camuto cameto to a a. head hea January 22 2 1905 at a me meet meet- t- t lag In Odd Fallows Fallows' hall hail when we decided de cic- dc- dc clUed to organize the Greek Community ty of Utah and md t to Incorporate The Tho o or organization wa was war for the purpose of ot bringing a a. pastOr st r father wo call him hele heie here a and of ot building a 0 chut church h. h Ilov Iov was sent from Athens he Is hero yet His work lids has prospered and you will find him a U highly e educated cultured ant and Interesting Interesting Interest Interest- ing man Those officers of ot the Greek Oreel community com who in Salt Lake Laco are aro myself lf as president Stove G. G 11 ris vice lc pr president John secretary secretary sec sec- Geor George c treasurers treasurer r Peter Pete who Is a m. ph physician tn n here heie Ernest Papas John George Soter au and ami Tom loom PoUt All AU fire are business men who have o won von success ss In Salt SaIL Lake Lale Wo Yo have havo a or very vory pr tt church build huntI- Ing at nt Fourth South and Fourth West we wd hold hoM religious services e from S ii to 11 ll every eve Sunday We 0 also have lectures on topics of ot Interest to Greeks ant and especially to Greek Amen cans from time tn to time or Of the Greeks GreekS' in Utah all all- allbut allut but ut 60 0 camu came here in iii the tho last five years Of these about 1000 are In Salt Lake Laka and ant vicinity and about of or these are ro o American citizens In tho the United States Stales there arc are Greeks who are arc American Amen Ameri can cm citizens 1000 being in New York alone nn and in Chicago Does that look as ns If It ce C were coming h hero heio ro to make n n. little r money oncy and then return home |