Show T THE TE IlE MEETING AT SOCIAL IrMA J. On Friday evening e somo some t two o hundred hundred hun bun dred d red prominent people of ot tho the Mormon Moron Mor Mor- ormon or- or m mon on church and their friends gathered gathered gath gath- e ered red in what ma may broadly be called cled a an n old fashioned social at nt the old- old fa social hall hail hal in State street It I is one ono of or the few tew remaining relies relics of ot the tho old times tithes one of ot the few tew structures structures tu tures res of or the city that como come down to toe th the e present and promise to remain in tho the future with wih a a halo of ot historical I in Interest terest about it I. I And the event was I ce certainly one of or the tho happiest that can cn b be e Imagined The affair was ivas given under the auspices aus nus- pi ces of or the Genealogical society and Iwi w will wi ill probably result In an impetus to t the he growth of ot that organization It I In Included for the evening an excellent d dinner inner of or chicken pie with lh a profusion I o of r f other homely and healthy edibles w with wih ith buttermilk and clear dear water as a b beverages and with a a. a fervent bless bless- blessing bles blesIng In ing g at tho the beginning which seemed to sanctify the whole event to those w who ho can appreciate the serious things of ot life Ute Later there were brief addres addresses addresses- es- es r re reminiscences and society details and th then en there was dancing The affair co concluded before 11 o'clock and u. u u delightful d evening filled fled with profit a and nd with Interest was ended The rhe w whole hole thing was ns typically Mormon formon The building as Mr W. W W. W Riter fer st stated was at one ono time used b by Fedral Federal Federal Fed Fed- e eral ral authorities In territorial days as m asa a court room and there thero the first murd murder mur mur- d der r trial of ot Utah was conducted It ItIs I Is no compliment to the Interest the n nation naton took In U Utah h to add acid that the tho j ju judge ge was wag an nn inebriate and sentenced the he t convicted man to bo be dispatched O on 01 il Sunday Sunday Sunday-a a sentence which he re revised revised ro- ro v as a to date dato when he grew a little lit lit- lt- lt t tle te ie more sober In It that building man many o of f the old pIa plays were given The a actors for tho the most part arc are now g one gone But Dut their work and the happy times imes t to which the they contributed re remain remain remain re- re main permanently fixed in the memorIes memories mem mem- o ories nes of those who were present It I Is a curious old structure walls wals of adobe strong stong and solid sold as to timbers t the tho entire entre place now made modern In heating and lighting and apparently insured a a long life of ot In In t rest and usefulness Let us hope that the old Social hall hail hal may remain for Cor another century Salt Sal Lake has many marvels of ot the conventional con con- kind kInd kInd-It If a marvel marel may be conventional But there arc none too many of ot the things thIns which possess an historical association The old wall wal about tho the Temple grounds the buildings build build- uld- uld ings of or the presidency of ot the church this old Social hall these han these should be bo preserved from the ravages of or time Because of ot their associations they are valuable Because of or their lesson their testimony to a n people who worked In fervent sincerity and brought much good out of ot a season of ot countless countess difficulties they should be bl safeguarded by succeeding g generations as a most valued heritage |