Show l ISSUES illS HIS PROCLAMATION Tells What People of Utah Have to Be Thankful UI f for 01 NAMES LEGAL HOLIDAY Recommends Suspension of Business and General Observance Observance Observance Ob Ob- servance of Day lo Following tho custom of former years Governor Go John C. C Cutler yesterday yes yes- Issued a n Thanksgiving procla- procla setting apart Thursday November No Xo- vember 26 20 as tho the da day when the J people of Utah should give thanks for tor the years year's blessings The Tho proclamation It Is worded as follows n By official his excellency excel excel- Roosevelt PresIdent lency Iney Theodore of or the United States ha has d designated S antI and s set t apart Thursday 8 November 26 6 1908 as a da day for thank thanksgiving and prayer throughout the nation The custom which has come down from the Pilgrim Fathers of giving thanks each autumn for material and other blessings vouchsafed during luring the th-J year Is one of the tho most beautiful herItages heritages her her- of or our national life Ufe To acknowledge acknowledge ac oc- ac- ac knowledge tho the source of oC all our benefits and make malte public profession of or OU our gratitude to him Is to become through appreciation more worthy worth of future futuro blessings They who aro are tru truly grateful grate grate- ful UI to God will strive more mOlO freely to to serve deserve his future favor In this fa Is th tho assurance of or our nations nation's growth and safety act In material blessings wo we hn have cause for tor thanksgiving The Tho farms s. the mines the mills the factories and andall andall all nil tho the other sources of our wealth have havo been most bounteous s. s In spite of temporary depression capital an and labor have had returns And It fully appears that an m era cla of prosperity Is approaching to make malte us forget torget the a adversity which has temp tempered tem tern p our prosperity In hi the year ear Just closing With gratitude for tor past blessings we ma may therefore enjoy a 1 grateful assurance of oC Increasing wel wel- fare tare Now Xo therefore I 1 John C. C Cutler governor go of or the state of oC Utah followIng followIng follow follow- Ing the proclamation of ot the President and the excellent custom of or our out nation na na- tion tion do hereby de designate Thursday November No 26 1908 1905 as a legal leg noil lay laythe In the state and a day of thanksgiving ing and prayer I recommend that th the tho people generally suspend business so on that day clay and gather bather In their homes and amid their places pt of and auth give thanks to Almighty Gad Gl for the blessIngs blessIngs bless- bless s Ings He lie has bc bestowed And I believe that we should mingle with our thanksgiving ln an earnest resolve to live not only our material lives but the broader bronder and anel better Intellectual and spiritual life in such way as to merit the he Increasing ln favor favol of ot a just and ln 10 loving father |