Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-07-16 | Page 4 | Don't Abandon the Day.

ABANDON Til IE 13 D DAY Y The Republican makes maltes no pretense c of ot a S right to i ad advise e the Mormon peo peo- people people pie in ally auly of ot their affairs but bute e we o trust thc they will wJ reconsider their published published pub puh- decision not to celebrate July Twenty fourth Pioneer Day The en iC eason enson son assigned Is that tho they intro have been char charged ed with wih giving more marc attention to that ca lay day than to the Fourth of or July and so o inviting the tho charge of or being unpatriotic That does not seem seem to follow conow So toes far as we can cn see sec Mormons are mo about as patriotic as the rest of oC us as American Amer Auner- lean ican citizens anywhere in the nation naton But Dut thero there aro peculiar reasons why wh the they should preserve observance of or Pioneer Da Day It I signalizes tho entrance en en- trance tiance into this valley valey of or the men ho put Utah Uth on tile the map It I honors m men mei and women who are aro entitled to honor And It ft gives Utah one ono celebration a alte little different from Crom an any within the the custom of at the tile rest of the country country- How it should best be celebrated Is Isa Isa isa a matter of ot detail But nut the day the significance of ot U it H. H the mighty historic Incident It commemorates and tho the people who marked It I with wih a whitestone white whitestone stone deserve e perpetuation b by the citizens of or Utah Uth And since all ni of ot us are sharers in that labor the thc inheritors of oC their ho- ho 10 role labors the tho beneficiaries of oC their ther sacrifices it is a day n who whose e celebration Invites the operation co-operation co of or all al all whether or not they are members of or the Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon communion