Show BUSINESS 11 MEN AT Al T 11 nun CLUB In DINNER PROTEST AGAINST KNOCKERS Strike Blow at Those Who Earning Their Living in This Glorious State Have Naught of Good to Say About It I t I DETERMINE T TO TU GET TOGETHER FOR GREATER CITY 1 Commercial Value of Civic Beauty Is Discussed and Utah's Wonderful Advantages Are Pointed Out at Commercial Com Corn Commercial mercial Club Banquet 8 Judging from Crom the thc general tone of or tho rho speeches speech s and the enthusiasm and antI I spirit shown at the tho first annual dinner dinner din IHn- I ner ncr of or the tho Salt Lake Commercial I club last nl night ht June 1 12 13 will murk mark the beginning o of a new era in civic Improvement Improvement im improvement Im- Im provement for tOl Salt Lake that will mako make possible oE the realization of or the hopes of the man many i earnest workers for the public good In tho the line IIno of beautifying the city nc The rhe new nets boulc- boulc vm vaid d through City Cily Creek canyon was wasa a principal topic for COI or discussion lon and but hut tho the broader scope of or orthe the Improvement of o tho rho th whole city tv was s covered In speeches that sowed sowell the determination o of tho rho representative enta- enta tive tivo m men n of or the city to get together In hr earnest effort to rebuke and disown disown disown dis dis- own the Interests that have been persistently persistently per per- knocking Utah and to pull together Co for I the common good re regardless rc- rc gat of or creed politics or personal opinions J J. J A A. A ley president of or the thc Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial club Introduced Fisher FIshel Har Har- Harris Harris ris as toastmaster and Dir Mr Harris In hl his opening speech said Protest t l Against t I This meeting has been Intended d from the thc first plans to be he a n. protest against the thc knocker and an open rebuke re- re buko buke to those tho o who have wilfully t and persistently mist misrepresented the state of Utah and ancl her het good people to the tho world It was also its purpose to strike a ilea blow low al at the tho man who earning carn- carn hi ing his lh living Jiving ing In ht this glorious state has lias naught of or good hood to say al about out It and renders no good toward Us its growth and development Mr lir Harris Barris Introduced General Ch Charles A A. as the guest of ut the evening and General responded re responded re- re briefly lelling telling of nt his early experiences s In Utah when he first cume crone to Fort Douglas over oyer the oh old troll trail from itom which was nearest communication with Salt Sail t Lake Lake- a 11 tI i y ar n I Ill tiro In led lod the tro troops Jl to l during dur JUI ing In ht the tin Hoxer Boxel uprising and his Personal per Per- personal e. e experiences with tho rho empress of or China General e was modest ly l. At the conclusion of the response by hy General Coolidge the thc orchestra played Tho Star Spangled Banner and the entire assemblage rose to the toast The Thc toastmaster introduced Frank 13 n Stephens as the only speaker of the thc evening who had prepared a response re response re- re and Dir Mr Stephens responded respond to the toast The Commercial of or Ch Civic lc Jc Beauty in part as follows Value aloe of Civic Beauty I have have boon been requested Mr dir Toastmaster to say tay y a few words in re regard regard re- re gard to the commercial the commercial tho money value of civic beauty and while I donut do donol donot nut not regard the cold money benefits o of oC civic civie beauty as an anywhere near as us Important important important im Im- as the Indirect benefits to I. I be e derived yet it is s something to la be I. I e considered and ancI I am glad to to devote somo some part parlor of the few Cew words I shall have to say to that thal I. I branch ranch o of or orthe the subject When prior to tho iho paving of or out our streets to our railroad stations visitors visit ors used u us ed d to come through this lively ely valley beholding the grandeur g of oC out out- mountain scenery Y the vision nt ot natural beauty was speedily dispelled dispelled dis- dis as they rode to their hotel through trough the sea of or mud which for for- or extended from tho iho railroad stations std sta- dons lons for several se blocks toward tho the bu business part of or the tho city and the tho civic beauty found in a well paved street has paid its cost a thousand fold Minneapolis Some cities clues like which cannot begin to compare with our own Diva city Illy In natural advantages have h by r a system o of or parks and boulevards boulevards boulevards boule boule- clean streets tasteful pul public He buildings s and dart general sanitary tess made malIc themselves so ko attractive e that hat tourists and permanent residents residency have lave been bean attracted h by thousands Weber county spent quite a sum of money In n a roadway to Ogden cancon canyon canyon can- can yon con and the money monc expended has been een I. I returned ten old fold The advantage tu tage e of having having- clean and dart well-paved well streets the advantage of oC the completion comple comple- tion of oC the boulevard now note In process processo o of or construction are arc so su apparent that It should need no argument to convince con con- vince our citizens of or the wisdom of s spending money moncy In this wa way wall of Without con considering the the Infant the tho moan of or the thc one stricken with fever ever the anguish of or the tho hearted broken who follow Collow their dear ones odes called to the thc tomb by the untimely untimely untimely un un- timely summons of the messenger of or filth and anti dirt we could compute Isay I Isay Isay say upon the cold hosts basis o of so cash saved tho iho value to lo the city In that cleanliness which Is next to Godliness Godliness God God- liness loess and without tt which tt beauty be uty never never nev nev- er 01 exists Must fort Iu t lie Ile General up We Vc have here In Salt Lako Lake City the natural home homo and educational center of pf tho iho mountain inter country and when wo enter entel upon a campaign campal n for or civic beauty even from a a. commercial standpoint only vo C cannot afford a to to t neglect n cl physical nil ond metal dud moral condl condl- I It lo uV u- u ii ur uro rc to 10 n ton t III i creatures creature's o of environment cn the tho models set before our children en each day a are arc incorporated In the tho characters they thoy build Tho beautiful park palk the h clean street clean and beautiful homes perfect sanitation the betterment of or moral conditions will bring us a magnificent mag mug f harvest In n the character build ing of our citizenship It will pay i from the standpoint of or an Immediate cash return but hut It will pa pay infinitely more in its indirect ct results You Ion can no more measure the value o of civic lc beauty from a a. standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of dollars and cents than you can mt put a price upon the tho innocence of children tho tho virtue of or woman or 01 the tho honor lonor of man mun You can no more measure in ht mane money the I. I benefit of oC a n. beautiful park of or pet perfect sanitation than han you can con measure lit In money the tho value o of or the Sermon on the Mount ors or the lire life of or Abraham Lincoln Let Lel us I. I boar bear ear with us UIS tho the thought that hat the beauty or absence o of beauty t in n our city but hut collects the character of oC our citizenship let us each cach for vor to raise the standard and wo two shall quickly see sec the result Beauties of ut New ett Boulevard 1 Harris told of or the on ln Pago e c Two live BUSINESS MEN PROTEST AGAINST KNOCKERS C Continued from Inge PIC One lime ion lon of oC the Uio Commercial club cub with the time new ite boulevard saying that lint when the road Is finished there will ivill wt not be as beautiful combination of sky k vale valley snow clad mountains and water In iii time the whole count country as us will wi be afforded aCCorded from froni Its Is paths paths The flie purpose of or the Commercial club cub in spending on the project Is IK to make a start lint will that will wl compel the tIme municipality of or Salt Sl Lako Lake to fin finish fn- fn In- In ish It I with the tIme expenditure of or a total of at least II 11 I. I Roberts who as In Introduced In- In next exchanged a few Cew pleasantries pleas with wih the time toastmaster before i getting Belting to the he subject of or the time evening when lie he made a forcible appeal for operation co-operation co toward a n Great Salt Sal I Lake Lako I We c have ben been living hiving under tinder peculiar pe pe- pe- pe culiar conditions in Utah which have in a measure kept us apart from Crom the tho thorest rest of time the the country hut but out of or this timis past there thero is going to rise a n spirit of or unity and a n better hetter feeling that will wi give give- a a now Impetus to the tho growth of our great commonwealth said Mr Roberts We iVo V have havo found that there e are arc honest homiest Mormons and ant wo we have found that despite our personal differences lit dir there Is a a plane on which we can all al stand antI and that Is the plane of or American merican citizenship Prom From this by united efforts and l plane we nn earnest earnest ear car nest operation co-operation co will wi build und the time more glorious state of Utah Too frs Much 11 We e have havo too much Invested In Invested In this state stale and anti there arc are too many natural advantages in the way of mineral and agricultural wealth to stop In our progress and wo we not only have the natural advantages but we have the manhood and amid s that will wi mal make e this state tate one one of oC which we ve e are arc areto areto to be all al justly justy proud for the value alue of or a state stale Is Justly reckoned not b by hut but by Its Is people Judge C. C C C. Goodwin was Introduced as s the tIme alleged editor of a paper who had fled Cled from rom the state o of Arizona between a n lay day cay nn and a night and ami he hereso reso responded cled to tho limo toast San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco the tho Old and time the New Charles Charle Freund responded to time the toast operation Co Co and I Its Desirability f p John I Henry en 1 Smith was Introduced as one who had experienced the hardships hardships hardships hard hard- ships of the time early settlers In Utah Uth and ani had been heen closely connected Wih with the reclaiming r of Salt Lake Lalie valley from a desert limb into the metropolis of or orthe the intermountain region Patriotic and anti earnest co operation co for the tho generl general gen gen- crab eral erl welfare weare of oC the tate state and the time breaking down of or all an barriers that hindered the time growth of ot the commonwealth commonwealth common common- wealth was as the tho keynote of Mt Smiths Smith's speech which was warmly received American I at nt Heart Henrt No matter mater what differences there ma may be between us personally I behove beleve believe be- be be be- hove lieve leve every man maim here hor tonight ht Is an American at heart Mr r Smith said and I 1 believe beleve every one of us lov loves s country and flag Cag with wih an earnest devotion devotion de de- de- de that was then a wilderness voton and ani as a boy worl worked ed in lii the tIme building of the time foundations for fOI this beautiful city there was wa instilled in my heart the hope and trust that every man should have ha e righteous liberty and freedom from Crom prosecution for no imo rl ht has to lo greater right ever evel come man manthan than 1 to be he an American citizen For Forthe Forthe the tho good of or out our OU entire entre country countr may mayve I we ve a all I hasten the time day when there will willbe willbe wi be no as to whether a 0 a mutt man mal 4 u. u T ro i yim or oi a a. Catholic a Baptist Bap Bap- List lt or a n n ath atheist or an infidel indel or a a Mormon or 01 a Hebrew l but buton buton butOi on Oi the simple queston question question- Is he an aim honorable man maim may our decision of or I his hits worth depend How lo loI It I Is Done In II Bo Boston tol Henry E. E Browne of oC Boston told of the time work of oC his home city cly toward civi civic Improvement Inlo ement and antI described th the In Ineffective effective measures taken laken In the tho Hub city to awaken awaken public Interest alon along similar lines hues Jnes Jud Judge e 13 g E. E Colburn was waN delegated I to lo do some scolding In telling where Salt Sail Sal Lal Lake Jake e had fal failed c In her Imer lut duty duly in iii inthe the line hue lne of oC civic Improvement In Iii starting in to lo make malce Salt Sal Lake the time realI really really real real- I ly beautiful city she site really ought to tobe tobe tobe be you OU are going to do llo something you never ha have done dOllo before ho lie saul said We Ve are arc going to do 10 this however and anil wo 0 0 will ivill wi build the lie city here without I legard to lo Cl eed of or nationality antione anti ami amione ant one of or which we wo 1 may a all aU feel Ceel justly Justy proud proul There Is one feature of this elt city that thai must be done away With wih anti and anI that thai Is time the longs long IonS rows of buildings In Iho tho business s district that thal stand as they were wro erected In 1 1847 S i and arc of no purpose except to disgrace ills dis grace glace the business s and amid commercial reputation of or the time city and fatten falen the time rental renai income of heir owners I t see sec seethe the lie day comin corning coining when there will vIll wi he be no nu Mormon and no un Gentile Gentle in time Iho sen sense e there Is now nine and on omi that day dy there lucre will wi come the bc beginning of the realization realization real real- of uC our nl hopes for a city that thai will wi be 1 without a peer In tIme the whole holc country S Tables rabies were wet laid In the tho form of oC a aletter aletter letter leler U extending the time full ful length of oC tho the large barge lining dining room with wih small smal round roune tables filling the time middle space Pink and ane green were the colors pre lire predominating dominating In the time decorations A bed boil of and ferns studded carnations anti and ane sw sweet ct Iles peas extended down th time the center of oC each ach table with wih tall tal vases of pink peonies placed Illace 1 at Intervals on time the long long side slee tables Pink carnations were used for or the lie bouton- bouton an cs |