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Show B Pioneer Day. B Onco inoio wo hIiiiU hooh bo H permitted to cdlobruta llio duy H which commemorutoH tho 011- H trancu of tho first pioneers into B Suit Lnko Vnlloy. With u fool- H ing of tlmnkftilnoBH wo Hhoitld H coiitomplulo our prosont sur- B roiindings and roiuombor with H rovoronco Ihoso Bturdy sottlers H who livid tho foundation of this H groat Htuto. H Whou on July 21, 1817, tho H first wagons rolled through tho B mouth of Emigration Ciuiyon and H brought tho advanco company in H viow of tho vnlloy, it lay boforo B thorn in all its mighty grandour H but dovoid of tho comforts of H civili.od life Thoro was, in B spito of tho picturesque sconcry, H little to invito and much to ropol H n band of pooplo Hooking a suit- H nblo placo for homos. Thoro H woro "no waving liolds, no sway- B ing forostB, no vordaut moadows H to rost and rofrosh tho wear' B oyo, but on all sides a seemingly H intdrminablo waste of sagobrush H bespangled with suuilowoxs, the B parndiso of tho lizard, the orickol B and tho rattlosuako." B To hearts loss courageous or B to souls loss dovotod to tho uu- B dorlying motivo, that which thoy B Haw would lmvo brought do- B spoudoncy resulting perhaps in B death or further migration. B To tho.pionqors of this sjato B "v""tlioM,coiuliUon (JalloU for oxtra! B oxortiou. Jirigliam Young from B his 'carriage on tio top of the B v lndiintain, with his oyos resting B . " on' tho quiot scono, had said, B "Yos, this is'tho placo." Novor B v questioning tho wisdom of the H choice, with faith unfaltering, B soeds woro plautod, and wator B turned upon tho thirsty earth. B Orudo houses woro built for B home, scliool and church pur- B posos. Infant industries woro H soon established that have since B ( dovolopod Into groat institutions. B Thus was begun tho founda- B tion of this groat stato of Utah B by rasoluto men and woman B whoo memories should bo kopt H bright by future generations. H Lohi will ospociully bo favored B this tilth in boing pormittod to B onlortaiu tho organization known B as "Tho Sons and Daughtors of H Tho' Piouoors." It is expected H that all tho piouoors of 1817 B ro si ding in Utah Count)', togother H t " with man' from olsowhoro, will B bo prosont. B All tho pooplo of our city, in- B dopondont of- orcjod, should do H all in their power to do honor B to the illustrious fow who B pioiioorodthis country and who B yot rumain to rocotint tho oarly B oxporioncoH. B Evils of Bets. B It is to bo rogrottotl that tho B gambling spirit should prevail to B such an extant as it duos at ball B gam'as and various' other contusls B Good healthy, rivalry, whothor B of a physioial or moutal B naturo, is coininendablo. When B properly conductod ooutenUi fur- B nish the best of veorontion and B roflult in improved ''frisndsliip B betweon jiaiiioe contostiug. It B is lion money in placed as a B Vriiggr on-onosido of (ho othor 1 that ill foolings develop and thn contost which should havo been friondly bocomos a scono of bit-tor bit-tor words if not a real scene of icarnago. Betting gavo riso to tho unpleasantness un-pleasantness between tho American Ameri-can Fork and Lohi Basoball teams a year ago, which cuno so near sovoring tho good fooling bolwoon many citizons living in tho rospoctivo cities. Recently, considerable money o.changcd1(k hands as a result of a race run by (Hubert. Evans of Lchi and Mick Ingersoll ot American Fork. So far as we have been able to lcatn no unfriendly un-friendly feelings have .followed, but persisted in they always come. Many serious crimes, fights, murders, and assaults often have their origin in gambling, for such it must be regarded. When somebody some-body wins the other fellow loses. The money has not been earned or legitimately gotten. The gambling habit U ruinous Tlioe who have formed it cannot enjoy quiet pleasure but pass from wagering on ball games, foot and horse races to the gambling table, where all the associate evils are partaken of. Let us enjoy our games without making some people poorer and other people better' off by il gotten gains. |