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Show i J f V HJBJ HAIL, UTAH DAY1 HsB HBB "Land of tho ploucers, HH Utah, wo lovo theel BBH Grow with tho coming years, H Utah, we love theel H With wealth and peace in store HBB ' To famo and glory soar; H&Bj God guarded evermore. BBH Utah, We love thee!" HBB' Cyan Stephens. H Hall, Utah! Brldo of Naturo! Queen H of the BBB Today Is "Utah Day," set apart by BBBB proclamation of its governor as a, day BBB upon which to show our devotion to BBB) our homing place our nattvo state. BBBB For today let us put aside our petty BBBB VH grouches and ill feelings und wjih BBBB 'bBBBBBs BJBBbBHBBBJ hearts attuned to loftier strains let us sing tho praises of Utah your Utah, my Utah our Utnhl "What hath God wrought?" This was tho gist of tho query first sent ocr tho completed telcgrnph and how properly Wo might repeat It with reference ref-erence to our Utah as sho stands today! to-day! Slxty-flvo years ngo this land was n bare and burning wllderncsb Tho hot blasts from tho desert swept fiercely over Its parched bosom, and tho gaunt nnd shivering coyoto shrank in terror from its des olatc silence. Hundreds of years before, be-fore, Uonnovllle, that great Inland ocean which for centuries had washed to and fro from one mountain range to tho other, had finally broken through its barriers and fled In timorous tim-orous haste out and away to the mighty Pacific. But hero the hand of God is seen; for the washing of tho waters had not been without purpose. Millions upon millions of tons of precious mineral min-eral salts, salts such as 'are essential essen-tial to tho maintenance of plant life, had been for years washed down from the mountains and deposited on tho lake bottom; so that later, when tho n and women of daring, tho men and women of truo achievement came, this rich' store of treasure awaited only tho application of tholr genius to transform tho barren desert 'Into a ripe and fruitful field. Today Utah stands superb among her sisters in tho bright costellation of Btatcs. Among the foremost In natural nat-ural attractions, with tho leaders in education and art; with a climate unsurpassed un-surpassed by any; with a people practically free from debt or encumbrance; encum-brance; with resources as yet scarcely scarce-ly sounded, and with the fire and ambition am-bition of her founders still teeming In tho volns of her children of the present ydny, Utah stands proudly erect, an epitome of tho entlro nation, n cradle for princes nnd kings in very deed a "Innd of the free and the homo of tho brave." Tonight a "Utah Day" sorvlco will bo held In tho tabcrnnclo. This will bo under tho direction of tho Commercial-Boosters club nnd every loyal Utnhn should be thcro to assist bv his or her presenco In making tho event worthy of repetition. Bo thcro yourself and tako a friend with you. |