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Show GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS PRO-CLAIMS MAY 18 AS PEACE DAY Calls Upon Citizens of Utah To Celebrate Cele-brate Occasion Ap- . proprlately Governor William Spry lias Issued a proclamation naming Sunday May 18 as Peaco Day throughout tho state' of Utah. On that day tho' peoplo of tho state nro oxpected to congregate and consider the blessing of peace Following Is tho proclamation: Tho highest tribute that can be paid an Individual Is tho trlbuto that love and affection pay to tho peaco maker; tho sweetest words that can bo Bpoken ot tho homo aro tho words "Peace reigns therein;" tho highest Ideal of our great modern civilization Is tho deslro for world peaco. Through education and culture the nations ot tho world havo beon taught that whoro peaco Is there lovo abides, and aro being brought to a realization of the brutality ot war and tho nobility no-bility ot arbitration as n means ot settling differences and disputes. Throughout tho land organizations nro nt work preaching nnd teaching tho doctrlno of peace, nnd tho recently re-cently established custom ot setting apart n daV for tho general discussion of peaco topics has mot with wldo favor. 'In perpetuation of this custom, I, Wlll'nm Spry, governor of tho stato of Utah, do hereby designate Sunday May 18, 1013, Peaco Day, nna call upon tho people of tho stato to gather gath-er together and rally to tho support of this great movement for tho benefit bene-fit nnd blessing ot mankind and 1 further urgo that appropriate peace exorcises bo held In tho schools of tho stato on Monday May 19, 1913. In testimony whoreof, I havo horo-I horo-I unto set my hand and affixed the groat seal ot the stato ot Utah. Dono at Salt Lako City, the capital, capi-tal, this 14th day of May, 1913, A. D. WILLIAM SPRY, Governor of Utah. By tho governor: DAVID MATTSON, Secretary ot Stato. |
