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Show A Hearty Welcome B HBl On Sunday and Monday, hundreds and possibly thousands of Scandinavians Scandi-navians will bo in oui city Tor the pui-pose pui-pose of celebiatlng tho 50th anniversary anniver-sary of the Intioductlon of the gospel Into Scandinavia, and in behalf of the cltlcns of Logan and the valley, Tub llKruitLicAN extends a most hearty and cordial welcome to one and all. You will be among friends who love jou, whose hearts aie bound to jour own by the ties of nativity, by the ties lcsultaut fiom tiials and stiugglcs together, to-gether, and our hcaits; homes and Institutions aie opened wide that all who come may enter feeling that all Is yours to command. Wc honor -.oil and welcome vou for what jou have done In the past, what jou aie at presentand what jou hope to be and accomplish In the future. fu-ture. Asa people jou arc honest, up-light, up-light, generous of heart, lcllglous in tcmpciamcnl, and loyal to the faith which jou havo accepted. Lineal descendants of the Vikings, as some of jour are; sired by men who produced pro-duced such a posterity as Gustavus Adolphus, as otheis of jou are, jou have In jour heart that daring of sphit and haullhood of uatuic that mado these names famous. In leaving jour native homes for the great unknown un-known west, jou hae exhibited the courage of vour anccstois, and In battling bat-tling with and overcoming the gieat tiials and tabulations in this gieat Clou jou have become a prominent promi-nent factor in tho piogrcss of a gieat state of the gieatest nation on thu globe. Your part In the civilization, peopling and settling of this one-time wilderness has not been small, and Utah's hlstoiy could not be written without saving glorious and great things of jou and the part jou have taken. You have been benefited by coming to Zlon, many of jou have become affluent, af-fluent, occupying positions high in the social, political and commercial world, and most of jou are In fairly good circumstances; a life of struggle, toll and tribulations in land of the free and the home of the brave, where the stars and stripes guarantee protection protec-tion to every lojal cltii-en, has developed de-veloped the best in jou and jou have piolltcd by It; jou are becoming educated edu-cated and are educating jour children to become great, good, and noble citizens, citi-zens, and life before jou takes on a roseate hue. Yet, though jou have been greatly benefitted, jou have given more to this great country. You have overcome great dllllcultlcs; jou staid here and fought Indians and wild animals; jou balllcd and overcome over-come all the struggles of pioneer life; you have worked earnestly and struggled strug-gled haul, and these blossoming values val-ues with their thousands of miles Of ditches; these mountains covered with sheep herds, and punctuied with mines that give out monthly untold wealth; Utah's pleasant cities and magnificent business buildings, all in-dlcatc in-dlcatc what jou, with others, have accomplished, and for these things we welcome jou. You hav e shown join-selves join-selves as woi thy the confidence, love and esteem of all people,and Logan and Cache Valley cltlens recognize jour woith. You do well to celebiato the mini-veisirj mini-veisirj of the gospel Into jour conn-tiles, conn-tiles, and theie should be no limit to join feelings of thankfulness on this occasion. While theie was and Is much to love In jour native homes ao-loss ao-loss the ocean, and while jou may havo 1 i.id haul times In jour caieei on this side, jet most of jou aie bottei oil in everj lespect than jou could have ever hoped to be had jou le-in. le-in. lined theie. Let all hearts lespond to the Jojousnessof the occasion and enter freelj Into the splilt of the cole-biatlou. cole-biatlou. "Let join lovo flame anew and jour hope giow blight, and Joy all jour being tin 111." Enjoj the comiadeshlp that will bo joins, giasp heartily tho haud'iof jour filends, at- Pi. - . . tend allthcmcetlngs,llstcntothcband IlflYj couccrts.go to the tabcinaclc,aud hear FyBBBJ the addresses, seo the ball game, visit IlBl tho gieat educational Institutions lo- IiiBYJ cated here and sec whole jour girls HiBBl and boj s aie being educated;look upon VBVJ the piofuslou of decorations in jour ilBl honor and believe that jour coming ilBwJ has been anticipated w Itli pleasure. HhS Tho city and all things in it arc BY! jours.Mayjourstay with us bcas pleas- BBB ant as j on could desire and may llclicst jBBH blessings be yours while within our BBB gates. All hall to the Scandinavians. BBB . HJjjjjjjjjjjjjjjJH |