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Show EARLY 3ETTLER8 FAVOR SAVING OF TRAILS Provo, Mnrch 10. At the 8lxth ward old folks' ontertalnmont, tho following fol-lowing resolutions were unanimously udoptcd by about throe score veterans who had passed over the trail In question; ques-tion; Whercns, Tho historic Oregon trail, tho so-cnllcd "Mormon' 'trail, nnd the troll of tho early California pl3neers,-was pl3neers,-was In fact n. great national highway In tho early pioneer settlement of this western .country, over which 30P, 000 people and 5,000.000 head of llvo stock passed; and, Whereas, A movement has been Inaugurated In-augurated by Hon. Ezra Meeker of Puyallup, Wnsh., now beyond his eightieth year, through Congressman Humphrye of Washington, to havo Congress appropriate $25,000 to mark this early trail of tho pioneers; and Whereas, Tho pioneers of this state trnveled said troll for over 1,200 miles, leaving It nt the, bend of tho Bear river riv-er to'como southwest, while tho Oregon Ore-gon pioneers went on northwest, there fore, . Ilcsolved, That the old folks In their annual gathering, favor tho marking of tho said historic trail, and that we ask tho Utah delegation to aid In an appropriation to tho end that tho travels trav-els of tho pioneers may bo suitably marked for all tlmo. |