Show Home Coming Co ing Date Set A Aside ide By Proclamation BY Y TIm TILE GOVERNOR OF OP THE TIlE TilE THE STATE OF OP UTAH I On July Jul 24 1847 the original I band of Utah Pioneers emerged o from rom Emigration Canyon Can on and beheld beheld beheld be be- held the valley alley of of the Great Salt Lake For many tr trying weeks they had been wending their tortuous wa way across plains over oyer rivers and ancl through mountain passes ever over pushing onward toward the Promised Land which they ther hoped to find rind in the west On Oa that that July morning as their stalwart stalwart stal stal- I wart leader gazed over oer the valley toward the great inland sea shimmering shimmering shimmering shim shim- mering In to the tho distance and de declared do do- dared This is the place they realized that their wear weary journey I was over that here was the spot for which they had been seeking I where they were to build their homes and la lay the foundation of a n great state Since th that t time it has become the tho custom hero to observe July each year ear with fitting services ser ser- services services ser ser- vices and ceremonies and the legislature legislature leg leg- ture has set aside aside that date asa as asa asa a legal holiday in Utah It Is customary also Iso for many native who have moved elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where to return return n for tor that day This year the tho Salt Lako Lake Chamber of or Pm Commerce erce Is sponsoring a Covered Covered Coverer Cov ered Wagon Days celebration on July 24 25 and 26 special efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts are being put forth to In In- In duce forme formo to return home for the week of Jul July 19 to I 26 and various arious meetings are beI being being be be- I ing InS arranged for that occasion ItIs It ItIs Itis I Is entirely fitting and proper that this should be done that the deeds of the sturdy men and women who subdued the wilderness may be impressed im- im Impressed Impressed Im Im- pressed more strongly upon us and that we may 1 pay a to their memory memory the tributes of love admiration admiration ad ad- and respect which are so eo justly theirs r Therefore I George H. H Dern Governor of ot the State of Utah by byi bythe bythe i the authority in me vested ested do doI he hereby declare and set aside the I week of July 19 to 26 1931 as HOME COMING WEEK and I request all to lend their loyal support In making that week an outstanding u T r rI ralso I also urge all former no now living elsewhere to return home homo for tor that period if It is possible for them them to do so and to Invite their friends friends and neighbors to journey journe to to our state enjoy enjo r our hospitality view our marvelous elous scenic wonders j an themselves further I with our natural resources IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have haye hereunto set mv my mf hand and andI ca caused used to be affixed the Groat l I i Seal of ot the State of Utah I Done at tho the Capitol Salt Lake City this da day of May 1931 Governor |