Show THIS IS TRULY THE PLACE one hundred four years ago tuesday a band of pioneers endowed with courage and religious faith first came to this land of ours and proclaimed that this Is the place jt it is hard for us today to realize that on that july 24 1847 utah was a barren and desolate country for today we are experiencing a land of beauty now truly blossoming Bloss oming like a rose we of this generation hav have e much to be thankful 1 for as residents of utah where else will one find the beauties and wonderful climate of this finel fine state it has been the privilege df this writer to trav j el in a majority of the states of the union and as yet nothing can compare to utah there have been great strides made in utah and the west during the past 15 years we have seen the population of the state nearly doubled with both private and governmental industries making great payrolls available for local circulation those hardy nien men and women who years ago tuesday came first to this country would be pleased indeed at the accomplishments which have accrued from their initial labors this Is truly the place |