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Show 'ifiSSS SOCIETY'S MMMJUIQVET Attended by prominent members ot tlio association from all parts of the Rtatc. the fourth annual banquet vf the Utah-Kan8asA associatiQn was held at the First Methodist church j a9t- ovenlDEr. in addition to the banquet ban-quet proper, there was a program of toasts and musical numbers, the annual an-nual election of officers and the reading read-ing of letters from Kansas and former Kansas lesidents J. C. Nye, who has been president of the association for the past three years, retired from office last evening, and Q. 11. Crnft was chosen as his successor. The principal speech of the evening was delivered by I. H. Masters, a former instructor In the Ogden high school, but now editor of the Bingham Press Bulletin The annual meeting of tho "Jay-hawkers," "Jay-hawkers," as the "Utah-KansanB re-for re-for to themselves, wns probably the most enthusiastic in the history of. the organization. Tho membership of the association is growing each year, and a very large percentage ot the enrolled membership was represented repre-sented last ovenlng. During the serving of the feast muBic was furnished by the Ogden Mandolin club and there wore also piano selections by Miss Vera Frey. Greetings from prominont Kansans and others uere read by Prosidcnt J. C Nye. Among those who sent messages mes-sages to their Utah friends were Victor Vic-tor .Murdock, United ,Statcs congressman congress-man from Kansas; William Allen While, editor of tho Emporia Gazette, and an intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Arthur Capper, publishor of the Topoka Dally Capital; W. F. Earls, cashier of tho National Bank of the Republic of Salt Lake, who wrote on bohalf of President Frank Knox and himself. Judge Alfred Saxey acted as toast-master toast-master and the following program was carried out: Vocal solo, "I Hear You Calling Mo".. Mrs. Corinne Harris Hammer Toast, "The Jayhawker as a Mixer" I. H Masters Piano solo Miss Nellie Ramey Toast, "Why Some Kansans Came to Utah" Judge John E. Bagley Solo, "Wave Glorj". ..Mrs. Hammer. Reading from "Irbnqulll" Mrs. Harry A Beaverd Selection Ogden Mandolin Club Song of Kansas By tho Association Judge Saxey spoke largely of the stirring days of Kansas' history during and previous to the Oivil war. He told of the influence of Lincoln's vis-It vis-It to the state; read Ingall's classical eulogy of Kansas, and quoted from Governor Stubbs' recent address In New York concerning present Kansas. Kan-sas. President .L C. Nye spoke of his viBit to Kansas a year ago. and of the evidence of prosperity he saw on every hand. Agriculture, taught with T great success by the state schoolB, 1 has Inaugurated a practical "back to the farm" movemenL Tho young men are not moving away, but are taking chargo of tho farniB as the , fathers move to tho townn. Judge Bagley was the humorist of the evening, and while hcikepi the coinpanv In n roar ot laughter much of the time he brought out very vividly vivid-ly the roasons why many ICansans came to Utah. In closing a most entertaining en-tertaining address he referred personally per-sonally to different KannanR present who had attained wealth and prestige pres-tige in Utah, and asserted that whllo tho love for the old homo state is warm' there seems to be no intent to leave tho state of their adoption Mias Nellie Ramey deftly lendercd the "Soxtette" from Lucia, with the loft hand. Mr. Masters' addreps was a pleasing pleas-ing discourse, which furnished fun. fact and fiction. While he boosted Kansas and Kansans. the Bingham editor also boosted Utah and the Kansans Kan-sans who are doing things in this state. In part he said: 'The title of this toast, 'The Jayhawker Jay-hawker as a Mixer,' may sound like a peculiar subject for a man fiom a dry state, yet just the other day I read of a Jayhawker out hore in Utah who was trying to mix tho milkweed and tho strawberry so as to grow strawberries and cream together. But wherever you meet a Jayhawker he Is usually out among the best boosters for that place or town. The spirit of unrest so permeates his being be-ing that he is bound to move things. Tho Jayhawker resembles the whirlwinds whirl-winds of Kansas, which are continually continu-ally going around something or somebody. some-body. "One of the" best examples of this spirit of unrest was found in our departed de-parted martyr and patriot, John Brown, who started things in such a manner that the culmination was the greatest Civil war the world has ever known and the lesult vas the freeing free-ing of ten millons of slaves. When tho United States was trying to capture cap-ture Aguinaldo they sent way back to Kansas for a man who was even shorter in statue than Zacchus to go and take him into camp. When General Funs-ton Funs-ton reached tho islands, Aguinaldo found that he was about as much of a match for the little Jayhawker as a Kansas cotton tall is for a hungry greyhound. To use the 3lang phrase of our sporting papers he mixed it and Aguinaldo was soon put to sleep. "When Teddy Roosevelt wanted a man to ferret out the postal frauds he went way down into the Sunflower jungles of Kansas not for boar but for Briatow, nevertheless this Brlstow proved to be tho greatest bear that Teddy ever captured. He so mixed things for several postofflce officials and clerks that today they are mixing mix-ing mortar over at Leavenworth. Later La-ter on in the history of our native state, when our politics became corrupt cor-rupt and tho old gang tried again to nominate their crowd to feed at tho public crib, such men as Brlstow, Ros-coe Ros-coe Stubbs, William Allen White and others so mixed the politics of the state that today Knnsas stands among the free with a direct primary law, government regulation of railroads and publlo service corporations and above all a prohibitory law that prohibits. pro-hibits. , "No nation can hope to become great within itself. History proves that tho development of every nation na-tion is in direct proportion to the magnitude of Its international relations, rela-tions, Why was Athens the Metropolis Metrop-olis of Greece? BecauBc she had absorbed ab-sorbed the ideas, tho culture, and the genius from the men of all nations until she excelled even Sparta In oratory, ora-tory, In ait. and in commerce. To what does England owe her supremacy? suprem-acy? To the courage, the thrift, and the Industry implanted there by the Norman, the Saxon, and the Dane What has made our own America such a marvel of industrial development? develop-ment? It is that in the Americans aro combined the characteristic elements of all civilized nations. We have Inherited In-herited the religious convictions of the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock; the thrift of the Dutch of Now Amsterdam: Amster-dam: and the refinement of the French of New Orleans. "Ladies and gentlemen Just as these things are true of our nation so arc they true of our state and while wo are assembled here tonight to honoi our native state of Kansas, let ub not forget that we have been adopted into in-to another great state, since wo aro a part and parcel of this rlchqBt of the rich, let us unfurl the banner of Utah In such a manner thnt the world at large and the native sons of Utah, will declare that we are among her most loyal citizens and stand ready at all tlmeB to boost for a bigger and a better state Let us show by oir vote and our dally acts that wo are working as hard toward the development develop-ment of the natural resources and tiepurlfjingof Utah politics ns If we were native sons. Lot us put our shoulder to the wheel and boost for more factories, more thorough development devel-opment of our mines nnd farming industries, in-dustries, the upbuilding of our schools and tho expansion of the Christian church throughout tho state.'' Immediately after tho program the business meeting was held. In nominating nom-inating Mr. Craft for the office of president, pres-ident, Mr. Saxey spoke very highly of Mr. Nyo and tho valued sen Ices which have been rendered by that gentleman during his throe j ears' term of ofTlco at tho head of tho organization. or-ganization. The city commissioner would probably have been named for the fourth term, but for the fact that ho refused to accept the honor. Tho selection of Mr. Craft as his successor was unanimous. Tho other officers named for tho ensuing year were H. L. Griffin, vlco president; Mrs. Nellie Kline, secretary; and Claudo M. Saxey, treasurer. A rosolutiou was unanimously adopted that the members of the association as-sociation attend in a bodj tho lecture which Is to be given by ex-Governor Uoch at the Weber academy on Mavfh i It was also decided to hold a picnic pic-nic at Lagoon some lime during the summer. Among those present from out of the ci.ty were A. J. Kniqht. manager of the Western Uuion at Salt Lake; F V AVeede, also employed at the Wostorn Union in Salt Lako and a stepson of ex-Governor George Bailev of Kansas, and Mrs. I. TJ Diohl, of Mammoth, Utah. Mrs. Diehl is secretary sec-retary of tho Utah Press association. The room was a bower of flags and bunting, with sheaves of whent and oats In abundance. Bouquets of sunflowers sun-flowers adorned the tables, and each diner found at his plate a souvenir sunflower of buttonhole size, the gift of Mrs. Mary Griffin. |