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Show tkgiig (s proclaimed Governor Bamberger Calls on j People of Utah to Observe Day BJUI LAKE. Nov 22 In his Thanksgiving poclamatlon. Issued Sat-luday, Sat-luday, Governor Simon Bsmberjcor calls 'specinl attention t the fact that the holday Inayguratetl by the Pilgrim I Fathers, falls on the tercentennial of I the first American legislative assembly assem-bly at Jamestown. Va. The poclama-Itlon poclama-Itlon of the jrovernor Is as follows: ! "The close of the harvest season brings to US that period of the year selected se-lected by our forefathers in which to offer to our Creator expressions of gatltUdS for the blessings they enjoyed. Their observance became a custom that has come down to us through generations, gen-erations, and of such worth litis tnls 'custom been deemed thnt the legislature legis-lature of the state of Utah, n it? wisdom, wis-dom, has seen fit to direct the chief executive of the state to set a-sldc- the I : . i Thursday in the month of Novembers Novem-bers ach year as a day of thanksgiving thanksgiv-ing and prayer and a legal holiday. in i its great goodness our Creator has again bestowed bounteous havests upon the p ople of our commonwealth He has kept us apart from the strife and dissension that has marred the peace of peoples In other parts of the world Wc have enjoyed the blessings jof poace, prosperity and the liberties of a free people. " It so happens thnt this is a year (of moie than ordinary significance to Ameican Institutions. Three hundred years ago the first American legislative legisla-tive assembly, called by free men of lawful age and full understanding, con-yened con-yened In Jamestown. IrgiMn. It is the, instil tit inns mo sacred to the piin-'ciples piin-'ciples of liberty and justice that have been preserved to us by the hoys in the trenches, and for which we have I cause for special' observance this year. Now. therefore, I Simon Bamberg-or, Bamberg-or, governor of the (.-rent state of Utah, do h reby designate and get apart. "Thursday, November 25, 1920, as a 'lay of thanksgrvlng ami prayer and a legal holiday, and tfully urge the people of the Stnte'to desist from their Ordinary occupations on that date and udevote themaslves to appoprinte observance ob-servance of the occasion." oo |