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Show GOVERNOR SPRY ASSUMES OFFICE. b Salt Lake. Jan. 4. With a declara-tlon declara-tlon that the time has come to bury . old differences and to Join together hearts and hands to build up here a great commonwealth, William Spry ot noon today took his oath of office nnd became governor of Utah. Standing near mm wuuu uv icm.-ed icm.-ed the oath was Governor John C. Cutler, Cut-ler, whoBe term of office expired today, to-day, and in tho room listening to the ceremony were many officials who had , long been In the service of the state, and many of younger countenance who today took up their first official duties. du-ties. The Inauguration ceremonies accompanying ac-companying the change in odministra- ; tlon wore extremely brief, and scant as to ceremony and parade of force. ; Four guns of the Utah national guard's field artillery furnished the only suggestion of military power, while the officers of this command In bright new uniforms contrasted decidedly de-cidedly with tho somber civilians who 1 gathered about the new executive to rhako his hand after the services had. been concluded. At five minutes after 12 o'clock Colonel George B. Squires Introduced Governor-Elect Spry, who came into the Inaugural room at 12 o'clock sharp, followed by the general executive officers of-ficers of the state. In thirty minutes more the services had been concluded and tho gathering dispersed. Musical features were furnished by Christensen's orchestra and by Mrs, Emma Ramsey Morris, who sang ' "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," with "Three Cheers For the Red, White and Blue" for an encore. Colonel Squires, In presenting Governor-Elect Spry, ppoke briefly of tho rature of the occasion, and declared that It gave him great pleasure to introduce the state's next chief executive. ex-ecutive. "I certainly feel this morning a grave responsibility In taking upon myself tho duties of your state's chief executive," was the opening sentence of a brief speech by Governor-Elect Ppry, preceding the administration of thG oath of office. Governor Spry did not speak from manuscript, but in a brief manner stated some of the problems with which he intends to deal. "I need the co-operation and assist-once assist-once of my friends in carrying out tho wishe-j of the people," he said, "and I shall depend for support upon the other state officials so that the administration may be found doing its duty by all the people of thl.i state. "Many things will be necessary to' do, for If we would have this state become be-come all we would like to see it, we have only to go ahead developing Its splendid resources. I am sorry tho people of the state at the last election did not seu their way "clear to pass a constitutional amendment that would have helped the high schools, find I hope the state can find a way to foster these schools and see that Utah's position in the front ranks ot education Is maintained." |