Show proclamation governor cutler declares holiday relieves believes state has ample blessings for which to give thanks thursday nov the day this is the season of the year when thoughts of thanksgiving and nd its allied joys are in the henits of american citizens rol following lowing the regular custom u tora is to this festival governor john C cutler has I issued the following by official proclamation his excellency cel lency theodore roosevelt president of nf the united states has designated and set apart thursday nov 26 1908 as a day of thanks thanksgiving gi ing and prater er throughout the nation the 1 he custom which has come down fron the pilgrim fathers of riving giving thanks each autumn for material and other blessings vouchsafed during the bear cat is one of the most beautiful heritages of our national life to acknowledge the source of all our benefits and make public profession of our blessings ingratitude to him is to become through appreciation more arthy worthy of future blessings they w who ho are grateful to god will itne e more truly to descar desane e his future baior aar in this is the assurance of cur nations growth and safety in material blessings e hanecak hae cause e for thank giang the farms the mines th ahr mills tile the factories and all the other sources of our wealth have bae been most moa bounteous in spite of temporary depression capital anil and labor have hanc had munificent returns and it fully appears that an era of prosperity is to make us forget the adversity which ras as temy tempered cred our pios penti in the bear ear just closing with gratitude gratitud for past blessings we ne m amy ay iy th therefore enjoy i i grateful assurance of increasing welfare now I 1 therefore 1 I john C cutler governor ot the state utah following the proclamation of the president and the excellent chatom of our nation do hereby designate thursday nov 26 1908 is as i le lef il 1 oliday holiday in the state ind a daa da of nf thanks gi ina and friyer I 1 recommend that the suspend business on that day nod and gather n their heir homes and their places of worship and give eve thant s to almighty god for the blessin s he be has bestowed arid and I 1 believe that we ve should mingle with our thanksgiving an irnest eirnest e resolve to live not only our material lives but the broider arid and better intellectual and spiritual life in such wa as to merit the inari asing faor of a just and loving lather father JOHN C CUTLER |