HISTORICAL NOTES
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a series of events celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Utah Copper Company by Daniel Cowan Jackling was the dedication on August 14th of an heroic-size, bronze statue to that world-renowned mining and metallurgical engineer. T h e statue was presented to the state of Utah by the National Society of the Sons of Utah Pioneers through the cooperation of the Utah Copper Division of the Kennecott Copper Corporation. Unveiling ceremonies were held in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building on August 14th, the eighty-fifth anniversary of Mr. Jackling's birth. Sculptor of the nearly nine-foot statue was Dr. Avard Fairbanks. Noted persons taking part in the ceremony were Nicholas G. Morgan, president of the Sons of Utah Pioneers, who made the state presentation; Joseph Fielding Smith who gave the Invocation; the Honorable J. Bracken Lee who accepted the statue in the name of the state; Charles R. Cox, president, Kennecott Copper Corporation; Dr. J. E. Wallace Sterling, president, Stanford University; and J. Reuben Clark, second counselor, First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Jackling, who was unable to attend the ceremonies, was represented by Mr. C. C. Parsons, of Salt Lake City. A highlight of the program was a solo rendition of "Danny Boy" by John Charles Thomas. T h e state of Utah is indebted to Mr. Jackling for much of its mining and industrial growth and development, and is proud of this fitting memorial which will occupy a place of honor in the State Capitol Building. ULMINATING
One of the main reasons our library continues to grow by leaps and bounds is due to the generosity of our good friend J. Cecil Alter, who many of our older and long-time members will remember as the first editor of the Utah Historical Quarterly. Mr. Alter first became associated with the society in 1927, when he was appointed a member of the board of control. H e was in charge of the weather bureau at Salt Lake City from 1917 to 1941, and was associated with the weather bureau in various cities