--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Youth’s Companion collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 4 number: 11 published: 1901-09 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Youth’s Companion, "I Wish You Well," *Improvement Era* 4, no. 11 (September 1901): 803.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0411unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0411unse start_page: 803 end_page: 803 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-09) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0411unse publication_year: 1901 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # I Wish You Well THE GOVERNORS OF UTAH. 803 Ms conservatism and prudence that he has been deemed worthy to hold office in the territory longer than any other official we ever had, longer than almost any official in any of the territories; and that at the end he is able to retire with the consciousness of duty well performed, and the respect of his fellow citizens is no slight tribute to his character. * * * * He came to this territory a young man of twenty-seven, and has served the territory fourteen years, a longer service than has been ren- dered by any other official in its history. When appointed governor he was a citizen of Utah. Four of his children were born here, and their mother sleeps the final sleep upon our soil. He has made Utah his home and now acknowledges no other; and, in conclusion, his moral character has always been above suspicion. Since his retirement from the governorship, he has continued to reside in Utah, and is at present the postmaster of Salt Lake City, of which office he took charge, February 1, 1897. "I WISH YOU WELL." Despite the tales the cynics tell, Whom does the busy world wish well? The soldier boy, who leads the way By early learning to obey; The sailor lad, whose swift "Ay, ay!" Halts not to question when or why; The city boy, whose heedful grace Gives charm to every commonplace; The village boy, who makes his path Bloom with the loving skill he hath; The true lad everywhere, who wills To honor well the place he fills, And make the house he dares begin Worth building sure and living in. To these the world finds time to say. Amid the march of every day: "Whatever tales the doubters tell, 1 wish you well— I wish you well." Youth's Companion.