Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1888-07-04

nallsts to have lofty aims and strive to do
work which will be valued when time
has passed its effacing hand over the re-
cords of today He had spoken Of Great
Falls as place Of $4,000 town lots, but it
was now after the lapse Of two years in
a fair way to be soon a place Of more
than $4,000 people. Colonel Sanders was
heard with the closest attention and elici-
ted hearty applause.
The chairman then invited s. w. Lang
horne to respond to the toast Of "Nor-
thern Montana Mr.. Langhorne made
an excellent, telling speech in which he
predicted industrial greatness for this
city and much importance for Northern
Montana.
The chair announced that the next toast
on the list was 'The Press with which
was honorably associated the name Of Ex-
Marshal Botkin (cheers) ".:
THE VETERAN JOURNALIST SPEAKS.
Mr.. Botkin, after referring briefly to an
early experience in journalism, said that
if his recollection of his connection with
the press was one Of toilsome days, it had
some compensations. 1t had afforded
him the privilege Of participating in this
| occasion, OF witnessing the wondrous
1 growth Of Great Falls, the enterprise and
! hospitality Of its citizens, the lavish gifts
OF nature that surround it, and Of seeing
with his minds eye the future to which
the city is advancing with firm and rapid
steps.
He was asked to respond for the press,
and found some difficulty in complying
without repeating trite and tiresome
platitudes that had been recited ad mans
ann. When Fletcher of Salto1rn said
uTet me make the ballads # a nation and
/ care not who makes its laws" IL
| spoke Of an earlier stage Of civilization
| and Of people little advanced in letters,
anu y allle11a1le " .le ,i lnnueace y
! trnuhadours Ware IL livinr now he
would see that if one man could make
the newspapers OF nation, he would en-.
Jus ie''el poMs ',,al ha 5l,e e"d WAR, ~ ~
tie governments Of Europe to be a mon
archy tempered with assassination. A
government by newspapers would be an
atlssoIlaGy ~ ~ -, usuai ~. ~ .l.e
i ed With reason and always workinn ont
the ends of truth and Justice. He saw at
the end OF the hall the familiar quotation
~ ~ pen - misi1eler 'ai.al Vne g. swo'e.,
49, a.. ~ we ie,naea VI 'tiio'iiei iia menu
" ''ie s'n'e l'asstse' "-."
BEHOLD the arch-enchanter's wand!
Itself stl notthlngi thng but taking sorcery from
10 parsiy We M a Uasar5s,o to strike loud world
noiseless. 2
50 OF the press, itself nothing, or at
most an unconscious agent; but needing
only the sorcery OF master minds to be-
come the iulcrunl ior the leVer OF Arch -
lmeaes-the 1'.leaS 1lrm 1actor III 1ne "oflos
progress
Mesdames Clarke and Sorrick, Messrs.
Wilcox and Hawkins now sang together
tho ucarn;va1an y which oaya m,cb n,aa-
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sure
Chairman Collins then offered the toast
of "Great Falls" and referred in compli-
mentarv terms to Paris Gibaon, the found
- -,
q u 'ne .o"h " "liose ehersy anu lore
sight all Montana owed so much.
Mr.. Gibson made in response an admi-
rah]o anaach clear tersa and intarastino
80 Sf,oo' e S'1 | 80 s1','i.,7' ~,
hvety worn was nearo 'nfousiioul the
hall. lie spoke OF the resources OF Mon
tana and urged the editors to make
known the apr;cn]tnral and mineral
wealth of the territorv He was lnndly
annlsuded mu,I Ia III his broad Views meet;ne % % With
~eparal annroyal ~ y ''''
s Tba taoe+ ppo ~ sstba r,od;osu o,;o;+od tho
folInwino 1e q 1atter m read % hv sacratarv ' Col. NJ
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"hifE ooLfhois nrhines, oe 800 ,Ms !,
Jarrv Collins Eso secretary @ to, MI Montana
prass Association Great Fails
DnAR STR~Tn thanking Won for the
h;rhast honor conferred mnon anv man.
hagr g A If the Montana Press associationN
that If heinr selected to m nav trihuta 10
the the heanty and loyeliness Of earthMT can N
hut eynress nv sincere regrets al nv ina.
bilitv 10 be present ana be heard in their
/ hehalf. hut trust the office NAV be dele
GATED II ah]er and more worthy hands.
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