The record-union., 1894-09-10
PIONEERS CELEBRATE.
They and Their Guests Enjoy the Good
Things of Earth.
Toasts and Responses Make the Occa-
sion Pleasant One-An Or
iginal Poem Read.


so justly noted. No one who ever at
tended one Of their gatherings was ever
known to decline an invitation on a sub
sequent occasion without regretting his
inability to accept.
Or. Light, the President of the society,
presided. The members and invited
| guests TO the number OF nearly hundred
sat down at 1880 p. NJ. TO a table that was
! spread i'll profusion with everything to
tempt the palate, and proved that the APP
petites that luXuriated III the days of gold
on the festive slapjack, sel1-raising bis
cuts, bacon and beans, did not disdain
daIntIer fare lii these days OF the later
civilization.
! Nor was there wanting due proper
ton OF liquids to moistan their throats,
and when the extra dry" OF California
| manufacture had lubrIcated the tongues
OF the argonauts, the old-time wit began
| to Hash forth and some good after dinner
! speeches resulted.
The President called on Ii. NJ. LaRue
! hrst lo respond to The Day We Cele-
| prate," which he did, saying that Sep
telhDer y, 1913, was more momentouS
uay 10 The State than the same date in
| 1907. as many of the future founders OF
| the State were then toilIng across the
| uesert plains, surrounded by various
dangers which they happily surmounted.
1orLy-nVe years IS a long time to look
| ahead to, but a short time to look back
| on, many as the changes nave been. 1t Is
/ haru To tInd anywhere else men who have
passed through SO much and kept their
strength and power to enjoy life as the
! pioneers have. lie paid a glowing tribute
to the pi ogress OF the State in the past.
Rev. 1. IL. B. Anderson. called on
! by Mr.. LaRue to speak for him, said
| that he was not himselfa pioneer, having
come here IN 1883, but his father had
come IN 1919. lie haG always esteemed
highly the friendship OF the pioneers.
| The past Iorty-tve years has brought
California through the successful periods
| OF mining, agriculture, horticulture and,
| Judging from the present display, viii
| culture. Before the discovery of gold in
| California the world had made no sub
stantial progress.
Since then the telephone, the big rail
road, the great ships and many other evil
denceS OF progress have sprung up. The
] pioneers laid the foundations OF the State.
They still held its foundation, and he had
rather look to them in great questions of
! public policy than to the younger genera
tlon lnat mas grown up among them.
William Johnston responded to Cali
fornla." de said that the subject was
! such broad one that he felt his little
| ness when called on to speak 10 it. The
| State produces the best of men. the
handsomest women and the most and
! brightest babies of any in the Union
History shows it has never worn swad-
| dllng clothes, but sprang to statehood at
| bound. 1t was settled by men superior
to the rest OF mankind. He gave an ac-
| count of his advent in Sacramento in
1919, with his worldly belongings on his
back, and said he had never since seen
VII thn
year, when man who really wanted to
work did not have the chance.
rev. =. L. Massey, in response to
What Know About DR.. Light" read a
witty and humorous poem on DIR. Lights
election. which excited much mirth, and
aIterward read an excellent original
poem on the occasion, as follows:
| ADMISSION DAY, 1894
When yesterday the message came. to meet
you here to-day,
A message was glad to have, and gladder to
/ questioned what significance what inoport
great or small,
Attaches to the genial throng to crowd your
banquet hall.
And SO this answer report, as comes another
year,
And four decades and more have passed since
49, nrst you gathered here;
IhoSe who remain of the proud band once
seated at this board
1h ieIroapect may call TO mind what good the
past has stored.
What conquests yours it was to make in fields
OF fair renoWn.
with arts. not arms your instruments with
peace the ample crown
Ana Duild mighty commonwealth, entitled
to endure
Long as its laws shall righteous prove. and
men are Just ana pure.
What recollections yours to-day as here again
you meet
And with the old accustomed warmth your
Well-proven friends you greet
VI struggles dlre, OF victories grand, as stand
Ing hand in hand,
1t has been yours to know full oft as mem hers
of this band.
AND though these years of struggle NAV. ON
hlstory's ample page,
seem brief when centuries are called atten-
tion to engage
Yet in their absolute results. and pauoed nv,
human life ~
They will be found of good and gain most
creditably rife.
wilderness was lying here when first vour
band explored
This land, and TO your presciei4t glance the
wealth was seen which stored
In granite hills, or fertile plains If has heen
mans to gain 1
And build into an empire vast this yield of
gold and grain.
For, under your transforming power. the
wealth. your toll has wrought
" men nfst IN mere material things INTO
your hands was brought
LAS been transfused, until the gains won in
both Held and mart -
Have blossomed into beauty as Raliaion
Letters, Art. ~
And, Pioneers, In all this work which elevates
Into that high and honored place, where emi.
nently great,
She stands as nberty's defense upon this
western sea,
Yours 1t has been to bear the toil and ,r;,, +b
victory W.
anu yours II Is, IN measure grand, when this
FINDS you around the accustomed board. in
gay and glad array
10 nan IN retrospect the hour, when signaled
The word was heard that there was gained to
freedoms flag a star.
And still to-day as in the mast when 10 x,orr
flag you turn,
Your eyes are moist, your hearts afire. with
patriot ardor burn;
For. signaled by this festive thronC with
happiness elate,
The times recalled, your work fun crowned.
when freedom gained State.
And yet today it seems, perhaps, some softer
touch should grace.
Inc tribute that fain would pay urged by
the hour ana place
some gentler word. which passing all, field,
country, mine or mart
Shall strike the chords which ylbrate most in
every loving heart
For truth it is that while your work. which
built tie civic State
And added all the gentier arts. to make it
doubly great,
Was done for freedom and for God. close
friendships strong and pure
Here have been born, have served to bless
and as of old endure.
But as the years go Fastening on, and, giving
.