, 1902-02-24

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world offers a brighter prospect fol
obtaining a home at so cents per acr,
than Wyoming under the Carey land
act where one can absolutely contro.
the distribution of water under the
clearest sky. brightest sun and in the
most healthful atmosphere on the con
tinent? The people in the middle west
are just awakening to these possibili
ties, and within the next decade oui
population will be augmented by tens
Of thousands Of young men and women
engaged in raising grains. vegetables
and sugar beets. and as a result We
will fatten our own cattle Mac sheep;
sweeten. with our own sugar, the fruits
of the garden and the babies making
mud pies by the irrigating ditch;
a u own good WOODEN fabrics
from the tlocks, and smelt and refine
the vast store Of minerals lying at our
feet.
Then. from a million happy homes.
oNSl Jul hilStS oVNtI anu d
half thousand square miles of territory
will be heard the brighter laughter of
gladness and the evening hymn Of
sweetness. praise and thanksgiving.
Even now the procession has begun
and nearly u quater Of a million acres
in Big Horn county are in process of
rnplnpn,ffD, ,,,lnr thn r,,,,, nat AND
within the last twelve months more
than 500 families have established
themselves under the irrigaung bitches
and the search for homes under this
act, has found its way Into Laramie
and Uinta counties. Who will be the
next?
The only thing necessary to make
the state all that L. claimed for it are
governmental construction of reser-
voirs for the conservation of irriga-
ton waters; more transportation IA
cilities-railroads operated in the in,
terest of local development and not
solely for transcontinental traffic;
more capital invested on a business
basis, and more men of brain with
push and honest purpose. To such
fortune stands upon the Continental
Divide with winning smile and out
stretched arms; to such Wyoming ex-
tends a hearty greeting and a hand OF
cooperation.
In the secluded grandeur of her
mountains and parks one finds all that
is necessary for recuperation and rec
reation, for Mother Nature has been
generous in planning entertainment for
every mood and fancy. The poet may
find his inspiration, the artist inexhaus-
tible studies, the scientist the richest
and most varied works of all the ages,
for every form animate or inanimate,
real or fanciful, may be Q The
lover Of the gotesque may find delight
In the "hoodoos," caverns satisfy the
craving for the horrible, boiling springs
and geysers testify that the stokers of
the lower region are eve at work.
The colors and blended tints battle the
artists brush. In the vast solitude
one stands in awe and feels Natures
exalted, compelling theme thrill his
heart while listening to the deep diapa-
son Of her mightiest and most myster-
ious anthem as it swells out in thunder
tones or sinks into softest melodies.
There is found all in nature that is
beautiful, all that is quiet and ~restful,
all that is sublime, all that is grimvis-
aged with towering strength.
Her climate is the best in the world.
The pure, clear, crisp air, mellowed
and lighted by an ever shining SUI is
the smokeless fuel which fires the ire
sistable motor power-western energy
and exuberant hope, energy and hope,
which have not only conquered tho
wilderness. but will surmount every
and make Wyoming tho key
stone of the west.
Her laws are few, for we believe
that the best governed people are those
governed the least; they are models
Of equality and equity; they have
been administered with justice |
and uprightness; there are no spots
upon the ermine Of her judiciary, and
no M has ever pointed a questioning
finger at one of her administrative or
officers.
At a banquet at the court of France
they lifted their glasses and one said,
Il give you the King of France, and
call him the Sun; and l give you the
king OF England, and call him the
and then turning to Franklin,
What will you do for a toast
with the sun and moon already engag-
Franklin raised his glass and said:
I canno give you the sun, nor the
moon. nor the stars, o call my coun-
try such, but | give the United States,
md call them Joshua the son Of Nun,
who made the sun and the moon and
the stars to stand still"
Il cannot give you the sun, nor moon,
Stars, nor Joshua, nor call my
commonwealth SUCH for they have
been appropriated; but l do give. n
ask you not only to drink to her but
with all that is best in your noble west
srn and Masonic manhood, to stand by
lere, who sitting on the mountain top,
In one hand the source Of the
treat River Of the West-the Colum-