Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20
Christmas Greeting
By Go6ernor Hunt


A n invitation from the Deseret News
n to speak of Idaho means that such
an article win reach the homes of
a, least half the people Of southeastern
lGoho. and If can state any fact that
win be Of real value to those who read
the columns Of your paper I shall be
amply repaid for my hours work
The News" has always had a warm
interest I'm the development Of Idaho,
and its columns have consistently been
open and used IN Ms material interests,
and it is with considerable satisfaction
that ! freely attest il and wish the
readers OF your journal a merry and
happy Christmas and q return Of many
Of them as FUN Of substantial comforts
ana blessings as this one of today
Every state has It's periods Of growth,
Development discovery railroad CON
struction. and sometimes even decline.
state or a nation is Ike the human
system, from lbs birth to It's maturity
Is a steady progression, interrupted
perhaps by an occasional illness that
its vitality is able 10 throw Oft but the
history of civilization from the time Of
antiquity is one continual story of the
decline OF every powerful nation and It's
final exit from the worlds successful
activity and that state is wise that by
the iud.clous use Of its own advantages,
seeks To- improve It's citizenship and pro-
luOg Is yigor.
New England men and women-rug-
ged, Puritan if you will their younger
element have left their impress upon
the West Wherever he goes he is a
center around which must cluster the
pure and saving influences Of the family
md the home. forces that are Of ines
Unable value in our growth and devel-
opment
The Dutch have brought their sturdy
natures and love Of liberty to the ad-
yo1,uIous and bounuful West. Every
one Of them an unc0mpromising be-
lever in the home-stubborn perhaps
but Of that subbouuess that for so
years dened the d.atation Of Spain to
abandon their religion.
The West is recruited from all nations
Of the world. with the new generation
of native born growing up In oar midst
and is older generation Of pioneers
passing away. after seeing the wonder
ful fruit Of their labors ripen even be
You'd their expectation.
Daniel Boone was one Of our countrys
first pioneers North Carolina was be-
coming too thickly settled for him and
his adventurous spirit sought the vIr-
gin soil Of Kentucky.
Lincoln's dream Of conquest lay in
Indiana and afterward In Illinois. The
land Of promise has been shifting west
ward and Idaho in turn becomes the
mecca Of homeseekers,
We have crushed the rocks and
washed the sands that have yielded
their millions Of gold and silver. and
yet our mineral resources are barely
touched and we have the soil that is
ours. richer even than our mines, that
viii produce Its thousands Of crops,
We have the springs that yield the
hardest manhood, not in the sparkling
waters Of Ponce de Leon with his dream
of eternal youth but In the bountiful
haryests Of grains and grasses. not for
those who pass but for those who labor
to create. to grow and to build and take
satisfaction in the glory OF their work
But wealth alone win not preserve
ration or q state, 70 must have the total
Of individual integrity in IFS people to
preserve it. and Idaho has a solicitude
that her immigration, whether Ameri-
can or Dutch. or whither-so-eyer Il may
hail from shall be men who stand four
square to all the Winds OF heaven, VINO
shall know what It is to be American
citizens. and who shall be content TO
love their religion and home, and as
sumo a just share of a citizens obliga-
tons
The valleys ofUtah have perhaps more
than any other state In the Union, more
utilized their available water
Tor irrigation The overflow OF popula-
Hon Is turning toward Idaho and we
welcome II. We welcome It because we
have the lands to be occupied and be-
cause we respect the character OF the
people. who have faith and confidence
In the future prosperity Of the state
Idaho is too big a state to describe