The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-06-17

SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES.
THE LEWIS AND CIARk CENTENNIAL

Now that the st. Louis exposition
has got into full running order, says
the Salt Lake Tribune, and the daily
report from there Is much a matter OF
routine. the minds of the people of the
mountain and coast county TURF 10
the exposition of next year in Port
land. which will he in commemoratioh
Of the 2 eat journey of exploration to
the west coast, made by Captain Meri-
wether Lewis and Captain William
Clark a century ago
1t is natui al tnat the people al
through the region which was theh u
wilderness unknown to the men OF CIV
ilization. should be enthusiastic sup
porters of tbs memorial exposition
They rejoice TO see the National GOV
ernment make an appropriation Oh
s476, 900 in aid of 1t. and that this Gov
ernment will make an sSOO,0o exhiois
there. They glo.y in the grit of the
Oregon people, who approve the ap-
preparation by the Legislature of S4oo.-
600 from their State treasury to put
this exposition upon a firm f1nanclal
basis.
compares with these heavy sums,
and the ten thousands of dollars
which other States have appropriated
In the same cause, how patty were
the resources of the leaders or tnat
ever-memoIable exposition! 1t makes
the heart ache to read how it had to
be postponed for lack OF he few hun
dreds of dollars that were not forth-
coming but were absolutely necessary
If the exposition was to start with
any reasonable prospect of accom-
plishing it's work. And when the small
sun was finally gathere together
how Inadequate it seems now TO- any
great purpose.
But those were days when men were
more than coin, and when the pioneers
did rot count their money to SEE
whether or not they a enough to pay
their ras-aee. When they We're ready
to start. they started: and when they
came to the Ohio. the pioneers of the
crest Weste.n re-'on didn't wait for n
boat ~ come along and float them
down the stream, but when they
needed a boat, they built one. And so.
in chief degree. It was In the settle
ment of the trans-Allegheny region.
what the pioneers Lacked or coul5 No:
make for themselves, they lie without
yet their ingenuity n energy were
such that they felt no great lack ,au1
made magnificent Roadway.
1t was much the same with Lewis
and Clark in their great transconti-
mental journey. They started with
small equipment. but they made 1t do.
They went into an unknown region.
but when they returned. it was no
longer unknown. They opened q great
region to the gaze of mankind. and left
for themselves the fame of great ex-
plorers. And from their explorations
have come the greatest harvest or
good that was ever reaoed from such
effort in the history OF mankind.
Thee have been other explorers. in
Africa, in Asia. in Australia: but from
none of them have come results such
as have sprung from the discoveries of
Lewis-and Clark. For all that has been
found in Africa, there fas beer notn-
ing to compare with tina riches and
glory of No. tn America: rich though
the gold and the diamond mines or
Africa have D.. owed, the mnies of these
Western mountains and valleys nave
been far richer. inc the population
that has followed here has been great
er and more capable than that Of
South Africa. The explorations In Asia
have been Of practically no effect.
and those in Australia of far lees i'm
poitance than ours.
Fof leading the way to the Develop
nlent and sablu~ation of a continent.
The within a century was to en-. lei
the world with treasures greater thai,
it had ever known before: hat would
be filled with a population to bc
counted only by the millions: that
would be divided into powerful and
stately commonwealth. each a shin
ing sta in the gloriols galaxy o. the
American Union. Lewis and Clark 'ie-
serve and will ever receive the chief
est place among explorers.
In holding this grand exposition In
con.men.o. alton of the great things
they did for their country and FIR US
the people of Oregon show ,henselse e.
deserving OF the benefits the great ca