The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-08-03

building new court house which
would stand, perhaps, for hundred
years, we should build it big enoueh h to
accommodate the population OF the
county one hundred years hence. He
broue Mt cheers frcm his audience when
he said the court house should be we'll
built, we'll heated, and shuu d have a
tower. While it is true the business
OF th' county can be tran sacted just as
we'll without the tower. he did not
wish to see the county one whit behind
the other counties of the state in the
beauty and .magnifcence of its court
house.
Vail was represented on the program
by Maurice O'Connor in a we'll made
speech. He said tue bail,l.ng of the
new court house marked tie passing of
the pioneer days of Crawford county
The county government has outgrown
its Old abode even as did the old set
tiers the log cabin of the pioneer days.
He recalled the time when between
Denison and the place where Fort
Dodge now stands there were scarcely
half dozen houses, and when the
only inhabitants between Denison and
Audubon were the prairie chickens.
the wolf. and the deer No school
houses marked the country crossroads:
no bridges spanned our streams Our
people were poor though not poverty
stricken. were religious withou
churches to Worship in, and we're hos
pitable to the stranger. Since that
time he has ,seen many schooner
drift to destruction on the prairte and
carloads of emigrants settle on the
wide prairies where seed time and har
vest have returned again and again and
where their children live today In hap.
piness and prosperity.
The dream of the pioueer was to own
a home in his old age where he might
be surrounded by peace and plenty and
a happy family. A visit TO the homes
OF our county proves that this dream
has been realized [, has been more
than realized since the ablishment
of rural free delivery and the rural
tele phone, and the building of the new
eon house is the Gaping of the eli
max. He said the court house should
be SO built that it will be to the people
of the county what the capitol building
at Des Moines or at Washington is tc
the state or to the nation at large.
tlanilla was to have been represented
on the program by W. S. Moore. He
was unable to be present and hi, place
was supplied by Rev. Joseph Stephen,
of the Manila Methodist church, who
made remarkably fae speech consid.
ering the fact that he was called on
short notice and had no time to prepare.
He has but recently been naturalized
as a citizen of the United States. and
he elected much applause by his ex-
pressiops of loyalty and patriotism. He
said the build ng of the new court
house is the symbol of the unity, con.
cord and harmony of the people Of
Crawford county: and Indicative of the
Spirit of progress and energy. The new
court house ought to be in the highest
sease the embodiment of Justice, but il
order for this to be so it is necessary
tnat justice be woven into the warp anC
wool of our people. When we sit OF
the witness stand or in the jury bo,
we should never tarnish the fair name
! of truth; we should never swear away
our manhood. FINELY, we should keel
the fires of patriotism burning bright }
! within IL and should not allow them t,
become dormant after occasions of pa
! triotic celebrations have passed.
j. f. Ha thun made stirring addres.
/ in German which was thoroughly en-