Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-05

out has n mighty strength and n lustro
that never dims"
Then he began to ,rapsmu,c his gold
Into libraries and great schools, ia
prepare 20 renew life In the lives Of
HIS coming countrymon,
II was thus that he began to admins
ter upon his own estate,
II was the solvent thought lie had
found the way 10 cause the words TO
he heard through all the future 20
cause hls name, for all time, TO be
a household word with men,
Ana what he has done has always
been upon u brond gage, For IN.
stance, The Royal Society Of London,
the academies " Science of Paris Der.
lin, Vienna, H. Petersburg ana Rome
tho ROYAL Institute Of London our
own Smithsonian institution m coW'
bined do not have Am Income approach.
ing the Carnegie Institution ~ wash
ington And note Ma larl great Kilt 10
unsupported prolcsporo of universities,
And think Of his last munIncient glft 10
retire university professors
10 placed llght IN his window which
VIII grow r. hrllllnncy az the ages
advance ana roccdo \ llphi more
nurc than wns the are Kept burning IN
NeFtna temple for that wna hut u
supcrstItlous sacrifice While this WIN
be the lamp NJ learning and truth This
fair structure IN a ray ~ that light
The giver has possibly forgotten that
he wrote n check which made THIS
structure possible, hut Il II credited IN
tho grcn, lcdgcr above, and ON cnrlh
WIN remain a link IN tho golden chhln
Of his fame
FULFILLED A TRUST
llo has ful0llod his trust toward
Boise, he hns supplemented the slor-
HE'D work Of your ladies' columbian
club, and given them hnbltntlon, but
II imposes now obligations unon YOU,
The men and women OF Idaho should
be better for this bonofactlon, N
brings 10 them and places them In Ac.
cord with nll the gorined men and
women who have lived and died, but
who IN NE, stamped their thoughts
and nets In such n way upon the world
that their voices are slill heard, their
forms gtlll pass In review before US,
and, IN this exalted company the
manhood and womnnhood of the state
should be exalted,
was IN Boise 20 years ago II was
| then but little hamlet surrounded
| by desert The editor Of the paper
that was then here brought me u nArt'
lett pear that he h0o raised IN MS gar
den 10 show me that Idaho could pros
| duco fruit equal 90 Oregon ana superior
| 10 California, The change since thcn
! has been Il transformation, hehold
! the fair city, the miles ANA miles ol or
chnrds, golden grain, flowers ana green
fields. | take Il nv cmybol of nnolh'
en- transformation which N 90 be-
Idaho has been blessed by some noble
| men and women mon and women Who
so Impressed themselves upon the state
| and nation that though some OF mem
have fallen asleep, their voices gro
! Mlll heard, their forms are still ia
| mlllnr 10 us all, But they were pioneers
| Thoy hlagod the frat trails OF the state,
| they erected the nrst signal stations
which were notice that u place eau
ed Idaho existed, ana claimed recosn-
| lion, But the native sons ana dhlgh'
| ,,rs Of the state, what OF lhem9 IL w
| almost tImo To begin To look Tor mem,
! In this marvellous state, 40 blessed
with all natural things that can con NJ
| butte TO states greatness 10 fettllo
| IN soil, 40 rich IN mines, 40 health
| ful In climate, 50 abundant IN re-
sources, go inspiring IN scenery ~
| fitted 10 develop beauty and energy ana
! courage and Intelligence and entorpl lac
| what arc her children 10 be- Thoy
should early receive the impression mat
| If they for themselves do not make q
good accounting they VIII be a ro'
| nroach TO the mon and women, who
| nmId dangers and hnrdshipa, laid the
foundation OF their fair state and gave
II high standing IN the republic, They
should keep IN mind, too, that while
The accumulation of wealth II moe'
lHudnblo and necessary II IN not MI
that II needed, II does not last nm es'
II IL Transmitted into gloflned thoughts
or acts OF mercy or hcrolsm or doNo'
tIon 60 duty or patriotism M strong nv
life, or into words or works that make
men and women better and happier
This library " light m the vim
dow OF Idaho toward which all her chll'
dron may turn Here they may learn
the worlds IllustrloW names and mny
mark how few OF the myrlddN who have
lived have caught the inspiration which
enables mon 20 Rtlll hear IN thought
their voices In thought, 10 see NON
as they were on their swift Journey
from tho cradle TO the grave,
zach son Of Idaho should set q Ugh
IN his window for the guidance OF those
who walk IN darkness without, ond
keep IN thought that no investment
pays no great an interest In this woilo
or the world 10 come, as u consecrauol
OF ones life 10 duty and the thought
that the prosperous should keep I'm mlnt
In, that they should not too long post
pono the beginning Of their administra'
ton upon their own estates,