The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-11-24
An Event Of Importance

material resources but is wonderfully
rich in pure manhood and woman
hood" He declared that into this
great state the best blood of the
country had come, the finest type of
manhood, the bravest of brave men
and the noblest women have come to
Colorado and the natural result is
evident. Colorado has the best peo-
pie, the best schools the best climate
in the world"
Gov. Adams stated that it was gold
that gave Colorado her civilization
and her strong citizenship. When
the gold fever was at its heighth
many years ago thousands of men
started for the western wilderness
but many lost their nerve as a re-
suit of the terrible hardships of
travel overland and settled in states
to the east of Colorado or went home
but those who were brave. fearless,
sturdy and strong pushed on and
found their way into the mountain
wilds of Colorado, here they settled
and gave birth to citizenship which
has no peer in the world Colorado
owes her citizenship to those men
and women who Sin the great prairie
schooner sailed across the prairie
seas into the golden harbors of Colo
RADIO. The gold and the silver mines
these great resources will be exhaust
ed. Civilization cannot depent upon
these mines but as long as the sun
shines. or water runs, and as long as
man tolls there will be a great civil
ization in Colorado. The fields of
Pharoah have produced and repro
duced for thousands of years and are
yielding great crops today, and the
fields and orchards of Colorado will
produce and reproduce for just as
many years. There is beginning
and ending to the mining industry
but the rotation of crops will go on
forever and forever Gov. Adams
declared that the mining prospector
is the most historic of characters, but
his career is short and is soon merg-
ed into that of a sturdy settler.
In speaking of the Grand valley
Gov. Adams stated that he visited
Grand Junction one year ago during
the county fair and that the fruit
exhibit that he saw there cannot be
equalled in all the world. 1t was as
tonishing, it was wonderful. "Cal-
ifornia has been making the ear of
the world ring with praise of
Burbank. the great --horticulturist,
of Burbank, the great horticulturist
who has done so much for the world
of fruit. and well may California sing
the praises of Burbank for he has
given taste, flavor and looks to Cali
fornia fruit. Colorado however, does
not need a Burbank to improve her
fruit, a horticulturist greater than
Burbank has improved and perfected
Grand valley fruit. the apples. the
peaches, the pears the grapes of the
Grand valley were favored and paint |
ed to perfection by the Lord God AL |
mighty"
Touching lightly upon the tariff |
question Gov. Adams said that he
believed at all times in protection
of the interests that are vital to the
section in which he lived. The sugar
industry must be protected and as the |
fruit industry shonld he protected |
because they were vital to the Colo
RADIO homes. He declared that a true
citizen should stand for community |
and home first, state second and union 4
third. We admire our nation, but /
we love our home" We should love /
Colorado as Ramola loved Florence -
The speaker declared that he look
ed for the day when Colorado would |
stand at the highest point intel
lectually. morally and industrially |
Colorado's natural conditions, its
wonderful climate. augured that some
day 1t would be the great educational
center of the country. In referring to
the slightly tainted morals of the
state brought about by events in the |
last two years Gov. Adams paid a
high tribute to the representatives
of this community in the legislature II
stating that they had always stood for
the right and above the price of the
boodler or the corruptionist. In the
ages past philosophers had declared
that majorities were wrong and Il
should not rule, and men today, I'M
scrupulous men, made the same cry. Il
Such principles have been proven
wrong. When the majority fails to
govern there is always havoc. He re-
ferred to the recent election and the II
death blows the grafters and politi-
cal bosses had been dealt by the peo-
pie, declaring, ''the warning on Nov
8 was of such a character that the
blind and deaf could see and hear its
influence and that unless the grafters
and bosses needed the warnings the
day would come when some political
Haman would swing on the gallows
built for a Mordecai
The Tiber has run to the sea no 1
longer that the Grand but while his
tory dating over thousands of years
envelops the Tiber the first pages
of the history of the Grand and its
country are Just being
tain the names of the brave men who
walked or rode in wagons into Colo
RADIO and braved the perils to make
a great state and 1t will be recorded
that the OK cart has done more for
the history of colorado than the auto
mobile, will ever do"
Gov. Adams picture as to a state
he would form and populate had he
he power was a beautiful thought.
In touching upon the high line can
II he said that'he had rather see the
high line canal built than the Panama
anal put into operation because the
ormer was at home.
Independence and ownership of
and makes a man contented he de-
'larad and therefore the Grand val
ey ranchmen should be contented.. In
losing he said that the only advice
lie had for the man who wanted to be
and contented was ito
'uy land in the valley of the Grand"
1t was a great address. A verti-
lie song with the glories of Colorado
woven into every verse and a pre-