Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-25

tinel of the Rockies taught a whole !
some lesson. He taught unselfish SER
vice. We perceive in 1t the great
fact that what men most honor, that
which survives the hour in which men !
live, is honorable work in the cause
of ones countrymen and ones coun-
try. Those who live apart by them
selves and take no thought of others,
are least regarded. 1t is within the
power of each to contribute some
thing to the welfare of his fellow
men; something to the upbuilding of
the community and the state. Each,
as the price of the liberty which he
| enjoys, should make some return in
the way of beneticent service to 9TH
ers. 1t is not necessary that one
should be in the public service in or
der that he may do this, for each hour
and day brings its opportunity in the
manifold relations of life. The great
west teaches a helpful spirit. a large
measure of generous. neighborly re-
gard and cheerful cooperation in the
advancement of the welfare of each
and all.
Character of the Pioneers.
We fully appreciate the tremendous
consequences flowing from Pixies ex-
pedition. He blazed the pathway
hither and thousands in due time fol-
lowed where he led Those who thus
came here to set up dominion were
well fitted to found state. They
brought with them into the new field
of their endeavor the self-governing
instinct of the Anglo-Saxon race, an
infexible purpose which subdued OBJ
stacles and converted to the use of
man the natural elements which
Providence scattered among these
mountains. They made laws which
had no higher sanction than their own
consent-laws which concerned both
: life and property, and they were eX-
ecuted with all the solemnity of meas
ures passed under adequate constitu-
tional warrant The principles of
many of them so founded upon the
, assent of the pioneers have been in
| corporated either in terms or sub
: stance, into the statutes of the coun-
try, and have survived to the present
| day.
The pioneers who cast their lot
| here came from the Atlantic seaboard.
They came from the middle west.
/ utA were llG llOSl DIOSltoS4N6 anu
self reliant of nearly every commun-
} ity in the older sections of the coun-
try. They were of honest character
whom hard conditions could not dis
} courage or deter. They found in the
5 primitive conditions of the new terri
, tory a stimulus to their purpose. They
had an abiding place in the future
Z and confidence in the vast possibili-
= ties that lay in this great western
t region.
a pixies Peak or bust" was rough
: yet characteristic legend, 1t breathed
i the spirit of determination which
s those possessed who made their way
= hither across the great plains The
h weak-hearted faltered and turned
g back, but those who persevered went
;. into the mountains and won from ma
" ture their well-deseryed reward. They
were strangers to failure. They were
born to command success. Those
e who came higher TO found common
l. wealth were not only brave. but they
h were warm hearted. The bravest are
e indeed, the tendeIest. They were
e filled with the spirit OF the good Sa'
a maritan. While caring for them
: selves they took thought of thei
n neighbors The humblest hut opened
: to shelter the wayfarer and the hun
If cry found hospitality wherever a ia
: BILE was spread We do not STAN
'e here in celebration of the completion
y of the growth and development of
is great section of the republic. We bu
le pause in retrospectiOn and in pleas
ant and happy contemplation OF tn
N future. The civilization which ha
ID developed here since the expedition
1t made by the brave lieutenant a cen
of tury ago is but the foreTunner Of
sr vastly greater civilization in the cen
if tuTy to come. What we witness abou
i'd uh great and gratifying as il is,
IN but the certain precursor OF create
of and better things to be.
il Forecast Of the Future.
IN Here we are in the midst of tn
L great west. The west has long bee
m an invitation to the progressive bloc
IN of America; yes, and TO thousand
Us born beneath alien skies whose sou
n yearned for a larger field and ample
as opportunities. The west has long bee
w a familiar name on our geograph
eI with a changing base if / may
al speak. 1t has moved from the Al
ds lantic seaboard across the AllegheI
oi les, beyond the Mississippi valley
vi the broad plains, to the Rocky mOuI
10 tains, and to the Pacific coast. TT
ys name is full of significance II su
d gests not only tremendous areas, co
III tanning unmeasured natural resoruct
II and congenial climate. but il SUI
a. gests people of virility and patrio
D. ism, hardy and thrifty, with enerl
us and pluck unsurpassed anywhere.
ne The century which has elaps,
IS since the expedition which we eel
IN brate- has given a tremedous impul
no to the cause of republican governme
'ss and our institutions, which were fe
BILE and viewed with much distrust