Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-12-06
PRESIDENT
SENDS MESSAGE
Some Good Sound Argument for Get
Together Club.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE WRITES ABLY
Club will Hold First Meeting at
Armory, December 1lth.

Fellow Citizens: Fully one half
OF a century has passed, since first
the advance guaads of civilization
made footprints on the sands of
time, or blazed trail into the i'm
mediate vicinity of our surround
ings. The difficulties they were
compelled to overcome, the dan
gers they were called upon to face,
the heroic efforts they made to
plant the symbolic emblems of
civil government among the vast
forests of the mountain and spread
the seed of self-supporting industry
across the plains, we're not expert
enced in vain.
Frugal were their means,
and handicapped were their
methods. Today, every dweller of
mountain and plain have those
large hearted, generous, long-en-
during pioneers to thank for oppor-
tunities which are now open to
every man, whose right as an hon
est man and his loyalty to his
country, will make him eligible
to that which every man should
prize as his most treasured heritage,
American citizenship, Indepen-
dent, as regards the domineering
lines Of classes, Free, as to the
movement of his body and chattels,
Individual, in his own personal in
terest, and irresponsible for the
acts OF others, where the matter of
individualism may apply.
The laws which governed the
early comers to Idaho, were not
those of today, because the condi-
tions are continually changing as
the sinews of strength expanding
comparison with the uses of neces-
ity, and the growth of developing
countries.
Thus it is, that where once the
rights of the individual upheld by
the vigilance committees, or at the
point of a gun, in time this means
of controlling the situation, be-
comes obsolete, and more gentle,
less stringent methods are applied
and men of responsibility find it
IA greater satisfaction to abide with
in the limit of the laws of morals
and of governments. Apply this
manner of living to the ordinary
experiences of your own life's
events and carry it into the per-
sonal case of your existence, and
it will tend to construct within
you the instructive feeling to pro-
tect your own interest. In doing
this, there is wide diversity OF
opinions and a still greater range
of personal-opinion. understanding,
which works much harm, and re-
tards the general interest of a
community. Protection of your in
terests does not necessitate the an
tagonizing of the consequently op-
position interests, but should make
you alert in mind and of efforts.
Competition should not lead you
into the line of thought, that every
other effort is unworthy excepting
your own. Stop and ask yourself
what are my personal interests? i
the answer you can find will truth
fully be consistent to your doing
good only to yourself, let me ash
you, how will it be possible for yor
to derive a benefit from the remain
der of the human race, if it be no
necessary for you to depend or
them for moral support? If yol
can exist without any other ait
than your own powers, why then
is it necessary to allow jealousy
contention, unkindness, trickery
slander and all other small mind
edness to enter into the life of botl
the individuals and the commn
nifty interests? You must be a
well aware as am l, that in tim
the things that are touched by de
cay, will crumble into dust. Tha
the surest means Of prolongin
the life of any treasured thing,
to protect it with the utmost car
within our knowlege and powers.
You as we'll know, that it is nc
the first advantage of man t
loose his interests in the commu
nifty. One man is but the atom {
the whole, and his presence, or hi
act or thought will be as nought
once he has passed from view {
mind. The greatest monument &
emolument that can be construct
ed as a reminder to the generation
which may follow after we of tn
time, will be a substantial proc
in deeds and records, showing tina
power and people were in this day
harmonious in thought aud in ac
Thirty years of existence. Thu
is the record of Grangeville, an
that is the proof that it is entitle
to your most sincere thought, as
place which will be worthy of you
consideration.