Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-04
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Grand Forks, June 81 Prominent
people from all parts Of the north
west attended the annual meeting Of
the North Dakota Historical society:
which was held Id this city. The adj
dress were excellent ana q good
crowd was In attendance. Hon, M
n. Johnson Of Petersburg delivered
the opening address following fine
violin solo by Prot. Stout. Mr..
johnson in his address touched with
feeling upon the struggles Of the
early day leaders.
II On account Of council matters
Mayor Duis was unable to be pres
but his address Of welcome was
read by Secretary Bachelor Of the
Commercial club. The address dealt
with the valuable work which the 80
ciety II doing.
The response was delivered BY Il.
q. Senator RI J. Nee umber whose adj
dress was eloquent and characteris-
tically to the point He euIogized the
work OF the society: told 81 the repu-
tation Of the state; and traced the
development. not only Of the state. but.
lof the nation as comprising the union
Of the states. He closed his address
as follows:
The aged Senator Hoar, jurist,
Statesman, historian and philosopher,
IN most eloquent and scholarly adj
dress short time before his death;
fifty oppressed this truth when he
said: We produced no: heroes il ov-
era half century of onr history. and
vet when the war drums called the
nation TO arms Grant from the tan
merry and Lee from The humble DO
Isition inl theSarmy rose to rank among
the great plains Of all the ages.
Had the civil war never occurred
Grant would have lived a & modest
/ peaceful Life in & country town of
/ Illinois and Lee would have passed
the evening Of his days in equal OBJ
scurity upon the retired list Of the
| United States army. !. And SO. on this
occasion let me venture the sugges-
ton that this historical society should
remember that the old occupation of
| the Jealous historian, that of manufac-
turing or gliding heroes to dazzle the
future, Is an Il occupation that the
world saoday does not call for. and
/ the world of tomorrow will in all
/ proha biity care much less for it. Let
US bequeath to that future not the
/ body alone, but the living soul of the.
/ history OF this agetlle real people,
| with 7ltl. their real lives and Character
that history alone which Will ever ,,r.
hold Its place IN the affectionate heart
OF distant ages
Is Rev u. Gum Of Winnipeg deliy-
cred the annual address taking AS his
subject, The Story of the selldrk
Settlement. Z
North Dakota is looked upon as the
foster mother Of the settlement and
consequently the story was listened to
with as much interest as though the
audience had been Of Canadian stock.
81 Rev. Gum began at the origin Of
the settlement. as early as the omen
ing days Of the nineteenth century.
He traced the tide Of immigration
through the Napoleonic era No fn1.
lowed the country to the time Of the
contests between the Hudson Bay
company and the Northwest company,
and following this took up the advent
[of Lord selkirk with his nrst colony
Iof settlers.
In 1873 Donald Gum, the grand
father Of the speaker. came west with
e colony Of settlers and the descrip-
ton OF the sufrerings and privatfons
was indeed graphic The following
year hostilities between the two large