Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-20

in proportion to the affection that the
| citizen holds for the state in which ha
lives. Some day the realization that
this Is true will come home TO the
whole people of Idaho Some day we
will see the folly and the danger of
being citizens of the state of Idaho.
Some day we will understand that the
| interests and ambitions of all are in
terwoven. and, In the larger sense,
identical. And with that realization
| VIII come state pride in Idaho, and
then the all conquering Idaho Spirit"
| which as the Capital News reminds us,
we should build up and preserve.
| Every Idaho citizen has reason to be
| proud Of his state, not alone OF his
immediate locality, but of every sec
ton of the commonwealth for in no
| other of the inland states Is there as
sembled more that is rich and poten-
| tial and sublime
1t is not within the power of lam
| guage or the compass of volumes to
tell the golden story OF Idaho; but
| there are many who have realized 1t,
and in their souls they understand.
They have tuned their hearts to the
| melody of her mountain rivers, and
| they have heard a message of golden
| promise in the breezes from her eter-
nal hills. They have looked with
| grateful eyes upon her fertile plains
and valleys, and they have recounted
| to their wondering children the deeds
| of her patriot dead.
PROUD OF IDAHO.
And why not be proud of Idaho?
| The majestic Teton mountains rival
| in scenic beauty the wild grandeur of
| Switzerland. They are not alone the
| boast of the people of Fremont, but
| of every Idahoan who stands in add
| miration before them.
| The placid waters of Bear lake.
| that mirror back the sapphire skies
| of Idaho's southeastern border, are
the common possession of the north
| and the south.
| Koptenai's crystal st. Joe river,
without a counterpart in beauty in
| all of natures wide dominions, de-
! lights the heart of every Idaho citi-
| zen who sails enraptured through It's
| sylvan shadows.
The awe-inspiring cataract of Sho-
! shone, sublime and majestic as Mag
ara, is the proud boast of the people
| of Idaho wherever they live.
| No Garden OF the Gods" that hui
man eye has discovered is more en-
| chanting than Cassia's City Rocks
| of granite.
The mountain lakes of Scotland.
| told in song and story the world
| around, are not more beautiful than
Idaho's Payette and Pend O'Reille.
Men who have searched the world
for Natures Paradise are helping to
| build THE City Beautiful" on the
| evergreen shores of Lake Occur d.
| Alene.
And we are not only proud OF what
the people of Idaho have. but we are
| proud of all that they have done. the
| redemption OF our arid plains by the
| brave men and women of the south.
| constituting an undertaking and ac-
/ 1gul,,,a af,t in "a
| than the sun has ever witnessed, re-
| ioices the citizens of the northern for
ests not less than II rejoices you
There Is inspiration for all in the
memory of our border heroes-the
men who offered up their lives to the
perils of the wilderness that they
| might carve from the domnions or
barbarism an imperial heritage for
| you and me.
Dear to us all is the consecrated soil
of the Bannock battlefelds. and sacred
TO us all forever the memory of the pa
triot- pioneers who fell before the fury
Of the Nez Perez rebellion
We mingle our tears for McConville
and the brave boys who died under
the flag in distant lands, and we make
the martyrdom of Steunenberg our
peoples common sorrow.
Yes. there is much to make us proud
of Idaho; much to make us proud or
the past and to stimulate our pride In
the present We are proud that ldaho
Ia equal to the problem of ignorance
and the problem OF poverty; that there
are no young men and women In Idaho
| who cannot read and write; that there
are no Idaho children who know the
cruel pangs of hunger; that there are
no Idaho boys and girls who are
dwarfed in soul and body by toll In
mine and mill
lust TO WOMEN.
And we not only practise justice to-
! ward the children here In Idaho, btu
we deal Justly with women. also. ours
| is one of the four states where woman
| Is granted al the ballot box that Just
and equal station to which nature ana
natures God" entitle her We are
proud of that, also-proud that the
wives and mothers OF Idaho enjoy the
effective right of suffrage, while those
OF other states and other countries
have but the impotent privilege OF
petition.
II has recently been permitted us
10 show to mankind what the ldaho
spirit can do Ia time OF crisis we
have reason TO be proud OF the man
ner In which the state conducted the
great trial that has just ended the
| seyerest test every applied 10 any peo-
pie the world applied 10 Idaho. we
met II in the Idaho spirit, and the
human race does us honor, the nois-
| oned ahnfts Of prejudice and passion
were directed against us from every
auarter-nnd they fell In splinters at
the base Of a granite wall called Jus
tloe." We have given TO the world an
example Of the orderly administration
OF law. unparalleled since the JUS
tInlan code" was devised. and the self.
control Of our people through II all wiz
he recited among the victories OF civ
ilization while the world shan stand'
A MIGHTY DESTINY.
Fellow citizens there IL mighty
destiny In the pathway OF this COM
monwealth. The golden heads OF our
children VIII not have turned 70 SILVER
before the epoch-making feats OF pro-
gress will be accomplished on the Pa
cihc slope by western men, There are
boys and girls In Idaho homes today
who viii help To build the mighty era
OF western art and western literature