Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-12

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force of circumstances over which
they had no control, were compelled
to leave their paradise. they set an
example which has since been fol
lowed by the children of man. His
tory, sacred and secular, is filed
with accounts Of the migration of
men, tribes and nations. Some for
one reason and some for another,
but generally to better their condi-
ttions. MI
The Puritan fathers, driven by the
ruthless hand Of the mother coun-.
try. set sail and after trials, toll and
IpriYations, and when the Mayfiower
had almost withered, on the 10th
day of December, in the year 1920,
discovered the land upon which they
found the illustrious boulder which
i they named Plymouth Rock. Here
they landed, settled the country and
passed laws according to their own
Idictation. Adventurous spirits soon
j emigrated further west and so for
almost 800 years the star of the en-
pire has proceeded westward and
the early pioneer, aided by extern
sion Of territory, by muscle and
Il Drawn, oyercame the merciless saw
,age, levelled the forests, bridged the
/ rivers and with the p1oWshare made
possible a comfortable future for
], himself and his loved ones. 1t
j, would indeed be both interesting and
instructive were each one. here to
4 relate what states they have lived
j in prior. to coming to North Dakota
II The trials and struggles of our
early settlers will long remain in
our memories. Let us now pass on
j Ito the present.
]. What a panorama it presents
\ Cast your eyes over the surround
Ing country. In the past the bnf
fa1o roamed unmolested and the In
dams tepee sent its smoke ascend
8 ing to the skies. Now comfortable
| homes, wide fields, cattle upon q
j thousand hills and nature decked
) in its finest array to welcome YOU
] all here to day to celebrate our Ma
) tional holiday.
Il There probably never was a newly
) settled country which made SO rapid
81 progress as Burleigh county ha,
I these last two years, and predict
II that within the next two years WI
iv-sll have a railroad running through
j this part Of the county when we car
Z come out to the Hackney ranch b!
{ train.
t Coming little closer to the topi,
s Of the day, let us for a moment con
. slider our rational flag. Charles sum
!. ner's econium on our flag is the bes
Q that has ever been composed Point
! ing at Old Glory he said: ssThere 4
!, the flag He must be cold, indeed
Z who can look upon Its folds ripping
r In the breeze without pride Of conn
try. III he be in foreign land, til,
q flag is companionship and countr.
. itself with all its endearments. who
4 las he sees 1t, can think OF stat
d merely Whose eyes, once fastene,
i upon its radiant trophies, can fai
to recognize tine image Of tht who'll
3 lnation2 II has been called .foa'
/. ing piece Of poetry, Z and yet I knoy
8 not IL It has any intrinsic beauty BIZ
3 yond any other ensigns. It's Iighes
s beauty ID in what II synboIizeg. ]
r is because Of what 1t represents thu
!. all gaze at It with delight and revel
i ence. 1t Ia piece Of bunting LIE
I ed In the all. but II speaks sublimel
: and every part has voice. II
. stripes Of alternative red and whit
$ proclaim the original union OF thi'
p teen states to maintain the Declare
-ltion Of Independence. ITS stars {