Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-04
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Grand Forks, June Prominent
people from all parts Of the north
west attended the annual meeting Of
the North Dakota Historical society
which was held III this city. The ad.
dress were excellent and d good
crowd was Id attendance. Hon. ID.
N. Johnson OF Petersburg delivered |
the opening address following fine
violin solo by Prof. Stout Mr..
Johnson In his address touched with
feeling upon the struggles of the
early day leaders.
On account 81 council matters.
Mayor Duis was unable to be pres,
eflt but his address Of welcome was
read BY Secretary Bachelor Of the
Commercial club The address dealt
with the valuable work which the So
ciety is doing.
The response was delivered by q.
s. Senator +. j McC umber whose adj
dress was eloquent and characteris-
tically to the point He eulogized the
work Of the society;; told Of the repu-
tation Of the state; and traced the
Development, not only OF the state, but
OF the nation al comprising the union
Of the states He closed his address
as follows:
The aged Senator Hoar, jurist,
statesman, historian and philosopher.
in q most eloquent and scholarly adj
dress short time before his death,
4 fifty expressed this truth when he
1 said We produced no heroes in ov-5
er q half century of orr history, and
vet when the war drums called the
nation TO arms Grant from the tan
merry and Lee from the humble po-
sition in the army rose to rank among
4 the great captains Of all the ages.
\ Had the civil war never occurred
Grant would have lived a & modest.
2 peaceful life In d country town of
i Illinois and Lee would have passed
4 the evening Of his days in, equal OBJ
security upon the retired list OF the
United States army. And SO. on this
q occasion let me venture the sugges-
4 ton that this historical society should
4 remember that the old occupation Of
q the Jealous historian, that of manufac-
turing or gliding heroes to dazzle the
future. IS an occupation that the
word offoday does notscall Tor and
the world Of tomorrow will in all
reliability care much less for ii. Let
US bequeath to that future not the
body alone, but the living soul OF the
4 history 1d Of this age the real people,
d with their real lives and Character
4 that history alone which will ever
q hold its place In the affectionate heart
81 Of distant ages. q
Rev. q. G. Gum of Winnipeg deliy.
81 cred the annual address taking as his
subject The Story Of the selkirk
\ Settlement. {.
North Dakota is looked upon as the
4 foster mother Of the settlement and
eonseque emily the story was listened to
with as much interest as though the
| audience had been Of Canadian stock.
Rev. Gum began at the origin of
\ the settlement, as early as the open-
q ing days of the nineteenth century.
He traced the tide of immigration
through the Napo leonic era. He fol
I. lowed the country to the time Of the
Il contests between the Hudson Bay
company and the Northwest company,
and following this took up the advent
LOT Lord selkirk with his first colony
y of settlers.
10 Sl3 Donald Gum, the grand
father Of the speaker, came west with
& colony Of settlers and the descrip-
ton OF the sufferings and privations
was indeed graphic. The following
year hostilities between the two large
trading companies. broke out afresh
and the outcome pointed toward the
annihi ton Of the Selkirk settlement.
/ The settlement ultimately was wiped
II out but revival took place when
Governor semple arrived the follow
Ing spring A second period Of strife
followed, lasting until 1921 when the
two rival companies consolidated
his Years Ideal Vacation Trip. .
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