Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-11

alton now being manifested in maxi
ing its surface bloom Nature COM
mitted no error when she sent the
winds from the Pacilc to sift the dust
from the hills over the plains AS
when she stored and kept hidden for
ages the wealth of the mountains,
so here she created a condition whose
development awaited only the utiliz-
alton of mems brains and energy. We
stand upon the threshold of another
epoch. Already has begun the mighty
work of irrigation destined to trans
form millions of acres of desert into
fertile meadows and blooming gar
dens. A Titanic task this, requiring
the persistence and patience of scores
of years, but what could be more
worthy of the intrepid builders of this
new land and of the hardy stock from
which they sprang? Now that a be-
ginning has been made, encourage
ment will not be lacking. Progress
only, not completion, is essential
Wherever wheat and corn are grown
and cattle and sheep are raised, mills
and factories and railways are re-
quired and will appear as if by magic
as needed-so that even within our
time we may see this State of Nevada
no longer buying her necessaries of
life from others, but independent of
all through diversified production.
1t is not within our province to
consider segregated political prob
lens on this memorable occasion, but
we may with propriety and emphasis
direct attention to the vital funda-
mental fact that the success of Amer
lea is triumph of individualism.
John w. Mackay could never have
achieved power and distinction in a
State whose citizens were held in
communal bondage. Nor could any
o. the strong men of the West OF
whom he was a type. Possession OF
exceptional intelligence and NANTES
| tation of extraordinary energy counl
FOR naugh If the incentive Of personal
reward be withheld. However pleas.
ing may seem the notion of all mem.
| bers of the human race participating
share and share alike in Its tota
product, obviously it Is the theory oi
mediocrity, which instinctively hate:
ability and invariably seeks undue
advantage. The majority OF mer
still lead automatic lives and COO
| tribute to progress only force, which
like physical power of all kinds, car
accomplish nothing unless directed.
History proves conclusively tha
the only hope OF the mass is the de
velopment of able individuals.
has been said and is probably tru,
that any existing nation would b'
atrophied by the withdrawal of tel
thousand of its best minds. The in
herent power of the multitude Woul'
remain for time, but not for long
! because disuse is the most poten
agent of decay. France today is
ia ton of mediocrity, and is steadil
declining morally and spiritually as
result of the expulsion of the Hugue
nots and the great CONFUSION of tn
revolution which almost exterminate
impelling mental leadership. Gel
many, on the other hand, is forgin
ahead by comforting exceptional re
wards upon individual achievement
Our policy has differed from Gel
many's in that we have considere
the affording of full opportunity, e:
pecially through primary teachin
. and even, as in this State, by con
pulsory education. as sufficient to il
cite the best endeavors of the ii
, dividual. This is what we somewhS
vaguely term the American theor.
but however underlined in some +,
spects, our people thus far have az
: hered to it with admirable persisten'
: and we have no cause to feel ashame
: of the results.
8 1t is peculiarly fitting that "
y should touch upon the underlying in
. pulse of our amazing national deve
! opment on this occasion, hecau
!. there could not be found a finer e