The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-07-09
GOV. BRADY SPEAKS AT THE
DIAMOND JUBILEE
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mention is Captain B. l.. e. Bonnie
vile, who did much exploring and
who is responsible for practically all
OF the maps Of the country possessed
by the American government at that
time.
"Who does not know of the Rev
Marcus Whitman and of his compan-
ton, the Rev H. H. Spaulding, those
two Presbyterian missionaries who
came across the plains with their
wives in 1886? Who does not know
of the famous ride of Marcus Whit
man to Washington and of his fam
Gus appeal to the government for
more soldiers and settlers? 1t is I'M
necessary for me to tell you of the
final sacrifice which he and his wife
made with blood upon the altar of the
great northwest.
The United States, by treaty, Sc
cured title from three different ma
lions to this vast territory, but even
then, congress, for some reason, SEEM
ed to care but little for the country or
it's people who had braved innumer-
able dangers. For while chaos ex-
listed. Congress gave no protection
nor organization and no laws did
nothing toward extinguishing the
title of the aborigines to any part of
the land, but left these few brave
pioneers to protect themselves as best
they could against an overwhelming
number of Indians. Not until sew
eral months after the massacre of Dr.,
Whitman did congress pass an act
organizing the territory. This was
in 184S. Five years later the terri
tory of Oregon was divided and that
OF Washington created Not until
March 3, 1868, was Idaho brought in
to being as a territory, and she was
then may times her parent size. Not
only was she given part of Wash
ington but she included what is now
all of Montana and part of Wyom-
ing, then boundless waste. First
one piece and then another was taken
away from her, and in her present
form she was admitted into the Union
as state July 80, 1890.
Idaho
Idaho has accomplished more dur
ing it's years of existence than any
other state in the Union. In all our
history no other state has made
record so glorious, so filled with sto-
ries of achievement in the realm of
Christian citizenship, SO replete with
triumph in the interest of the mate
rial, moral and intellectual welfare
of its people. No state has been so
successful in covering the surface
with interlacing steel highways of
transportation, In making conditions
inviting for the husbandmen to enter
upon our spreading domain of the
west and convert it into homes for
the generations that are to come af-
ter; no other has done SO much in all
the history OF our country to lift bur-
dens from the backs of the poor and
open the door of opportunity to those
willing to make the effort that must
always constitute the cornerstone of !,
any successful career; no other has
done so much to elevate the moral |
tone-the moral atmosphere which |
IS and must always remain the chief |
actor In making us really great as
people; no other state has done SO
much to advance all the interests that
end to- improve the lot OF all our
people, giving them broader hori-
ION and laying deeper those founda-
ions of character which are essential
o those higher enjoyments of life
oward which 1t is our priceless privi-
zee to aspire
Idaho is, indeed, grand and
,rowing state. Its imprint is upon
he mighty achievements OF the most
glorious half century that, not only
his country, but that the world has
yer known. Its people may have at