The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-30
JOHN BROWN
MEMORI.AIM
Roosevelt VIII Dedicate | 2
Kansas Tomorrow z
CELEBRATION BEGAN TODAY
GROUNDS WHERE JOHN BROWNS
FAMOUS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
WILL BE DEDICATED AS A
STATE PARK-RoosEvELT LEFT
DENVER THIS MORNING.
TEDDY TALKS AT PUEBLO.


the people of New Mexico and
Arizona against the danger of
having an iron clad constitution
not easily amended, Colonel Roo
seveIt took occasion to speak Of
the affairs Of those new states
here today explaining that he will
be unable on this trip to visit
them.
A large crowd met the colonel at the
station and he was escorted to the
public park.
Praise For Forest Service.
Colonel Roosevelt said: Il want to
call attention to the admirable work
done by the forest service in connec-
ton with these great forest fires. Not
only has the forestry bureau done ev-
erything humanity possible, with the
preparation given them, but in fight
ing the fires, men Of the service have
shown just the same abilities of en-
durance, courage and entire indiffer-
ence to their own lives as shown by
the best fire departments in our big
cities.
There is not body of public servants
Of which the public has right to feel
more proud than Of the men of the
forest service.
Advice to New States.
Il wish 1 could go down 10 New
Mexico and Arizona, but this is the
nearest place to them / win reach on
this trip Many OF my friends there
have written asking me to advise them
about their constitutions have not
felt familiar enough with conditions
to do so. But there is one point upon
which would like to advise them and
that Is to leave the constitutions easy
OF amendment at any time, when the
people felt that they should be amend
ed.
Experience has shown that not only
doctrinaries, but also designing cor
poration attorneys often get put into
the constitution matters which are
not thoroughly understood by the peo-
pie at the time, and my plea is that
the people Of the new states should
be left with their hands free so that
If at any time they find that something
has been put into their constitutions
which they did not know was there,
or If they find that something was
working badly, which they believed
would work well, they shall have an
opportunity to easily make any change
that is necessary"
Upon conclusion of his remarks
Colonel Roosevelt laid the cornerstone
of the Young Mems Christian assoc
citation building and after a visit of
three quarters of an hour again board
the train for Osawatomie, Kas.
Osawatomie, Kas. Aug. 3O.-Not
since that time fifty-four years ago,
when John Browns men withstood ten
times their number of Missouri gueril-
las in the woods at the edge of the
town has Osawatomie been SO excited.
Today the celebration of that anniver-
sary began.
The town stretched itself and is hold
ing thousands of visitors from all parts
of the state. Perhaps twice today's
crowd or at least $4,000 persons are
expected here tomorrow at the second
day of the celebration when Theodore
Roosevelt will make the address dedI-
eating to the state as a park, the
wooded hillside where the battle was
fought.
Denver Col. Aug. 30.-Despite his
strenuous day at Denver yesterday
Theodore Roosevelt was up bright and
early this morning special train bear
ing him to Osawatomie, Kas., leaving
here at 7:45 this morning.
The trip to Osawatomie which viii
be reached at 9:S5 tomorrow morn
ing. will be broken by an hours stop
at Pueblo, Col. where Roosevelt will
lay the cornerstone of the Young Mems
Christian association building. Roose-
welt will be in Osawatomis for twenty
four hours.