Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-03

structure. we turn with happy an
ticipations to thoughts of tie
edifice soon to occupy this place
Its simple, stately, classic exterior,
harmoniously colored, we hope will
be joy forever to those who gaze
thereon. Its spacious chambers,
larger than required for our
present needs. will tell of our fore
sight for those who shall follow US.
The building will tell also of a
prosperous people, whose courage,
energy and toll, have been blessed
with material reward, a people to
whom evenly distributed wealth
has brought some considerable de-
gree of general refinement and
culture, and the knowledge that
not mere utility alone, but beauty
as we'll, is thing to be desired
and sought after. 1t will tell of
faith in the permanence of our in
stitutions, and in the certainty of
growth of population and wealth,
and of hope for glory of the
future. None of US may expect to
outlive the new Court House.
More than by US, will it he used by
other generations. Builders of
public edifices pass away, but the
building they erect, remains as
inheritances to those who squeezed
them. Therefore" wrote Ruskin.
the prose-poet of ARCHITECTURE e,
when we build, let US think that
we build forever. Let it not be
for present delight, nor for present
use alone let it be such work as our
descendants will thank us TO r, and
let us think, as we lay stone on
stone that time is to come when
those stones will be held sacred
because our hands have touched
them, and that men will say as
they look upon the labor and
wrought substance of them, See!
this our fathers did for u.s.
With such high purpose are we
building.
1t is for us. fellow. cititizens,
taking inspiration from the hal
lowed memories of the past and
from our high hopes for the
future, to cultivate in ourselves a
stronger regard for the principles
which animated the early builders,
a love of free local self-govern-
ment, a reverence for law and for
its oracles, the courts, a zeal for
its rigorous and impartial enforce
ment on all with righteousness
and equity so that those things of
real value which have been handed
down to us. we, in our turn may
transmit, in increased measure, to
those who shall come after. In
the later times, as long as the brick
and mortar of this new home of
our county government shall hold
together, when our children's
children, and even remoter gener-
ations look on its walls and express
their gratitude to the fathers who
builded them, may they find presid-
ing within the same Spirit which
abode within the old court House,
but purer, nobler, more glorified
than in the elder days, the Spirit
of Justice. Justicei Here may she
abide forever that Justice of which
it has been written:
Truth is it's handmade, freedom
its child, peace its companion,
safety walks in it's steps, victory
follows in its trainit is the bright
est emanation of the gospel it is
the attribte of God"
The choir sang Laying the
Corner Stone." after which the
ceremony of laying the corner
stone was performed by the Grand
Lodge of Nevada, J. C. Doughty,
Grand Master, assisted by the
officers Of the Grand Lodge! This
ceremony was in accordance with
the ancient rites of the Order and
was very impressive. After the
stone had been lowered, plumbed