Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-28

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on Driver ana Aeropllne McKinley
was second while Thomas was given
IA heavy fam by Miller Kid his last
horse
The following is the fun text Of col
onel Rooscvclts spccch
When 1t the close of my hunting
| trip in Africa, / reached the borders
of civilization the nrst invitation / ac-
ccptcd was this 10 visit the capital
of Wyoming ou the day when the peo-
pie of the frontier came together to
commempratc their achievements; /
was glad ii was so because ] have a
peculiar feeling for the mon and wo-
| men cf what used 20 be called the
! Far West and especially for those of
the cattle country For a number of
-Neurs | lived un 70 ranch on the Little
Missouri, sharing work and play. good
fortune and bad fortune, with my
,nciehborS; working on the round up.
serving ms delegate from the Little
Missouri roundup district 10 the Mon
| Itana stock Growers Association. and
even at times acting as Deputy Sheriff
at my end of the country count
those Years as among the most valu.
able uf my life because nothing
breeds such community OF feelings as
10 work with ones lcllowmcn at their
life tasks, and TO learn to know their
feelings by actually sharing them. The
man OF the West throughout the sue
cessive stages Of Western growth has
always hcen one 'r the two or three
most typical hgures-indced. am
tempted to say, the most typical fig
ure-in American life. and no man
can really understand our country and
appreciate what It really is and what
II promises unless he has the fullest
.and closest sympathy with the ideals
ana aspirations OF the West The
prime reason for this IS to be found
In the fact that the Wcsterncr is sol
good AN American. he is an American
first and foremost; for this is the great
LESION, friends, that all Of ug need TO
learn and to keep; The lesson that II isl
.unimpouant whether man lives
North or south East or West. pro-
vidcd he Is genuinely and in good faith
IAN American, that he feels every part
.of the United states as his own, and
that be is honestly desirous To uphold
the interests Of -all other Americans
i'm whatever sections of the country
they may dwell
"a hundred years ago. when men
spoke Of the West they meant the
country between the Allcghanies and
the Mississippi FIFTY years ago theI
white mans West took I'm Minnesota
Iowa and Kansas and then skipped
across TO California and Oregon The
country of the great plains and the
Rockies the country I'm which YOU
whom ! am now addressing lead your
lives and do your work has grown
up within my own lifetime- 7 myself
saw and took part IN the closing years
of the pioneer period. and II was my
great privilege to work side by side
with the pioueers--the ranchmcu, the
miners, the coW-puuchers. the mule
skinners, the -whackers who act-
ually opened uu the country ! have
seeu the herds and llocks of the eat
tlemen and shcepnon supplant the
game; ! have seen the fortunate move
mcnt by which the small farm has.
tended gradually 10 take the place of
the great unicuced ranch. now
travel iu every comfort on railways
across lands which when / first rode
across them were still the home Of
the indian and the buffalo, md /
find cities whore one can obtain not
merely comfort but luNurV In the
places whore thirty years ago thpre'
was not q building beyond a log hut
or dohie house, The men who did
this work were engaged in the lnab
stages OF conQuorng the continent:
and il was their privilege 20 do one on
the great works Of an time To- dol
their part in the performance of am
epic feat in the history Of the pro-l
gress Of mankind
81 have used the word progress. The
West stands for growth for progress
So must the whole American people,
stand a great democracy must be
progressive or II will soon cease tA
be either great or democratic Nh
Nation no State no party, can stan'o
still 1t must either go forward or g !
backwards and 1t becomes uselesll
II Il gdrs backward Therefore cl
greet you. men Of the West and g