The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-09-02

NNANINN NU Allllt .a.aN NlNl lIIkH anu Nv ]
sooner had II come to a stop than |
the sturdy figure OF the colonel appear. T,
cd. for he was anxious 10 see again
the cattle men with whom he once 1
lived As he stepped down to the
ground great shout greeted him
the real yell OF the range. uttered by
an escort OF ! 900 cowboys and COW.
girls detailed to act as the eN.prcsi
dents bodyguard That It sounded
good In his ears Was made evident by
the happy smile that spread over his
countcnnncc
Mr. Roosevclts visit and the speech
NJ delivered later In the day formed
the elimination Of the annual Frontier
Days celebration watch had attracted
TO the city thousands Of persons from
all parts uf tho west and a large num-
Der Of tourists from more distant sec
tions Of the country
Colonel Roosevelts Speech.
Out In the open air. under the blhe
sky. vast crowd assembled to hear
the former president speak. and Il
hoard one OF the most important
speeches he has made since leaving
the White House Ills address was as
follows;
when. NJ tho close ~ my hunting trip
In Africa. I reached the borders ~ riNih.
znuln. tho first invitation accepted was
this Co visit the capital ~ Wyoming nn
tho day when the people M IN" frontier
came together IN commemorate their
achievements. I was glad u was 80, be
cause I have "a peculiar feeling Tor ~"
men and women % what used 10 be- rANed
the "Fur West" and especially fur thna"
~ the cattle country For number ~
years I lived on "a ranch on %" liit"
Missouri. sharing work hui play good
fortune and had fortune. with my neigh.
borH wording On the round ~. serving
as delegate from the Little Missouri
roundup district 10 the Montana stock.
growers association. aud oven az times
acting ~ deputy shortly ~ my "nd OF th"
county count thns" years N among
the most valuable " my lifn because
nothing breeds such community of feeling
a. to work with onr's frllowmrn nt their
NE tasks, and 10 learn tn know their
feelings by actually sharing them. the
man Of the west. throughout the success
siyc stages ~ western growth. has al
ways been ono Of tho two or thre" most
typical ngurra=indeed ! am tempted to
cay tho most typical ngure=in America m
life. and no man can really understand
our country and appreciate what Il really
n and what II promises unless he has
che fullest and closest sympathy with tho
idenia ana aspirations OF III" west. The
prime reason for this IA 10 he found In
che fact tho westorner II 80 good an
American lie Il an American FIRST and
foremost Tor this II tho great lesson.
friends. that an ~ us need 90 learn and
Go Keep. the lesson that II IL unlmporiant
whether man lives north or south. east
or west provided he Il genuinely and In
good fiith nm American, that he feels
every part ~ tho United states aH hts
own and that ho n honestly dcslrnus 10
uphold tho interests ~ ull other Am"rl-
ems In whatever sections ~ IN" country
they may dwell
A hundred Years AGO whom mon spoke
~ the west they meant tho country he
tween tho Ailrrlanrs and th" M'Hsls-lppl
f"ftv years ago tho white mans west
TOOK IN NIunoFnin Iowa and Kansas, and
then Fdppri across IN California ANA
oregon Tho country NJ tho great plains
Rnl tho nu.NHa. the country In which
you whom am now addressing lead your
iIvor and do your work. has grown un
within my own llfrIiwn I myself saw
nni took part in the closing years of th'
pioneer period, uui n was my grrnt priv
ilruo IN work sIde hy liin with the pin'
neorH- tho rlurhmcn. iha miners. th'
COW punchorH, the mule sklnn"fs tho hui
whpcr,rz- who actually opened up Tho
country. I have seen tho herds and nori,s
~ tho ctttlomru and shcrpm"n supp'nnl
Tho game, have soon tho fortunate
movement hv which the small farm has
tended gradually tp take llt" place ~ The
Trolt unfHurcd ranch. now travel In
every comfort ON riilwnvs across lands
which. when I nrst rode across Thorn
were silIl frs home ~ tho Indian ana me
6unnin. md I md cities whore one cor
obtain not morH'y comfort. hut luxury. In
the places whore thirty wears ago there
was not % buldius beyond q log hut mr. q
dohlc house. The mon who did this work
were cnEuVHd I'm tnr dnnl stages NJ ro~l
duorlng tho continent. md N was tNoii