The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-09

onlv a,innIer,a.. tHese new ons,1 ns
IA horaai,, NJ, ANA never ss,l ass "a
snec,aI ana a,.t, sues' the neaa sat Ia
y. e ,, ~ sistinctiyo pionesr iot d,
e IL ever. In other wa.l Writes /,
pick. while II is true a. ana mora Ivy
forms OF trained abillt, we need 9
velop men whose lives ~, snd need "a
to the pursuit OF special 4 u'eyoted nhsn-
also true that we need oDlects, Il y,
less development ~ Il q eater sud ~ ~
frontier virtues. Thera IunGarsu.
the power Of self-help to.I,.ues inclss.
power Of Joining with otSsher with m.
help. and what Is esnec,s,, Tor mutn,,
the feeling of comradesbJr importss,
Fellowship. Any man VIZ y social goos'
fortune to live among II ''4e he ~
conditions must in lool,,nu oia tonu.,
how vital was this feeliss oack, reall,.
comradesl1ip and social fei,s % General
are GOOD men and bad mon 'o \. Ihes
communities Just as in III :, N NE new
nes, ana the conditions a. !, eomnuas
were such that the qualities ~ ,i'ontst
and bad alike were rather 49,. y lhe goo
manifested than In older NJ stsllgy
but among the men WHO ,s.g,l,mFshs
hard WORKING. decent lives ssa % lad
feehng OF genuine deynocracy @ Rssa
resented an approach 10 ~ Sachrtp.
local which we certainly she,i SsnIeHaa
ervthing in our power n .ouu % =.
did not try to say that M, sssIye. W
When they were not enpa, NJ. eqqal
our best to secure sometbln,. We d
equality Of opportunity and an se ~
reward for good service: ana sgusl'tYa
each man expected to be rso., ,noireo''i
on the whole, was received 100 md
vent. on the footing that his ma.,,g b
ranted. tiier'R W.
Now SO far as possible ma.
and conditions that bring 49,. yuarua
qualities should be kept IN ~ lhs9
states which are growing out - !. Nel
frontier communities. We nnaS !. ~ ~
for the general social bettermsrt !. ~ \,
people as whole, and vet to anos y. "
individual liberty and set Nor @
on individual initiative I'm n ~ seMaM
where thev become detrimental & pg .sI
general welfare. !" IN
Wrong Doors and Wrong System,
In continually and earnestly strivlDy i,
this betterment of social and scnro,,s.
condltons In our complex inaustriai c,I
lization. we should work in the oIa 80
NNi ~ - " ptVthSrly cOmradeshiD and
good will. ] do not mean that ~ 49, ~
refrain from hating wrong; on the an.
trary. ] would preach frey vrsis
against wrong. But I would moi nrssss
such wrath against the wrong-dosr 49,.
in those cases where his wrony.d s,o
really is due to evil moral attribnts. -
his part and not to a wrong or falsa ~.
tenn. of which he is almost as mnoh IL,
victim as the beneficiary. Sornatlms,
wrong represents the deliberate wIcsed.
ness OF the wrong-doer, in which case.
the remedy is to punish him but soma.
times 1t represents the effects Of falaa.
social system, in which case the rigst
course is to alter what Is false IN ~
system. Both principles need to be kppt
in view as guides to our conduct, and h
is necessary sometimes to work In ar.
cordance with one and sometimes IN ar
cordance with the other.
Before ending I wish to say word m
something which believe should espe
cially interest all men who live IN the
open country, and especially all men who
during the past thirty years have lived
and worked on ranches. or have done
their life work in the wilder parts Of our
land. on the great plains or among the
mountains The phase of our national
life In which the stockman, the mining
prospector, were the chief characters. was
not only a very important but also a
very picturesque phase. Often such d
phase passes without any great artist
arising to commemorate II.
The old-time backwoodsman for in.
stance. the man of the back country
who lived in the eastern forests through
which the waters ran eastward to the
Atlantic and westward to the Mississippi
passed away without any painter Of
sculptor arising who possessed at once
both the keenuess OF vision to see what
a vital and picturesque figure the back.
woodsman was. and the genius adequate
" to present that figure. The artist who
saw that picturesqueness Of the back.
woodsman laclred the genius adequately
to commemorate II. while the artists o.
real ability unfortunately had their eye.
turned towards Europe and lacked the 70
bust originality which the novelist Corp
err showed-to see where their chances lay
to do a great work. But in our genera
ton, for our good fortune great arts
arose who was capable of seeing and o
recording the infinite picturesnueness Q
the life OF the plains and the Rockies
Eulo9y OF Remington
OF course I speak OF Frederic Rsnius
ton. He was one of those Americans VIII
by his achievements distinctly deserves
well of America He worked with pencil
with brush. with chisel. he was both
painter and a sculptor. His pictures an
his few bronzes are equally good. Whe
my own regiment, a typically wester
regiment recruited mainly from the me
of the great plains and the mountains
was dlsbanded at Montauk Point, the Off
GERS and enlisted men Joined In gvin
me Remington's Bronze Bronco Buster
a gift which I thought peculiarly apprc
pirate coming from such a body OF mel
In Remlngton's pictures all the mos
Vivid and characteristic features OF U
western pioneer life which is Just closin
were set forth, and the commemorate
forever the men of the plains and Y
mountains as they actually were ~
cowboy is his favorite type, but the mi
ing prospector. the frontier farmer, y
man who guides ox-wagon or mule-tean
the soldier, the Indiau--all appear. NO
l wish very much that these men theh
selves would in their turn provide a mo-
ument for the great artist the sum
whose activities represent such teatul
OF American achievements, and, abo'
all, represents commemoration Of SON
OF the most interesting figures that nay
ever appeared on the stage Of Amerca
life. A statue should be raised to Ken
ington by some really first class artist
Here at Cheyenne in this gatherr
many hundreds OF the men have CON
together who were themselves typic
leaders in and representatives Of the yfi
hfe which Remington so portrayed tnl
IT viii always live. I hope that tine
men viii join together. arrange the =
potntment of committee. and start
raise funds for the erection Of such
statue.
Frontier Days" is no doubt the mo
characteristic American exhibitlC
given. 1t had fits inception about
years ago when a few Cheyenne G
liens conceived the idea of presentlr
western show.
Some of the features ~ the ezf
bition this year were le buchr