Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-07
STATEHOOD TREE IS
PLANTED At
PRESCOTT
Governor Richard E, Sloan
Principal Speaker at impress
sive Exercises; Living Monu-
9fnent 10 Admission of Terri
tory,
Especial correspondents 10 Morning Journall

Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journal,
Prescott, Ariz, July 6.-The most
impressive feature Of the Fourth u
July celebeation IN Prescott was the
planting of q statehood tree. To
be o living monument of the emenci-
patton of the territory Of Arizona.
The SPEAKER Of the day was Governor
Richard y. sloan, ted 10y f. O.
Smith and Reese NJ. Ling. Music was
rendered by the Prescott band.
Governor Slo@n's address was elo-
quent and impressive
GOVERNOR speech.
Governor Sloan spoke as folloWs:
Fellow citizens: In nearly every
literature and from the earliest times
the tree he's been used as 4 symbol
Of human life. 1t is easy to account
fer this, standing at the head Of all
plant life as the highest product OF
nature in the evolution Of the Vegeta-
BILE kingdom, the tree excels all other
growing things, in strength, beauty
and majesty, who does not love "a
tree? Who of us may not derive
pleasure from any enc OF these, it's
graceful form the sweep Of its boughs
and the shimmering sheen of its
leaves; or who has not looked with adj
miration and awe upon some mighty
monarch Of the fol est, with its mas
sive trunk and rugged old top piercing
the sky?
It is fitting, therefore that we COM
mcmoiate an epoch in our history
by planting . tree md dcd'"rtirg y
as . kind of living symbol of our
hopes, II aspirations and our dreams
Today we plant this beautiful young
tree in recognition and in commemor-
ation of fifty years of hope and antici-
potion, and we dedicate it to that
commonwealth nov IN the making,
which is the realization Of the hopes
and the dreams of these years.
Statehood. so long looked for. hoped
for, worked for. schemcd for, is ours
if we wish it. 1t is Uncomfortable that
after all these years Of waiting, We
may yet reject it, directly by our own
act or indirectly by our own folly. We
therefore, plant this tree in The full
confidence and expectation that in an
ttcipating our speedy admission into
the family of the states. we are not
doing a vain thing.
What does this simple ccremonN
Of tree planting signify to us? In the
first place. as the soil N which we
plant this tree is such as will admit
of its growth and development under
conditions best ldapted 20 its nature.
SO the toll, labor and effort Of half a
century have prepared the way, and
determined to some extent the charac-
ter and destiny OF our new state. The
soil in which we plant our new COM
mcnwealth has been fertilized by the
blood GA the pioneer. aud enriched by
the labor. the heroism, the self
sacrifice Of two generations Of Amer
leans. n peopled these plains
mountsirs and valleys.
In the second place. we have plant
cd this tree deep. so h its growth
may be sure and Us roots firmly en-
bedded. insuring It's strength and sta
btity. So we viii pisRt deep and finn
the f~rundatious of cur new state.
by experience # the fast. we
viii avoid. IT. posrihle. lis mistakes ~
the s me time We WI not rashly 60
pertinent With new things. not impru-
adopt those 81 doubtful 90 dh-