The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-08-27
TRE PIONEER DAYs ARE OVERH

THE PIONEER DAYS ARE 0VERH
Tells How He Worked With Ranch.
men and the Progress That Has
Been Made Since He Rode the
Plains-Makes Plea For Monument
In Honor Of Frederick Remington. 4
CHEYENNE. Aug. 27.-col. Rooses
welt to-day was a guest at the closing
days exercise of the frontier day celes
ration. For twelve hours the Colonel
was in the hands of several thousand
cowboys. He arrived at nine o'clock
this morning. A reception committee
OF State, Federal and city oiliclals,
cowboys and plalnsmen escorted the
Colonel to the stand near the capitol,
where he reviewed the most spec ectaclis
lar parade in the history Of the State.
several score cowboys, Brigadiers Gen.
eral Ralph w. Holt, stan In full dress,
five thousand soldiers, tow thousand
yelling cowboys and cowgirls, several
hundred Indians decked In gaudiest
war paint, squaws, papoosen, all the {
ponies they possessed, local civic or
ganizations, fire department.. 1t took
two hours for the procession to! pass.
Afterwards the Colonel was the guest
OF honor at luncheon. Immediately
after noon he was taken to the fronsS
tier park and delivered his; set ad.i
dress. He goes to Denver Monday!
morning. 81 II s3 q
Colonel Roosevelt attends two din,s
ners tonight and tomorrow rides
horseback to Senator Warren's ranch,
Fort D. A. Russell and other points
of interest. - Is
Cheyenne, Wyo. Apg, 27.-Wheni at
the close of my hunting trip ii Africa
I reached the borders Of civilization
the first invitation l accepted was this
to visit the capital Of Wyoming on the
day when the people OF the frontier
came together to commemorate their
achievements. wns glad 1t was SO,
because have a peculiar feeling for
the men and women Of what used to
be called the "far west, and especial
ly for those of the cattle country.
For number of years / lived on d
ranch on the Little Missouri, sharing
work and play, good fortune and bad
fortune. with my neighbors, working
on the roundup. serving tas delegate
from the Little Missouri roundup dis
trlct to the Montana Stock Growers
association and even at times acting as
a deputy sheriff at my end OF the \
county. 3 4
l count those years as among the
most valuable Of my. life. because moth.
Ing breeds such community OF feeling
as to work with ones fellow men ut
their life tasks and to learn TO know
their feelings by actually sharing.
them. The man Of the west through.
out the successive stages OF western
growth has always been one of the
two or three most typical figures 4
indeed, am tempted TO say the, most.
typical Ggure-in American life. and
no man can really understand our
country and appreciate what II really
is and what It promises unless be has
the fullest and closest sympathy with
the ideals and aspirations OF the west.
The prime reason for this Is to be-
found in the fact that the westerners
Is SO good IN American. BE Is an
American first and foremost. For this
Is the great lesson, friends, that all OF
us need to learn and to keep, the les
son that 1t Is unlmportant whether a J
man lives north or south, ehst or west,
provided he is genuinely and IN good
faith IN American, that he feels every
part Of the United States as his own
and that he is honestly desirous to up,
hold the interests Of all other Ameri-
cans in whatever section OF the coun-
try they may dwell.
Tho Expanding Of The West.
A hundred years ago, when men
spoke of the west, they. meant the
country between the Aileghenles and
the Mississippi; Fifty years ago the
white mans west took In Mlnnesotas
Iowa and Kansas and then skipped,
across to California and Oregon. The
country Of. the great plains: and the
Rockies, the country In which y6u.
whom am now addressing lead your
! lives and do your work. has grown up
within my own lifetime.
myself saw and took part in the
closing years Of the pioneer period. and
1t was my great privilege to work side
by side with the pioneers the ranch
men. the miners, the cowpuncherss
the mule slinners, the bullwhaekers
who actually opened up tbe country.
l have seen the herds and foeks OF
the cattlemen and sheepmep gupplant4