Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-02-23
THE PRAIRIE STATE.

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Some red men of lofty bearing.
They the Inini-they
The Able Ones. and the Daring"
So he to grandest andb best
OF the group of states in the Middle West
OF their tribe awarded:
Increasing extending fame
As History has recorded
In that broad Prairieland for hundred years
The sound of the tread of the pioneers
Was slowly, though steadily rising
crucial passed
in statehoods mould she solidly cast.
Her growth was indeed surprising.
Her primitive settlers we're sturdy of stock
tracing their lineage back The
Plymouth Pilgrims landed.
With others from many lands under the
them boosted titles
The favor of Fortune commanded
But siGH held nigh 1s to Ss's his lot
To rustic for raiment and rations-
pl"cky. unyiedins
hat am persuaded only few
Went back to their wives relations.
As late as the thirties Chicago was small
The scarcely location a
o lakeside rag.
That served Fort Dearborn's garrison
In the prairie breeZes fluttered
once-snce her soldiers slain
BY Black Hawks red demons, has she been the sport
or of a possible Nemesis
When Mistress oLeary's intractable
Kicked over lamp on the premises.
But even from this she recovered anon
With force irresistible Fastening on
Not pausins to mourn her bereavement
blackened destroyed
She quickly rebuilt in the desoate
With better and nobler achievement.
No prophet forecasted how great was to be
This wonderful town by the freshwaer
This Queen Prairies:
Would bring her the products Of mountains
The wealth of the farms and the diaries
The spells of pine forests laid at her feet
By rivers and railroads. lake-sailing fleet
Every day at her whsrves rode anchor
While the Greater Northwest into opulcnce grew
I'm willing to banker.
Concerning crops will warehouse ALL
Make charges for dockage and storage small
Your prime fattened stock will slaughter and
Dispose of 1t well. and the proceeds send back.
Refiling your Golfers depleted"
Her tourists commercial" are sure to invade
All places on earth they work for the Trade
Each carries smile that is cherry =
lived a the Pole
drummer" had beat Doctor Cook goal
And punctured the pretense of Peary%
That the state in her policies. mainly is wise
think is a trusm denies.
believe. assuredly
o. folies may
or greatness has long been the
Her roll of Immortals challenge awaits
There's Lincoln. and Douglas and Logan and Yates.
None better acquitted themselves their day.
Nor won in a grander arena
The plain people"
And alive and alert in the Prairie too
When Wars changing tocsin resounded:
From the North to Dunesth.
They acted like bull dogs displaying their teeth
And confident courage sbounded.
War orators nourished-two hundred or less
How often heard arguments press
With that potent
As il did others; and these
Two hundred and fifty-nine thousand
Were sent by the state to the
hearts Hall man have lace.
And eminent pedestals grace
They of the commemorative glory
For the who delight her greatness o
Will Frances Willard. WELL
And others. to round out the story.
e ar children still cherish eIate
Their birtlrsht OF pride in this prosperous
Most prodiga she of all givers-
Unceasns her largess. broad and
As the great Mississippi that flows to the
And all her magnificent rivers
How fair her vistas. how clear her
What glories OF woodland. Summertime
In recesses clustered shady
Her rolling praries how lovely wide
Prophetic of harvests. seldom denied,
And rich the gems of a
Completing the circle il happens
We come to the peope-"T1e The
Whose history like a
For the llini-those OF a
Have proven their title h. word
THE Daring Ones. and the Able"
ANDREW DOWNING