The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-16

are that he is created free and .inde-
pendent and that he possesses. in
alienably, the right to enjoy and de.
fend life, anu liberty and to acquire,
possess and protect his property and
reputation and may pursue and obtain
safety and happiness: these principles
find embodied in all Of our consti-
tutions n a most powerful instru-
mont for their Incubation, protection
n nourishment has been, the munic.
qualities with their functions and pow
'ers of local sclf-government.
The people were taught to enact
they we're brought In close contact to
the laws In their making and this ar
ried the firm belief that the govern.
ment consisted but in the. laws which
were 81 enacted; that those engaged
in the administration of the laws. were
but its agents and could %cxercise no
power but by 1t granted; the rights
man: what God had granted. man
could not destroy; the government
granted no rights; the great ard only
purpose of the government was to
protect tho rights. which already ex-
isted:. this. Is its only jurisdiction for
existence.
Under such teachings and conditions
Sibo SoSS VI lAOCIty COutO' JOS OuS ItOWIs
ish. and the spirit Of freedom found
a congcnial home.
There is no other. single factor
which has SO greatly conduccd to the
preservation of the ideals of the
American government. as tho growth
and development OF the functions of
the municipalities or cities; abuses
in some localities have thrived, but
this has not been their fault but rather
to their administration; with improve
ment in the morals and virtue of the
people Of the community there Is inn
mediatcly reflected in their institutions
q similar Improvement: where the
people themselves take an interest in
complaint of the administration of
their laws or Of the nature Of tho laws
themselves.
Thirty-six years ago last April the
townsite Of the present city of Grand
Forks was first plated, and soon
thereafter. It was incorporated as a
city; 1t was a mere hamlet then sit
uated on the very outskirts Of the
frontier. The denizens of the forest
and of the plains were crowded west
ward from their abiding place to make
room for O people, adventurous, bold,
fearless and active, who, separating
themselves from their birthplace in
the older regions had turned toward
the o%ccident, there to find a land with
in which to build for themselves a
new home and to lay the foundation
for a sovereign state. It would have
been most difficult to have selected
a site more favorable for the future
city and the developments and growth
OF the succeeding years have more
than justified the selection made.
AS they journeyed they had viewed,
with an eye to appreciate Its beauties,
the LAM Of FIiaWatha, to our eastward,
and had threaded their way through
the mazes of sylvan lakes that jewel
our sister state like treasures upon
the bosom of n loved mistress until,
golden in the setting sun, across the
northward rushing flood Of the wind.
ing Red. they saw. gladdcning theil
vision, the virgin prairics. which
through the later years. tickled with
forth wealth and prosperity beyond
his fondest dreams.
In the years that have flown, the
city, thus founded. has kept pace Will,
the commonwealth until now she sit.
enthroned at the confluence of tho
two rivers. the metropolis of the
northern half of the state.
Credit to Pioneers.
Today we meet, those pioneers OF
the earlier days. and they who have
since come, to- dedicate tho home oil
the city; to c~onsecrate its temple: IL
set apart this beautiful building te
the purposes of the municipality.
For lis. mere. mortal man. to dcd
icate, to consccratc. this structure
these halls and spacious rooms. thcs,
walls and roof and foundation sure
with the material from which they ar,
built. Is an. impossible thing.
Thew arc a1ro26v r1o1irotol Ia. A..
Master Builder. for when the worit
was born. God. all in his own goot
time. devoted them to his own use.
Then IL these ceremonies arc to h,
aught other than an idle pageant there
remains but that. in defeating tht,
stately building, VIZ dedicate. oNrselve.
to. he better citizenship of which 4
must ever stand the sign-manuaI, tn,
guerdon.
we Will thereby renew our faith: re,
v1ve u strength; restore our courage
and reconstruct our. ideals witlou,
which. and the strivings therefor, al
IRE. political. civil. and the home, be,
comes a barren waste, so that wher
we go hence We shall have a clearer
stretches before us for our sometime.
unwilling feet.
After the duty to God. the first dut,
or. every man, of every woman. o
child. is to the home.
No government can justify its, ex,
istence upon any. ground higher thar
the protection of the home and be.
cause thereof and as a part of his dur,
70 his home. man owes a high duty
70 the state to give attention to its
afatrs n keep himself abreast Of the
movements which affect it's welfare.
l.. Nhen our forefathers severed the
n which united them to the Moth.
er country their justification for SC
Iar-reaching a move was the imposi.
ions and expressions of tyranny.
They had been used to personal
freedom and individual liberty but
deriving its power from without and
not from within.
n great principle upon which was
laid the foundation of the new gov.
eminent was that all power is vested
IN n people save that man has Ger.
TAIN inQHpnah1a nercono1