The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-09-30

1t is somewhat difficult to speak
when there are so many automobiles
champing at their clutches, but Will
do the best can. wouldn't have
missed this occasion for anything. AS
has heretofore been stated. few
years ago you celebrated the opening
of the road which runs along the crest
Of your Royal Gorge. 1t seemed To-
me that was the last feat in road bull
ding, but here we are within a period
of four years on a similar occasion,
enjoying almost Identical weather and
celebrating an extension of your sys-
tenn of highways through one of the
most famous Gorges of the World.
was reminded few moments ago
of the fact that after she had con-
quered nearly all joining peoples by
force of arms and through her disci-
plined cohorts. Rome again took up
the system of public highways. unit
ing the farthest reaches of a great
Empire with what was then the capi-
toll of civilization.
II seems to me that this great Re-
public after having conquered her
material resources and after having
given of her wealth and intellect to
the upbuilding of a government has
entered upon her second era of great
ness and confined her attention to the
mighty system of highways.
This new era has been caused. as
well as promoted by the introduction
OF the gasoline engine. which has done
more to make democracy in the broad
er sense of the word. a living and
material thing. than almost any of
the inventions OF modern times. 1t
has brought travel to the means Of
almost every man and woman in the
country. II has promoted the opening
OF sports which. up to the time of its
advent. have been regarded as pure
ly ornamental 1t has brought the
new slogan of the great Transporta-
ton system now being translated in
terms OF Good Roads Everywhere"
II is uniting the people OF the diff
ferent States OF the Union as they
have never been before. and as the
occasion always brings the man. so
there spring up In every community
those whose ideals drift with the re-
quirements Of the times. and who de-
vote their lives to given objectS- You
have ore in the person of our distin-
gaished Chairman here. would say
| he is Colorado's Colossus Of Roads.
would .ake pleasure In erecting a
monument at the Mouth OF this Nigh
ty Gorge in eternal commemoration
of your Western Colossus OF Roads
who has lone so much. and who has
devoted his life to one OF the most
magnificent projects conceived by the
mind of rsan.
was impressed by my good friend
the County Commissioner OF Pueblo
County, when he referred to some OF
the moral and spiritual aspects of this
great undertaking. My friends, this
Road and kindred ones throughout
the state. have a sentiment attached
to them. which is material as we'll as
ideal. and which means the uplifting
and emancipation from crime and
evil OF large portion OF our urfortu-
nate fellow citizens who. up to a few
years ago. were regarded as objects
fos punishment.
We have changed the surface as
well as the depth OF many things dur
ing the past few years, and we have
learned what we should have known
long ngo the eternal truth, that it is
bettor 10 save one soul than to damn
ninety nine. We have learned that
eryiiohment has much to do VITA
qrao,i, ally all the misfortune in thi'
wo. ia OF ours, that many men are
incait Grated for yielding to temBta
tl.n TO which we would have yielded
had we been surrounded by similar
en,i onment. lApplause).
We know there are many people In
the penal institutions Of the country
WHO ero natural criminals, and We
also kncw there are many who have
never seen the walls OF a penitentt
AIRY, and who perhars never will. who
are natural criminals also. We know
also that we are in very truth our
brothers keeper. and 1t was given a
Colorado Governor the province to
select man so earnest in his efforts
to uplift tie fallen and unfortunate
as to do something toward the emar-
cipation of the poor. unfortunate In
mates of the prison. This has found