The border vidette., 1915-11-13
A PROCLAMATION OF THANKS
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Executive Department State ofArizona

Regularly recurring in the cycle of human events comes the annual Day Of. Thanksgiving, when the people of the worlds greatest Republic turn with fond reminiscence to the earliest days of their national life and earnestly, but joyfully perpetuate the custom of hold ing special ceremonials and festivities beuevolence for which the sturdy set- tiers of New England's bleak and barren coast, first gave reverent thanks in un- ison nearly three hundred years ago.
 Today, in Arizona whither, with phe- nOmenal encom passment Of distance, that lofty civilization inaugurated by our Puritan forefathers has advanced with irresistible tread in 'obed fence to Destiny's g decree, an intelligent, liberty loving populace, mindful Of the perpet- ual, omnlscient guardian ship of Divine Providence, adhere to a time- honored custom by gratefully acknowledging the beEehcence Of an omnipotent Great or with appropriate manifestations of gratitude for blessings beautifully be- slowed.
 There is, iu truth. wealth of Pro- videntisl gifts calling forth from the sovereign people of Arizona such eX- pressions of gratefulness as commonly characterize the observance of religious feastdays. For during the past twelve months, the commerce of the Old World and the New has fostered in a way all most unprecent the prosperity and de- velopmeut of the mines and ranches of the State, thereby giving greater in- centive and wider scope to the endeav- ors of those who invest and those who toil. And, meanwhile, notwithstand- ing the great surge of human strife that has engaged the greater part of the civil- ized world in deadliest conflict, both our Nation and our State, through the graciousness of a kindly God, have suc- cessfully held aloof from the maelstrom of destructive warfare, thereby hold ing inviolate the tenets of true civiliza- tion.
 Excelling, moreover, In the scale of human valuation. all merely material benefits, however essential they may be, are those incalculable blessings of 8 spiritual, intellectual and civic nature whereby life is rendered richer and more colorful, and wherein modern civiliza- ton In our own State. as elsewhere, finds at once its justification and its perpetuity.
 Now, THEREFORE,, I, Geo. w. P. Hunt, Governor of Arizona, by virtue of the authority in me invested, do hereby designate and set apart, Thurs day, November 25th, A. D., 1915, as Day of Thanksgiving on which. in churches and at 6resides, reverentiaI grateful recognition of countless bless ings divinely conferred And it is like wise earnestly urged that On the Day thus set apart, the thoughtful and ever-considerate people of Arizona may be deeply mindful of the needy, the sick and the sorro wing so that those who bear the ''cross and bitterness of life'' may also find reason for thanks giving. .s-. -.-
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here- unto set my hand and caused the Great Seal Of the State of Arizona to be affix- ed.
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital. this 9th day Of November, A. D. 1915. --
 e--5.,,.. Seal GEO w. P. HUNT, ATTEST: Governor of Arizona.
 Ff&SIDNEY P. OSBORN,
 Secretary Of State.