The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-07
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FAMOUS. GOLD CREEK
Pioneers and Editors Unite
in Honoring Stuart
and Party.
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AL. Stone Delivers Address
rDedicating Monument
in Canyon.
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pioneer editor in whose name the shaft
stands.
Colonel Thomas Nicaragua told OF
early daya in Powell county. and then
Dexn Stone delivered the dedication
address.
u. u. Dean Stones Address.
A{r. stone said. In part:
'srhcre is no sentiment more spon-
famous in the human heart than the
veNeration Of ancestors and closely as
ISOLATED with this sentiment, correlat-
Ing 1t In its influence upon our actions.
10 eur love for posterity. Respect for
ancestors excites interest in their his
tori. admiration for their characters.
concerp In their errors and pride in
their virtues and achievements. Our
intarest in those who are to come after
IN ,urges IN to preserve for them the
recoed OF what those have done who
flaya4 preceded us and to inspire by
oufsown. conduct some admiration for
whist we ourselves have done. The
AiSSkan savage reared his totem pole
that his posterity might know Of the
valOr OF the ancestors OF his race.
The Egyptian. the Aztec, the Inca-aAl
these. types OF ancient civilizations
erected such monuments AS seemed to
them most likely to be permanent that
subsequent generations might have
preserved for them the record OF
achievement which had been written
By the deeds OF the age which reared
the shafts, the temples and the tab
leta wich have endured through the
ages.
sATheee sentiments are wise and are
not to be criticised as vatnglorious;
these are the sentiments which have
prompted the erection of the SHAFT
whose dedication Ia the purpose Of our
ASSEMBLING here this morning. Mon
tana,s history Is young: the span
which 1t covers is so brief that there
ara yet living men who were active
participants in many of the stirring
scenes which constitute the chapters
IN the record Of this state. But, young
an 3s this comm onwealth, there has
been hardness in action which might
commemorate In permanent tribute,
the appreciation of a, people for the
efforts OF the men and women who
brought civilization to a wilderness
and there builded a great state.
And not the least significant of
the Thoughts which are suggested by
the occasion is~ that which recalls the
carHdit4IAA1AA4hs xsolt<Wk0AoD11eived
the idea Of this monument and the gen :
crosby of the woman whose generosity
hN On tim nf tho
nlan here to mark an event which
was of transcendent importance In the
history Of Montana. We should be
amiss. indeed, were we not to give ful'
need OF credit to Colonel Frank D.
Brown. president Of the Pioneers So
cie3y Of this state, for the zeal whicn
he has shown in obtaining permanent
markers for sites which have figured
in .Montsnn,s history and for the lid
crafty OF Mrs. Labor, daughter OF
pioneer, which gave to Montana. as
record OF pioneer performance. the
monument which we dedicate TO-DAY,
Their example may well be emulated
H,y Others Of Montana In commemorate +
ing other events and in marking other
sites which have had their place IN
the making OF this state. To Colonel
Brown and Mrs. 1aior. We of the pres
cnt. generation. OF Montanans owe
debt which we should realize and flu
tire Montauans will have this debt
transmitted 70 them with interest com
pounded.
Site Is Most Notable.
THE site which we mark today os
this dedication is one OF the most not
able In all the vast area OF Montana
Here, as this shaft tells US. was dis
covered the gold which brought t.
Montana its first great influx of white
settlement. Within sight OF the spo
where we stand this morning were
driven the last spikes upon two grea
transoontinental railway lines. Al
most where We are gathered ran tht
first highway ever constructed through
Mohtnsia-the Mullan trail. But. NOR
than that, In historic old Deer Lodge
county. ws,ieh had its geographic cen
ter near here. have been developed re-
s6hfces which have amazed the worlt
NJ their yastness. The world ha!
never known a gold mine which coult
cnmnarc In richness with the Atlantic
cafle: the greatest silver mine o,
Earth ii the Granite mountain: tn
most WOnUsElul SOPpCl uSvOCsS AZ N'e"
which lies in the Butte hill. And tn
dieeings which were developed iron
the original discovery of gold here ar
vet yielding their colors and. afte
more than a half-centurly are produ
cling wealth. Well may we pause =
contemplate thoughtfully the great
nass of old Deer Lodge as we perform
this simrle ceremony this n,ornine
1.-TWO names which Montana mus
ever yeuerate are associated with TIL
monument. These names should o
taught 10 every schoolchild in TIL
stateLStuart and Mills. And we ca
do no better today than to pledge our
selves to- the earnest endeavor to sc
10 It that these names are never for
gotten as long as there is a Montans
! I'm the spring of 1853 James an
Granville Stuart with four compan
ions. prospecting for gold In wester
Wontana. searched, along this cree
md found values as. high as 10 cent
n-pan.. Short, Of provisions and hal
assed by Indians. they were not alb
X. follow up their discovery immed'
ntely... Two years later. they returne
ma. proepected in the dry gulcht
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