Weekly journal-miner., 1919-11-26
A PROCLAMATION
 OF THANKSGIVING DAY
THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA Executive Department,
 State of Arizona.

While THANKSGIVING DAY is distinctively American, its scope has broadened since that November day at Plymouth, when the Pilgrim Fath- CTS with grateful hearts for their de- liverance from the shackles of civil and religious servitude, rendered trib- ute to Him who had guided them to distant shores and land destined to become the refuge of the oppressed of all the world. Truly they had much to be thankful for, and in reverent spirit they acknowledged their de- pendence upon that power, the wis dom of which passeth all human un- derstanding. From their sturdy stock comes the nucleus of the virile Amer ican nation of today and to 1t we owe those concepts of government and human conduct which have set us aside and marked us as a people pe- culiar unto ourselves. Since then we have passed through the fiery furnace of war several times, triumphing be- cause our cause was just, and refining our national spirit in separating the dross from the finer metal. On each occasion we have emerged, not only conquerors in a physical sence, but imbued with better and higher ideals of the duty we owe to society and government. Our material progress has kept pace with, in fact, exceeded our spiritual advancement until today 1t IS our proud and indisputable boast that we are the richest and most rn rfrrI fT,+ +1,a rr-OrII use, as in the past, these instrument talities in the proper way, we may go forward to our destiny in hope and confidence that the perpetuity of our institutions is assured. If we misuse this God-given power, then we have just reason to face the future with apprehension.
 The past year has given us mani fold reason to be thankful. From d feeling of insecurity brought about by the close of the Great Conflict, and the necessity of re-adjusting to new conditions, we have finally found ourselves, and placed our feet on solid ground, sustained by the thought that the Puritan spirit still animates our body polite and makes for that which is good and worth while Bountiful harvests have been our DOT ton; our mines have yielded their treasure and provided employment at good wages for every man who desir- ed 1t; farmers and merchants have prospered and we have been a happy and Contented people; the relations of labor and capital have been annie able betokening approach of better understanding of the rights of each; Seditious organizations have not openly sowed the seeds of discord. and those who oppose the govern ment have found this is not the fertile field 1t once was for their nefarious work. Many of our soldier boys have returned to Us and again taken their places i'll civil life. Their fidelity to the government has had a heartening and strengthening effect upon those to lean toward the crop of isms which seemed with startling to find root in the soil which we believed to be indigenous only to the growths of sane civiliza- ton. The mothers and fathers of these boys have just cause to rejoice and be glad over the return of their loved ones, but while we join in their paean of thankfulness, we should let memory turn in solemnity to the fields of France where sleep our honored dead, thanking God that it was through their great sacri- flee we are permitted to observe this occasion.
 WHEREFORE, I, THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the authority in me vested by law, do set aside Thursday, November ?, 1919. as
 THANKSGIVING DAY and proclaim the same a public holi- day, recommending that all of our people refrain from unnecessary la bor and in the mystic circle of the home and places set apart for public worship meet and give thanks unto Him who has crowned us with His loving kindness and tender memories; and while at the table of plenty and in the midst of abundance, forget not those less fortunately situated.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed.
 Done at Phoenix, the Capital, this 10th day of November i'll the year of our Lord, 1919.
 THOMAS E. CAMPBELL, (ScaD. Governor of Arizona.
 Attest:
 MT SIMMS, Secretary of State.
 
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