Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-05-27

he dreams of man. and we are co., orl
Fir ers with all humanity as builders of
ia civilization.
e. The pioneer who first broke III
ht virgin sod of these vast plains. VIII
le fought the Indians while cultivatin
I'd his fields. who worshipped his God il
d the heart of a great new, magnificen
= country OF far spreading beauty ant
II vast silences. who brought up his fam
lily to toll and hope and strive and t
. dream Of the golden days to come
J, the pioneer is Of the past; he is gone
J but his memory lives in the glory OF
e civilization. And some day in the
e radiant future. if we work with the
/ eagerness and with the spirit that we
= should. it win be said of us that we
fishing the principles Of the golden rule
in this western civilization.
You cannot unforl that beloved flag
to the kisses of the amorous breeze
without a flag pole pointing upward
You cannot roof your homes unless
the superstructure is first erected All
things must have physical foundation
ton and so has civilization.
When we consider our work and
/ problems from the standpoint Of the
individual. we fail to grasp the idea
that the foundation of civilization is
In the soil, where the mysterious
agencies of Cod are ever working for
the good Of man.
God gave the world to man and
made it fertile, and the great garden,
not only of Eden but of Nebraska,
should be kept inviolate and its fruit
should be bountiful. I have noticed
an inclination on the part Of some to
make the mistake of thinking the fer
tility Of the soil is as trasure grove
Of inexhaustible resources 1t is not
only a mistake but ii is a sin-a sin
against self against neighbors and
against those coming after us. 1t is
robbing the unborn of their birthright
In the United States the soil fer
tility has decreased 33 and one-third
per cent. II will be only a compara- ,
lively few years util aothenr third
viii have disappeared and then the
fnal third will go. ! know il seems {
like the fertility of Nebraska would =
never fail, but in every state and in 5
every nation il has failed and unless T
we watch it. it win continue to fail
until the great storehouse of nature is I
empty.
THE greatest question of to-day is 6
hat of soil fertility. Back Wonder in
Germany the soil has been farmed for
me thousand years and today pro-
iuces twice what we do because they
If that country grasped the idea and /
made 1t matter of laws and custom i
o preserve and sustain the fertility
heir soil possessed
mo man has the right to despof
he land. | wish L could make Won
understand that the man who owns IL
he land awes the land a duty. Man o
oes not improve the things that do
ot belong to him. The land becomes
n intensive system of soil robbery
nder tenacy. The renter runs down
he fertility and does not build it up. 4,
IF we ever build up a civilization ;,
he first five stones in the foundation -
aust be: First, the fertility of the
Oil; second, owned homes: third good
hurches: fourth, good schools; fifth.
God roads.
when you put into a mans heart Sc
he pride of home possession. you put n,
lere what you cannot educate into =,
i'm. and what you canno preach into ~
i'm, what you cannot shoot into him
: what you cannot hypodermically
Ject into him. 1t has to get into his
stem through the old fashioned h,
edium of experience. When you put ~
to him the pride of ownership. YOU %,
We him the greatest blessing God -
Ter created and man ever possessed. 'e
ut when you take that pride out of
m. you take away what never can
, given to him by mortal agencies.
The next important thing, then. is
Nv we may cooperate to make indie ne
hn fn-ft
me ownership. which are the essen KIN
Ills for proper civilization. KIN
"An professions of man are necess-
v. Every man is Just as necessary
YOU as you are to him. Cooperation
N bring about all things il we can -.
t together and talk things over. Oil
he trouble is we discuss the faults OF gr'
hers in the chimney corner. or on a frt
: in the timber instead of talking ar,
over with HIM. II there are evils. an
MT try to knock them out or shoot hs
I'm out. hut talk them out. Here Is Ga,
little philosophy I never heard
cached or ever saw printed in a
ok. Just worked II out by ex-
Renee. Listen: The majority of l
n who are constantly complaining Cal
put the, success OF others, who cuss of
government and their neighbors wo
the men who don't know the right mo
ne to do Mt the right time. The
! secret Of success is knowing the
ut thing to do and the right time
do 1t. II
We must have the right kind of tim
lcation for the man who tills the forr
l. even as we have the right kind tbo
for the man who lives In a..
n. The trouble is that we have -
d 10 copy the aristorcracy OF Eur WI
, in that the few should be educa- seer
and the multitude remain ignor- wer
Not that we do not have good grea
ools but the education given fails own
ell us the right thing to do at the cove
It ime when he COW gets sick. Too
, have we been teaching that the %,
who has brains need not use his n,
Gle We have been forgetting our ,ass
was in New Orleans at a great in'el