The Wrangell sentinel., 1922-07-06

l :" Lbh SoliAkoSlSCs ' JUNEAU, July 4.-Goyernor Scott sC. Bone delivered the Independence bay address here today. He said i'll spart
 "The Fourth of July overshadows Tall other anniversaries in America. 4t takes precedence and is paramount. Kindred holidays are subordinate. q To-day wherever the American flag sflies this anniversary is celebrated. Tt bespeaks the birth of the American rsRepublic in the adoption of the Dec Slaration of Independence one hundred {forty-six years ago.
 ! Every state and territory gives Srecognition to this natal day of ours. Ut is uniformly a legal holiday. ( "What a transformation in the 1rentury and nearly half which has spassed since the signing of that histo-
 
 What mighty events have marked sthe march and progress of this great Fest republic of all the ages! Originally homogeneous nation ssmaH and compact and confined to ssmall area, it's dimensions have broad kened and extended until now it is pop juIated for many thousands of miles aby one hundred millions and more speople and its influence reaches and sis felt around the globe. Il America has undergone many scrucial tests. It has survived them Iall and is today admittedly the great lest and strongest of nations. The lworld looks to it for guidancee and thelpfulness. But for America all of Europe might today be chaotic 1f1fsi s.s-saaa--- aaa..ss4
 ''In the early stages of the Republic in the middle of the nineteenth cen tury, English philosophers and histo- rians, watching the rise of this infan- l ile nation, predicted that its stability and integrity would be secure only so long as it's activities were confined to its own domain. Once it's aloofness ceased and it's sphere widened, these prophets said, then the American Re- public would be imperilled and it would be doomed to dissolution. But these forbodings have signally failed of realization.
 America, dreaming no dreams of
 xpansion, has nevertheless expanded. Fate decreed that it should rule strange peoples and the stars and
 tripes be hoisted on foreign soil. Ex- banding against it's will, America 1courageously took up new burdens and responsibilities and has carried them well. Old glory shines all the more brightly for this duty righteous ly performed.
 -Four years hence the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Indepen- dence Day will be made memorable by expositions commemorating the mo- table event in history. The Centennial of 1876, celebrated at Philadelphia in a manner that commanded world at tention, revealed an astounding prog ress in arts and industries and agri- culture. It marked in every line of en- kind gave heed to the nations growth. But the one hundred and fiftieth an- niversary of American Independence will signaliZe more momentous strides
 Achievements of the last half cen tury have been the most amazing in history.
 | While other nations are rehabili- tating themselves after destructive world war, in which America played the decisive part, and other countries, torn asunder, are still gropirg in the dark; while thrones have tottered and fallen and monarchies passed and the doctrine of the divine right of kings has become thing of scorn and deris- ion,-while the Old World has gone through convulsions and replaced one form of government with another, the American Republic stands out today in sublime grandeur, inviting the re- spect and challenging the admiration of the universe.
 America in this early twentieth century is the most powerful factor in the world equation. Yet America only one hundred and forty-six years ago was the smallest and feeblest nation of them all.
 Pounded in righteousness it's con- ceptions have been kept true. l Asa la Aiaa