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light. heat and powcr to the inhabi-
tAnts Of tho earth
Tho ways Of Providence are in.
deed beyond human comprehension. Il
10 very evident TO me hat when the
Supreme Being had all but completed
His mighty task OF creating the
heavens and the earth, finding thai
He still had an abundance Of material
at hand. selecting only the best OF
each, here IN Wyoming He piled II
high Then He left 1t to be finally dis
covered, developed and appreciated
after practically all other countries
had been exploited. 30, while one por,
ton OF he earth may excel in stock.
growing. another in agriculture,
others in mining and yet others in
manufacturing. here in Wyoming we
shall excel in nrl. And I have no
doubt It was Gods intention that
those OF the human family who should
do their full duty in this prolific field
should be eventually rewarded with
n home IN Heaven-the only place
that we are willing to concede has
any tho best Of Wyoming.
"Now ladies and gentlemen. I may
have addressed you IN n somewhat ex.
travagant vein. but my assertions IN
the main are to be verified. I have
lived hero in central Wyoming for
uor than q quarter OF n century
longer than elsewhere on enrth-and
II I may be spared but a few years
longer I shall expect to see a greater
s~tockgrowing industry, In an irrigated
agricultural area that will be n OF
The marvels of the age. surrounding
populous manufacturing %centers, all
within the borders of what VIII have
been definitely determined to be the
greatest oil field in the world even
Il its product is already known to be
the best.
TN conclusion, It is my pleasant
privilege, ladies and gentlemen, to
welcome you to Casper, the future
Pittsburgh Of Wyoming. and to wyo-
ming, the coming Pennsylvania of
the West; but I warn you hat insofar
as quality and quantity Of oil is con.
cerned, the terms Casper and wyo.
ming are destined to imply Tar more
to the oil producing world than did
ever tho terms Pittsburgh and Penn.
sylvania."
The Influence Of Good Women.
One thing hat always impressed
me In pioneer days was the respectful
regard in which the rough and I'm.
couth man from tho range; the blus.
tering would-be bad man; the
smooth toned, soft spoken genuine
bad man; the saloon man and the
tin horn gambler held II good wo-
man. There were two or three dozen
women of the other sort in Casper,
MI in the restricted district, with
whom these men naturally consorted.
For n long time That cluss OF women
were in the majority. but men OF
every station and regardless of their
habits, ~instinCtivCly recognize q thor
oughly good woman under whatever
circumstances, and ] am sure that no
one Of that little band DT glorious
pioneer women who qualified to the
latter definition ever had cause TO
complain a she was not respect.
fully and Observation-Disclosures reyer-
ently-treatcd by these men upon all
occasions. Indeed, ! believe that al.
most any one Of these men would
have been first to battle for the honor
of n good woman IN Ease of emer-
genCy. Tho attitude OF the women
who were leaders in the church and
in society then, as thoy are today,
WINS n Of g~raciOusness and tolerance.
They came TO know many Of these
men by sight, speaking casually to
them when they happened to meet in
b store or on the street, and It won
for them respect and protection that
was n guarantee OF Eafety wherever
they might be.
a Tribute to the Pioneers.
Reverend Carter, OF the NetbodIa.
church in Casper, recently introduced