The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-05-25
American
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EACH BROUGHT HIS GIFT.
(By Franklin X. Lane.)

This tribute to the races OF
America, first published during the
lifetime of the former secretary of
the interior, gains added force from
the. fact that he himself was Can
adian, and from the fact that today
there are those among us who seek
to shatter the unity and loyalty
which have made America great
nation.
America is land of but one
people, gathered from many coun--
tries. Some came for love Of
money and some for love of free
dom. Whatever the lure that brought
us, each has his gift. Irish lad
and Scot, Englishman and Dutch,
Italian, Greek and French, SpaIiard,
Slav, Teuton, Morse, Negro-all
have come bearing gifts and have
laid them on the alter of America.
All brought their music-dirge
and dance and wassail song, proud
march and religious chant. An
brought their music and their in
struments for the making of music,
those many children of the harp
and flute.
All brought their poetry, winged
tales of mans many passions, folk
songs and psalms, ballads of heroes
and tunes of the sea, lifting scraps
caught from sky and field, or
mighty dramas that tell of primal
struggles of the profoundest mean
ing. All brought poetry.
All brought art, fancies of the
mind, woven in wood or wool, silk,
stone or metal-rugs and baskets,
gates of fine design and modelled
gardens, houses and wall pillars,
roofs, windows, statues and painting
all brought their art and handi-
craft
Then, too, each brought some
homely thing, some touch of the
familiar home field or forest,
kitchen or dress-a favorite tree or
fruit, an accustomed flower. a style
| in cookery or in costume--each
brought some home-like, familiar
thing.
And all brought hands with which
to work.
And all brought minds that could
conceive.
And all brought hearts filled with
home-stout hearts to drive live
minds; live minds to direct willing
| hands.
These were the gifts they brought.
Hatreds of old-time neighbors,
national prejudices and ambitions,
traditional set standards of living,
graceless intolerance, Mass rights
| and the demand of class-those were
| barred at the gates.
AT the altar of America We have
sworn ourselves to a single loyalty.
We have bound ourselves to sacri-
flee and struggle, to plan and to
work for this one land. We have
given that we may gain, we have
surrendered that we may have a
victory. We have taken an oath
that the world shall have a chance
to know how much of good may be
gathered from all countries and how
solid in its strength, how wise, how
fertile in its yield, how lasting and
sure is the life of people who are
one.
And on Memorial Day we will
pay tribute to the memory and the
heroism of the brave BOYS of all
these races, who offered all, even
life, irrespective of race, or class
or creed, upon the altar of flag, and
country, and liberty.
/ Hennepin County Legionaires have
donated 500 to the Overseas
Graves Fund, as county organiza.
ton, in addition to what they are
giving as individuals and as posts
| and auxiliary units. This is the
largest single contribution from
Minnesota to date. Tower Legion.
aires come next with $62.37, fol.
lowed by Atwater with S40., Heron
Lake with $30.37, Worthington with
S25., and Glyndon with $23. There
are many $25 contributions, many
of $50, scores of $40, of SIS and
smaller. The smallest indicates the
same reverence for the dead as
does the largest. 1t is the thought
OF the donor which counts. Legion
Posts, Legion Auxiliary Units, citi,
zens and organizations in general
are contributing an average of $500
per day for the last few DAYS. With
united efforts the $4,000 Mime
sofa quota will be reached by Nav
3Oth. Only the interest of this
money will be touched each year
Tor decoration purposes, the prin-
clpal will remain intact for all time
as trust fund, in charge of the
legion, to which all contributions
should be forwarded.
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| Two comrades reached the end of
the trail last week. They had been
patients of the Aberdeen Hospital,