, 1923-08-01

SAi0AiC II VvAAhS~A VI NyOAAAh& III
an address here today. The occasion
for this message was the formal dedi.
cation of the new Howard Eaton
Trail, 157 miles in length, connecting
principal scenic points in the Yellow
stone National Park. Congressman
Winter discussed "The Spirit Of Ho-
ward Eaton"
1.-THE man whom We honor today
by the dedication Of this Trail" he
said, "Was q western type and ex-
empler, q .devotee -ofsnaaure, an in
~culcator Of all those qualities that are
an essential ingredient Of the Ameri-
can spirit.
"Let all here today and all who read
this occasion and all in the years to
come who travel this Trail honor his
memory and seek to maintain inviol-
ate the things for which he strove."
Mr.. Winter also made an earnest
plea against commercialism in the
parks.
Here let me say, he declared dur
ing his address, "that, great as their
unitarian purposes might be, the
lakes and waters of this and other
national parks must not be touched
or altered for business or profit. The
American people are practically of
one mind on that question. There
must be nc commercialism of the
Park waters"
The text of Mr.. Winters address
was as follows:
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water possessing magical qualities.
It's marvellous elements give to whom
soever might battle in its pure depths
vigor and inspiration. Those who
sought its healing influence, plunged
beneath its surface, rose with energy
flowing into every limb, with clear
ness of vision restored, with new and
glorious life throbbing in their veins
and upon their lips a song of victory.
Such a spring of health and inspira-
ton and hope should be this occasion
and all those things for which it
stands.
1--WE here undergo a renewal of
youth. 1t has been said that so long
as your heart receives messages of
beauty, hope, cheer, granduer, cour-
age and power from the earth, from
men and from the infinite, so long are
you young. We of the west, with its
tremendous resources, magnificent
distances, opportunities and inspira-
ton should be eve young. Youth is
not measured by years. 1t is the
spirit of youth in the heart that car
ries on.
$50 we welcome into these surround
ing, life-giving and vitalizing, all our
people to the great Parks of the west,
and especially today to the Yellow
stone, the greatest of them all. We
come from every direction, illustrat-
ing the national character of this
splendid domain, and also illustrating
the universally and solidarity of the
people of this country.
81, myself, and those accompany
ing me come from the South, across
the great plateaus of Wyoming,
through the beautiful Lander valley,
along the eastern foothills of the
great Wind River Range, past Brooks
Lake with its marvellous setting, over
the famous Twogwotee Indian Pass,
down the eastern slopes to the magni-
.ficent Jackson Lake to the foot of the
towering and inspiring Tetons.
Others have come from the East
through the striking Canyon; others
from the Great North and still others
from the splendid West. And so, as
we get together here, we lose our
identity as citizens of separate states
and become national, citizens of the
United States, on soil over which
i've the flag of the Federal Govern
ment. May we not repeat therefore
the words of Patrick Henry Mt the
Continental Congress of Philadelphia
where he said, the distinctions be-
tween Virginians, New Workers,
Pennsylvanians and New E~nglanders
are no more; I am not a Virginian
but an Americana
thine was when the West was
looked upon and pictured as n section
of wild outbreakings, fierce conflicts,
desperate characters, n place where
lawless men prevailed; when the ave-
rage western citizen was pictured as
wearing his hair and m~ustaches long
and ever and anon puncturing the
o'fiocibitiC aDu otttciOHiliy colilC
other citizen with a six-gun. But
these things were merely incidental
to the greater freedom in which the
West moved on in her great work.
They have been ex~nggerations, ex-
cesses Of its great progress. The
West is moving on in n great work to
n marvellous mission. II is building
a splendid empire, supported by and
sustaining n citizenship second to none
in this broad land. Thus It is, on a
larger scale, with this nation of ours;
as we are the West of this country.
so this country was the West of the
world, the Occident. Here was a
new continent; here was raised n new
government, by n new people, based
on n new idea, all dedicated to liberty
and to all the liberty consistent with