The Glenwood post., 1923-08-16

direct to Alaska. At that time my
committee expected to go with him.
But the universal apeals from all over
the country for him to visit every
state and nearly every town, induced
him to undertake that fatal speaking
tour.
There is one thing that VIII stand
out in history forever to the credit of
President Harding and his adminis'ra.
ton, and that is the Imitation of arm
ament conference.
That was a great constructive meas
ure. 1t will save many billions of dol
lars TO the taxpayers of this and the
five other nations included in the
agreement ana may possibly prevent
another bloody world war.
| Fres dent Harding did many good
things His setting the precedent for
the frs; time in our history of invit-
ing the vice president to sit with him
and his cabinet at all their bi-weekly
meetings seems now to have been al
most prophetic. 1t gives President
Coolidge splendid insight into all the
affairs of state that he never could
have known anything about, and is
thereby rendering very great service
10 our country.
President Coolidge has suddenly
thrust upon him probably the greatest
burden ever instantly put upon any
man IN this country. God grant rsat
he may be able to carry it with credit
to himself and honor to our country.
He is a slender, rather frail looking
man, of very serious sober and silent
manner. But no president has ever
undertaken the task with higher ap-
probation of its Importance, or with
more honest and conscientious de-
termination to do his utmost to keep
the faith and guide the ship of state
for the welfare of the American people.
believe he will be as successful as
anyone can reasonably expect, in view
| OF MS SURROUNDINGS
At the official funeral services in
the Capitol in Washington day before
yesterday, the minister in charge, the
chaplain of the house of representa-
tives, read, verses l to 3 of the 22nd
chapter of Revelations, the first
two verses of which are as follows:
~,
river of water of life, clear as
crystal, proceeding out of the
throne of God and of the Lamb.
"In the midst of a street and on
each side of the river was there
the tree of life, which bear twelve
manner of fruits, yielding her
fruit every month, and the leaves
of the tree were for the healing
of the nations.'
Did it ever occur to any of you that
i all the world the Colorado river IS
the one that can be most truthfully
referred to as a pure river of the water
OF Life. 1t is the only large river in
the world entirely within the arid re-
gions. Its source is the top of many
of the highest peaks in this country
and it falls fourteen thousand feet Oh
its way to the sea. 1t is eighteen hun
dred miles long and all of its waters
of normal flow are used for irrigat ne
and domestic purposes, and will also be
used for power purposes. 1t is indeed
river of life. In the Imperial valley
on the banks of the river in Califor
II they raise a fruit crop every
month, and the river from its source
to its mouth is typical and emblematiC
of the biblical river of life. What I
wonderful stream is the river of l.fe
A slender thread emerging from the
mysterious realm of birth, it laughl
and dances through the wonder-worlt
of childhood, its broadening currents
sweep the plains of youth between tn,
, over -decked banks of romance ant
of hope. a mighty current, it rushe
| over the rapids of manhood ant
dreams III lodH upon ihe ioNhS VI opPo
tion and defeat; then glides ava,
across the barren, sterile fields of age
{ until it is engulfed and lost within
the waters of the Eternal Sea.
/ To my mind the greatest and mos
5 consoling thought that we and all goo'
citizens can contemplate on this oc
e cason is the wonderful universally o
, mourning and genuine sadness of alb
solutely all of the people today.
c One hundred and ten million loya
a Americans are at this hour reverentl,
e standing with bowed heads and sorrow
!. full hearts at the grave of Warren G
n Harding. No man in all history ha
G ever been so sincerely and UNIVERSAL
r mourned throughout our entire country
a That is the highest and creates
tributp that enn pypr bp pn Al IN an