The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-29
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The present annual federal expenditure OF sew
enty to eighty millions for public roads was III
dreamed OF. Some years were to pass before we
undertook the reclamation of our ara iahls
through federal agencies. Rural free delivery 'u"
not even entered upon the period Of academic ulS
cussion. Federal land banks were unthought OF
except in the minds OF a few students OF lorelSh
agricultural credits. Women voted in eeher"'
elections nowhere in the Union save in my STATE
of Wyoming and the Eighteenth amendment Hau
not been thought Of"
Independence day this year will have a ne"
feature in It's celebration the honoring of James
Monroe, fifth president Of the United States ana
author Of the Monroe Doctrine. Senate lont res
Olution 274 in the last congress, to provide TOT 'ie
participation of the United States In the opSer'-
ance Of the one hundredth anniversary OF the
enunciation Of the Monroe Doctrine and OF the
ninety-second anniversary Of the death or James
Monroe, is substantially as follows:
Resolved, etc, That there is hereby established
the Monroe Doctrine Centennial commission.
There Is hereby authorized to be appropriated the
sum of 49,, 500, to be expended by the congress
sional commission. The sum Of $4,000 may be
expended in cooperation with the James Monroe
Memorial Association and Foundation, for the
purpose of contributing to the purchase and res
torati0n Of the former home Of James Monroe In
the city Of New York, as a permanent memorial
and the creation Of a memorial foundation, the
income from which shall be used for purposes or
IurtnerlnE proSTeSS, dI1it!, dhu S''h win """"'s
the peoples Of the Pan-American republics. Fifty
five thousand dollars may be expended in coop
GRAFTON with the National Committee OF Celebra-
ton for the purpose of participating IN q generai
program Of public celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary Of the enunciation of the Monroe
Doctrine to be held In New York and Washington,
and in the places Of the birth and Of the burial
of James Monroe; and participating in memorial
services TO be held in New York, on July 4, 1923.
the ninety-second anniversary or his death. NO
expenditures shall be made until the James Mon
roe Memorial Association and Foundation has ex-
pended or contracted TO expend ut least the SUN
of $3.50 for the same purposes.
When Clemenceau was here he put In his itin-
erarv two must" things: TO place a wreath at
Lincoln's tomb and TO touch the Liberty Bell. He
did both. And in this connection, Representative
r. B. Gernerd of Pennsylvania was moved In the
last congress to retell the story Of the famous
tourney of the Liberty Bell to Allentown, Pa, dur
Ing the Revolution. He said in part:
at was after the battle of Brandywine, Sept. II,
1777. that General Washington ordered the trans
fer of all military stores TO Bethlehem, Pa. Even
before that critical hour had arrived, the Pennsyl.
yania assembly awOke to the gravity OF the situa-
ton and passed a resolution on the sixteenth day
of June authorizing the removal of all bells, as
well as all the copper and brass, in the city OF
Philadelphia to some place Of safety the Liberty
Rell was not taken from independence Hall until
after General Washington's order had been given.
1t constituted a part Of the military train OF 700
wagons, which carried the whole Of the heavy
baggage Of the army, which was escorted by 200
Virginia and North Carolina soldiers under the
command Of Col. william Polk OF North Carolina.
fhat famous caravan proceeded along the banks
Of the Delaware river to Trenton, and from there
travelled through wild and rugged country to Beth
lehem, arriving there on the twenty-fOurth day OF
September, 1777. After the military train had
reached Bethlehem the wagon upon which the Lib
erty Bell was loaded broke down In the street.
1.-The next day the bell was placed on the wagon
of Frederick Leaser, who, together with John
Jacob Mickey, escorted by a small guard Of sol
diers, brought 1t and the chimes Of Christ church,
eight In number, to Allentown, where they were
placed in the basement of the German lions Re-
formed church, where It was kept In hiding until
the following spring. when the British army evac.