The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17
TO DEDICATE
BIG MEMORIAL
iwanis International
Erects Memorial to
President Harding.
KENOSHA TAKES PART

The President Harding Interna-
tional Good Will Memorial, located at
Vancouver, B. c., and erected by XII
wants international through the
voluntary subscription of its ninety
five thousand members in the United
States and Canada, will be dedicated
on Wednesday, September 16. Gov
eminent officials of both the United
States and Canada will take part In
the memorial program.
Kenosha Kiwanis club is deeply in
terested in the program since the
members here have made substantial
contributions to this fund.
The monument is the only material
symbol of fertilization, outside of
mile posts, to outline the invisible
demarcation of the thousands of miles
of border line which spread from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and separate
both countries
what the world is hoping for, the
United States and Canada have
achieved; the conception of peace
written In the minds and hearts of
the citizens of both nations" said
John H. Moss, of Milwaukee, Wis,
president of Kiwanis international to-
day. "It was with this understand
ing that the late President Harding,
Kiwanian himself, pledged to the
ideal of Kiwanis, gave to the world
that tribute of friendship which is
now to be succor to world in the
travail of wars aftermath"
An extract from the Vancouver
speech of the late chief executive,
written in bronze for the memorial,
and the possible text of many a muir
INJURED prayer of hope of the cosmo-
politan tourist who reads it as he
passes through the par, Is as fol-
lows:
What an object lesson of peace is
shown today by our two countries to
all the world No grim-faced FORTH
cation marks our frontiers, no huge
battleships patrol our dividing waters,
no stealthy spies Turk our tranquil
border hamlets. Only scrap of pa
per, recording hardly more than a
simple understanding, safeguards
lives and properties on the Great
Lakes, and only mile-posts mark the
inviolable boundary line for thousands
Of miles through farm and forest.
"Our protection is in our fraternity,
our armor is our faith, and the tie
that binds, more firmly each year, is
ever-increasing acquaintanceship thru
interchange of citizens; and the COM
pact is not of perishable parchment,
but of fair and honorable dealing
which, God grant, shall continue for
all time"
The idea of the erection by XII
wants international of Harding
memorial was first given prominence
by the fact that as president of the
United States and a member of the
International organization, Mr.. Hard
ing had been greatly respected by
both Canadians and Americans. Also
it was the only time that president
had visited Canada during his term
of office. When the proposal to erect
a memorial was brought to the thou
sands of Kiwanis delegates at the
Denver annual convention of 1924, it
was met with instant and unanimous
approval. Directly, then, followed the
approval of the International Board
of Trustees and also the Information
al council held in Chicago in Deem
Der, 1924. Members of the Harding
Memorial committee appointed in
July, 1924, were: John H. Moss, Mil
waukee, Wis, now president of XII
wants International; Victor NJ. John
son, Rockford, H., now Immediate
past president of the organization;
Edmund F. Arras, Columbus, o., past
president; and Douglas j. Scott, Win
nipeg, Canada, international trustee.
The bond of harmonious friendship
settled the question of the site of the
memorial in favor of Vancouver, for
it was there that as president of the
United States, Mr.. Harding had
spoken in favor of the, possession of
an increased understanding between
the countries.