The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1927-09-23

century, n which DrOugat one
of the greatest migratory movements
Of man. Missionary priest was fol-
lowed by eager gOld-seeker, who
blazed the trails and cut the first
pathway across mountain chains that
formed seemingly impossible bar
riers to the treasured s~tore-houses
within their slopes. In sequence came
the covered wagon of the settler ana
bilious to establish q home, till the
fertile valley lands and establish set
Elements that since have grewn to
prosperous communities. Then the
iron horse, destroying distances that
had been vast, transporting a p0pula-
ton required for development, bring
ing distant markets within ready
reach, and establishing connection to
and communication with the outside
world.
"a bountiful Creator had smiled
with benign indulgence upon the land
that was destined to become our state.
An empire in extent, favored by q sa-
luxurious climate; within its hills
there had been placed a store of prec-
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in any similar area upon this globe.
From it's surface grew succulent
grasses upon which livestock multi
piled and fattened. It's valleys, wat
cred by crystal streams, yielded an
abundant harvest to those who titled
it. Upon its mountains stood an in
exhaustible supply Of timber. Coal
measures of vast extent underlay its
surface. Majestic rivers flowed from
melting SHOWS down tumbling Gag
cades, and waterfalls eagerly awaited
to be harnessed to the service Of man,
while pooled in subterranean depths
were reservoirs of oil that n day
were to gush forth to add a quota to
the productive wealth Of this blessed
land.
Attracted by the pOtentiahties
thus offered by it, there came from
distant chimes men and women Of
sturdy stock and Godfearing character
who, knowing full the difficulties Of
their task, entered into the solemn
undertaking of here founding and es-
tablishing q commonwealth that
should be perpetuated and endure un-
to the remotest time.
"The narrative Of that effort, and
its successful accomplishment, con-
stitutes one of the epic chapters Of
development as a nation. No neeC
is there to weary you with end
ing statistics and the minutia Of dr.
! detail.
"In mining and metallurgy its in
, dustry has become and is recognizes
as establishing a standard for tn
world to follow. In agriculture an,
> husbandry its harvests and the char
acter of its produce place it higl
among the contributors to the foo,
supply of the nation. It's forests, a
I yet scarcely touched, contribute Z
: the building requirements Of the coun
. try. It's water power development
has brought to the instant service Q
= mine, mill, factory and household tina
: marvellous agency that has helped nc
= only to lift the burden from the bac
$ Of mar and make possible the mech
y a~nization of vast enterprises, but hs
. also lightened the household toll of he
e whose work was never done.
Agencies of transportation hay
a penetrated into practically every SCI
n ton of this vast domain and, throue
Il unsurpassed service, have placed
q the disposal Of our people the marke'
of the world. But Why enumerate
This, all this, has been accomplish
- within the memory of men still livin
largely by one generation Of me
= whose immediate successors still i
le sist that they are young.
h. "This is the background of our pa
n accomplishment. What has BET
achieved is a matter of commonpla
knowledge to you all. You know Il
position of industrial Importance tn
has been attained and that has Civ,
- fame to the name of our state throug
out the world. Certain it is that O
past is secure in the industrial reco
% of the nation. But what about O
future?
to "This is the subject assigned, Al
u, after all the one that is of most
st. terest to US all. The trite commo
-st place That 1t is not what you ha
IA, been but what you are and what v
lat are to be that is of Importance is
St; true of states as it is Of men, for, [:
is ter all, states are but an aggregate
,ad of individuals.
er, ~ do not pose as q prophet, nor
of / know of any way of judging
possibilities of the future save by
ter realization of what has been acco
as plished in the past, and an endeav
Of to make In int lligent appraisal
ion existing factors the development
eel which will make for the industr
ill, prosperity of those who are to come
Der at is a long step since Father
Smet opened that first furrow
our Montana's soil to the present produ
An i've output of this state, which t
SITS year will far Outstrip any prior vi,
self 1t would have been beyond the lin
age Of mans imagination to have visit
ded lied the transition that has tai
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