The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-04-07
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The tart az TIA address siven hv
VIA presi6ent dharles Curtis "A cnn.
nection MAJ The iayinr az The corner.
stone az North nakota,s nav atatA
oau1tnl huildinr oct 4. 1884. follov,s:
.oowernor shaSer "a ladies Ana
eentlanen:
1T y = Measure 70 be inyited 20
attend tia ceremoniee Of the layins
az fhe cornerstnnA al the new canitoi
huildine az voa,r snlendid state. it 4
al honor % be asked to come from
tho treat agricultural state 81 Kan
~ Is tie ~ asricultursl state Of
North Dakota. e IL not nv purpoea
"a tan YOU OF your wonderful growth
dnce your admission into the sister
hood 81 states. nor to tell YOU Of your
|crone ana voa,r many rood qualities
ana ADVANTAGES. There are others
here Who vim address you today who
Are better informed and better pre.
pared 10 do this.
.HAine from the central west. may
il Be perdoned II I refer to the tact
that IN the early days Of our country
there were those who wanted to Be
colonists. to sit idly on the shores Of
thu Atlantic With the great West wait.
Ing for them.
"Years later there were certain
great leaders who were blind to the
possibilities OF the new world and
had no idea OF its great opportunities,
One Of the United States senators
wanted 70 fix the Rocky Mountains
"A the western limit Of the republic,
He Afterwards became the father In
law Of the great pathfinder, John e.
Fremont.
Senator Was WronG
ut was q senator from the great
state OF Massachusetts, who said: We
will not be strained for elbow room
IN the west for I thousand years.
These were great and wise men but
they did not know Of the wonderful
possibilities Of the central west, the
farther west. and the northwest. Then
Gene the splendid advice given by one
Of the able editors and leading men
OF hts day, Horace Greeley, Go West,
Young Man. 60 West
I'm the days that followed, the ther,
west had captains by the hundreds
whose heads and hearts and dearest
hone went into the doing Of the i'm
mediate task they saw around and
before them. mon who never dreamed
8: REORGANIZATION. never worked for re-
ward, never THOUGHT OF the recon-
pense Of fame-wlaat they wanted was
t. open up 4 new country and develop
its ereat resources.
"peace to their ashes-where they
sleep on areen htllsides In unknown
graves in every state.
"Unheralded they came, and unre.
warded they have passed away, Twins
now in the blood and courage OF
their sons and daughters, who in this
new age and day are doing their part
as their parents did before them!
There is another period in our his
tory to which I feel justified in re-
ferrine-that Is the time when tnven-
ton was opposed.
But today the people favor inyen-
tion and discovery. they no longer
look upon new and novel things as
dangers. but rather as instruments
out Of which are to flow blessings In
agriculture, Industry, and to distrib-
ute wealth and happiness and to give
comfort and pleasure 70 the people Of
tho world.
Read Pioneer Speeches
n have read With great interest
the speeches Of public men IN the
earlier days. In which were made var.
ious PREDICTIONS. iii Of which have
been verified, but none Of the men
Of that day ever dreamed Of the tele-
phone. the wireless. the radio. the
movies. the talking pictures, the air.
nlane. ana no0e ever thoueht az the
ueet in,proyement Ia the naachinery
used on the farm and IA the many
factories 81 our country-none knev
az our treat mineral depoeits. a. TIE
val,e az irrieation ar the amount al
fertile aoil ready for the plov and
cultiyatoe.
eve made treat stridas Ia thu Last
20 veare IN the fie1d .of invention.. w
haye TIE talaeranh. myatariously
f1aahine it, nnessaee under 81 ~
and over moantain tone, ~ then. but
IN additian n have ~ vireless aend.
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