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Show SELIiCTKI). CUGKLEY. Tho people of Grcoley, Colorado, had a tiTc-plunting celebration and basket pio-nio last Monday, at which there was a poniul "feast of reason and flow of soul." Tho Denver iYeita of Tuesday Tues-day says: General Cameron's speech was very interesting, and wo regret wo are able to give only a synopsis of it. lie began hv remarking that thirty years ago llolden Godfrey had encamped on the spot whoro they now assembled with from 2,500 to 3.000 Indians. It is one of tho most delightful spots of all the mountain regions. Twelve years ago the gold excitement brought 10,000 to the country from all parts of the globe; but none who came were wise enou.eh to discover the wealth of the soil. He then revived the old stories of the Kile and its beneficial influences upon the country through which it fluws, and compared the Platte river to the historical river. It had been the fortune for-tune of the Greeley colony to have been led there by one holding a prominent position in the newspaper world, and tho General here took occasion to pay a tribute of respect to Mr. Mecket The speaker indulged to some extent in statistics concerning the colony, its possessions and its prospects. There are now fifty miles of irrigating ditches, which supply 45,000 acres with water. There are mills and water powers. There are from 5,000 to 10,000 acres of grain under cultivation, which will furnish avast amount of the necessaries neces-saries of life. The people are paying more attention to husbandry, than at first, and with commendable results. But there are many things to be done. A school building is to be erected, t cost from $25,000 to $35,000, and it is expected it will be one of the finest institutions of the kind in the west. The colony must work, and the city of Greeley must out-rival Salt Lake. There is something higher and holier in this organization than material wealth. Let others do as they will, but as for the colony let it servo the Lord by forever abolishing and banishing banish-ing alcoh )1. Greeley should be the Athens of America as well as the cream of the Union. As oi l Athens led and governed the world, in her day, so we should govern the land to-day and feel inspired to say it will be done. The colony should have peace and be united for the common good. In the future, when the colonists gathered on these festive occasions, he hoped all would feel that it had been good for them to have thus gathered, and when they wander forth in the world all would feel proud to arise and introduce themselves by saying "I am a Greeley-ite." |
