Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-06-23 | Page 12 | Two Celebrations in Two Countries

i-- . . . . . TV0 CELEBRATIONS INTWO COUNTRIES. Two celebrations attracted attention on Thursday, One was in Norway, the other in Oklahoma.' ' The descendants I of the old Vikings met to crown their new Icing; the men of Oklahoma - met to celebrate their approaching Statehood. One meant a restoration; the other a creation. The first King of Norway was crowned more than a thousand ears ago, almost six hundred years before the New World's dls- I covery.t Norway has an area of 1S4.44S square miles; Oklahoma Ok-lahoma an area of 67,430. , ' V " I " - It will be seen thathe former is almost exactly twice as . large as the latter, but all of Norway does not 'count, while J every acre of Oklahoma will be a bread producer. There I are no roally rich men, in Norway; almost' every man In Oklahoma expects to be a millionaire. The flag of Norway Is a lonely one that does not command much .attention be-; be-; cause of its power; Oklahoma will have no flag of her own but she will have a star in the constellation of stars on the ' J flag of flags. The men of Norway bail their new king; the I men of Oklahoma hail the Goddess of Liberty as the only . sovereign, under God, to whom they will bow. ' In Norway great guns roared In salute from ships and J fortresses; in Oklahoma the cowboys shot off each other's bootheels in pure hilarious cussedhess. In Norway after today events -will move quietly on as they have in most part for centuries; in Oklahoma there will be the building of homes and schoolhouses, the opening of mines the erection erec-tion of factories, the tilling of the fields, the onward narch l of enterprise and civilization; every year will show an ln-' ln-' ' crease in all things of good, and good or bad all the people' , -will be Americans, and their motto will be their country. right if possible, but, right or wrong.' their country, with . never faltering loyalty, i ! ' And their State will be marvelously rich. It will be. as ! varied in products as sun-kissed France. ..The soli is re-- re-- I markably rich; there is coal In abundance, and iron mines ' that will give them all steel houses if they desire them, and ' there is land enough to give them all a farm. They will have two Senators and probably four Repre-sentatfves; Repre-sentatfves; they will be a strong factor In the Government ..They will make more wealth every year than Norway will I In twenjty, . and will cpntlnue t6 be an eager, aggressive, ' pushing race. Still -we must not discount old Norway. Her ships are I found on. every sea; the old Viking blood makes them nat- j ( ural sailors; they will cultivate all of their soil that can be ' cultivated; they -will be content with what they get; they live amid sublime scenery; they are -an humble, brave, i strong andJionest race.