Show HALL SALL WE WAITR WAIT IR ik R A MIRACLE OR LL LL LL WE START tTO ITO BUILD TO BUILD man was placed place l in the thee e en en of ot Eden without robe or abode ie and desire transformed l tad ind d his surroundings into a pulsa- pulsa vigorous conquering race of men live achieved l almost unto God God- his Ills desire to be and have ha lID im m and Eve did not wait for a ale le the miracle and th they were were cited with forth to build a world cult iu of which is before us in iu the tile cement rement ment of or this n mighty race 1 they budded l better than the they Civilization civilization being the evidence des rles have ban been the price of pro pro- Ici n of this great Amer Arnor- ay a not ot founded upon the waiting I pie but upon the miracle result result- f ork the blood which coursed gins iru of our pilgrim fathers was sere lere by chance but was founded the eternal principle of selection to l te express purpose of i building a atlon athon on that no other country or the sun could equal y did not wait for houses to be f f down from heaven but knew waited their progression nha n. n y ha has not South America made regress that her er northern Sister i ij submit the desire of her plo plo- was for gold and the return to tomother tomother mother other country countr to die lie in luxury Americas America's Americas America's purpose was a le ne with a desire to stay and anda a a nation whom whom king or Poten- Poten uld not rule but a democracy ernal uplift of ot a God fearing tearing naf na na- cliff i f f dwellings of this continent u lr rock faced history gives us st st evidence c of a race who waita wait wait- Hi a miracle which never ne happen happen- fa I a man lift himself by hi his boot f Yes if h he uses the inherent in in- p within himself he he hel fall of 1905 1005 Uncle Sam Sum deih de- de ih that t the time was ripe to open one of the largest un- un p pail ped sections of his domaIn and and- 3 S1 1 the following years of 7 i a solid stream of ot home seekers no toward the Uintah Basin expecting to find a paradise g 19 with milk and hone honey and no noo to o gather it most of this class ong since left for sunnier climes renter reater reater portion who are left hay hav- Id I'd ul 25 years experience should e ready to make the desert with some permanent homes t the le children of futuro genera genera- will wUl be proud to point out a as I Inheritance or shall we as Alf AIr Alfid Alful id ul has said POOR POORman man mUll could not afford an an axe ae which to chop himself a tree 0 be he melted down like wax and I. I into eternity Another man mannot mannot manot not ot afford the energy his food cast cot cast and und so at last he got on lt the e ship of death and he was bother nother man could not afford a u ai aa i a II house In which to live He Tic Hent Het nt t pay for bed bcd and board and not be Induced to give A burr hurri- eon foon oon hit lilt his shack and knocked i lit kindom come come- lie He went where do not come como at bade bach at last he got ot n some A town become dreadful that dirt controlled Its finest The The he doctor could coul not find a a ator for tor for all the filth the townsmen t Vt t last a tl tide e from off the lake lake up up p and washed the town u an-u away one oue perhaps will ever wake to bout that wash in day fay Wake up owns that slumber still stUl and andi i i a fair celestial dream Shake Shrike 1 ie c sickness s. s of or the will wUl that ut floats outly down the stream The men owns that try to move towards t ter r brighter light are them that and God approve e as walkin in inks of right Basins Basin's slogan In n 9 8 I 1 have the thc best h homestead on would woul have hac st selected n ne e had I been n gh given ghen n first choice of optimism every where I lied led every one ono you yu met we were e resting with the spirit of prospect ement and of ot a great devel nt t the Railroad did not come ante of or 1908 1906 fairly shook the but hut did not move moyo those whose were ere fO founded tl on the rock then war var and the financial quake of broke all the morale left lu la the est ost hearts en en the evolution from the tho ashes Duchesne Roosevelt elt and Vernal I of ot the possibilities of ot Ul desire for progress nut lint here I Lre ire still Ull the lurg largest s and best hest un un- loped section of our oUt good old U U. Plenty hh nt of ot wood water coal min min grass grass and everything to make and happy State except I homey homes and am out buildings that can cun ed to with pride fe l h nay tho the tho log hut but with its dirt roof root as inserted served Its puri PUl purpose ose as a shelter our heads lets let move moe it back and l make old Bossy cow comfortable for forthe tho the rest of her days and supplant It with a neat little white house with green shutters shutter Good homes for all are worth striving striving ing for or They are worthy our out very er best effort and a large share of our time for our lives are dei dependent in a large measure on our surroundings We consciously or unconsciously reflect reflect reflect re re- that with which we are constantly constant constant- I ly associated If our home i 4 is unsightly if lC it is inconvenient if it suggests a poverty overt of means and ideas this Influence influence in in- fluence e will manifest itself in our om do- do doI I lug ing If on the other hand our out home i is lt suggestive e of harmony of oC efficiency of beauty of-beauty- Plenty of of Aplenty and if It It- fits our oUt needs that too will be express expressed d dIn in our lives and in our work The effect of a diamond Is lost If it itIs itis It Itis i is poorly set Similarly anew farm home lo loses es much b by being placed among old cultivators and tumbledown shacks shucks with rotting and limb broken ed orchard trees as a 11 back background i Order is of prime importance to and beauty Yet let man many farmers seem to be so busy with the practical end of the game that such essentials as o order and its inseparable companion compan compan- lon ion on beauty leave lave small part in their scheme of things Fundamentally all nIl homes are intended intend intend- ed cd for the same purpose purpose Ose shelter The hotel the apartment house the city home the country estate the palace and und the shack all are forms of shel shel- ter er They The are not commonly referred to o as ns shelters because the word has come to mean only the barest necessity necessity sit sity the crud crudest st of ot conceptions So Soother Soother Soother other words are ure used to express our meaning The word hotel means a specific tn type e of It human abode and palace something decidedly differ differ- ent nt Each of ot these thelle words means shel- shel sheler plus ter-plus er plus plus the niceties and anti amenities meni- meni ties ies of ot life plus Ius the equipment and convenience com plus the beauty and harmony harmony har hur mony of worth-while worth existence The different names refer to different different differ differ- ent types of abode for man and each tn type e fills fUls a particular need In order to do so it must b especially designed and equipped A palace th that would be he suitable for tor an exacting king would be bea a 11 poor hotel In the same Bame way wayan an excellent excellent ex ex- city hou house houe e likely would be uns unsuitable un- un s suitable for a n farm home In either case cuse however the elements of ot both would be similar living quarters sleeping quarters and service senke quarters would b be necessary and fundamental but the location of ot these elements and andIn tn to the details one would find sharp contrasts So let us prepare for th the future that la is so surely ahead of us and with thought and care prepare tc to rec receive he the dividends of life realized while yet in is our youth Until thought Is linked with purpose purpose pur pur- pose there Js Is s no intelligent accomplish accomplish- ment With the majority the bark of ot thought is allowed to drift upon the ocean of ot life liCe Aimlessness is a u vice Uce and such di drifting If ting must not continue for tor him who would steer clear of catastrophe catastrophe ca ca- and They who have no central purpose In their life Ute fall oIl an easy prey to petty worries fears troubles and self pity Ings tugs gill all of which are indications of weakness which had just as surely as deliberately planned sins though by a n different route lead to failure unhappiness and aud loss for tor weakness cannot resist In a 11 power evolving e un uni verse We should conceive a n. n legitimate purpose In our set out to accomplish h it iL Having HaYing conceived this purpose we should mentally mark out a straight puth pathway to its achievement looking neither to the right or left Your home Is your castle even the birds and bees hees fl fight ht to o protect theirs you owe it Jt to yourself and your children children chil chil- dren to plan and nd build permanently that your lives Uns may muy be influenced b by its sacredness sacredness- beauty and G G. 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