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Show VICH-PMRSIDF.NT ROOBIVF LT PRAISES WfcSTEHN PIONEERS ! Subtlatnc of Wlldrrnaaa ant lrl til (inmlMt AfhltffitiMtt of lha t I off f Ititluatrtal rnigraaa. The principal feature of the Colorado quarto-netitennial celehratlon at Colo rado Hprlnga, Friday, was an address by Theixlore Hnmevelt, vice president of tha I'nlted State., on "The (irowth of the Wat Ifut tiig the Last Quarter of a Century," On his arrival ( otonel lioaevelt was welcomed by liovernor Orman and ataff. war veterana. school children and many others. At I'l o'clock he waa eaciirled to North park, where ha spoke In Ihe open air to an asaemhly of Ifi.ooo people, who gave htm an enthusiastic en-thusiastic reception and frequently Interrupted In-terrupted hia remarka with applause. He spoke In part aa follows: Thla anniversary which marks the completion by Colorado of her Brat quarter century of aUtehond, ta of Interest In-terest nut only to her. not only to her alstera, the atatea of the rocky mountain moun-tain region, but to our whole country. With the exception of the admission to plalehootl of California, no other event emphaalxed In auch dramatic fashion the full meaning of the growth of our country aa did the incoming of Colorado. Colo-rado. It la a law of our Intellectual development devel-opment that the greatest and moat Important Im-portant truths, w hen once we have become be-come thoroughly familiar, with thetn, I often because of that very familiarity grow dim In our minds. The westward west-ward apread of our people acrosa thia continent haa Wen so rapid, and so great has been their aucceaa lu taming the rugged wilderness, turning the gray lieaert-lnto graen fertility and tilling till-ing the waste and lonely placea with the eager, thronging, crowded life of our Industrial civilization, that we have txgiin to accept It all aa part of the order of nature. You, the men of Colorado, and above all, the older among thoae whom 1 am now addreaslng, have Iwen engaged In doing the great typical work of our people. Have otily the preaervatlon of the union tluelf, no other task haa been ao Important as the conquest and settlement set-tlement of the weat. Thisconquestand settlement haa been the atupenduout feat of our race for the century that haa Just closed. It stands supreme among all audi feata. You and jour fathers who built up the weat did more ven than you thought, for you ahaped thereby the destiny of the whole republic, re-public, aud, aa a necessary corollary, profoundly Influenced the courae of events throughout the world. More and more aa the ears go by thia republic re-public will find Ita guidance In the thought and actlou of the west, because the conditions of development In the j west hare ateadlly tended to accentuate accentu-ate the peculiarly American characteristics character-istics of Ita people. |
