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The Story of Pas-sam-a-ri You who love a people's history. Love its struggles and its victories, Love the customs that have stamped us. Strong or weak, or mean or worthy. You who cherish in Montana Names revered because of service. Names beloved because of daring. Names which linger to remind us Of the pioneer and prophet. Let us tell you of Pas-sam-a-ri Tell you of the Pleasant Valley As its Indian races knew it In the days before the white men. In our well-loved Ruby Valley Naught had trod the glades and benches Hut the wild things of the mountains. Hut the buffalo and redmen. And in summer down Pas-sam-a-ri Came the Sho-sho-nes. the Bannocks. Came the Pend’d Oreilles. and Piegans. Passed the Flatheads. and Nez Perces. Daring Sioux, and peaceful Kootenais. Faring far away to eastward. To the Land cf Plenty Buffalo. Faring back again to westward. On the slopes of the Pacific. Not a place of rest and quiet. Hut disputed territory. Was our valley in these ages. But in winter when the snows fell Ever deeper, deeper, deeper. And the winds of wrath were gathered Hurling death among the mountains. In the snow-bound Rocky Mountains. Then the Bannocks, the Sho-sho-nes. Trailing east across the mountains With their women and their children. With their traps and dogs and ponies Came to winter in Pas-sam-a-ri. To winter in the Pleasant Valley. To the valley where no snows lay. To the valley where no winds blew Where the deep-cut. sheltering ranges Held at bay the storms of winter. And tne genial sun gave blessing. In the Valley of Pas-sam-a-ri. Thus it was our fathers found it. Thus they claimed it and they loved it. As the lust for gold was passing. Visioned homes in sheltering lowlands. Visioned herds on grassy uplands. Visioned children free and happy. Visioned commonwealths of credit. So they builded in the valley. Stretched their fences on the meadows. Brought the clear, cool, crystal waters Throu the ditches, to the bench lands Where the soil lay waiting, ready. Many feet of soil lay ready.
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The Story of Pas-sam-a-ri Por a harvest tar more golden, Par more lasting than the sluices. Thus it was our fathers found it. Bui with good there came the evil. Worthless scoundrels, daring rascals. Proth and scum cl all the mountains. Gathered here to prey like vultures. On the efforts of the hardy. On the manhood of the worker. On the pioneer who builded. • • Here, today, we pass In safety Up and down our peaceful valley. Fearing not for life or riches. Glad to meet an unknown traveler. Hot so in the days departed; There were then highways of danger. Trails where lurked an unknown peril. Honor to the Vigilantes. To the men who saw before them Such a mammoth duty looming Such a thankless, galling duty! On. the debt we owe these true men They who made our courts and statutes Peers of any in the nation! When each day brought forth new terrors ♦ Duty saw they, and performed it; Vigilant they stood, and ready. Always sure before they acted. Sure before, upon a doorway Of the guilty, thev inscribed there The dread symbol, which we now see On the Vigilante Highway Honor to the Vigilantes! Yet. remember, oh ye children. Blessed children of Pas-sam-a-ri. Always, every where, forever. Human change is part ol progress; One success demands another; Cycle after cycle follows. Grieve not for the days departed; Good they were, they served their purpose. Buc the days now here and coming. Bach one fraught with life and promise. Bach one better than the other— They are yours to do and dare with— Golden do they pass before you. Will you meet them and accept them? With their problems and their trials? With their joys and their temptations? Are yon vigilant and Teady? Are you sure and swift and honest? Wi l you face your duties squarely As of ola the Vigilantes Paceu the menace and the terrors. Brought us happiness and quiet. Brought us honor in the nation— Here within our Pleasant Valley In uie Valley of Pas-sam-a-ri. —E. M. D.
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