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<br />-30- <br /> <br />alertness as to his responsibilities are essential to the efficient ad- <br />ministration of his duties, but a keen sense. of absolute integrity is <br />the most important essential a water official should possess. <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />And now, these last 1wrds in commendation of the heroic struggles <br />and fortit~de of the pioneers whom we are here to honor, I can think of <br />no more appropriate ones than those of l'larcus Cato, vlho 50 years before <br />Christ, said: <br /> <br />"It is from the tillers of the soil that spring the best citizens <br />and the staunchest soldiers; theirs are the enduring rewards which are <br />most grateful and least envied. Such as devote themselves to that pursuit <br />are least of all men given to evil counsels. II <br /> <br />These words are as true today as they were in the time of that old <br />Roman philosopher. <br /> <br />In Closing, I would leave with you this additional thought so <br />beautifully expressed by the late Henry Grady: "A citizen standing in <br />the doorway of his home, contented upon his own threshold, ,dth his <br />family gathered about him while the evening of a well-spent day closes <br />in scenes that are dearest, he shall save the Republic when the drum tap <br />is futile and the barracks are deserted." <br /> <br /> <br />Dan Hunter" of Dove Creek, membEr of the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board, Judge A. W. McHendrie of Pueblo, State Engineer M. C. Hinder- <br />lider and General Chairman, Charles A. Lory. <br />