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<br />3 <br /> <br />-30- <br /> <br />alertness as to his responsibilities areesaential to the ~f'i"icient 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 />And now, these last >lords in cOllunendation of the heroic struggles <br />and fortitude of the pioneers whom we are here to honor, I can think of <br />no more appropriate ones than those of Marcus Cato, lmo 50 years before <br />Christ, said: <br /> <br />lilt is from the tillers of the soil that spring the best citizens <br />and the staunchest soldiers; theirs are the enduring rewarda 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." ,- <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 ao <br />beautifully expressed by the late Henry Grady; "A citizen stancl1ng in <br />the doorway of his home, contented upon his own threshold, with his <br />family gathered about him while the evening ofa well-spent day closes <br />in scenes that are, de,arest, he shall save the ,Republic when the drUlll tap <br />is futile and the barracks are deserted.,1I <br /> <br /> <br />Dan Hunte~ of Dove Oreek, 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 /> <br /> <br />