The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-06-23
BACK FROM SHOSH0NE,
Rathdrum Delegates Tell Inter
esting Story of South
Idaho Trip.

OF Pytbias and RathbOnc Sisters who
attended the grand lodge and grand
temple Of those orders, respectively,
arrived home from Shoshone Satur-
day night after an absence OF almost
"a week. They were ID. Il. Dandy,
grand representative from Panhandle
Lodge, No. ID, X. of r.; A. w. Post,
grand master OF exchequer;, Mrs. M.
+. Post, supreme representative Of
Rathbone Sisters, Mrs. d. H. Hollis
ter, grand senior, and Mrs. G. II.
delegate from Syringa Temple No. 4,
Rathbone Sister. Mr.. A. w. Post
was reelected grand master Of eX-
chequer Of the Idaho grand lodge, h
Of p, and Mrs. Hollister was elected
grand chief Of the grand temple,
Rathbone Sisters.
All the members of the party re-
port a very interesting trip. The
grand lodge and grand temple were
10 session simultaneously for two
days, June l3 and ~, at Shoshone.
The citizens Of that town extended
every courtesy to the visitors and
made their stay q pleasant one. They
provided two excursions for the, 18th,
one to Nampa where the d. O. X. X.
initiated 81 tyros, the other to the
new city of Twin Falls and adjacent
points. Mr.. Post joined in the ex-
cursion to Nampa while Mr.. Dandy
accompanied a large number Of the
delegates who went to Twin Falls.
Mr.. Dandy relates u very interest
ing narrative Of his experiences in
the great tract Of sage brush and
cactus which Is being made habitable
by the agency Of irrigation. The
young town of Twin Falls, which has
grown up in the last Ave months,
presents all the novelty Of a new city
In a new country. The first impress
sion which the visitor receives Of the
town is the dust cloud which con-
tinually hovers above it. The streets
have been plowed to clear them of
the sage brush and the soil, deep,
fine and dry, Is raised by every pass
ing breeze. SO dusty is the atlnos-
phere that it is impossible TO keep
clean for five minutes, SO that every
one has brown complexion. The
city already has fine water system;
a park has been laid out and seven
|; thousand shade trees have been
planted. The town has all the mod
ern conveniences common in large
cities; all the vices and all the moral
tendencies are represented. There
are seven churches, three saloons, six
hardware stores, six furniture stores,
hotels, two banks, three jewelry stores
one kindergarten schools, two weekly
newspapers, two baseball teams, etc.
A franchise has been granted for an
electric light system. There are no
Japanese, Chinese Or Negroes among
the city's 1900 population. All the
material nsed in building the town
was hauled 30 miles by wagon, the
railroad not being completed yet.
The town has eight doctors, eight
lawyers, and fifteen real estate men.
Everything is full OF life and hustle
and dust.
The delegates visited Shoshone
falls and Twin falls ON the Snake
river, and the Blue lakes. To the
eye these lakes are actually of the
bluest color. But the water Is clear.
the blush tint being caused by the
light reflected from the sand beneath
the water. The lakes are full of
trout which are so fearless that they
will come close to the shore and eat
bread crumbs almost from the hand.
They are protected by law even from
being caught with hook and line
On their return trip the northern
delegates stopped at Boise the Beau
tiful. They were shown many
courtesies by State Auditor r. S.
Bragaw and enjoyed themselves
thoroughly, visiting various state
institutions and the parks, etc. They
also visited the penitentiary, and
called Tn Warden +. l.. Whitney and
family who showed them many cour-
tesies. The Misses Whitney are de-
lighted with their new life at the cap
ital. Mr.. Whitney, Auditor Bragaw
and Deputy Auditor +. Z. Melder,
all Of whom are handling their work
we'll, sent regards to their Kootenai
county friends. I" "
With all the pleasures Of the trip,
Mr.. DANNY expressed himself "a he.